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ge-bæcu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bæcu, pl. n.

Back parts ⬩ hinder parts ⬩ postĕriōra

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Back parts, hinder parts; postĕriōra Synd gebæcu hire hrycges on blácunge goldes sunt postĕriōra dorsi ejus in pallōre auri, Ps. Lamb. 67, 14. He slóh heora fýnd on gebæcum percussit inĭmīci suos in postĕriōra, 77, 66

Linked entry: bæce

plantian

(v.)
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Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on hí ðá word ðǽre hálgan láre, Past. 443, 1

éðle

(n.)
Grammar
éðle, to a home, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 21; Gú. 326: éðles of a home, Andr. Kmbl. 1660; An. 830; dot. and gen. of éðel

a home ⬩ domĭcĭlium

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a home; domĭcĭlium

prician

(v.)
Grammar
prician, priccan
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Ðornas priciaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 20. Hé hét ðæs pápan lima gelóme prician, 312, 11. Ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg

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Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde non equorum dorso vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28. Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Ðorme grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht . . . Ðæs cocces ðeáw is . . . Past. 459, 29-461, 2. Se kok ðe wé ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

hlýpa

(n.)
Grammar
hlýpa, hliépa, an; m.

That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, ⬩ a horse-block

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geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan hoc infamis officii continua donec vixit damnatione sortitus, ut ipse acclinis humi, regem super adscensurum in equo dorso

Linked entry: hliépa

á-heáwan

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Ðá ðornas beóð áheáwene. Past. 411, 17. Add

Linked entry: heáwan

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

hýre-mann

Grammar
hýre-mann, hiére-, hýr-mann, es; m.

a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer

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Se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn hi, qui subsequenter inhærent, dorsa nominantur, Swt. 29, 12. On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ealdormen on oðre wísan ða hiéremenn quomodo admonendi subditi et prælati, 28; Swt. 189, 13.

Linked entries: hýrig-mann hýr-mann híre-man

mersc

(n.)
Grammar
mersc, es; m.

A marsh

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Ðat lond at Ðorpe mid médwe and mid merisce, iv. 295, 7. On sealtum mersce, Ps. Spl. 106, 34. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorþan on sealtne mersc ( in salsuginem ), Ps. Th. 106, 33: Blickl. Gl.: Cd. 160; Th. 199, 4; Exod. 333.

Linked entry: merisc

Thráceas

(n.)
Grammar
Thráceas, þrácie (?); pl.
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Dorus Thrácea cyning, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 3. In other passages Latin forms occur, Traci, Thraci :-- Be westan ðære byrig sindon Traci, 1, 1; Swt. 22, 8.

DURRAN

(v.)
Grammar
DURRAN, ic, he dear, ðú dearst, pl. durron, durran; p. dorste, pl. dorston, dorstan; pp. dorren

DARE, presume ⬩ audēre

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Engl. dare, dare, dare, durst, Wyc. dore, dar, durn,   Laym. Orm   der, darr, durren, durste, O. Sax. gi-durran, gi-dar,   gi-dorsta, O. Frs. thura, thur, dur thuron, thorste, M. H. Ger. turren, tar, turren, torste, O. H.

gærs

herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, grazing ⬩ the grass-covered ground

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Eorðo wæstmas ǽrest gers (herbam), æfter ðon ðone ðorn, Mk. R. L. 4, 28. pasture, grazing .IIII. oxnum gers mid cyninges oxnum, C. D. ii. 64, 29. Hiora gemǽnan æceras oððe gærs, Ll.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worse ⬩ worst

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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4. Gif wé ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce wé ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian

Linked entries: wyrrest yfel weorr wersa wurst

sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
sceádan, scádan; scéd,sceád ; sceáden.

to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed

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trans. to separate, divide, make a line of separation between Eádmund Myrce geeode swá Dor scádeþ, hwítan wylles geat and Humbra eá bráda brimstreám Edmund conquered Mercia, which Dor, Whitewell& #39;s gate, the river Humber, the broad estuary, divides

Linked entries: be-sceadan sceáde-sealf scédan

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Doran hunig dumbledore's honey, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 20. [Cf. O. H. Ger. humbel-honag.] Englisces huniges of English honey, 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 23: 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 10.

Linked entry: teár-líc

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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Ðæt hé swá oft sceolde stúpian swá se cyning tó his horse wolde and ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem superadscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
    • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
    • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may

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Megende valens, Kent. Gl. 189: to be strong, efficacious, to avail, prevail, be sufficient Gif ðú meht si vales, Kent. Gl. 52. Wel mæg ðæm dæg wérignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 41. Ne meg mon non

Linked entry: mæg

déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn ⬩ judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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To DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn; judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre He com déman eorþan venit judicāre terram, Ps. Lamb. 95, 13: Elen

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

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