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heófung

(n.)
Grammar
heófung, e; f.

Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving

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Mourning, lamentation, grieving Ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode then will their relations be forced to mourn, Homl. Th. i. 88, 1. Mid micelre heófunge with great lamentation, ii. 516, 59.

Linked entry: heófing

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions

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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

munuc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
munuc-líc, adj.

Monastic

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Hé heóld his munelíce ingehýd swá ðeáh betwux mannum he preserved the habit of mind which he had when a monk though mixing with men, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 13. On munuclícum hádum in monachico habitu, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 21

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Is eallum mannum nédþearf and nytlíc ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25. Behóflíc ł nédþarf necessarius, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 3. Án is nédþarf ł behóflíc unum est necessarium, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 42.

plantian

(v.)
Grammar
plantian, p. od
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Hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7. Abraham plantode ǽnne holt, Gen. 21, 33 : Mt. Kmbl. 15, 13.

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunication ⬩ episcopi judicium, excommunicatio ⬩ the province of a bishop, a bishopric ⬩ episcopi provincia, episcopatus

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Wine heóld ðone biscep-dóm iii geár Wine held the bishopric three years, Chr. 660; Erl. 34, 7

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

ge-fylce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylce, -filce, es; n.

A collection of people ⬩ army ⬩ troop ⬩ division

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A collection of people, army, troop, division Ða Wylisce menn gewinn up ahófon and syððan heora gefylce weóx hí hí on má todǽldon the Welshmen raised war . . . and after their number had increased they separated into more [bands], Chr. 1094; Erl. 230

Linked entry: ge-filce

ge-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

To run, run together, congeal, join ⬩ coagulare, coagulari ⬩ to run together ⬩ coagulare

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Gerunnen is swá swá meolc heorte heora coagulatum est sicut lac cor eorum, Ps. Lamb. 118, 70. Munt gerunnen, dúne fæt, to hwý wéne gé muntas gerunnene mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, ut quid suspicamini montes coagulatos, Ps. Spl. 67, 16.

Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl

tá

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 31. Hí wurpon ðá tán betweox him, and bǽdon ðæt God sceolde geswutulian hwanon him ðæt ungelimp becóme.

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18. Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 438, 3-4. Fóron be Temese ... be norþan Temese, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14, 20.

weorold-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Worldly property, worldly possession or good Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 490, 10. Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2.

wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
wrigels, es; m. n.

a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil

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God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan wrigelse bewríhþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 16. Hálgum wriilcse sacro velamine, Rtl.106, 4.

Linked entry: wyrgels

brǽdan

(v.)

to broaden ⬩ to extend ⬩ enlarge ⬩ unfold ⬩ pitch ⬩ To spread ⬩ increase

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Add: trans. to make broad Hiǽ brǽdaþ (dilatant) þwænge heora, Mt.

Linked entry: brǽding

fær-riht

(n.)
Grammar
fær-riht, es; n.

fare

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.), ne forwyrnþ þé heora ǽnig. " Ðá cwæð ic tó him : " Bróðor, næbbe ic nán færriht (færeht, v. l.) tó syllanne, ac ic wille faran and án þǽra scypa ástígan " then said he: "If you have the fare, not one of them will refuse you."

Linked entries: fær-eht fær-sceat

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55.

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, to write together the names of things to be granted
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Ðis earon þára manna noman þe gewritene earon from Bynsingtúne in ꝥ bisceopríce tó Uueogornacestre mid heora teáme and mid þý túdre þe from him cume á on éce yrfewardnesse (cf. sex homines, qui prius pertinebant ad villam regiam in Beonsincgtune, cum

mæsse-preóst

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Mæssepreóstas sceolon symble æt heora húsum leorningmonna sceole habban, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 7. Add

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, <b>.
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</b> add :-- Nú swicað se deófol dígollíce embe ús hú hé þurh leahtras forlǽre ðá crístenan, and tó mislicum synnun heora mód áwende, Hml. S. 16, 220. Hwí woldest ðú swician on ðínum ágenum?

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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S. 17, 215. add: the getting of something Wulfas and león habbað ... máran tuxas tó heora metes tilunge, Hex. 16, 7

hamer

(n.)
Grammar
hamer, homer, hamor, es; m.

A hammer

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Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged by the hammer, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285. Carcernes dura hamera geweorc the doors of the prison, the work of hammers, Andr. Kmbl. 2155; An. 1079. Homra, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 25; Jul. 237.

Linked entries: hamele homer scip-hamer