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háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

be-teldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-teldan, bi-teldan; p. -teald, pl. -tuldon; pp. -tolden; [be, teldan to cover, teld a tent]

To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere

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Hæfde sigora weard betolden leófne leódfruman mid lofe sínum the lord of triumphs had surrounded the dear chieftain with his praise, Andr. Kmbl. 1976; An. 990.

Linked entries: be-tolden bi-teldan bi-tolden

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charter ⬩ to charter ⬩ libro vel charta dōnāre ⬩ to furnish with books ⬩ libris instruĕre

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Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God, Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3: Text.

druncnian

(v.)
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Lof ys micel druncan and ná druncnian ( bibere et non inebriari ), 107, 1. Níwum wíne druncnian musto madere, Hy. S. 94, 13. Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg fore druncnigan vino, hoc est, omnis generis potu quo quis inebriari possit, Ll.

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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Hét hí ástígan tó ánre sticolre dúne, 3, 235. lofty, placed high, situated at a great height Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 1. Martinus ástáh on ðam sticelan hrófe, 510, 7.

Linked entry: sticel

byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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Mec ahebbaþ ofer hæleða byht ðeós heá lyft this lofty air raises me above the dwellings of men, Exon. 103a; Th. 389, 26; Rä. 8, 3. Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12

hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
hliþ, es; n.

A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill

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Hie be hliþe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found a cavern on the slope of a lofty hill, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 25; Gen. 2594. Weallsteápan hleoþu hills steep as walls, 86; Th. 108, 8; Gen. 1803. Hleoþo, 72; Th. 88, 3; Gen. 1459.

Linked entry: hleoðo

dál

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Ox. 2294. distribution of charity Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm dále (gedále, v. l.) ðæs fiós wilnigen ðysses lǽnan lofes ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem quaerant, Past. 322, 12

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Munecas þǽre tíde lof mid kyrriole gewurðiað; hwæt hig oft ꝥ lof gelengað, Angl. viii. 320, 7. Hí gelencgdon ðá gebedu, Hml. S. 9, 22. Þæt hé his gebed gelenge (his gebed beó gelend oratio pretendatur, R. Ben. I. 53, 12), R. Ben. 46, 2.

GEÁP

(adj.)
Grammar
GEÁP, adj.

Open ⬩ spread out ⬩ extended ⬩ broad ⬩ roomy ⬩ spacious ⬩ wide ⬩ pătens ⬩ pătŭlus ⬩ amplus ⬩ lātus

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Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal a mountain is about him, a lofty golden wall, Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256. Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan one shall ride on the extended gallows, Exon. 87 b; Th. 239, 12; Vy. 33.

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum

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Solere or lofte solarium, hectheca Prompt. Parv. 464 (see note). Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house

Linked entry: solere

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-ful; adj.

Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent

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Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent Ic nú on sibbe gesitte on mínne cynestól hohful embe ðæt hú ic his lof árǽre quiete pace perfruens, studiosus sollicite de laudibus Creatoris omnium occupor addendis, Chart. Th. 240, 8.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Th. i. 456, 17. lofty, high, placed high Óð ða steápan heofenan to high heaven, Homl. Th. i. 3, 500

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis

Linked entry: gifelness

ge-hírness

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Eall his lof mægen leóde gehýran, and his gehýrnesse hér oncnáwan quis auditas faciet omnes laudes ejus? Ps. Th. 105, 2

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

glorious ⬩ vainglorious

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Wuldorfulle lofu glorificum melos, Hymn. Surt. 57, 24. Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious.

Linked entry: wuldor

ful-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
ful-fremman, full-fremman, to -fremmanne; he -fremeþ; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ practise ⬩ perfĭcĕre

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Of múþe cildra and súcendra ðú fulfremedest lof ex ōre infantium et lactentium perfēcisti laudem, Ps. Lamb. 8, 3: Ps. Spl. 39, 9. Heáhsetl his [biþ] swá swá móna fulfremed on écnysse thrŏnus ejus [erit] sīcut lūna perfecta in æternum, Ps.

Linked entries: full-fremman ge-fullfremman

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

protract ⬩ delay ⬩ extend ⬩ lengthen

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Hyre lof lengde geond londa fela her praise extended through many lands, Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 23; Víd. 99. Giestas lisse lengdon the guests prolonged their pleasure, 94 a; Th. 353, 13; Reim.12. Hí lengdon (prolongaverunt) unrihtwísnyssa heora, Ps.

Linked entry: langian

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