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hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, ⬩ a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hopp

ǽfen-sang

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-sang, es; m.

EVEN-SONG ⬩ vespers ⬩ vespertinus cantus

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Ælf. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7

mersc-land

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-land, es; n.

Marsh-land

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Marsh-land Forneáh ǽlc tilþ on mersclande forférde, Chr. 1098; Erl. 235, 12

þrístness

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On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge is ǽlc þrýstnes (presumptionis occasio) forboden, Chrd. 45, 29. Add

hálsigend

(n.)
Grammar
hálsigend, es; m.

An exorcist

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Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6

bysmor-líce

(adv.)

disgracefully, irreverently

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Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 20

þífþ

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Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... ꝥ hí æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16

Crecgan ford

(n.)
Grammar
Crecgan ford, Creccan ford, es; m. [
  • Hunt.
Creganford: the ford of the river Cray]

CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano

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D. 457] Hengest and Æsc fought against the Britons at the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 457; Erl. 12, 18

mǽg-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-gemót, es; n.

A meeting of kinsmen

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A meeting of kinsmen Hé bebeád ofer ealne middangeard ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde.

cwémed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cwémed-ness, e; f.
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Pleasure, satisfaction Hí ǽlc gód árǽrdon Gode tó cwémednesse, Hml. S. 21, 462

lytlian

(v.)
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Add: lytlan Ǽlc riht lytleð for Gode and for worulde, Wlfst. 243, 10

forþ

forwards ⬩ from an upright position ⬩ from a point of rest ⬩ denoting continuity of movement or direction, on ⬩ along with ⬩ and so on ⬩ forth ⬩ hence forth ⬩ on ⬩ to go on doing ⬩ at an advanced point ⬩ at a later part of a book ⬩ forth ⬩ out ⬩ so as to be seen or known ⬩ forth ⬩ away from a place ⬩ out ⬩ to (such) a degree

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Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 13. from a point of rest Se engel hié lǽrde ðæt hié æt þǽre þriddan tíde hié forð trymedan ongeán heora feóndum, Bl.

wídefeorh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wídefeorh-líc, adj.
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Perpetual, eternal Wídefeorlíc vel éce aevum vel aetas perpetua, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 60

ge-fyllendlic

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Add: that may be completed Gefyllendlicre eldo consummabilis aevi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 7

Linked entry: fyllend-lic

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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Dæg ǽr the day before. On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mind ⬩ recall ⬩ to bring to another's mind ⬩ to remind ⬩ to bring a duty to the mind ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ to remind of a debt ⬩ to ask for payment ⬩ to have in the mind ⬩ to purpose ⬩ intend ⬩ determine

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Ic ðé ǽr mynegode (Cott. MS. myndgode) ðære ilcan sprǽce. Bt. 35, 3; Fox 160, 7. Hú ne mynegodest (Cott. MS. myndgodest) ðu mé ðære ilcan sprǽce, 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Ic wolde ðé myngian (Gott.

sceatt

Grammar
sceatt, <b>; I a.</b>
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Hæbbe ǽlc cniht mealtes ánne sester and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 614, 1. Add

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair

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Hláford mín (the plough's) wóh færeþ, weard æt steorte, Exon. Th. 403, 7; Rä. 22, 4: 483, 14; Rä. 69, 2. Sió micíe nosu and sió woo (tortus ), Past. II ; Swt. 67, 5. Mid wógum bígelse obliqua curvatura, Hpt. Gl. 458, 72. Mid ánum wðgan íserne.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.

to swinge, flog, beat, scourge, ⬩ to chastise, afflict, plague ⬩ to give a blow with the hand ⬩ without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat up ⬩ to strike, dash ⬩ to beat the wings ⬩ to wing, soar, ⬩ a wing, pinion ⬩ of a bird to soar

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MSS. ) ǽlc bearn ðe hé underfón wile, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 1-4. Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon. Th. 279, 22 ; Jul. 617. Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps.

canon-bóc

(n.)
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a book of canons Hæbbe ǽlc bisceop canonbóc tó sinoðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 14

Linked entry: bóc