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hynden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hynden-mann, es; m.
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menn heora metscype tógædere [resolved:] that we gather to us once every month, if we can and have leisure, the hyndenmen and those who direct the tithings ... and let these eleven [the hyndenman and one from each tithing in the hynden of which he was

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læt

(n.)
Grammar
læt, es; m.
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One of a class that was inferior to that of the ceorl but above that of the slave.

Grécas

(n.)
Grammar
Grécas, Greácas; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,

ge-dwimor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwimor, -dwimer, -dwymer, es; n.

An illusiondelusionapparitionphantomerrorfallāciaphantasmaφάντασμαphantăsiaφαντασία

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Hí wéndon ðæt hit sum gedwimor wǽre they thought that it was an apparition, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 24 : Jud. 15, 19. Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor nightly phantoms tormented him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 18. Swylcra gedwimera of such illusions, L. C.

Linked entries: ge-dwomer ge-dwymer

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd after these words a meeting was held, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 1. Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21. Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7

Linked entry: ge-hafa

geond-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-hweorfan, p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen

To turn or pass through, go about, traversepertransire, peragrare, perlustrare

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To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ when remembrance of friends passes through his mind, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51.

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appointappellare, vocare

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Bútan ðære mægðe Leui ðe næs genamod ðǽr to besides the tribe of Levi that was not named amongst them, Swt. Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20

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ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, sufficeabundāre, suffĭcĕre

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Ánes engles geearnung ne genihtsumode to alýsednysse ealles mancynnes the merit of an angel was not sufficient for the redemption of all mankind, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 37

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ge-nípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.

to darken, become darkcālīgāre, obnūbĭlārito rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui

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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep

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heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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One whose eyes were affected 'sancti accipiens oraria vatis' was cured. v. Nap. 36.

hylc

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Substitute: a bend, winding, tortuous way; anfractus (cf. anfractum, iter tortuosum vel difficile, Corp. Gl. H. 18, 657) Stíge mistlicum hylcum dweliende (a recto) tramite errabundis anfractibus exorbitant. An. Ox. 3696 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 54.

stunt

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Feól se wáh uppan þæs stuntan ( the foolish man 's) rǽdboran . . . swýðe rihtlíce . . . for ðan þe hí rǽdboran wǽran þæs árleásan déman, Hml. S. 8, 172. Þǽra mǽdena wǽron fíf stunte and fíf snotore, Hml.

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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If he need more pasturage, he must earn it in such way as may be allowed him, Ll. Th. i. 434. 17

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Severely, very much, greatly, sorely Ðá cwæþ se Hǽlend ðæt him hearde þyrste then said Jesus that he was sore athirst, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 31. Hearde ofsceamode sorely ashamed, 518, 31.

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1. Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16

of-munan

(v.)

to recall to mind, recollect

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Ic wát æác ðæt ic hyt hæfde swá cléne forgeten ðæt ic hyt nǽfre eft ne ofmunde I know too that I should have so clean forgotten it, that I should have never again recalled it Shrn. 198, 4

atol-lic

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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l.

hleówe

(adj.)
Grammar
hleówe, adj.

Warm, sheltered

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Warm, sheltered Gefere ðæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan and wearmne gereste him swíðe wel hleówe ðǽr and wearme gléda bere man gelóme inn carry the man into a room very fast shut and warm, let him rest himself there quite warm and snug, and let warm

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; m.
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Aþelbaldes gefére, þæs nama wæs Ecga, wæs fram þám áwyrgedan gáste unstille, Guth. 60, 9-13. Be Aþelbaldes gefére . . . cóm Æþelbaldes geféra þæs nama wæs Ova, 66, 20. Gefére comitem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 42

á-wefan

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Wæs áwefen ordiretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 5. His reáf wæs áwefen of olfendes hǽrum, Hml. Th. i. 352, 5. Mid orle of golde áwefen, Hml. S. 7, 36. Heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 21. Add