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hlútre

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Cf. hlútor; IV a) Heorte hygeclǽne hlútre blissað (-iað, Th.) þám þe sóðlíce sécað Dryhten laetetur cor quaerentium Dominum, Ps. Th. 104, 3. Add:

preóst-heáp

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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, fleese flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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Hí bugon fram beaduwe they fled from the fight, 137, 12; By. 185: Beo. Th. 5190; B. 2598

Linked entries: beág beáh

hám-weard

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(arrived) at one's place of abode Þá wé hámweard wǽron cum venissemus ad diversorium, Gen. 43, 21. of a body of people, e.g. troops, towards the place or district dwelt in by them, on the way home, cf. hám; 2. with substantive verb þá hié þá hámweard

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Hí gewunodon on gehwilcere byrig, óð dæt hí geáxodon ða apostolas tówearde they stopped in every town until they learned that the apostles were on the way thither, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 2

Linked entry: tó-ward

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wéden-seóc, wédend-seóc; adj.
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Tó úrum Alýsende wæs gecweden fram þám deófla heápe þe þone wédenseócan man ofseten hæfde Redemtori nostro a legioni, quae hominem tenebat, dictum est, 223, 22

efne

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Th. i. 66, 15: Hml. S. 15, 60: 22, 75. Efne þú eart gelǽred, 22, 16, 43. Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23.

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, listen to, hear, hearken

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To list, listen to, hear, hearken Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan ðe hiera hlyst they fall on the heart that listens to them, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 97, 1. Mid ðam ðe hé hlyste ðæs heofonlícan sanges whilst he was listening to the heavenly song, Homl.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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nor as the Danish, but as it seemed to himself that they might be most useful, 897; Th. 175, 37, col. 2 — 177,5, col. 2.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Th. 292; B. 145: Cd. 218; Th. 279, 28; Sat. 245. Metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes the Creator ruled over the whole of the race of men, Beo.

Linked entries: al all eall

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 16. Eal þá monigfealdan yfel, 2, 5 ; S. 86, 15. Hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, Past. 393, 29

cin-bán

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Þǽra cinbán þú scealt mid brídle tó þé geteón in freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Th. 31, 11

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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Th. 93, 18. Frófra Fæder the Father of consolations, Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8. Hie fuhton ðé æfter frófre they fought for help to thee, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 3; Gen. 2154. Frófor mín refŭgium meum, Ps.

land-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-búende, adj.
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Inhabiting a country, living on the earth Hwá ðæs leóhtes londbúende brúcan móte who that lives on land may enjoy that light, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 15; Sch. 80

ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
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Mín líchama wæs swíðe geswenced for þám nýde þæs geþringes, Hml. S. 23 b, 421. Ealle ðá gehýrdon þe ðǽr æt wǽron ... on ðám egeslican geþryngce ðá man þá martyras cwylmde, 23, 92. Add

hleóðor-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hleóðor-cyme, es; m.

A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], the coming of an army

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of the Jews with the edge of the sword, and by their coming took with their host the bright ornaments, when they spoiled the temple, Cd. 210; Th. 260. 15; Dan. 710.

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 16. to fall to the share of, be allotted to Ealle þá ðing þe ús gesceótað of úres geáres teolunge. Hml. Th. i. 178, 28. Heora ǽlcum gesceát án pund goldes, ii. 494, 5.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Add Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs ( unde interim pauperes vixerunt), Cht. Th. 162, 31. Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Th. 81, 7. Leáf féalewiað, feallað on eorðan, ... swá gefeallað þá þe firena lǽstað, Sal. 315. of things, to decline, decay, fail Mycel yfel weaxeþ on þínum ríce, gif þú lǽtest leng þysne drý ríxian, ... and þín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ, Bl.