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hordere

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Þæs horderes tǽcen is þæt mon wrænce mid is hande swilce hé wille loc hunlúcan, Tech. ii. 118, 10. Add

sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . .

acsung

(n.)
Grammar
acsung, e; f.

An askinga questionan inquiryinquisitioninterrogationthat which is inquired aboutinformationinterrogatio

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An asking, a question, an inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, that which is inquired about, information; interrogatio Uneáþe ic mæg forstandan ðíne acsunga I can scarcely understand thy questions, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16

Linked entries: ascung axung

mold-hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
mold-hýpe, an; f.

A heap of earth or dust

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A heap of earth or dust Ðonne biþ hit swylce hé sý mid sumere moldhýpan ofhroren it is as though he be overwhelmed by a heap of dust, Homl. Th. i. 492, 33

Linked entry: hýpe

un-tótwǽmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tótwǽmed, adj.

Undividedunseparated

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Th. i. 40, 30. Ðæra weorc is symle untótwǽmed, ii. 366, 20

Linked entry: tó-twǽman

ágen-slaga

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Add: A suicide Nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Ǽlc ágenslaga on écnysse ðrowað. Hml. S. 19, 230: Hml. Th. ii. 250, 22

handlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
handlinga, adv.

With the hands

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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1

þeóster-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
þeóster-cofa, an; m.
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A dark chamber, used of the place where a person or thing is buried Under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde in þeóstorcofan, Elen. Kmbl, 1662; El. 833. Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168

þrǽs

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 63, 51. Þrǽs instita, i. 26, 10. Ðrési lymbo, Txts. 75, 1264. Liste oððe þrǽs lembum, listum oððe þrǽsum limbus(-is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 68, 69

un-áwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeableunalterableinvariable

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Unchangeable, unalterable, invariable Heora nán nǽfre of ðam háde ðe hé is ne áwent, forðan ðe God is unáwendendlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 27: Bt. 35, 2; Fox 158, 4.

hyð

(n.)
Grammar
hyð, gen. hyððe ; f.

Advantagegainprofitbenefit

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Gif feohbót áríseþ ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce tó þearfena hyððe if a money-fine arises, it is properly applied for the benefit of the needy, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 6.

Linked entry: hyðe-líc

norþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþe-weard, adj.

Northwardnorth

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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the

Linked entry: norþ-weard

ge-bod

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Th. ii. 290, 17. Hí eów gedwealdon mid þám manigfealdum gebodum, i. 56, 17. Gebodum edictis (Claudii Caesaris ), An. Ox. 4130. Gebodo edicta (Diocletiani ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 20: 31, 25. Ǽlc . . . þára þe þá gebodu gehýrde, Ll.

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Th. i. 558, 26

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Ic am unwurð as weri (v. l. wari) þet is anhonged, A. R. 352, 21. Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215

ge-tenge

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Swá fela áwyrigedra gásta wǽron ðǽm ǽnum men getenge (cf. intrauerunt daemonia multa in eum, Lk. 8, 30), Hml. Th. ii. 378, 30

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madnessfuryfrenzyrageblasphemy

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Th. ii. 30, 15 : Homl. Ass. 72, 170. His sáwul is ðurh deófol gedreht; him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnysse tócnáwe, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29. On wódnessum ł gewytlýstum leásum in insanias falsas, Ps. Lamb. 39, 5.

on-bryrdness

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Th. ii. 504, 20. <b>II a.</b> where the feeling is one of sorrow or regret, compunction :-- Ðá sió anbryrdnes hine álét cum compunctionis tempus abscessit, Past. 423, 15. Mid andbryrdnysse (compunctione) synna andettan, Ll.

práfost

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Add On Laurentius mæssan daegi Ælfsige ðǽm biscope in his getelde Aldred se prófast ðás feówer collectæ ǽr underne áwrát, Rtl. 185, 20-23. <b>II a.

hacele

(n.)
Grammar
hacele, an; f : hæcla, an; m [?]

A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock.lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pla cloaka kind of cowled or hooded frockpriest's copecuculla, casula

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Ðá gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan ðæt is mid lytelre hacelan she dressed herself in a tunic of hair and in a byrnie, that is in a little cassock, Shrn. 140, 30.

Linked entry: hæcele