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ge-þwǽrnes

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Add concord, peace Ǽlc ðára ðe hine áscádan wille from ðǽre geðwǽrnesse, hé wile forlǽtan ðǽre lufan grénnisse and forseárian on ðǽre ungeðwǽrnesse omnes, qui per discordiam separantur a viriditate dilectionis, arefiunt, Past. 359, 14.

godspellere

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Add: an evangelist Isaias wítegode be Críste swilce hé godspellere wǽre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 8. one of the four evangelists Mathéus se godspellere, Hml. A. 49, 1. Swá swá ús sǽde se godspellere (v. Mt. 28, 12), 78, 151.

hwer

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Hwer (hwyr, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 5. Hweres ł cyteles sartaginis . Hpt. Gl. 503, 34. Hwer, þollan sartaginem . An. Ox. 4115. Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9.

ranc

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Add Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegenes cwenan . . . þǽr hé on lócað, þe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne and genóh gódne, ǽr þæt gewurde, Wlfst. 162, 22

sibling

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Man ne mihte æt fruman wífian búton on his siblingum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 6. Gefeoht betwux siblingum bellum plusquam civile . . . þæt feórðe gefeoht þe betwux freóndum bið is swíde earmlic, Hml. S. 25, 707.

hǽtu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽtu, hǽto; indecl; f.

Heatæstus, fervor

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Heat Hǽtu calor, Ælfc. Gr. 4, 26. Þridde ágennys is seó hǽtu the third property is the heat, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 13, 18. Þýstro and hǽto darkness and heat, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 6; Gen. 389 : Bt. Met. Fox 20,146; Met. 20, 73. Hǽto æstus, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: hǽte

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

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Ða unrihtwísan ic hæfde on hatunge iniquos odio habui, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé beóþ on hatunge eallum mannum eritis odio omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 22. On hatunga, Lk. Skt. 21, 17.

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Ælfc. P. 40; Ll. ii. 380, 35. Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste he very earnestly longed for the time when he might leave this world, Blickl. Homl. 227, 1: Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 28

hédd-ern

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hédd-ern, hýdd-ern, es; n.

A storehouse

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Héddern penu, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 30: poenum, 13; Som. 16, 7. Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas ðæt hig ne sáwaþ ne ne rípaþ nabbaþ hig héddern ne bern considerate corbos quia non seminant neque metunt quibus non est cellarium neque horreum, Lk. Skt. 12, 24.

Linked entry: hýdd-ern

híw-cúþ

(adj.)
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híw-cúþ, heow-; adj.

Familiar, well known

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Familiar, well known Híwcúþ familiaris, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 62; Wrt. Voc. 61, 36. Ic ne eom him suá híwcúþ familiaritatis ejus notitiam non habemus, Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5; Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 13.

Linked entry: híred-leóf

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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To swell out, grow big Ic tóswelle turgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 12. Tóswyllaþ grossescunt, intumescunt, Hpt. Gl. 447, 29. Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23.

á-wringan

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Ic of áwringe extorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 155, 17. Háwiað hú bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13.

Linked entry: wringan

a-ídlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ídlian, -igan; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To make uselessvainto emptyannulprofaneirritum facerefrustrariexinanirecassareprofanare

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To make useless, vain, to empty, annul, profane; irritum facere, frustrari, exinanire, cassare, profanare Ic a-ídlige frustror, Ælfc. Gr. 25 ; Som. 26, 63. A-ídlian cassare, Cot. 43: 204: 179.

Linked entry: a-ýdlian

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, adj. [án one, feald fold]

ONE FOLDsimplesingleone alonesingularpeculiarmatchlesssimplex

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Ánfeald getel the singular number, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 25. Án-feald gewin single combat, R. Ben. interl. I. Ða án-fealdan stræcan those who are uniformly strict, Past. 42, 1; Hat. MS. 57b, 25

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19.

CANDEL

(n.)
Grammar
CANDEL, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n. A CANDLE; candela, lampas = λαμπάς
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Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41.

Linked entry: condel

clipigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
clipigendlíc, adj.

calling, vocativevocativusmaking a vocal soundvocalis

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thou master teach me something, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis

Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc

cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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Hyldere, oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flǽctawere] lanio, vel lanista, vel carnifex, vel macellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 122; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27

dǽd-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétan, part.-ende ; p.-bétte ; pp. -béted

To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere

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Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4

Linked entry: bétan

eart

art

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Fox 20, 90; Met. 20, 45: Bt. 10; Fox 26, 23: Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 26: Beo. Th. 710; B. 352: 1016; B. 506: Andr. Kmbl. 2378; An. 1190: Elen. Grm. 808: Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 19; Cri. 403: Ps. Th. 51, 8: Salm.