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georne

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Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, Ll. Th. i. 330, 3: 358, 18. Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge, 376, 9: 310, 26.

fæstnung

stabilityfixityfortifyinga fasteningbinding an exhortationconfirmationratificationa covenantassurance

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Þá sealdon hí heom fæstnunge betweónan, ꝥ hí ealle þis woldon healdan, Hml, S. 23, 211. a strong place, a closed place (?). Similar entries Cf. fæsten ; III In byrgennum ł fæstnungum monumentis (has munimentis been read ?), Mk. L. 5, 5

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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Hú hé his hláford gewrecan mehte, 6, 36; S. 292, 24: By. 208. to avenge a wrong Beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 24. Gewrǽce, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 36. Gewrǽcen, 1, 11; S. 50, 12.

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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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. Rdr. 109, 135. Ic hiora fýnd fylde and hýnde ad nihilum inimicos eorum humiliassem, Ps. Th. 80, 13.

Linked entry: hénan

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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Godes ege and his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan, 131, 3.

Linked entry: lufe

lǽfan

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Þæt þæt hí lǽfon healdan heora bearnum reliquerunt quae superfuerunt parvulis suis Ps. Th. 16, 14. Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata, Ll. Th. i. 54, 1. <b>III a.

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Ǽlc ðara ðe healdan wile hálige þeáwas every one who will maintain habits of holiness, Cd. Th. 92, 20; Gen. 1531

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Ealle synt yrre ða ðe unwíse heora heortan hige healdaþ mid dysige turbati sunt omnes insipientes corde, Ps. Th. 75, 4. angry, enraged, wrathful, indignant And ierre hé hwearf ðonan and he went away in a rage, Chr. 584; Erl, 18, 25.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Be wénan (as a matter of opinion) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne R. Ben. 135, 24. For dysiges folces wénan falsis vulgi opinionibus, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 4.

Linked entry: wén

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða lác ðe mon bróhte tó ðæm weóbude; for ðæm, gif se weóbud ufan hol nǽre, and ðǽr wind tó cóme, ðonne tóstencte hé ða lác.

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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Sceolan ða bisceopas men georne þreátigean, and him bebeódan, ðæt hí Godes dómas on riht healdan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 35. Ongan se cásere hine ðreátian tó hǽðengylde, Shrn. 121, 12. Ða fǽmnan Simfronius ongan þreátian his suna tó wífe that virgin (St.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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Hine wærlíce healdan on ðǽre byrg his módes intra mentis castra se munire, 431, 6. Hé tówearp ðá burg æt Hierusalem destruxit muros Ierusalem, 311, 6. Byrgum tómiddes þǽr þá ǽrendracan synd Godes inter apostolicas arces, Dóm. L. 284. <b>I a.

hálig-dóm

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Edmund ) and his næglas ceorfan and on scrýne healdan tó háligdóme on weófode, 32, 194. Gá man mid háligdóme út and mid háligwætere, Wlfst. 173, 13. Út ealle mid hálidóme, 181, 3. Gif hwá mǽne áð on háligdóme ( super sancta ) swerige, Ll.

on-ǽlan

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Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlen mín ierre mid eówrum searwum, 435, 9. to cause spiritual light Onǽl þæs Hálgan Gástes leóht on ús, Hml. Th. ii. 598, 21. add Þonne þeós woruld byrneð áde onǽled, Ph. 503: El. 951. Onǽlede of fýre incensa igni, Bl. Gl.

éþel

fatherland

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L. 114, 9. an adopted country: [Mi]d elþeóde éðel healdan to settle in a foreign country, Bo. 36. fig. proper condition: Ic ongeat ꝥ ðú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele, ꝥ is of mínum lárum, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 29. used of heaven (or hell) as the home

mótan

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Unðeáwas ðe hé ǽr ne cúðe wunnon him ðá on and on his cynne syððan, swá þæt hí móston mid micclum geswince ðá gódan ðeáwas healdan, gif hý hí habban woldon, Hex. 26, 5.

heá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heá-líc, adj.

High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound

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Ðæt lengtenfæsten mon sceal mid swíðe heálícre gýmene healdan the fast of Lent ought to be kept with the very greatest care, L. E. I. 37; Th. ii. 436, 5.

Linked entry: heáh-líc

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVYweightyoppressivegrievousdifficultseriousgrievedimportantgravismolestus

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Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them, L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

hírsumian

(v.)

to obeyto obeyto obeya feelingdesirean impulseto serveto serve God

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Þæt ealle Rómáne him (the senate) hírsumeden, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4. ꝥ edleán þe ðú gehéte ðám monnum þe ðé heórsumian woldan, Bt. 3, 4; F.6, 20. where the Deity is the object of obedience: ꝥé ealle gesceafta heórsumiaþ and þá gesetnessa þínra beboda healdaþ

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Hé his ealdormen hæfde beboden þá clúsan tó healdanne, Ors. 6, 36; S. 291, 26. to offer to the gods :-- Þá cuman hé tó blóte dyde and hys godum bebeád hospitum sanguinem diis propinabat, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 33. to commit into (on, in) :-- His gást on