hrífþo
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Sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, Lch. ii. 228, 12. Add
hagal-scúr
A shower of hail
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A shower of hail, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 30 : Menol. Fox 71; Men. 35
Linked entry: hægl-scúr
CRÁWAN
To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli
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Se hana creów gallus cantavit Mk. Bos. 14, 68; Lk. Bos. 22, 60. Ðá eftsóna creów se hana Mk. Bos. 14, 72;
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Ðú nǽme ( tenuisti ) hand ða swýðran, 72, 23. Hé ðæt wolcn him beforan nam he had the cloud before him, Blickl. Homl. 121, 14. Hí oferhygd nam ( tenuit ), Ps. Th. 72, 5.
Linked entry: bi-nom
wyrm-sele
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A serpent-hall [cf. the hall, thick swarming now, With ... scorpion, and asp ... Cerastes horned, hydrus, and elops drear, And dipsas, Par.
Linked entry: wyrm-geard
full
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Suá hwá suá hæfð fulle hǽle his líchoman, Past. 251, 3. Hí wénaþ ꝥ hié mægen habban full gód and fulle gesǽlþa on ðisum andweardum gódum.
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Th. 6173; B. 3091. a hand (as a measure) Stǽnen bedd þrým mundum hiérra ðonne ðæs húses flór, Shrn. 69, 4. protection (cf. to be in a person's hands, and v. hand) Wé woldon gesettan ðás bóc mannum tó getrym *-* minge and tó munde ús sylfum we wished
Linked entry: mundian
fexede
having long hair ⬩ long-haired
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having long hair, long-haired, Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10
cíp-lic
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17
fell-stycce
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A piece of skin Hafa þǽre hýde fellsticceo on þínum sceón, Lch. i. 330, 5
healf-brocen
Half-broken
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Half-broken Þam sticcum healfbrocenra ísa semifractarum crustis glacierum, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 633, 9
sumer-bóc
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a lectionary for the summer Brihtríc hæfð . . . .i. mæssebóc and winterrǽdingbóc and sumerbóc, Nap. 60
sceacga
The hair of the head
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The hair of the head; cf. shaggy Feax, sceacga coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 56
Linked entry: feax-sceacga
be-efesian
to cut the hair of a person
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to cut the hair of a person Hwá mæg mé beefesian?, Hml. S. 33, 84
apuldre
An apple-tree ⬩ malus
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An apple-tree; malus Ðeós apuldre hæc malus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 57
Linked entry: æppuldre
hwít-loc
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3
ge-lífen
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Having permission, excused Hæfe mec giléfenne (-léfen, L.) habe me excusatum, Lk. R. 14, 19
Linked entry: ge-léfen
twislung
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Add: differentiation Wé nellað náne twislunge habban nánes hádes reclusa personarum acceptione, Chrd. 13, 24
un-geswenced
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Unwearied, unceasing Dǽr bið seó éce hǽl and syó éce lufu swíþe ungeswæncedu, Nap. 65
Linked entry: swencan
weol-deáþ
A violent death
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A violent death Hié wældeáð (death at Grendel's hands) fornam, Beo. Th. 1395; B. 695