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hám-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hám-stede, es; m.

A homesteaddomicilea homestead

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A homestead hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s

ofer-mæstan

(v.)

to over-fatten

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to over-fatten Swá ðæt úre líchama ne wurþe ofermæst ídelum lustum, Bd. Whelc. 228, 25

Linked entry: mæstan

cohhetan

(v.)
Grammar
cohhetan, p. te; pp. ed

To bluster tumultuari

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To bluster; tumultuari Hí ongnnnon cohhetan they began to bluster Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 20; Jud. 270

á-beódan

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Se deáþ him cymeþ Godes dóm ábeódenne, Bl.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran weorce and gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

hlystan

listento listen

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S. 22, 190. to give heed to a person or to advice, be persuaded to follow: Nýd weorðeð 'niða bearnum helpe, gif hí his hlystað ǽror, Rún. 10. Hlest ausculta (sermones meos), Kent.

ég-búende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ég-búende, pl. m. adj. Used as a noun,

An island dwellerad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans

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Gehwæm égbúendra to each of the islanders, 975; Th. 230, 5; Edg. 57

Linked entry: íg-búend

lah-riht

(n.)
Grammar
lah-riht, es; n.

Legal right

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Legal right Ǽghwylc lahriht ge burhriht ge landriht every legal right, both of town and country, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 19.

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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Take here passages given under fyllan, and add: to cause to fall to the ground, to pull down, throw down, lit. Hé cwealde Crístne men, circan fylde, Jul. 5. Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde . . . hié mid heora handum þá ídlan gyld fyldon, Bl.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

ge-mircian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mircian, ge-mercian.
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Hé seolf of inwritting gemercad bið ipse ex inscribtione signalur, 4, 5. to signify, express Gemercade significans, Lk. p. 2, 7. to f orm by marks, portray Gemercade com-pingens (as if from pingere to paint ?)

Linked entry: -mircian

lítan

(v.)
Grammar
lítan, [from lútan, as bígan from búgan]

to bendincline

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to cause to bow, to bend, incline Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119

ham-land

(n.)
Grammar
ham-land, es; n.
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme bóclonde swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde forlǽten lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11

norþ-eást

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-eást, adv.
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Add: in the north-east, to the north-east Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, Archiv cxx. 48, 23. Norð ðére lytlan díc . . . swá norðeást ðǽre lytlan ríðe, C. D. v. 195, 8

on-wunian

(v.)
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Add: [ to inhabit, v. Dict.] to be instant in, apply one's self to Þá þe mangungum onwuniað (on wuniað ?) qui negotiis insistunt, Chrd. 111, 3. Hwænne hé gebedum onwunige [on wunige] quando orationibus insistat, 116, 34

on-tendan

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5. to kindle fire, Ll.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To share or appoint by lotto getreceivesortirinancisci

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To share or appoint by lot, to get, receive; sortiri, nancisci He ðæs weorc gehleát he got pain for this, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 10; Gen. 2745 : Ps. Th. 105, 24. Se eádiga Matheus gehleát to Marmadonia St. Matthew was allotted to Mermedonia, Blickl.

Linked entry: ge-hloten

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Gl. 1067. to dry by exposure to heat, air Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 70, 10. Nim heortes sceallan, drýg, wyrc duste, 336, 16. Dríg duste, 20. of the action of heat, air, &c. Seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht, Hml.

ge-clifian

(v.)
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., and add: to stick to ( or dat.) Gecleofige tunge mín gómum mínum adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, Ps. L. 136, 6. Ðeós wyrt wyle hrædlíce ðám men geclyfian. Lch. i. 306, 4. Mín tunge ys gecleofod (adhaesit) mínum gómum, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-cleofian

CWALU

(n.)
Grammar
CWALU, e; f.

A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction nex, cædes, exitium

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To cwale cnihta for the destruction of the youths, Cd. 184; Th. 229, 32; Dan. 226. To cwale syllan to give to death. Exon. 70a; Th. 259, 29; Jul. 289. To cwale lǽdan to lead to death, 74b; Th. 279, 14; Jul. 613

Linked entry: cwælu

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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ánum' (v.