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hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Hé bebeád ðæt hié mon on ǽlce healfe hiénde he ordered that they should be treated with insult on every side, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 6. Se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319. Hé heów and hýnde he smote and felled, Byrht.

Linked entry: hénan

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Hié sceolan lǽran Godes lufan and manna, Blickl. Homl 77, 20. Godes ege and his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan, 131, 3.

Linked entry: lufe

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Hié getealdon féðan twelfe, Cd. Th. 192, 2; Exod. 235. Míne suna twelfe, Salm. Kmbl. 30; Sal. 15. substantival, absolutely Twelfe wǽron dǽdum dómfæste, Apstls. Kmbl. 8; Ap. 4.

Linked entry: endleofan

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Ðý læs hié on unryht hǽmen propter fornicationem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14: 51; Swt. 397, 19. Ne gemune ðú ealdra unrihta ne memineris iniquitates antiquas, Ps. Th. 78, 8: Wulfst. 156, 20.

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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Hié in ðære eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan, swilc unrím heora wæs, Nar. 11, 14. Him com unrím wildeóra ðǽrtó, Shrn. 118, 16: Met. 20, 190. Him gelýfde leóda unrím, 26, 40. Reced weardode unrím eorla, Beo. Th. 2480; B. 1238.

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wrightworkmanartificerlabourerone who works at some tradea makerproducerauthorcreatorfabricatorthe CreatorMakera doerworker

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Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíce gerela hwelc weorþmynd sié, ðonne telle ic ðú weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan ðe hié worhte, næs náðe (igeniun mirabor artificis), Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 19.

Linked entry: werta

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Hé underbæc beseah wið þæs wælfylles, Gen. 2562. þonne hié besáwon on þá burg, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 32. Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó, LK Th. ii. 250, 24. mental, to look with favour, attention, expectation, &c.

ge-beorgan

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Hé wið cwealme gebearh cnihtum (cf. beorgan; I. 2 for dat.) on ofne lácende líg he protected the youths from death, in the fiery furnace, kept the leaping flame from them, Dan. 475. to prevent the doing of ill, guard against, v. beorgan ; Gebeorh ꝥ hié

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Hie onhnigon tó ðam herige they bowed to the idol, Cd. 181; Th. 227, 3; Dan. 181. Gif ǽnig man gelýfe on Moloches hearch if any man believe on Moloch, Lev. 20, 2.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

dǽlan

(v.)
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Gefrægn ic Hebréos eádge lifgean goldhord dǽlan ( to spend lavishly ), Dan. 2. to share with (wiþ). to grant a share Hé him gehét ðæt hé his ríce wið hiene dǽlan wolde, and hiene under ðǽm ofslóg Titum Tatium, mox ut in societatem regni adsumpsit, occidit

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Heó hié gegyrede mid ðon sélestan hrægle, 139, 7. <b>IIIa.</b> marking the rank or class of a person :-- Ðone sélestan ( of the highest class ) . . . ðane óðerne . . . ðane þriddan, L.

Linked entry: sélost

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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</b> of kneeling :-- Hié for ðam cumble on cneówum sǽton, 227, 2 ; Dan. 180. <b>Ic.</b> applied to the position of a bird at rest :-- Ic ( picus ) glado sitte, Exon. Th. 406, 26 ; Rä. 25, 7.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Swá hié him swýðor stýrdon, swá hé hlúdor cleopode, Blickl. Homl. 15, 21. Ná on ðínum yrre stýr ðú mé neque in ira tua corripias me, Ps. Lamb. 6, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 18, 15.

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Ðonne hié monna heortan underfóð tó lǽronne, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 12. Hig underfóð ðis folc mid ðé ut sustentent tecum onus populi, Num, 11, 17.

Linked entry: under-niman

hálig

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Hié ( Abraham and Sarah ) sǽton bútú hálig on hige, Gen. 2780. Hié wilniað ðæt hié mon hæbbe for ðá betstan and ðá hálgestan, Past. 135, 20. (1 a) used of any part of such persons :-- Herian God hálgum reorde, Hy. 3, 58.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Þohton ðæt hié sceoldon gewrecan hira teónan they thought they would avenge the harm that had been done them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 17.

Linked entry: teóne

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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Hwæþer Rómáne hit witen tó secganne hwæt hiera folces forwurde?, Ors. 5, 2; S. 220, 9. Eálá! hwæðer heó hider cumende syó, and mé ne gýme?, Hml. S. 23 b, 667. Hwæþer ( si ) seó nǽddre þurh hyre ágen andgit sprǽce?

ge-met

(adj.)
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Má þonne ǽniges monnes gemet sý, ꝥ hié áríman mæge more than is within any man's power to count, 63, I. Máran þinges þonne ǽnges mannes gemet t Nis mín gemet swilcum cilde tó onfónne, Hml. A. 132, 520. Lufian wé úrne Sceppend æfter úrum gemete, Bl.

hér

here . . . there

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Hié woldon ðæt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre, Past. 5, 13-25. Hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum, 91, 21. Hér mid ús, Ph. 23: 31.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Hringíren song . . . þá hié tó sele furðum gangan cwómon the armour clanged directly they started for the hall, B. 323. Swá hé furðum oncneów . . . hé heora béne gehýrde, Ps.