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lungen

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Hé ásceát áne flán and átǽsde ðone cyning betwux þǽre lungene (inter pulmonem et stomachum, 2 Kings 22, 34), Hml. S. 18, 221

sceaft-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
sceaft-rihte, sceaft-riht; adv.
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West sceftrihte ofer ðone mór, 336, 25. Sceaftryht on cuddancnoll. . . sceaftryht oð lillesforda . . . sceaftryht oþ wideres leáge . . . sceaftryht oþ hlósleáge . . . sceaftryht oþ efes . . . sceaftryht oþ hróces ford, 682, 10-23

heard-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-heortness, e; f.

Hard-heartedness

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Þurh ðone wah seó heardheortnes ðara hiéremonna per parietem duritia subditorum, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 24. Ic can eówre heardheortnisse I know thy stiff neck, Deut. 31, 27

on-efn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

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Onefen ðone hagan . . . norþ onefen ðæt gelád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-13. Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33. See for other examples

Linked entry: efen

híw-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
híw-scipe, híg-, es; m.

A family, household, house

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A family, household, house Híwscype domus, Ps. Lamb. 113, 17. Wæs sum híwscipes fæder and hína ealdor erat paterfamilias, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 9. Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18.

Linked entries: híwisc híg-scipe

hlóþian

(v.)
Grammar
hlóþian, p. ede

To take booty, rob, spoil

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To take booty, rob, spoil Ða ðe ǽlce geáre ofer ðone sǽ hlóþedon and hergedon qui anniversarias prædas trans maria cogere solebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 2.

Linked entry: hleóþian

cépan

(v.)
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Wé forlǽtað ðone líchaman, and cépað ðǽre sáwle, Hml. Th. i. 464, 7. Gif wé ðæs éces lífes cépað, ii. 464, 33. Þám þe ǽniges crístendómes cépað on heora lífe, Ælf. T.

fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fleón, [/a the following passages given under I. in Dict. fleón is intransitive
    By.
  • 247
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  • Ps. L. 54, 8
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  • Gen. 2080
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  • Bt. F. 116, 17
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  • Ælfc. Gr. 36
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  • 28, 6
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  • Ps. Th. 103, 17
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  • Ps. L. 113, 3
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  • Met. l, 20
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  • Mt. 8, 33
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  • Ps. L. 30, 12
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  • El. 134
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  • Gú. 228
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to fleeto fleeto run awayto pass awayto flyto run away fromto avoidto declineto avoideschew

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Þú fleóh þanan, Dóm. L. 30, 30. Fléh, Mt. L. 2, 13. Ne dýde man . . . forwyrhtne man, búton hé fleó, Ll. Th. i. 402, 12. Hié ealle woldon fleón of þǽre ceastre, Bl. H. 245, 26. Hwylc æteówde eów tó fleónne fram ðon tóweardan erre?, 169, 9.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Bið eal þes ginna grund gléda gefylled, Dóm. 12. Oþ þæt se wída ceafl gefylled bið, Wal. 60. Gefellede innoþas impleta viscera, Hy. S. 96, 30. Þá leóhtfatu beóð simle mid ele gefylde, Bl. H. 127, 34. Tǽnelum gefyldum fiscillis refertis, Wrt.

ge-deorfan

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Substitute: to labour, do hard work Oxanhyrde, hwæt wyrcst þú ? Eálá, hláford mín, micel ic gedeorfe (laboro), Coll. M. 20, 25. to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.), of a person Gedurfan naufragauerunt (duae faeminae a fide), Wrt.

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

ge-mǽne

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H. 21, 13-15. without object, to have to do with Þú scealt understandan þæt þú hæfst wið strangne gemǽne, Wlfst. 250, 2. Sé ðe þis áwendan wyle, hæbbe him wið Gode gemǽne on þám micclan dóme, C.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Ðæt gelimpan sceal, þætte lagu flóweþ, 445, 2; Dom. 1. Þæt gesýne wearð, þætte wrecend lifde, Beo.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Swá swá heó on dæg déþ bufan úrum heáfdum as by day it does above our heads, Lchdm, iii. 234, 25. Ðone stán ðeæt his heáfdum læg the stone that lay at his head, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 16.

ge-wemman

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Gewemde infecta, 47, 60. physical, to disfigure, mar, blemish Gelícost ðǽm ðe hé gewemme ealne ðone líchoman quasi totum corpus exasperat, Past. 73, 1. Næs hyra wlite gewemmed, Dan. 437. <b>I a.

hús

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Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, þonne hús (. domos) . . . eów eallum ic wyrce (fabrico ) ?, Coll. M. 31, 11. Hús gurgustia (virginibus condunt gurgustia cellae, Aid. 171, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 45. Húso (húse, R. ) domos. Mk.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Hié on sund stigon they went down into the bed of the Red Sea, Cd. Th. 198, 8 ; Exod. 319. Stíh ádún descend, Homl. Th. i. 580, 33. Ne stíge hé on his hús non descendat in domum, Mk. Skt. 13, 15. Ðæt engel ufan of roderum stígan cwóme, Cd.

Linked entry: a-stígend

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear.a drop of water from the eye,caused by emotion, generally by griefin plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, afflictioncaused by weakness.a tearlike dropthat which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Nim huniges teár and merces sǽd ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H. Ger. zaher: Icel. tár; n.] Similar entries v. bryne-, hunig-teár; teagor

a-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stellan, p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; v. a.

To set forthto setplaceaffordsupplyappointestablishordainundertakeundergobeginstatuerecollocareinstituerepræberestabilirefundaresuscipereinire

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Stephanus ðóne martyrdóm astealde Stephen suffered [underwent] martyrdom, Homl. Th. i. 50, 2. Ðone fleám ǽrest astealde Þurcytel Thurkytel first began the flight, Chr. 1010; Th. 262, 43

efnan

(v.)
Grammar
efnan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. trans.

to throw down, prostrate, level, lay lowprosternĕreto perform, execute, labour, achieve patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre

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to throw down, prostrate, level, lay low; prosternĕre Ic efne to eorþan ealdne ceorl I throw down the old churl to earth.

Linked entries: æfnan efnian ge-efnan