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ge-hlystfull

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Beó þú béntýþe ł gehlystfull depraecabilis esto Ps. L. 89, 13. Add

grund-wyrgen

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wyrgen, ne; f.

A wolf of the deep ⬩ Grendel's mother

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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518

Linked entry: wirgen

heaðu-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-deór, adj.

Brave, stout in war

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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772

hilt

(n.)
Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.

Hilt, ⬩ handle

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Ða hilt since fáge the hilt many-coloured with treasure, Beo. Th. 3233; B. 1614. Be hiltum by the hilt, 3152; B. 1574

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breast ⬩ bosom

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Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: 46 b; Th. 158, 15; Gú. 910: Beo. Th. 4233; B. 2113.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

æf(e)stig

Grammar
æf(e)stig, æfestig.

envious ⬩ zealous (against)

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Add: in a bad sense, envious Beón andetta ðæt hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sý hé æfestig zelotipus R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20.

ge-upped

(v.)
Grammar
ge-upped, part.

Revealed

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Revealed Ne mihte Scs Neotus behýdd beón ðá ðá God hine geupped habben wolde St. Neot could not be hid when God would have him revealed, Shrn. 12, 15

Linked entry: uppan

ang-sum

(adj.)
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Hí þæne ancsuman weg geceósað, be þǽm se Hǽlend cwyð, 'Ancsum and neara is se weg þe tó lífe lǽt,' R. Ben. 20, 9. Add

ilde

(n.)
Grammar
ilde, pl. m.

Men

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Sceal mid yldum wesan ismahel háten shall be called among men Ishmael, 104 ; Th. 138, 3 ; Gen. 2286: Beo. Th. 154; B. 77. Ðæt wæs yldum cúþ, 1415 ; B. 705 : Ps. Th. 144, 9. Niht becwom óðer tó yldum, Beo. Th. 4240; B. 2117 : Menol.

Linked entries: ælde elde

swilcness

(n.)
Grammar
swilcness, e; f.
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Quality Sý gebróðrum reáf geseald be swilcnesse and staþele ðære stówe ðe hý on wuniaþ secundum locorum qualitatem ubi habitant, R. Ben. 89, 4.

fætt

(v.)
Grammar
fætt, part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented ⬩ bracteātus

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Hwanon ferigeaþ gé fætte scyldas whence bear ye your ornamented shields? 672; B. 333

rǽding-sceamol

(n.)
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Beón gerǽdde ofor tǽdinc-scamol legantur super analogium (tres lectiones), R. Ben. I. 38, 9

singal

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Add Fram swá miclum cwylmnessum and swá singalum ( diutinis ) onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; Sch. 396, 11

ómig

(adj.)
Grammar
ómig, adj.

rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured ⬩ inflammatory

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rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured Ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig, Beo. Th. 5519; B. 2763. Dýre swyrd ómige bmhetene, 6090; B. 3049. Ðý læs ðæt ómige fæt mid ealle tóberste, gif hé mid ungemete scæfþ, R. Ben. 121, 3. Anfiltes hómiges incudis, Hpt.

Linked entries: hómig óm-cynn

ge-earnung

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Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum ( its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32. Ðá habbað swíðe misleca geearnunga, Past. 95, 8.

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

aldor-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-dæg, g. -dæges; pl. nom. acc. -dagas; m.

Life-day ⬩ day of life ⬩ dies vitæ

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Life-day, day of life; dies vitæ, Beo. Th. 1440; B. 718

Ár-scyldingas

(n.)
Grammar
Ár-scyldingas, a; pl. m.

The honoured Skyldings ⬩ Danes

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The honoured Skyldings, Danes,Beo. Th. 933; B. 464: 3425; B. 1710

áttor

(n.)
Grammar
áttor, gen. áttres; n.

Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum

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Poison, venom; venenum, Beo. Th. 5423; B. 2715: Ps. Spl. 13, 5

lagu-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-strǽt, e; f.

A sea-road ⬩ the sea

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A sea-road, the sea Ofer lagustrǽte, Beo. Th. 483; B. 239

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