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hunig-swéte

Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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and add: lit. Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Huniswéttre mellite (dulcedinis gustum), An. Ox. 336. fig. Huniswé[te] lippan mellea labia, An. Ox. 3183. Orþiende wyrtbráþa swétnyssa líflicra hunigswéte spirans odorum balsama vitalium

holdigean

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>holdian;</b> p. ode. To flay; to em-bowel (?) Man þá hálgan swang and bærnde and swilce ofsticode swín holdode (v. ge-wyrce), Hml. S. 23, 106 : 73. Tó holdigenne, tó befleánne euiscerandum Germ. 393, 109

hræd-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-mód, adj.
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Hasty, quick-tempered Se heofonlica wísdóm cwæð ꝥ ꝥ yrre hæfð wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is þonne hé bið tó hrædmód (cf. ne sis velox ad irascendum: quia ira in sinu stulti requiescit, Eccl. 7, 10), Hml. S. 16, 342

lǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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A betrayer Him wǽre betere ꝥ hé geboren nǽre þonne hé his lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l.) wǽre. Nǽron þa Iúdéiscan ne se dyrna lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l. ) þurh God geneádode, Hml. S. 27, 163-166. Cf. (?) ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

tó-cyme

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Þys ylcan geáres was S. Iudoces tócyme ( the saint's relics arrived ), Chr. 903; P. 93, 4. Ne bið heó ná swincende on feforádlum, ne eác heó ne gyrneð Basilies tócymes neque febribus laboratura est, neque Basilium quaesitura. Gr. D. 29, 24. Add

sǽd-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd-cynn, es; n.

A kind of seed

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A kind of seed Ǽghwilc sǽdcyn omne genus seminarum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 30. Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, ðonne hé ǽlc sǽd wel gesáwen hæbbe ofer geáres fyrst, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 9

gang-tún

A draught-house

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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379

Linked entry: tún

heaðorian

(v.)
Grammar
heaðorian, heaðerian; p. ode

To restrain

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To restrain Se godcunda foreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 31. Mid þearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse ðara láreówa fore heaðoradon paupertate ac rusticitate sua doctorum arcebant

Cnobheres burh

(n.)
Grammar
Cnobheres burh, gen. burhe; f. [
  • MS.
Cneoferis burh]

BurghcastleSuffolk;Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii

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Burghcastle, Suffolk; Cnobheri urbs, in agro Suffolciensi ad ostia Garionis fluvii Ceaster, seó is nemned on Englisc Cneoferis burh. In his original Latin, Bede says, Castrum, 'quod lingua Anglorum Cnobheres burg, id est, urbs Cnobheri vocatur,' Bd.

Linked entry: Cneoferis burh

spír

(n.)
Grammar
spír,

a spire

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a spire v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10

á-woffian

(v.)

to be or become madto become insolent

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Add: to be or become mad Amens byð áwoffod, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Áwoffod freneticus, An. Ox. 4668. Gif hwylc gedwola oððe áwoffod man, Hml. S. 1, 20. to become insolent Áwolfige ł woffie insolescat, superbiat, Hpt. Gl. 461, 56:An. Ox. 2350

Linked entries: woffian á-wolfian

beddian

(v.)
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Þá woldon ðá préóstas him wurðlíce beddian, and bǽron micel streáw tó his beddinga, Hml. S. 31, 848. Dó hyne on wearme húse, and bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lch. iii. 140, 25. He lette hine baðien and beddien feire, Laym. 6658. Add

ge-sǽlig

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Add: happening by chance, fortuitous Mid gesǽligum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, An. Ox. 4185. happy, favoured by lot, position, or other external circumstance, fortunate Tó hwon sceoldan míne friend seggan þæt ic gesǽlig mon wǽre ? Hú mæg sé beón gesǽlig

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Obedience, subjection, a district in subjection to secular or ecclesiastical authority His mód biþ áfédd mid ðære smeáunga ðære wilnunga oðerra monna hiérnesse in occulta meditatione cogitationis ceterorum subjectione pascitur, Past. 8, 2; Swt. 55, 6

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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To show, bring before the eyes, display, reveal Ýweþ and yppeþ shews and reveals, Salm. Kmbl. 985; Sal. 494. Ðá ýwde hé ðǽr synne wisan culpam esse demonstravit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2. Ðá ýwde ic him sóna ða ylcan bóc ðara reogola quibus statim protuli

Linked entry: éwan

ge-dwola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwola, -dweola, an; m.

errormadnessheresyerrorerrātumvesāniahærĕsisa heretichærĕtĭcus

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error, madness, heresy; error, errātum, vesānia, hærĕsis Se mennisca gedwola human error. Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 22. Se Arrianisca gedwola Arriāna hærĕsis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 33 : Bt. Met. Fox 1, 81; Met. 1, 41. Óþ ða tíde ðæs Arrianiscan gedwolan usque

Linked entries: dwola ge-dweola

GEÓ

(adv.)
Grammar
GEÓ, gió; adv.

Formerly, of old, beforequandam, olim, pridem

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Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 68; Met. 10

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Add: odour: — Brǽþ odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 26. Mǽre brǽð þǽr stanc, swá ꝥ ꝥ wíf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǽþes, and cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce. Hml. S. 4, 347. Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9. Se wynsuma brǽð

drenc

(n.)
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Add: drinking Sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. 21, 32, 38. Gýfernyss déð ꝥ man tó micel nimð on wǽte . . . and þone mann tó deáðe gebrincgð for ðám ormǽtan

Eást

(n.; adv.)
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Eást, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>eást;</b> adv. East, to the east; dele first passage, and add: marking direction, of movement Hér fór se here eást, Chr. 891; P. 82, 16. Swegen gewende eást tó Baldewines lande, 1046; P. 171, 2. Hé is eást irnende ( orientem