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hideres

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Take here hidres in Dict., and add: local Hé þǽr lange hyderes and þyderes sécende fór, Hml. S. 236, 730. figurative Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres, Past. 169, 13. Mé þincþ ꝥ þú mé dwelige and dyderie and lǽdst mé hidres and þidres, Bt. 35,

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há-sæta

(n.)
Grammar
há-sæta, an; m.

A rowera thole-sitter, an oarsman, opposed to the captain or helmsman

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A rower And gerǽdde man ðá ðæt ða scipu gewendan eft ongeán tó Lundene and sceolde man setton óðre eorlas and óðre hásǽton tó ðám scipum it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and other commanders and other rowers were to be appointed

heofon

(n.)
Grammar
heofon, heófon[?]
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Hergas on helle heofon ðider becom druron deófolgyld, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 17; Exod. 47. Grein translates heofon lamentation and druron mourned; but may not hergas be from hearg q. v. and parallel to deófolgyld, and the passage be translated the idols and

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

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wed-bróðer

(n.)
Grammar
wed-bróðer, m.

One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate

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One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate Ða luuede Wulfere hit swíðe for his bróðer luuen Peada, and for his wedbróðeres luueu Oswí, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 1. Cóman bégen ða cyningas tógædre and wurdon feólagan and wedbróðra, and

norþan

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Þá hwíle cóm Willelm . . . and Harold cóm norðan and him wið feaht, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 4. Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan (from north of Leicester), 921; P. 101, 7. Þonne won cymeð nihtscúa, norðan onsendeð hreó

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii

suhter-fæderan

(n.)
Grammar
suhter-fæderan, -gefæderan; pl. m.
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Uncle and nephew Hróþwulf and Hróðgár suhtorfædran, Exon. Th. 321, 15; Víd. 46. Ða gódan twegen (Hróþgar and Hróþulf) sǽton suhtergefæderan, Beo. Th. 2332; B. 1164

weorold-duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-duguþ, e; f.
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Worldly good Wilna brytta and woruld-dugeða bróðrum sínum, Cd. Th. 97, 30 ; Gen. 1620. Wilna wæstmum and worulddugeðum, lufum and lissum, 117, 4 ; Gen. 1948

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

hreód-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of reed Þá genámon hié sume spingan and gefyldon mid ecede . . . and dydon on sum hreódcynn, and rǽhton úp tó his múþe, Nap. 39

færest

Grammar
færest, færeþ goest, goeth, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 56; Met. 24, 28: Elen. Kmbl. 2546; El. 1274;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. and fut. of faran

hynden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hynden-mann, es; m.
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The head man of a hynden Ðæt wé ús gegaderian á emban ǽnne mónaþ gif wé mágon and æmtan habban ða hyndenmenn and ða ðe ða teóþunge bewitan ... and habban ða xii [xi?] menn heora metscype tógædere [resolved:] that we gather to us once every month, if

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wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5. Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder

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heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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The inhabitants of heaven Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven

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hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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jurisdiction Hláforddómes consulatus, i. principatus. An. Ox. 271. Constantinus him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtinge and hláfordóme (ealdordóme, v.l.) Constantinus ei in monasterii regimine successit. Gr. D. 96, 8. An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, sé

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on

Daðan

(n.)
Grammar
Daðan, es; m.

Dathan, one of the sons of Eliab

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Dathan, one of the sons of Eliab, Num. 26, 9 Æfter ðam arison Chore and Hon, Daðan and Abiron ongeán Moisen after that Korah and On, Dathan and Abiram rose up against Moses, Num. 16, 1: 16, 27, 32: Deut. 11, 6

unriht-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-cyst, e; f.

Viceexcess

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Vice, excess Ic andette ... unrihtgilp and ídel word and unrihtcysta and ǽlcne glængc (cf. ic ondette ... unnyttes gilpes bigong and ídle glengas, uncyste..., Anglia xi. 98, 27) ðe tó mínes líchaman unrǽde ǽfre belimpe, L. de Cf. 7; Th. ii. 262, 28

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6