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ge-talian

(v.)
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Add: to account, consider to be so and so Hé bið untwýlíce mynetcýpa getalod, Hml. Th. i. 412, 16

ofer-flówedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-flówedlic, adj.
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Superfluous Hé warnie hine sylfne be oferflówedlicum (superfluo) leahtre, Chrd. 121, 37. Ús oferflówedlice þing fram áwurpan, Nap. 49

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, a twig.
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(The passage at sprota; might be taken here. v. An. Ox. 1557 note.)

hæfte-neód

(n.)
Grammar
hæfte-neód, e; f.

Custody, prison

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Úre bán syndon tóworpene be helwarena hæfteneódum dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum, Ps. Th. 140, 9

Linked entry: hæft-níd

wíg-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gryre, es; m.

Terror caused by war

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Terror caused by war Wíggryre wífes the terror inspired when a woman makes war Beo. Th. 2572 ; B. 1284

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus

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Beó he freó he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3, MS. H: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3, MS. B: Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23.

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder

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Be his ǽriste and be his hergunga on helle concerning his resurrection and his harrowing of hell. Blickl. Homl. 83, 29.

Linked entry: heregung

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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B. ii. 259, 13

Linked entry: Weolud

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning hail sir, king of the Jewish people, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 28. Hál beó ðú Have, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 49.

Linked entry: hǽl

byrþen

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Be ðǽre byrðenne ( pondere) ðæs reccendómes, Past. 33, 4. Hé bierð ðá byrðenne (pondus) hira scylda, 153, 7. Þá myclan byrþenne þǽre mycclan langunga, Bl. H. 135, 7.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch

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Hé his limo on reste gesette and onslǽpte ;membra dedisset sopori,; Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 10. Ðá hé ðá tó reste eode ;dum iret cubitum,; 3, 2; S. 525, 12. Be muneca reste. Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R.

Linked entries: reste ræst

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus

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In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.

a-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-belgan, ic -beige, ðú -bilgst, -bilhst, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ, pl. -belgaþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen, v. trans. [a, belgan to irritate]

To cause any one to swell with anger ⬩ to anger ⬩ irritate ⬩ vex ⬩ incense ⬩ ira aliquem tumefacere ⬩ irritare ⬩ exasperare ⬩ incendere

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He him abolgen wurþeþ he will be incensed against them, Cd. 22 ; Th. 28, 4; Gen. 430. Wæs swýðe abolgen erat graviter offensus, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 8

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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ends in ed, od, but when the letters t, p, c, h, x, and s, after another consonant, go before the infinitive an, the vowel before the terminating d is not only rejected, but d is changed into t; as from dyppan to dip would be regularly formed dypped

ge-lífan

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Ꝥ ðú mæge þý bet gelýfan, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 4. <b>I a.</b> to hold the true faith, be converted to Christianity :-- Bodiað godspel . . . sé ðe gelýfð and bið gefullod, sé bið gehealden, Hml. Th. i. 300, 28.

ge-feoht

fighting ⬩ in a military sense, war: — ⬩ fighting between two or more persons ⬩ a fight, combat, battle, war. ⬩ military, between opposing forces ⬩ a fight between two or more persons ⬩ figurative, conflict, struggle for victory

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Bið á wið firenum in gefeoht gearo, Crä. 90

Galwalas

(n.)
Grammar
Galwalas, galwealas, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m. [wealh foreign; cf. Bryt-walas]

Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia

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Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope

hreówsung

(n.)
Grammar
hreówsung, e; f.

Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance

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Be his sylfes heortan hreówsungum according to the penitence of his own heart, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 11

twi-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-rǽde, adj.

of two minds ⬩ uncertain ⬩ undecided ⬩ irresolute ⬩ of divided counsel ⬩ without unanimity

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of two minds, uncertain, undecided, irresolute Geþenc be ðé selfum hwæðer ðú ǽnig ðing swá fæste getiohhod hæbbe ðæt ðé þynce ðæt hit nǽfre ðínum willum onwended weorþe ...

Linked entry: twio-rǽde

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe, L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.