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irþling

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Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh gif lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml. S. 16, 178-180. Nú swincð se yrdlincg embe úrne bigleofan, and se wornldcempa sceall winnan wið úre fýnd, 25, 819.

hyge-leás

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Add: of persons, (i) senseless, Gen. 51 (in Dict.). spiritless (f), without courage Be milte wærce . . . tácn ðǽre ádle higeleáse beóð (cf. the section to which this heading refers: Tácn þǽre ádle híwleáse hié beóð . . . þá men beóð mægre and

nídþearf-ness

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cwæð þæt ðá sceolde swíðlíce befrínan his nýdþearfnysse (memento ut modo quicquid opus habes me interroges, Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8.

on-wealh

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Ðæt hié ðá sibbe anwealge oninnan him gehealden, Past. 355, 12. Ðæt hié hiora tóhopan anwealgne gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum, 393 31. sprǽcon fullum and onwelgum wordum plena ad integrum verba formabantur, Gr. D. 241, 14.

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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sæt mid him æt ðǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl. H. 73, 5: 143, 6. Martha gearwode ðám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu, 67, 26. Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, 99, 23

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Hy. 1, 7

hogian

(v.)
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lihthwón hogode embe his sáwle þearfe, Hml. S. 26, 243. Seó burhwaru orsorhlíce wæs underðeódd flǽsclicum lustum, and hwónlíce hogode ymbe ðá tóweardan yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 404, 32. Hwilce méde hæfde for þám ꝥ swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ?

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda þæt cwǽdon þæt God wǽre, ac sǽdon þæt wítega wǽre the people did not know of the advantages they had, to wit that they might call him God, but said he was a prophet, Hml. Th. i. 190, 31.

grówan

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Þone rihtan geleáfan fæste staðelian on úrum heortum, ꝥ ðǽr mæge grówan and blówan, Bl. H. 111, 5. Hwæðer sí þín ealde gýtsung of ðínum móde áwyrtwalod, þæt heó gýt grówan ne myht, Solil. H. 37, 15.

heáh-deór

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-deór, heá-, es; n.

A stag, deerthe hunting of deer

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A stag, deer Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3

Linked entry: heá-dor

mægen-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þrymm, es; m.

MajestygreatnessgloryChristgreat powermightan instance in which the divine glory or power is displayedthe glory of heavenheaventhe angels who inhabit heaven

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Homl. 179, 8. Mægenþrymmes God Deus majestatis, Ps. Th. 28, 3. Mægenþrymmes ðínes majestatis tuæ, 144, 5. His mægenþrymmes magnitudinis ejus, 150, 2. His ríces ongin, ne his mihte, ne his mægenþrymmes nǽfre gewonad ne weorþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 9, 17.

Linked entry: mæg-þrymm

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustomto accustomtrainpreparefitto draw attractto draw to to drawto weanablactare

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mon ðæt deáde blód áweg wenian scyle 8, 15. to wean; ablactare Swá módor déþ hyre bearn, ðonne hió hit fram hire breósta gesoce weneþ R. Ben. 22, 21

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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útlændisce hider in tihte, Chr. 959; P. 115, 12. where relation is expressed Man hálgode Trumwine Pihtum, for þan hýrdon þá hider, Chr. 681; P. 39, ii. to this world, to this life Ne lǽt his nánwuht of þís middangearde mid him máre þonne

Linked entry: hider-cyme

hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
hlísa, hligsa, hliosa, an; m.

Sound, rumour, report, reputation, renown, fame, glory

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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hligsan [hlísan, Hatt MS.] and his noman mǽrsige terminum vero suum dilatare est opinionis suæ nomen extendere, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 366, 13.

Linked entries: hlígan hligsa hlýsa

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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Ne mæg man ðone strangan his ǽhta and his fatu bereáfian, and on his hús gán nēmo pŏtest vāsa fortis ingressus in dŏmum dirĭpĕre, Mk. Bos. 3, 27.

Linked entries: fatu ge-fǽtan

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Ðeáh ðú nǽfre náhtest, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 1. náhte his líchoman geweald, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11. Náhton hié náðer ne mete ne freónd, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 34. Sí on cynges dóme hwæðer líf áge ðe náge, L. Eth. vii. 9; Th. i. 330, 25.

efen

(n.)
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Ꝥ ilce ꝥ lifde in líchaman, hit wǽre efen þan þe eallinga bútan þám líchaman eall wǽre totum jam extra carnem est, hoc ipsum quod vivit in carne, Gr. D. 218, 12.

ge-beorglic

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Gif hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, ne bið him ná gebeorhlic, þæt in him ætforan gá, ǽr gebéte; ne húru ne bið ná gebeorhlíc þám þe wið God hæfð forworht hine sylfne . . . þæt tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse racige, Wlfst. 155, 16-21.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

workŏpusŏpuscŭlusa fortfortressarx

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He worhte him geweorc æt Middeltúne he wrought him a fortress at Middleton, 892; Erl. 89, 14: 894; Ed. 92, 4, 11. Ðe æt hám æt ðǽm geweorcum wǽron who were at home in the fortresses, 894; Erl. 92, 18.