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díglian

(v.)
Grammar
díglian, p. ede, ode ; pp. od

To hide ⬩ ocŭlĕre, occultāre

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To hide; ocŭlĕre, occultāre Hí on wudum and on wéstenum and on scræfum hí hýddon and dígledon se silvis, ac desertis abdĭtisve speluncis occŭlĕrant, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 22

Linked entry: dígelan

æt-lutian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides Hé ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18

Linked entry: lutian

be-dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dyrnan, bi-dyrnan; p. de; pp. ed

To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ occultare

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To hide, conceal; occultare Ne mihte him bedyrned wyrþan it might not be hidden from him, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 18; Gen. 261 : Elen. Kmbl. 1201; El. 602 : 1164; El. 584

Linked entry: bi-dyrnan

heofon-cund

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Þú gemengest þá heofoncundan hider wið eorðan sáula wið líce, Met. 20, 235. Þá heofencundan þing þé sint gecynde, Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 34. Add

feld-land

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opposed to wood-land Ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriað intó ðǽre westmestan híde feldlondes and wudulandes, C. D. iii. 262, 19. Ðone þriddan æcer feldlandes and healfne ðone wudu, 4, 10. Add:

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

ge-díhligean

(v.)

to hide ⬩ make private ⬩ detach ⬩ separate ⬩ velare secernere ⬩ separare

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to hide, make private, detach, separate; velare secernere, separare Eádgár, mid rýmette gedíhligean hét ða mynstra Edgar commanded the monasteries to be made private or detached, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 231, 4

hýdels

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D. hidels.]

nearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nearulíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Þá eóde hé hider and þider nearolíce geswænced in his geþóhte cum huc illucque anxius pergeret, 251, 24. closely, tightly Nearolíce strictim (moecham mamis strictim tollentis obuncat, Aid. 164. 3), An. Ox. 18 b, 90. illiberally (?)

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDE ⬩ conceal

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To HIDE, conceal Ic mé wið heora hete hýde absconderem me ab eo, Ps. Th. 54, 12. Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

ge-díglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-díglian, ge-dígliian, -déglan, -dýglan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed, ad

To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ cover ⬩ abscondere ⬩ operire

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To hide, conceal, cover; abscondere, operire Gedeigla abscondere, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 14. Gedeigeldes abscondisti, 11, 25. Gedégled opertum, 10, 26. Gidéglad [delgad] abscondita, Rtl. 25, 7. Helme gedýgled concealed by a covering, Hy. 11, 13

Linked entries: díglian ge-dégled

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDE ⬩ skin

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Hiora hýd biþ swíde gód tó sciprǽpum their [walruses'] hide is very good for ship-ropes, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 2.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

dál-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
dál-mǽd, (w)e; f.
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land

díglian

(v.)
Grammar
díglian, díglan.
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Add: to hide Gif hé his abbode ne díglað (celaverit) ealle þá geþóhtas, R. Ben. 28, 13. Dígelde abscondit, Mt. L. 13, 33. to lie hid: — Ðégla latere, Jn. p. 8, 5. Déglendes fióndes latentis inimici. Rtl. 121, 40

in-land

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Ic selle mínum geréfan ánes hídes lond on eásttúne, swá swá Herred hit hæfde, on ðreóra monna dæg, and all ðæt innlond beligeð án díc útane, Cht. E. 169, 29. Wulfége ðæt inland, and Ælfége ðæt útland, C. D. ii. 381, 16. Add

hund-twentig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twentig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32

út-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lendisc, adj.

Outlandish ⬩ foreign ⬩ a stranger

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Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

be-deáglian

(v.)
Grammar
be-deáglian, bi-deáglian; p. ode; pp. od

To hide ⬩ cover ⬩ conceal ⬩ keep close or secret ⬩ occultare ⬩ abscondere

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To hide, cover, conceal, keep close or secret; occultare, abscondere Me ne meahte monna ǽnig bi-deáglian hwæt he hogde nobody could conceal from me what he meditated, Exon. 51 a ; Th. 177, 12; Gú. 1226

Linked entry: bi-deáglian

ge-dieglan

(v.)

To hide ⬩ cover ⬩ velare

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To hide, cover; velare He wolde ðara scamfæstna giemelieste mid líðelícum wordum gedieglan he would cover [velare] the negligence of the modest with gentle words, Past. 31, 2; Swt. 207, 23; Hat. MS. 39 b, 23

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