hæslen
Of hazel
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Lǽt ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne weorp ðne ofer weg áweg ðonne ne biþ nán yfel let the blood run into a green spoon of hazel-wood, then throw it away over the road; then no harm will come of the bite, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19-21
hátheort-nes
Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal
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Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... hátheortnys ... hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... furor ..., L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 33.
spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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To destroy Suá huelc soecaþ sáuel his hál gewyrca spilleþ hiá (perdet illam), Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 17, 33: Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 25. Ðeóf ne cymeþ búta ðætte [hé] spilleþ (perdat), 10, 10. Ne spildic ł ne losade non perdidi, Lind. 18, 9.
holh
A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole
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Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur, Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10. Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1
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eádig
Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect ⬩ beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves
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To ðissum eádigan hám to this happy home, Cd. 228; Th. 306, 7; Sat. 660. Habbaþ eádigne bearn ealle ymbfangen all have encircled the blessed child, 216; Th. 273, 29; Sat. 144.
ge-
with
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Ge-rád Æðelwold ðone hám æt Winburnan postea invāsit Æthelwaldus villam ăpud Winburnam, Gib. 99, 37 : Chr. 901; Erl. 97, 11. On this power of ge-, Mr.
ríht
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Búton hé æt hám rihtes wyrðe beón ne móte, oþþe riht ábiddan ne mæge, 266, 10. In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Sé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł. an eald reht, Ll. Th. 38, 6.
un-gelíc
Unlike ⬩ different ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse
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Unilícum háde dispari sexu, Hpt. Gl. 461, 5. Ungelíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 41. Hé reorde gesette eorðbúendum ungelíce, Cd. Th. 101, 21; Gen. 1685.
ge-beran
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Syndon him twégen beornas geborene bróðorsybbum he has two brothers, An. 690. with a complementary noun or adjective Hé bið mennisc man geboren, Wlfst. 84, 12. Sum cild sié full hál geboren, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 22.
DRENG
A warrior, soldier ⬩ bellātor, miles
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A warrior, soldier; bellātor, miles Forlét drenga sum daroþ of hands fleógan one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 10; By: 149
ge-feaht
A battle ⬩ prælium
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A battle; prælium Ðǽr nán hefilíc gefeaht ne wearþ there was no hard battle there, Chr. 868; Erl. 73, 26. Mycclum gefeahtum in great battles, 755; Erl. 49, 26
sele-þegn
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A hall-thane, chamberlain Him ( Beowulf) seleþegn síðes wérgum forþ wísade, se ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe (the chamberlain who saw after everything Beowulf needed ], Beo. Th. 3592 ; B. 1794
þræc-hwíl
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554
ge-hogod
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Having (such and such) thoughts Gefeorma míne sáwle, fæder moncynnes, hædre gehogode ( having anxious thoughts ) hǽl. éce God . . . Ic ymb sáwle eom forht, Hy. 4, 62. Cf. ge-hugod
haswe
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Greyly Ic eom wráþre þonne wermód sý [þe] hér on hyrstum heasewe (cf. wermód se hára, Lch. iii. 30, 14) stondeþ durior quam glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61
hæcce
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D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]
stíþ-lic
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., hard, the reverse of luxurious Eal his reáf wæs áwefen of olfendes hǽrum, his bigleofa wæs stíðlic, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6
hæpse
A hasp, clasp, fastening ⬩ pessulum ⬩ a hasp, fastening
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A hasp, clasp, fastening Hæpse sera, Wrt. Voc. 81, 20 : clustella, Hpt. Gl. 500. Sum slóh ða hæpsan one struck the hasps [of the door], Th. An. 124, 14
ge-neahhe
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Swég úp ástág níwe geneahhe (new enough, i. e. that had not been heard before, for Grendel had never been attacked in the hall), B. 783. Hé hǽðengield gesóhte neóde geneahhe ( very diligently), Jul. 24.
ge-cirran
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Drihten wile ꝥ ealle men sýn hále and gesunde, and tó þon soþan andgite gecyrran, Bl. H. 107, 18. On wrǽðo gecerred wæs he had gone mad ; in furorem uersus est, Mk.