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un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guilt ⬩ not crime

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Not guilt, not crime Ne húru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eótena treowe; unsynnum ( with no faults on her part, undeservedly; gratis. Cf. Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.

Turf ⬩ grass-land

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Turf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Hý beóþ innan hole they are hollow within, Herb. 180, 1; Lchdm. i. 316, 2. Gif heó hæfþ hole eágan if she be hollow-eyed, Lchdm. iii. 144, 7

ge-lecgan

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Heó ridon tó ðám gemóte and cýðdon . . . hwæt heó on heom geléd hæfde, C. D. iv. 55, 9

stæf-gefég

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-gefég, es; n.

a combination of letters ⬩ a forming of letters in writing

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A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég. Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc., Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 4-11.

eáþ-metto

Grammar
eáþ-metto, l. -métto,
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and add Þá hwíle þe Agustus þá eáðmétto wiþ God geheóld þe hé angunnen hæfde, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 7. Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, ne húru heora ofermétta, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 34.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerful ⬩ gentle

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Hé feól tó his fótum, and bæd ꝥ hé him blíþe wǽre (ut sibi placatus esset), Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 259, 3, 13.

stíle

(n.)
Grammar
stíle, es ; n.
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Heó oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600 ; Sal. 299

Linked entries: stéle stete stýle

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin

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The herb mercury; mercurialis perennis, Lin Cedelc mercurialis, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 44. Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3.

á-wirpan

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Wearð geðúht swilce heó áwyrpan mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. Add

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Hé geclǽnsod hæfde Godes templ fram eallum þám fýlðum þe hé þǽr árǽrde, Hml. S. 25, 538

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captive ⬩ one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant ⬩ a prisoner, bondman ⬩ joined ⬩ vinctus, captivus

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one seized or taken, a captive Hé licgan geseah hæftas in hylle he saw captives lying in hell, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 27; Sat. 717 : 217; Th. 277, 10; Sat. 202 : Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 18; Cri. 154 : Andr. Kmbl. 2142; An. 1072.

Linked entry: hæftan

ge-clipian

(v.)

to call out, cry, exclaim ⬩ to call so as to attract attention, call to a person ⬩ to announce loudly, declare ⬩ to call a person, bring by calling ⬩ to call, name

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L. 11. 16. trans. to announce loudly, declare Ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian (-clipian, v.l.) meahte, Past. 49, 22. to call a person, bring by calling Gecliopad wæs ꝥ folc (tógædere geclypedre menegu, W.S.) conuocata turba,

grund

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Hé hét áceorfan on grund heom heora tungan of eorum linguas abscidi radicitus fecit, Gr. D. 240, 19. the solid bottom or earth underlying the sea or other water Þaet seó sǽ seofan dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, Hml. Th. i. 564, 24.

fíf-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
fíf-leáf, es; n: -leáfe, an; f.

Fiveleaf ⬩ cinquefoil ⬩ potemilla reptans ⬩ quinquefŏlium

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Genim fífleáfan ða wyrt take the herb fiveleaf, Herb. 3, 5; Lchdm. i. 88, 3, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20

flíman

(v.)

to ront ⬩ to banish ⬩ exile

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Ine ofslóh Ealdberht þe hé ær út flémde, Chr. 725; P. 43, 28. Man flýmde Godwine eorl and ealle his suna of Englalande, 1051; P. 172, 38

ge-menged

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Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Léden promiscua and on Englisc gemenged hic corvus ðes hremn swá hwíeðer swá hit byð swá hé, swá heó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 19, II

hirtan

to refresh ⬩ revive ⬩ comfort

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Take here hyrtan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: hyrtan heortian