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hnecca

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Sege him heáfod fram þám hneccan ácorfen, Ap. Th. 8, 17. Þæs hneccan áhylt eádmódnyss cuius ceruicem inclinat humilitas, Scint. 20, 2. Add: —

hliþ

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Add Siððan þú gehýrde on hliðes óran galan geác on bearwe, Bo. 21. Geworhton hlǽw on hliðe, wæs . . . wǽglíðendum wíde sýne, B. 3158.

inn

Grammar
inn, a lodging, & c.
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gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse . . . inn wæs swýþe nearo, Hml. S. 31, 856. His healle oððe innes ipsius tabernaculi, R. Ben. I. 4, 2. Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan . . .

hymele

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man politricum and óðrum naman hymele nemneð byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, and eác on fuhtum stówun, Lch. i. 154, 23-26. Hymele. Genim þás wyrte ðe man bryonia and óþrum naman hymele nemneð, Lch. i. 172, 1-3.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded Nonnoso, wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and him þeódde fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26.

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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Hit nis riht on Crístenum folce, þæt sume scylon mid oferǽte and mid oferdrence beón oferléde, and sume hungre cwylmede, 142, 99. [v. N. E. D. over-lay. Goth. ufar-lagian. ]

sceald-þýfel

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Dele 'Scaldhýflas. . . col. 2,' and add Gesáwon hine þurh þá scealdþýfelas mid fellum gegyredne. wéndon hit sum wilde deór wǽre quem dum vestitum pellibus inter fruteta cernerent, aliquam bestiam esse crediderunt, Gr. D. 100, 9.

scín-cræft

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Add (the devil) sceolde þisne mid his scín-cræfte of þám scræfe ádrífan hunc usitata arte pellere ex eo specu, Gr. D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll.

scóh

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Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslupan . . se deófol him hýrde þá scós of dónne, Gr. D. 221, 22-25. Gescód mid gehammenum (geclútedum, v. l. ) scón, 37, 13. Gescrýd mid gyldenum cynehelme and mid goldfellenum sceón, Hml. S. 31, 752.

stunt

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Th. ii. 562, 15, Ðonne sind stunte þæt cépað þæs ýdelan hlýsan, 566, 2. Swá þá stuntan (dysigan, v. l.) mód (stultae mentis homines) leógað, þonne wénað þæs mannes ærnung beó of his líchaman missenlicnysse, Gr. D. 46, 6.

styrung

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1. add: convulsive movement of a person Heó ongann mid swá fela styrungum beón onstyred coepit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. quaking, shaking of an inanimate body Beóð eorðan styrunga erunt terrae motus, Mt. 24, 7. &lt;b&gt;II c.

swég

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&lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Hig deóplíce þá stefna þǽs lyftes swége gesleáð, and mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég gewynsumiað, Angl. viii. 313, 15. &lt;b&gt;II b.

swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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Add Swégdon sonauerunt (inimici tui, Ps. 82, 3), Bl. Gl. add Ne gehýre myrige lofsangas swégað on heofenum?, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 5. Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bedíglod, þá þá on his eáre swégdon eác þá word þæs munukes geþóhtes, Gr.

synderlíce

(adv.)
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Se here þe Grantanbrycge hiérde hine gecés synderlíce him hláforde (the Danes of Cambridge acted by themselves ), Chr. 921; P. 103, 19

tó-brecan

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add: &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; to spread in patches Swá seó fáguncg wæs þǽre hýde tóbrocen geond eallne his líchaman swylce hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 158, 33. &lt;b&gt;II c.

weallan

Grammar
weallan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Mycel wynsumnesse stenc þǽr upp weóll of þǽre byrgene de sepulcro fragrantia suavitatis emanavit, Gr. D. 338, 18. I. Add Binnan Róme weóll án wille ele ealne dæg fons olei per totum diem fluxit, Ors. 5, 14 ; S. 248, 10. 2.

wén

(n.)
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The word is also m. (or n. ?). add: estimation Nolde God þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

wyrt

Grammar
wyrt, <b>. I.</b>
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Swá swá wyrta felda ł blǽda wyrtena quemadmodum olera herbarum, Ps. L. 36, 2. &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Gehwylce wyrte (þá wyrta, v.l. olera) þe ǽr mid stale gewilnode, him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 15.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, a book.
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Add: dat. bóce, R. Ben. 67, 9. &lt;b&gt;I a&lt;/b&gt; 2. add: a title-deed Se cyng gebécte ðæt land Æðelstáne ... Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne, Cht. E. 202, 25.

á-wringan

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Ic of áwringe extorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 155, 17. Háwiað bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13.

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