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hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE caligabreeches, hose.]a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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Jamieson's Dict. hose the seed-leaves of grain: vagina, the hose of corn, See also E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, No. 5

Linked entry: leðer-hose

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessenabbreviare, minuereto become short, be lessened, fail

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Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Gif drihten ðás dagas ne gescyrte ... he gescyrte ða dagas nisi breviasset dies ... breviavit dies, Mk. Bos. 13, 20.

Linked entries: scyrtan ge-scert

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 133, 23, 24

áttor-spere

(n.)
Grammar
áttor-spere, es ; n.

A poisoned speartelum venenatum

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A poisoned spear; telum venenatum Eglum áttorsperum with dire poisoned spears, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 10; Rä. 18, 9

Linked entry: átor-spere

Ceawan hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
Ceawan hlǽw, es; m.

Cheawan low, CHALLOW

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Dipl. v. 310, 33

eástor-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-evendies ante festum paschæ

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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ On eástor-ǽfen on easter-even, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 24

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

un-rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtwíslíce, adv.

Unrighteously

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Unrighteously Ic cwæð tó ðǽm unrihtwísum: 'Ne dó gé unryhtwíslíce' dixi iniquis: 'Nolite inique agere,' Past. 54; Swt. 425, 21

Linked entry: riht-wíslíce

þurh-smúgan

Grammar
þurh-smúgan, I.
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Þe lǽs heora gylta áttru tó manige þurh-smúgon ne per plures eorum dira serpant contagia, Chrd, 62, 7. Add

æðdel-borennes

(n.)
Grammar
æðdel-borennes, -ness, e; f.

Nobleness of birthnobilitas

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Nobleness of birth; nobilitas Ic ðíne æðelborennesse geseó I see the nobleness of thy birth, Apol. Th. 15, 18

eástor-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-dæg, es; m.

Easter-day dies paschālis

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Easter-day; dies paschālis Ðý sylfan eástor-dæge on the same easter-day. Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 36

ge-árweorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árweorþian, -árwurþian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To honourhonorĭfĭcāre

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To honour; honorĭfĭcāre Me swíðe geárweorþede syndon freónd ðíne mihi nĭmis honorĭfĭcāti sunt amīci tui, Ps. Lamb. 138, 17

Linked entry: ge-árwurþian

ge-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bærnan, p. -bærnde; pp. -bærned [ge, and bærnan to burn]

To burnūrĕre

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To burn; ūrĕre Ne ðé sunne on dæge gebærne per diem sol non ūret te, Ps. Th. 120, 6

geocsa

(n.)
Grammar
geocsa, an; m.

A sobbingsingultus

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A sobbing; singultus Ðiós siccetung ðes geocsa this sighing, this sobbing, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 9; Met. 2, 5

Linked entry: geoxa

be-lǽþed

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Substitute: be-lǽþan to make detestable Eów þe taliaþ biter ðing tó swéte and swéte belǽþað, Wlfst. 47, 7

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, well, wyll, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 172, 37. Áþweah ða eágan on clǽnum wylle, Lchdm. ii. 32, 16. Hwílum gehátaþ hý ælmessan tó wylle (wille, welle, v. ll. ), Wulfst. 12, 3.

Linked entry: well

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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die Art der Sicherung eines Gefangenen, der man sich bediente, wenn Gefängnisse fehlten, verstanden worden sei.'

Linked entry: heng-wíte

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Ne ðæt se aglǽca yldan þohte nor did the wretch mean to delay that, Beo. Th. 1483; B. 739 : 4471; 2239. Yldan dissimulare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 37. Yldende tó andettenne differentes confiteri, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 5.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.

a creation, created being or thing, creaturecreātio, creātūraa decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shapefātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕciesthe privy membersvĕrenda, pŭdendacreaturedecrees of fate

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Ðæt ðín líchoma leóhtra wurde, ðín gesceapu scénran that thy body would become brighter, thy form more beauteous, 25; Th. 32, 14; Gen. 503.

Linked entries: ge-scæp ge-scapu

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, adj. pron.

Minemy

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Ealle míne synt ðíne, and ðíne synt míne, Jn. Skt. 17, 10. Ðú mundbora wǽre mínum, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 25; Hö. 75. Ða mínan, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 19; Sat. 504. Grammar mín, with a pronoun Hér is mín se gecorena sunu hic est filius meus dilectus, Mt.