healfunga
By halves, partially, imperfectly
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Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16
ofer-fylgan
To pursue, persecute, attack
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To pursue, persecute, attack Gif ðæm móde mon tó ungemetlíce mid ðære þreápunga oferfylgþ si mentem immoderata increpatio affligit, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 15.
slǽp-ærn
A dormitory
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Canonicas, ðǽr seó ár sí, ðæt hí beóddern and slǽpern habban mágan, healdan heora mynster mid rihte, L. Eth. v. 7; Th. i. 306, 12. Ic begeat ðæt stǽinene slápern and ðlǽrtó ðæs landes be súþan ðæn slépern .xxiiii. gerda on lange. Chart.
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hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande if a 'friþgeard' be on any one's land, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16. Gif hwæs bróðor deád biþ si cujus frater mortuus fuerit, Mk. Skt. 12, 19.
hand-seten
The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual
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., a signature, sign manual Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan, Cod. Dipl.
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æhte man
A husbandman ⬩ a farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ colonus
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A husbandman, a farmer, ploughman; colonus Laboratores sind yrþlingas and ǽhte men labourers are ploughmen and husbandmen, Ælfc. T. 40, 20
hreórig
Ruinous
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Ruinous Hrófas sind gehrorene hreórge torras the roofs are fallen, the towers ruinous, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 6; Ruin. 3
efen-leóf
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Equally dear Nýdþeówas sind Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 11. v. em-leóf in Dict
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organian
to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument
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to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument Ic orgnige (organige, MS. H. ), Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7 ; Som. 32, 62
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smitta
A smear, blot, mark, spot
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A smear, blot, mark, spot Bútan smittan sine macula R. Ben. Interl. 4, 3. Smyttena naevorum, notarum Hpt. Gl. 421, 56
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feorh-seóc
Life-sick, mortally wounded ⬩ letālĭter vulnĕrātus
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Life-sick, mortally wounded; letālĭter vulnĕrātus Scolde Grendel ðonan feorhseóc fleón Grendel must flee thence mortally wounded, Beo. Th. 1644; B. 820
hloccettan
groan ⬩ sigh
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to utter a sound, groan, sigh Ic loccele (roketto, R.) deiglo eructabo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Loceteð eructavit p. 9, 7
Linked entries: loccettan hloccettung
mód-leás
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Add: senseless; cf. mód; <b>I. a</b> : Þú druncena . . . þé módleás (sine mente) rest. Chrd. 74, 13
gringan
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To sink down, perish; occumbere, prosterni On herefelda hǽðene grungon the heathen sank down upon the battlefield, Elen. Kmbl. 252; El. 126
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Grammar myntan, with a clause introduced by ðæt Geréfa mín mynteþ ðæt mé æfter síe eaforan síne yrfeweardas my steward means his children to be heirs after me, l00; Th. 131, 27; Gen. 2182. Hé mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde líf wið líce, Beo.
CNYSSAN
To press ⬩ trouble ⬩ toss ⬩ strike ⬩ dash ⬩ beat ⬩ overcome; ⬩ premere ⬩ tribulare ⬩ pulsare ⬩ contundere ⬩ vincere
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Ðæt hine ne cnysse sió wilnung lest desire overcome him Past. 19, 1; Hat. MS. 28a, 6
timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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Hé (the sixth day of the moon) is gód circan on tó timbrane, and eác scipes timber on tó anginnanne, Lchdm. iii. 178, 9
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swilc
where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many
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Eahtige hé hine selfne suelcne suelcne hé ondrǽtt ðæt hé sié, Past. 17; Swt. 119, 8. Séce swylcne hláford, swylcne hé wille, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 220, 24.
reáf-lác
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Gif ciricgrið ábrocen beó, sí hit þurh feohtlác, sí hit þurh reáflác, L. Eth. ix. 4; Th. i. 340, 22 : L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 30. Gif hwá reáflác gewyrce, ágife and forgylde, 64; Th. i. 410, 2. Ðæt hé begange nán reáflác, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 4.