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bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.

to hold by or near, guard, observe, preservetenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservareto see, look on, beholdvidere, intueri, aspicere

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Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan he shall observe the sun's course, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 27; Ph. 90 : 57 b; Th. 205, 17; Ph. 114.

Linked entry: be-healden

folce-getrum

(n.)
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The passage is Him þá Abraham gewát and þá eorlas þrý þe him ǽr treówe sealdon mid heora folce getrume. Perhaps for the last half-line might be read trume mid heora folce

ge-weald

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gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot help it ) þeáh þe hig hwá tó woge bringe þurh lease wríteras, Ælfc.

Grantan-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Grantan-brycg, e; f: Grante brycg, e; f: Granta-brycg, e; f. [Hunt. Grantebrige: Dunel. Grantabric, Grantnebrige, Grantebryge: Hovd. Grauntebrigge]
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CAMBRIDGE, the chief town in Cambridgeshire, and seat of the University; Cantābrĭgia, agri Cantabrigiensis oppidum primarium To Grantanbrycge to Cambridge, Chr. 875; Th. 144, 9, col. 2: 145, 9, col. 2: 921; Th. 195, 29.

breóst-hord

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-hord, es; n. m.

the heart, minda hoard, treasure The breast's treasure, the thought, mind, heart pectoris thesaurus, cogitatio, mens, cor

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Th. 5577; B. 2792. Him on ferhþe greów breóst-hord blódreów in his mind there grew a bloodthirsty thought. Beo. Th. 3442; B. 1719: Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 10; Seef. 55

linian

(v.)
Grammar
linian, leonian

to leave

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know that my glory and honour were greater than all other kings that ever were in the world, Nar. 33, 2

Linked entry: leonian

ríp

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Th. i. 440, 26.

ge-mót

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S. 23, 21. a hostile meeting, an encounter Wénde ic þæt þú þý wærra weorðan sceolde wið sóðfæstum swylces ge-mðtes. þe þé oft wiðstðd, Jul. 426. Oft ic wig seó . . . ic á bídan sceal láðran gemótes, Ru. 6, 10.

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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[Þat te schal bireowe þat sið, þat tu eauer dides te into swuch þeowdom, H. M. 9, 2.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

ge-rýnelic

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Th. ii. 168, 5. Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.

húsel-hálgung

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Add:: holy communion, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper :-- Húselhálgung næs ǽr þám se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and win tó húsle, Hml. A. 71, 155.

ge-drycnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drycnan, pp. ed
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Þes moncwealm wæs. . . ofer ealle menn gelíce, þéh þe sume deáde wǽron, sume uneáþe gedrycnede aura corrumpens generali cunctos tabe confecit; ut etiam quos non egit in mortem turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque dintiserit, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 10

Linked entry: -drycnan

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 35. Se herewísa hleahtor álegde the host's leader hath put away laughter [is dead ], Beo. Th. 6033; B. 3020.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6

bletsung

benediction

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Swá Thomas tó þám tíman ágeán férde búton bletsunga (without consecration), Chr. 1070; P. 206, 6. Hé mid his bletsunge þæt wæter tó wíne awende, Hml. Th. i. 58, 13.

án-wald

(n.)
Grammar
án-wald, es; m.

Sole powerjurisdictionrule

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Sole power, jurisdiction, rule Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62.

ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla gerihtwísod, Hml. Th. ii. 430, l.

Linked entry: rihtwísian

cneów

(n.)
Grammar
cneów, es; n.

a kneegenua generation; generatio

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Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt. Bos. 27, 29. a generation; generatio In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676

Linked entry: cneó

scirian

(v.)
Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred (v. á-scirred)
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Sceóp ðá and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum then did our Creator adjudge and ordain the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven, Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.

Linked entries: scerian scyrian swyrige

cyne-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-róf, adj. [róf famous]

Royally famous, noble nobilis

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Cirdon cynerófe the noble ones turned, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 6; Jud. 312: 11; Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 200