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HETE

(n.)
Grammar
HETE, es; m,

HATEhatredenmitymalignitymalicespite

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Ic flýma wæs ðæt ic mé his hete berh and wearnode qui vagabundus, hostium vitabam insidias, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28. Ða tó Sione hete hæfdon qui oderunt Sion, Ps. Th. 128, 3.

scop

(n.)
Grammar
scop, sceop, es; m.
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Ðǽr wæs hearpan swég, swutol sang scopes, Beo. Th. 180 ; B. 90. Omerus wæs ðæm mǽran sceope (Virgil) magistra betst. Met. 30, 4. Gecuron him ánne scop tó cyninge ... se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian, Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 29.

Linked entry: sceop

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 23. Gif ús ungelimpas on ǽhtum getímiaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 27. Fela ungelimpa gelimpð ðysse þeóde, Wulfst. 562, 12.

gebyrd-tíd

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Ðis wæs gedón ðý geáre ðe wæs ágán fram Crístes gebyrdtíde nigon hund wintra and hundnigontig wintra, C.D. iii. 255, 22. Gebyrðtíde, 256, 18.

á-settan

(v.)

to setputmove an object to a place To move one's selftransport one's self:-- to set place buildto put inoutof an officeto lay, impose punishment,to set propose a riddle,to oppress

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Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde ásett and geworht oppidum ex his arundinibus erat edificatum, Nar. 10, 14. Neáh þǽre ceastre wæs ásett (-seted,v. l.) cyrce, Gr. D. 43, 29. Ne ðá get ásette wéron necdum (mantes) con-stiterant, Kent.

nama

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Mann wæs fram Gode ásend, þæs nama wæs Ióhannes ( cui nomen erat Johannes ), Jn. 1, 6. Ðæs biscepes tíd and his módor, þǽre noma wæs Sc̃e Anthiæ, Shrn. 71, 29.

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Ðá wæs módsefa miclum geblissod greatly then was his heart gladdened, Andr. Kmbl. 1783; An. 894: Elen. Kmbl. 1748; El. 876. Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege my soul longed to be gone, Rood Kmbl. 246; Kr. 124. Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ you please me, Beo.

ge-lang

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Frægn Scipia hiene an hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentię swá rade áhnescaden ( qua ope res Numantina fuisset eversa ), 5, 3; S. 222, 15

heáh

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Be þám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 262, 13. of water. rising water, high Seó eorðe weóll ongeán þám heofonlican flóde oð ðæt þæt wæter wæs heáhre þonne ǽnig munt ǽfre wǽre, Wlfst. 206, 22.

Linked entry: dynt

emb-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sníðan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden, -snyden

To cut round, circumcise circumcīdĕre

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To cut round, circumcise; circumcīdĕre Ðæt ðæt cild embsnyden wǽre ut circumcidĕrētur puer. Lk. Bos. 2, 21

ge-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.
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., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe, 2, 2; Sch. 120, 13

ge-pílian

(v.)
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to beat in a mortar Swilce hít on pílan gepílod wǽre quasi pilo tusum, Ex. 16, 14

Linked entry: pílian

hors-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hors-cniht, es; m.
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A groom Aman gelǽdde Mardochéum geond þá burh swylce hé his horscniht wǽre, Hml. A. 99, 242

mete-ærn

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a refectory :-- Þonne tǽce ic eów hwǽr þára bróðra metern (refectorium) wǽre, Gr. D. 147, 34. Add

marman-stán

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Ðeáh hit wǽre marmanstánas, ðá wǽron áswengde on ðára onsýn þe þǽron sǽton, Shrn. 81, 2. Add

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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On hire wæs gefylled ðætte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen in her was fulfilled what was sung in the Song of Songs, Blickl. Homl. 11, 15 : 13, 26. Gefylde, 15, 8.

ge-fyrn

Grammar
ge-fyrn, long ago.
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wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíþe fela geara synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of þysan lífe, Hml. S. 23, 727. Swá Sedulus iú gefyrn giddode, Angl. viii. 332, 16

ge-hwæþer

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Wæs gehwæðeres wá, Met. l, 25. the circumstances following Him wæs gehwseðres wá, ge . . . ge . . . El. 628.

Linked entry: hwæþer

on-sendan

(v.)

to send off, despatch (an emissary)to send forth or out,to emit (an odour, etc.)to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)

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Ic wæs hider onsended, Blickl. Homl. 9, 20. Hé wæs of heofenum onsended, 131, 13: Chr. 430; Erl. 10, 18.

Linked entry: an-sendan

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl.