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hosp-word

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Sǽde se deófol him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 723. Se Hǽlend ðǽra Iúdéiscra hospword gehýrde. . . . 'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

portic

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Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna befón on hire rýmette, Hml. Th. i. 508, 9-14. v. eást-, hálig-portic

róse

Grammar
róse, l. (?) rose,
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Mid reádum rosum, An. Ox. 4509

scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
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Þá bróðru þe hé gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25.

sigor-fæst

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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

wæl-slihta

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-slihta, (?), an; m.
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22

Linked entry: slihta

welwilness

(n.)
Grammar
welwilness, e; f.

Good will ⬩ kindness ⬩ goodness

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Ðú ús gescyldst mid ðam scylde ðínre welwilnesse ut scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos Ps. Th. 5, 13. Hym ic mé befeste and hys welwylnesse ic mé bebeóde Shrn. 189, 34

hát-heorte

(n.)
Grammar
hát-heorte, an; f.

Anger, fury, rage

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Anger, fury, rage Ic ðé bletsige forðon ðú mé ne forléte út gangan mid mínre hátheortan of ðisse ceastre I bless thee that thou didst not let me go out of this city in my anger, Blickl. Homl. 249, 15

Linked entry: heorte

heáfod-gylt

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gylt, e; f.

A capital crime, deadly sin

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A capital crime, deadly sin Búton hine hwá mid heáfodgylte forwyrce ðæt hé weofudþénunge ðanonforþ wyrðe sí unless any one by deadly sin render himself unworthy thenceforth of the altar-service, L. N. P. L. 2; Th. ii. 290, 8

hnifol

(n.)
Grammar
hnifol, es; m.

The forehead

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Smire mid ða þunwangan and ðone hnifol and ufan ðæt heáfod smear therewith the temples and the forehead and the top of the head, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 6

Linked entry: hioful

ymb-sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-sǽtnung, e ; f.

a siege ⬩ a sedition

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Gl. 525, 40. a sedition Mið ðý gié gehéreþ gefehto and ymbsétnungo (-e, Rush.) ymb burgum (v. ymb, I. 1 e, and sǽtnung: or under I.?) cum audieritis proelia et seditiones, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 9

Linked entry: ymb-sétnung

á-wefan

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Mid orle of golde áwefen, Hml. S. 7, 36. Heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 21. Add

ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran, 90, 1 ; Lchdm. i. 194, 8. Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno, Nar. 31, 27.

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching over ⬩ a guard ⬩ watch

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Sýn þá cild á behealdene mid steóre and mid mycelre heordrǽdenne ǽghwǽr pueri parvi ubicumque custodiam habeant, 117, II. Heordrǽdene, R. Ben. I. 106, 12. Mid ealre heordrǽdenne (custodia) geheald heortan þíne (keep eny heart with all diligence.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode

To dress

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To dress Ic secge ðé, bróðor Eádweard, ðæt gé dóþ unrihtlíce ðæt gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ ðe eów ðæs lífes ne unnon and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóþ eówer cynn and eówre yldran mid

Linked entry: tyslung

un-riht

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

wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect

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Full mið unrehte plenum iniquitate, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 39. Mid unryhte wrongfully, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 23. Mid unrihte, Ps. Th. 58, 1: 68, 28: Andr. Kmbl. 3116; An. 1561. Ne dém nán unriht non injuste judicabis, Lev. 19, 15.

ge-wilnung

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Oferswíðde mid sumre unryhtre gewilnunge repentina concupiscentia superati, 21, 8. Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede sua cupidine accensi, 27, 18.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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</b> to mark with a symbol :-- Mid þám háligan ele gé scylan þá hǽþenan cild mearcian on þám breóste . . . mid róde tácne, Ll.

freó-dóm

freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land

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ðaem twéntigum hída aet iddeshale, end ðaes londes friódóm aet habeccahám mid ðý tén hída londes aet felda ...

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.

to press ⬩ to press on, ⬩ urge on ⬩ drive ⬩ to press with a weapon, ⬩ to stab ⬩ pierce ⬩ to press ⬩ threaten ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to oppress ⬩ subjugate

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Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72. He sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde (or midðýgde? mid þýde,) (Bd. M. 382, 29) aliquandiu tumorem horum adpositione comprimere curabat. Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 41.