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healsre-feðer

(n.)
Grammar
healsre-feðer, e; f.

The feathers of a pillow, downcervical

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The feathers of a pillow, down Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeðre I am much softer than down, Exon. 111 b; Th. 426, 28; Rä. 41, 80

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Ðæt se bealofulla hýneþ heardlíce the baleful one cruelly afflicts it, Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 27; Cri. 260. Hí hýnaþ ða heorde ðe hí sceoldan healdan they ill-treat the flock that they ought to keep, L. I. P. 12;Th. ii. 320, 17: Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: hénan

dwel-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dwel-lic, adj.
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Erroneous, heretical Be þám men þe dwellice þing begǽð de homine qui res haereticas committit, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 35. Dwællice palladios, Germ. 397, 511

fundian

(v.)
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Fancian (fundian with a over the u, v. l. ) þára þióstra, 36, 3; S. 105, 25

þiling

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Of þám cipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge (ðilinge, v.l. ) tóslægene, 248, 24. Add

þweorian

(v.)
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Add: to be different Hí ne sceoldon þone gyrlan him tó teón, þá hwíle þe hí þurh þá drohtnunge þwuredon illorum habitum usurpare non debent a quorum proposito distant, Chrd. 63, 23

deáþ

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þon écan deáþe, 61, 8. cause or occasion of death (as in to be the death of a person) Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, Bl.

bútú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
bútú, [bú = bá both, tú = twá two]
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Wit him bútú sprecaþ we both [lit. we two both] speak to him, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 20; Gen. 574: 39; Th. 52, 4; Gen. 838: 40; Th. 52, 22; Gen. 847. Ðǽr hie sǽton bútú where they both [lit. they two both] sat, 133; Th. 168, 8; Gen. 2779

Linked entries: bútá búte

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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While. where the periods of the actions marked by the verbs in the conjoined clauses are co-extensive, as long as, (all the) while (that) Ic Drihtne singe þenden ic wunige on worulddreámum psallam Deo, quamdiu era, Ps. Th. 103, 31.

clifian

(v.)
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Áhryse þá moldan of, ꝥ hyre nán wiht on ne clyfie, Lch. i. 70, 9. Ꝥ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige (clyf-, v. l. ), 332, 21. Add

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Se heáfodman þæs gehergodan folces, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 41. Hé sealde þæt feoh for gehergodum mannum, and þá þe on hæftnédum wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1292. Álése hé æt óðrum mannum heora þeówan and húru earme gehergode men, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15.

Hæestingas

(n.)
Grammar
Hæestingas, Hestingas, Hæstinga ceaster

Hastings

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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35.

smearcian

(v.)
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Swá se hálga wer þis gehýrde, þá smercode (hlóh, v. l.) hé swilce hé þæt spell forhogode quo audito vir sanctus dedignando subrisit, Gr. D. 29, 13. Ðá heó þis gehýrde, þá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Hml. S. 23 b, 590. Add

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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. þe lytel, þe þǽr nán ne sié, Lch. ii. 218, 11.

Angel-cynn

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Þá hálgan þe Angelcynn wurþað, Hml. S. p. 4, 42. On Angolcynnes bócum, ðæt is on Istoria Anglorum, Shrn. 137, 6; 59, 12. Mid wópe Angelcynnes monna, 134, 24. Æðelbryht ǽrest fulluht onféng on Angelcynne, Ll. Th. i. 58, 26.

for-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gríwan, pp. -griwen
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To sink in vice Þá þe on unrihttídum on oferfylla bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30

riht-wísian

(v.)
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to justify:Add: Gé syndon þá þe eów sylfe rihtwísiað beforan mannum, Gr. D. 40, 9

stæl-þing

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-þing, es; n.
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Theft Þpe lǽs þá þénas þára bróðra gód þurh stælðing (furtim) ætferion, Chrd. 19, 16

cípe-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cípe-mann, (cíp-), es; m.
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Th. i. 118, 12. Se iiii nihta móna byð gód þǽm cípemen his cípinge tó anginnane, Lch. iii. 178, 2. Æt cýpmen (ceáp-, v. l. ) befón, Ll. Th. i. 118, 13. Hé penegas wið hláfe þám cépemen sealde, and þá cýpemen þá penegas sceáwodon, Hml. S. 23, 564.

Linked entry: ciépe-mon

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Th. 21, 18. the names of places are often put in the dat. pl. governed by æt, the preposition is then, as in Icelandic, not translated, and the noun is read as singular Ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽðum which they call Haddeby; quem vocant Hæthe, Ors. i. 1, § 19;