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hildan

(v.)

to bendincline

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to bend, incline. Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans.

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

holh

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Of ðám ylcan stáne, in þám wæs þæt holg þæs nearwan scræfes ex petra eadem, quae in semetipsa concava angustum specus fecerat Gr. D. 211, 7.

port-geréfa

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Add: an official of a foreign town Se biscop árás and mid him se portgeréfa (of Ephesus), and þá yldostan portmen, Hml. S. 23, 749. II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre.

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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Add Rúmlícor plenius, An. Ox. 591. rúmlícor lǽrde and manode þone ortreówan bróðor diffidentem fratrem latius admonuit, Gr. D. 160, 17. Ic wilnige ic rúmlícor ( largius ) geleornige mægn þára teára, 244, 21.

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, <b>. I b.</b>
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Add sweogodan siluerunt, Ps. L. 106, 30. Add ðe wilnað wóh dónne, and wilnað ðeáh ðæt ðæs óðre men sugigen (swugien, v.l.) qui et prava studet agere, et tamen ad haec vult caeteros tacere, Past. 145, 12.

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, es; n. l. e; f., but also gen. andlifenes, acc. ondlifen,
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and add Andliofen expensa, Wrt. Voc. 30, 5. Andlifen pulmentum, 78, 5. Hiera ondliefene (-lifene, v. l.) þone dǽl ðe him selfum oftióð ea quae sibi de alimentis subtrahant, Past. 315, 22.

á-geótan

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Add: to pour out a liquid Gif ( a priest) his calic ágýt (effundat), Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. wæter ic niðer ágeát (effudi ), Nar. 8, 10. Þá fatu þe ǽr on ágeát litelne dǽl þæs wǽtan, Gr. D. 59, 13. Ág(e)át exsicat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 23.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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D. 180, 10. misery, affliction, trouble Swá gemune men wǽron ǽlces broces, Ors. l, 10 ; 8. 48, 12. Hwylc broc and hwylc sár (laborem et dolorem) þoliað, Ps. Th. 9, 34. Ic ádreáh mycel broc mid Petre I have suffered much annoyance from Peter, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

predestine

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Be ús cwæð se ylca apostol, þæt wǽron forestihte, ðus wrítende, 'Quos autem predestinavit . . .'; þæt is, 'Ðá ðe forestihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 364, 25-366, 1. ne forestihte nǽnne yfelnysse . . .

weorc

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weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add wæs út farende mid þám bróþrum þæs landes weorce, Gr. D. 165, ii. Þ férdan in þæt weorc Godes wordes, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 50, l. &lt;b&gt;IVa.

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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&lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; fig.

brycg

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Voc. i. 80, 50. Brícg, 54, 11. Hét Maxentius oferbricgian ðá mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge . . . ne gemunde ðǽre leásan bricge þe álecgan hét, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 21-27. Þǽre bricce geweorc, C. D. B. iii. 659, 2.

denn

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Add: a den, lair of a beast Haran den lepusculi cubile, Kent. Gl. 1107. Denn lustra (ferarum ), An. Ox. 26, 47. v. þeóf-denn. a woodland pasture for swine geúðen Ælfwolde ánes dennes wið his lícwyrðan scætte, is .MCCCC. and L denarios.

fur-lang

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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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(l a) to try maliciously, insidiously, to tempt :-- Gecunnedon of ðǽm gafel temtantes de tributo, Mt. p. 19, 4. Gecunnadun, 6. Gecunned tentatus, 7. ꝥte é to try to know; to inquire Gecunnia and ásca ... huulíc monn , Mt.

hríþer

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Hrýðeres belle . . . bið ánes sciłł weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Begete þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð , 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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for first passage see leger; , and add; &lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; free from encumbrance or obligation Sealde . . . seó scír his land clǽne, þá hit unforbodan and unbesacan bohte, Cht. Th. 376, 14. Ðis wæs úre ealra seht.

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Add: a bed, couch Bedd, bed culcites, Txts. 50, 243. Bed culcites, culcitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 52, 53. Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding, B. 1791: Jud. 63. Bedde culcita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 14. Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23.

mealm-stán

(n.)
Grammar
mealm-stán, es; m.

Maum-stone

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'In agro Oxoniensi lapidem invenies friabilem, quem maum vocant indiginæ.' E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15. A correspondent of Dr. Bosworth's writes: 'The Maumstone is to be found, more or less, all over Wiltshire, especially towards Stonehenge.

Linked entry: cealc-stán

be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, l. be-swic (big-, bí-, bi-); n.
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Voc. ii. 25, 15 : supplantatio, Kent. Gl. 347. biswice weorðan offendiculum fieri, Past. 451, 33. Him Arpellas beswice wearð Arpellas had played him false, Ors. 1. 12; S. 54, 10. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde oððe beswice, C. D. ii. 58, 27.