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hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ... Hyre gedafnað ꝥ heó swá swá hlǽfdige foresceáwige hwæt heó gehwylcum lime bebeóde tó dónne, Hml.

fæger

(n.)
Grammar
fæger, es; n. (not e; f.).

beauty

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Dele bracket, and add: beauty Gif hit fæger is, ꝥ is of heora ágnum gecynde, næs of ðínum; heora fæger hit is, næs þín. Hwæt fægnast þú þonne heora fægeres? hwæt belimpþ his tó þe?, Bt. 14, 2; F. 42, 32-36.

spendan

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Hí námon æt heora mágon sceattas genóge and þá eáwunga and dearnunga ealle spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum, Hml. S. 23, 200. Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml.

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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.); and ðá heó weóp (gewǽp fleret, Lind.), heó ábeáh nyðer . . . Ða englas cwǽdon tó hyre : " Wíf, hwí wépst (uoepæs, Lind.: woepes, Rush., ploras ) ðú ? " Jn. Skt. 20, 11-13. geseah mycel gehlýd wépende ( flentes) . . .

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

hyldu

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</b> good will towards a benefactor, gratitude :-- Ðonne his ælmessan dǽld. . . ne giéme hwelce hylde mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexl ne impensae gratiae vicissi-tudinem reguirant, Past. 323, 18. of the relation between lord and man. the favour

bi-neótan

(v.)
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bi-neótan, p. -neát, pl. -nuton; pp. -noten
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To deprive of the enjoyment or use of anything On hyge hálge heáfde bineótan to deprive the holy one in spirit of his head, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 28; Jul. 604. He hine ealdre bineát he deprived him of life, Beo. Th. 4784; B. 2396

Linked entry: bi-noten

-geaplíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-geaplíce, l. <b>geáplíce,</b>
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Þá betealde ( Herod ) hine swíðe geáplíce, swá swá wæs snotorwyrde, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hig tósceádað ꝥ stæfgefég on þrým wísan geáplíce swíðe, Angl. viii. 313, 17

blódgian

(v.)
Grammar
blódgian, p. ode.
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to make bloody hys líchaman mid his tóþum blódgode, Guth. 56, 17. Hié mid heora múðe hié blódgodon, Nar. 11, 5. Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora spurum blódgian, Gr. D. 14, 28. to become bloody Reáwde vel blódgade crudescit, Wrt.

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campian

(v.)
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wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Campiende agonizans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 51. to fight for, with dat. Þá þe campiað cynincge eorðlícum qui militant regi terreno, Scint. 61, 1, 2: Hex. 34, 15, 17.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Heó hí mynte for hý tó abbudissan gesettan abbatissam eam pro se facere disposuerat, Bd. 5, 3; 616, 19. mynte hine sleán, Blickl. Homl. 223, 7, 9, 11, 16. mynte mid his discipulum tó his mynstre féran, 225, 11 : Beo. Th. 1428; B. 712.

ge-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽnan, to grant for a time,
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lend, lease land Wé habbað . . . gelǽned heom ðæt land of ðǽre strǽt ðe úre wæs heore hús on tó rýmende, ðá hwíle ðe hí libbeð . . . and æfter heore dæie hí gyfeð heore hús and heore land and úre Críste and Sancte Petre, C. D. vi. 209, 28-210, 7.

fæsten

(n.)
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Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf þæt fæsten ábrece, 172, 1-2. Fæstinum jejuniis, Rtl. 8, 17. Heó lufude fæstenu, Hml. Th. i. 148, 1. Fæsten dreógan to do penance (?), suffer scarcity (?)

ge-bytlu

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, For 'indecl. f.
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hylt ealle þá gebytlu ðǽre gelaðunge, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 22

hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
hindan, adv.

From behind, at the back, in the rear, behind

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From behind, at the back, in the rear, behind Ðá hét gewríðan ðone páþan and ðone ððerne preóst tó his hricge hindan then he ordered the pope to be bound, and the other priest behind to his back, Homl. Th. ii. 310, 31.

fullíce

(adv.)
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Hié heora scriftum fullíce geandettiaþ, Bl. H. 193, 22. fullíce mynster getimbrede he built a monastery complete in every respect, 221, 5. Gyf þrǽl þegen fullíce áfylle, Wlfst. 162, 8.

fultum

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Swá clǽne hié námon heora fultum mid him þætte heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, 15. máran fultum and máre mægen. hæfde plures habebat auxiliarios, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 254, 14

hrím-forst

(n.)
Grammar
hrím-forst, es; m.
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ofslóh heora morbeámas on rímforste ( in pruina ), Ps. L. 77, 47

tó-middes

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Add His borh þǽr æt hám gewunode tómiddes heora, swilce beswicen wǽre quasi deceptus in medio fidejussor remansit, Gr. D. 253, 26

cræftiga

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sende him cræftigan (cræftige wyrhtan, v.l. architectos ), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 678, 18. v. galdor-cræftiga, heáh-cræftiga, smiþ-cræftiga; cræfta. Add

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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behét ðæt nǽfre eft tó Angelcynne mid unfriðe cumon nolde he promised that he would never again come and disturb the peace of England, 994; Erl. 133, 33.