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ge-mynd

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Gode nó syððan hié in gemynd cumað, El. -303- (to bring, call to] mind Him in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba bróhte, Rä. 60, 7. (5 a) (to take to (into] fix in) mind :-- Ðeáh ealra þǽra worda hí wǽron forgytene, námon him þá gedwoll-men ǽnlípige tó

ge-reccan

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Hi hrædlíce, æfter þǽm þe þá wíf hié swá scondlíce geræht hæfdon, gewendon, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 5. [Passages 1. 2, and 4 might be taken under ge-rǽcan; <b> I. 4.</b>]

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling

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Hié gesáwon swelce se hefon wǽre tóhliden Falescis coelum scindi velut magno hiatu visum, 4, 8; S. 188, 26. Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone, and hú ðicke se hefon wǽre and hú fæst, oððe hwæt þǽr ofer wǽre, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 21-23.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Þás woruldgesǽlþa and þes anweald willaþ clifian on þǽm wyrstan monnum, and him geþafiaþ þæt hí bióð heora hláfordas, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 20. used of animals Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wǽre hláford ofer óþre mýs and sette him dómas and nídde hié æfter

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ða ðe ðæs wyrðe beóþ, ðæt hié heofoncining on heora heortum beran, 79, 32. (5 a) with impersonal construction :-- Wæs ðæt ðæs wyrðe, ðæt seó stów swá fæger wǽre it was fitting that the place should be so fair, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 23.

hí-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
hí-gedryht, e;

A band of household retainers,

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A band of household retainers, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 32; Reim. 21

Linked entries: ge-dryht hý-gedriht

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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to tell, narrate, recount, state a case Þeáh ic hit lengre telle though I make my story longer, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 31. Dó ðæs lean tó ðám foresprecenan gódum ðe ic ðe ǽr tealde on ðriddan béc, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 190, 2. Se sunderhálga tealde his gódan

hi-geára

Similar entry: geó-geára

mór

Grammar
mór, I. add: — Hí eardiað an þæs gedwildes móre and meoxe (in luto heresis), Chrd. 96, 31. Móras salebras, i. loca lutosa, An. Ox. 17, 63. The word occurs often in charters, v. Midd. Flur.

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