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ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, es; m.

A messengerlegateheraldapostleangelministerservantmansoldiernuntiuslegatuspræcoapostolusangelusministervir

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Fæder ælmeahtig his áras hider onsendeþ the almighty Father will send his angels hither, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 23; Cri. 759. Ðá afyrhted wearþ ár [Gúþláces] then [Guthlac's] servant was affrighted, 52 a; Th. 181, 30; Gú. 1301.

ge-hýdan

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Gehýdde ł dégelde, 13, 33. to hide an object in order that it may not be found Strión monn gehýdde, Mt. L. 13, 44.

ge-dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrnan, -diernan, -dirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To concealhidekeep secretcēlāreoccultāre

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To conceal, hide, keep secret; cēlāre, occultāre Se ðe forstolen flǽsc findeþ and gedyrneþ he who finds stolen flesh and keeps it secret, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 2.

Linked entries: ge-diernan ge-dirnan

ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto acquireobtainseizeobtĭnēredeprehendĕre

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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre Is ðæt fýr on stánum gehéded fire is hidden in stones, Bt. Met.

orf

(n.)
Grammar
orf, es; n.

Cattle, live stock

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Drífaþ hider eówre orf adducite pecora vestra, Gen. 47, 16

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, feorrane, feorren; adv.

Afarfar offat a distancefrom fara longeprŏcullongee longinquo

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Ic eom hider feorran gefered I have journeyed hither from far, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 4; Gen. 498: Beo. Th, 728; B. 361: Andr. Kmbl. 48; An. 24: Elen. Kmbl. 1982; El. 993: Rood Kmbl. 114; Kr. 57; Salm.

swín

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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6.

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers, and for other purposes; Du Cange, fol. 1681, col. 712; CAMPANA, col. 708 Gif ceorl hæfde fíf hída ágenes landes cirican and cycenan, bell-hús ... ðonne wæs he þegen-rihtes weorþe if a freeman had five hides

Linked entry: bell-hús

edisc

(n.)
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Per hídes edisc, 407, 33. On fearnedisc, C. D. B. i. 519, 2

ge-helan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helan, he -heleþ, -hileþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To concealhidecover upcēlāreoccŭleretĕgĕre

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To conceal, hide, cover up; cēlāre, occŭlere, tĕgĕre Se ðe dearnenga bearn gestriéneþ and gehileþ [geheleþ MSS. B. H.] he who secretly begets a child and conceals it, L. In. 27; Th. í. 120, 2.

hatung

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Hine se kyning hider and þider áflýmde, and hé his éhtnysse and his hatunge fleáh, Guth. 76, 15

heáhþu

(n.)
Grammar
heáhþu, héhþo, hiéhþo; generally indecl; f.

Height, high place, gloryheight, loftiness, exaltationaltitudo, culmen

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Height, high place, glory Hé his áras of heáhþu hider onsendeþ he will send his messengers hither from above, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 24; Cri. 760: 19 b; Th. 49, 21; Cri. 789: 69 b; Th. 258, 10; Jul. 263. On héhþo on high, Andr.

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Th. 483, 31. worldly property, property not belonging to the church Ðæt mon ælles ðises freólses áre ǽfre for áne híde werian scolde; for ðam ðe Godes ár ǽfre freogre beón sceal ðonne ǽnig woruldár, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 113, 35

lǽn-land

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-land, es; n.
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Land let on lease, which was never out of the possession of the lessor Ðonne is ðæs landes iii hída ðe Óswald arcebisceop bócaþ Eádríce his þegne swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lánlande there are three hides of land that archbishop Oswald conveys by charter

CYLL

(n.)
Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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Se ðe fæstne hider cylle [MS. kylle] brohte. . . gif hwelc þyrelne cylle [kylle MS.] brohte to ðys burnan who has brought hither a water-tight bottle . . . if any has brought to this spring a leaky bottle, Past. 65; Hat. MS

ge-langian

(v.)
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Hí gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope, 23, 680. Hé hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11. following the dat. Gelangode hé him tó his ercediácon, Hml. S. 31, 1387. Hé hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó, 3, 94.

land-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
land-gemǽre, es; n.

A boundaryconfine

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Ðis syndon ðara twegra hída landgemǽru these are the boundaries of the two hides, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 206, 25. Landgemǽro, 207, 34. The word is of frequent occurrence in the Charters.

Linked entry: land-mearc

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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Hit (five hides of land) wæs hire morgengifu ðá heó ǽrest tó Aðulfe com, Chart. Th. 170, 24. Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Ic on hæftnýd hider gelǽd wæs I was brought here into captivity, Hml. S. 30, 345. Drihten ne dyde þæt hé ús on hearde hæftnýd sealde non dedit nos in captionem, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Hæftnéd hefige, 125, 1. Þá graman hæftnéd, 84, 1.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Be hreáwum fixum hý libbað and þá etaþ pisces crudas manducant, Nar. 35, 4. of hides, undressed. v. hreáwness Wǽtum [and] hreáwum sina [bendum] udis et crudis neruorum nexibus, An. Ox. 3241. Hreáwum crudis (neruorum flagris, Ald. 58, 3), 4113: Wrt.