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hrenian

(v.)
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Lye' substitute: to smell of something Ǽfæst nǽfre wín hrenige, ꝥ hé ná gehýre þæt þeódwitan: 'Ꝥ nys coss rǽccean ac scencan' religiosus nunquam uinum redoleat, ne audiat illud philosophi: 'Hoc non est osculum porrigere, sed propinare,' Scint. 106, 5

þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, I.
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a strip of skin Befleh ǽnne þwang ( corrigiam ) þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh, Gr. D. 198, 4. a shoelace 'Cum and unscó mé' . . Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan, Gr. D. 221, 22

weorold

Grammar
weorold, <b>. II</b> I c. ¶
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Þá gebróðra áhton mycele feohspéda for worulde multas pecunias in hoc mundo possederant, Gr. D. 273, 2. Wæs Tilman mǽre wer and for worulde (weorulde, v.l.) eác swylce æþelra gebyrda vir inlustris et ad saeculum nobilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 604, 12.

weá-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
weá-dǽd, e ; f.

A deed of woe an ill-deed

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Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8

Linked entry: weá

brosnung

(n.)
Grammar
brosnung, e; f.

Corruption, decaycorruptio, defectio

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Lamb. 29, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 206, 2: 268, 35: 536, 20. Wæs ne wélan brosnung there was no decay of wealth, Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 25; Gú. 800

hálettung

(n.)
Grammar
hálettung, e; f.

Greeting, salutation

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Homl. 7, 16. Hálettunge, 3, 21. Hǽlettungæ salutations, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 7

Linked entry: hǽlettung

hearm-cwidol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidol, adj.

Given to speak evil, calumnious

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Ðá wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole in consequence of noble birth they were haughty and given to speak contemptuously of others, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8

Linked entry: hearm-sprǽcol

ofer-slype

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slype, es; m.

An over-garment, surplice

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He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19

Linked entry: slype

on-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bígan, p. de

To cause to bend, to subdue

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Homl. 119, 21

Linked entry: on-býgan

on-sǽlan

(v.)

to untie, unfasten

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Homl. 69, 36. Onsaelid desolutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 80. Hæft wæs onsǽled, Cd. Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583

ge-somnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-somnian, p. ode; pp. od

To assemblecollectcongregarecolligere

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Homl. 139, 31. Gesomna cúe mesa collect cow's dung, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5

ge-stíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stíðian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become hardstrongindurare

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Ðá ðá he gestíðod wæs when he was grown up, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 3

hlúde

(adv.)
Grammar
hlúde, adv.

Loudly

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Homl. 149, 30: 217, 33. Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on uhtan ðonne on dægréd gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, Past. 63; Swt. 461, 2

hǽte

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ǽgþer ge þurst ge hǽte besides this their being so thirsty and hot injured them.

a-sæcgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sæcgan, p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To speak outrelatetellsayexpressexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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To speak out, relate, tell, say, express, explain, announce, proclaim; edicere, effari, exprimere, referre, enarrare, annunciare Ne mǽge we nǽfre asæcgan, hú ðú æðele eart, éce Drihten we may never express, how excellent thou art, everlasting Lord, Hy

a-wyrdnys

(n.)
Grammar
a-wyrdnys, -nyss, e; f.

Hurtinjurydamageruindestructionlæsiolabesdamnum

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Hurt, injury, damage, ruin, destruction; læsio, labes, damnum Crist mihte, bútan awyrdnysse his lima, nyðer-asceótan Christ could, without injury of his limbs, cast himself down, Homl. Th. i. 170, 22. Awyrdnyss labes, Ælfc.

elcian

(v.)
Grammar
elcian, part.elcigende ; p. ode ; pp. od ; v. n.

To put off, delaymŏrari, differre, cunctāri, tempus trăhĕre

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Ðæt he leng ne elcode to his geleáfan that he no longer delayed his belief, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 1

Linked entry: ildcian

fyren-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-wyrhta, an; m.

An evil-doersinnermăli actorpeccātor

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An evil-doer, sinner; măli actor, peccātor Hú lange fyrenwyrhtan foldan wealdaþ how long shall evil-doers rule the earth? Ps. Th. 93, 3.

Linked entry: firen-wyrhta

fyrn-gesceap

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-gesceap, es; n.

A decree of oldōlim constĭtūtum

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A decree of old; ōlim constĭtūtum Ne wát ǽnig hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, fæger fyrngesceap, ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd not any knows how the conditions are wondrous, the fair decree of old, concerning the bird's birth, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 15; Ph. 360

fyðer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
fyðer-féte, -fóte; adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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Ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, Homl. Th. i. 486, 28