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wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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cutting wood Ða hǽðenan on heora ðeówte leofodon tó wudunge and tó wæterunge, Homl.

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bí-wist

(n.)
Grammar
bí-wist, and es; m. (cf. dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist).

Subsistence

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On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene, Bl. H. 185, 16. Þearfum bigwiste syllan, Hml. S. 26, 276. Þá þe on gemǽnum ðingum bigwiste habbað (the monastic orders), Hml. Th. i. 398, 13. Bíwiste stipendia, An. Ox. 4833. Add:

ge-hycgan

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I. 20. with clause Sceáwa nú and gehige hú heora sáwla lifgiað pensa eorum animae qualiter vivunt Gr.

méd-sceatt

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Ðá ðwyran déman ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled; and þan þonne hý démað, ne scéwiað hý ná þá spǽce, ac þá médsceatas (munera), 475, 46

wác-lic

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Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum . . . Him þúhte þá tó wáclic þæt hé wolde gefremman þá leásan leahtras, ac hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14-28

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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a shad Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ accĭdĕre

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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.

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hlenca

(n.)
Grammar
hlenca, or hlence, an; m. or f.

A link, ⬩ a chain of links, ⬩ a coat of mail formed with links or rings

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A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings [cf. hringlocen serce and other compounds of hring] Moyses bebeád frecan árísan habban heora hlencan beran beorht searo Moses bade the warriors arise, take their coats of mail, bear

hnol

(n.)
Grammar
hnol, hnoll, es; m.
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Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2. Fram ðám hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan from the crown of his head down to the soles of his feet, 480, 12: 452, 26: 524, 2. On hnol his In verticem ejus, Ps.

fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
fnæd, es; pl. nom. acc. fnadu, fnado; gen. fnada; dat. fnadum; n.

A hem ⬩ edge ⬩ fringe ⬩ fimbria

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Híg mǽrsiaþ heora reáfa fnadu magnĭfĭcant flmbrias, Mt. Bos. 23, 5. Fnado vel læppan fimbriæ [MS. timbria ], Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 68, 128; Wrt. Voc. 40, 33. On fnadum gyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 14

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loða

(n.)
Grammar
loða, an; m.

A cloak

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Heora andwlitan bewrigenum under loðum their faces wrapped under their cloaks, Cd. 77; Th. 95, 29; Gen. 1586

stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan heora stemninge (steminge, another MS.) gesetene, Chr. 894; Th. i. 166, col

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of art ⬩ a jewel ⬩ an ornament

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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon.

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bismer-lic

disgraceful ⬩ ignominious ⬩ contemptible ⬩ ridiculous ⬩ frivolous

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Hé heora ǽgþer ge mid bismere onféng, ge hié eác on þone bismerlecestan eard gesette cum foedissima ignominia dispersi sunt, 3, 11; S. 146, 34. contemptible, ridiculous, frivolous Bismerlic frivolus, i. mendax, fictus, Wrt.

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatry ⬩ an idol

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Ꝥ flǽsc þe hí heora feóndgyldum onsægd hæfdon immolata, 232, 15. Hé him swíþe ondréd þá feóndgyld þe in þám temple wǽron, 189, 2

ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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cf. hrif) Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron þǽm gelícost þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó étanne : hié ðonne gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte hwelc heora mǽst mæg gehrifnian.

grymetung

Grammar
grymetung, l. grymettung,
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Cumað ... mycele deór ... heora grymetung bið gelíc crætena cearcetunge, Wlfst. 200, 17. Gremetunc fremitus (leonum ), Kent. Gl. 686. Grimetung rugitus, 726. Grymetunge murmure, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 36.

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 71: 35, 64. Swiling wið hórum (hrum, MS.) and gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. [H]óras, i. 358, 13.

hwem

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Drihten wæs gefæstnod mid feówer nægelum tó westdǽle áwend, and his wynstra heóld ðone scýnendan súðdǽl, and his swíðra norðdǽl, eástdǽl his hnol; and hé ealle álýsde middaneardes hwemmas swá hangiende, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 3

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5