healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Se ðe hylt Israhél qui custodit Israel, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 7. Swá swá sealt hylt ǽlcne mete wið forrotodnysse as salt preserves every meat from corruption, 536, 19. Healdeþ meotudes ǽ keeps the law of the Lord, Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 19; Ph. 457.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
hé
He, she, it
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He, she, it Ðá hé gefór ðá féng his sunu tó ðam ríce when he died his son came to the throne, Chr. Erl. 2, 11. Him sprecendum hig cómon eo loquente veniunt, Mk. Skt. 5, 35. Hé hine miclum gewundode he wounded him severely, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34. Hé hiene
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Take here heáhþu in Dict., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An. Ox. 1699 Swá mycelum
wearda
A watchman or a watch
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A watchman or a watch Óð weardan hylle; fram weardan hylle (the beacon-hill? Cf. Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc.
stútere
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On stúteres hylle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 48, 10: 182, 10: 328, 10. ?
heáfod-weg
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Of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg ; of ðǽm wege on hlydan, ondlong hlydan on þon heáfodweg; of þǽm wege on þone hyll, Cht. E. 208, 29
un-rǽdlíce
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Add: without good counsel Gif se cyning rihtwísnysse ne hylt . . . hé bið eft genyþerad . . . under þám unrihtwísum þe hé unrǽdlíce geheóld, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 19
lǽdend
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One who excuses Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic lǽdend wese láðra firena ut non declines cor meum ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis, Ps. Th. 140, 5
HÝRAN
to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to
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to HEAR, hear of Morgensteorran ðe wé óðre naman ǽfensteorra nemnan héraþ the morning star which we hear called evening star by another name, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 29; Met. 4, 15. Nǽnigne ic sélran hýrde hordmádmum no better treasure did I ever hear of, Beo
wrang
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Rough, uneven Tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent, C. D. v. 297, 19. [All þatt ohht iss wrang and crumb shall effnedd beón and rihhtedd. Orm. 9207. Icel. rangr.] See next two words
beorg
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Add: a hill Dún mons, hyll oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. Beorh ufeweard monticellus, 54, 7. Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr.
cyric-stíg
A church-path ⬩ ad ecclesiam callis
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A church-path; ad ecclesiam callis Of ðam hylle on cyricstíge, of cyricstíge on ða blacan þyrnan from the hill to the church-path, from the church-path to the black-thorn, Cod. Dipl. 1368; Kmbl. vi. 220, 19, 20
hundred-sócn
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Of Hylle . . . hámsócne and forsteall, griðbrice . . . áþ and ordél, and iii gemót on geáre, 433, 26-32
croft
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On hwǽtecroft; of ðém crofte on grénan hylle, C. D. B. iii. 135, 25. Tó bærlice crofte, C. D. vi. 79, 10. Onbúton ðone croft ðé Wynstán bylde, iii. 367, 6. Croftas praedia, An. Ox. 3790: Hpt. 31, 11, 233. Add
þorn
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Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan þorne; tó þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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to keep, hold, observe, keep in, retain, reserve, preserve, save, defend, protect; custodīre, servāre, observāre, contĭnēre, reservāre, salvāre, defendĕre Ðæt ic ðíne word mihte wel gehealdan ut custōdiam verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 101 : Andr. Kmbl. 426
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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to employ the mind, take thought, be mindful, think, consider, meditate Béc bodiaþ ðam ðe wiht hycgeþ books tell to him that thinks at all, Salm. Kmbl. 476; Sal. 238. Hycgeþ ymbe se ðe wile he shall think about it who will, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 2; Met. 19
sealt
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Add: physical Sealt hylt ǽlcne mete wið forrotodnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 19. Dó háliges sealtes fela on, Lch. ii. 344, 14. Dó on hwít sealt, 94, 8: 124, 10. metaphorical 'Ge sind þǽre eorðan sealt.'
sele-gescot
A tabernacle
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Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange oððe selegesceot si introiero in tabernaculum domus meae, 131, 3, 5, 7. Ðæt selegescot, hús tó wynne (the body), Exon. Th. 90, 28; Cri. 1481. Selegescotu tabernacula, Ps. Th. 77, 28.
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un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 15: 210, 29. Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps.
Linked entry: sceþþigness