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ge-dwimorlic

(adj.)
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ge-dwimorlic, adj.
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D. 123, 16-124, ll.. seó kycene forburne; ac hit . . . wæs þæs deófles dydrung . . . Ðá gebróðra wǽron mid ðám gedwymorlicum fýre gebysgode, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 4-11

hwem

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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)

munt-clýse

(n.)
Grammar
munt-clýse, munt-clýsa ?, an; f. (m. ?).
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A place shut in by hills, a mountain-prison : Gog and Magog, þæt beóð þá mancyn þe Alexander beclýsde binnan muntclýsan, Wlfst. 84, 31. [Cf.

Linked entry: clýse

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> add Getímige ús tela on líchaman, getímige ús untela, symle wé sceolon þæs Gode ðancian, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 15. Oft getímað yfelum teala for lífe, 332, 15. <b>III a.

máþum

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Wearð seó cwén miclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, Hml. Th. ii. 306, 11. 'Geswutela mé ðǽre cyrcan mádmas' . . . ' Gif ðú gelýfst, ic ðé geswutelige ðá mádmas'. . . 'Ágif ðá mádmas'. . .

hróf

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Wæs þæt bold tóbrocen swíðe . . . hróf ána genæs ealles ansund, B. 999. Of þám stáne þǽre ciricean hrófes, Bl. H. 209, 1. Gebrosnad is hús under hrófe, Cri. 14. On heáhsetlum hrófe getenge celsos solil culmine, Met. 25, 5.

ge-þencan

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Þæt hiora gerisna nǽre þæt hié swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt hí heora gelícan wurden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 17. Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan, 4, 10; S. 194, 15. to employ the mind on a subject, think of or on, consider. with acc.

castel-burg

(n.)
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Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
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Æt þǽre cígingce, Gr. D. 53, 7. Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

ge-sínelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sínelíce, adv.
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Visibly Hé ꝥ tácen þǽre bærnnesse gesýnelíce (-séne-, v.l.) eallum mannum on his sculdre bær signum incendii uisibile cunctis in humero portauit, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 14. Gisénelíce is gibisnendo visibiliter est informanda, Rtl. 103, 30

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, hýn

to elevate

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Þá staðolas þǽre cyrican . . . hé ongann hýn (heán, v. l.) and miclian, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 10. Add:

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add

synderlic

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Add Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn, and án synderlic eórod of eásternum leódum swíþe crístene menn þám cásere folgiende, Hml. S. 28, 9

be-hátan

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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

carian

(v.)
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Gé cariað embe eówerne bigleofan, and ná embe þǽra sceápa, Hml. Th. i. 242, 2. Ðá sýn emhýdige and cariende embe heora ealdorscypas qui sotticitudinem gerant super decanias suas, R.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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a fall from a higher to a lower point, or from an erect position Engel hét þæt treów ceorfan and þá wildeór onweg fleón . . . þonne his fyll cóme, Dan. 513. Fæll húses ruina domus, Mt. L. 7, 27. Faell, Lk. L. 6, 49.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað ... hý árísað on dómes dæge swá þæt néfre syððan þá líchaman ne geendiað ne ne forealdiað, Solil. H. 10, 3-12. Ic eom forealdod inveteravi, Ps. Th. 6, 6.

hálgian

(v.)
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L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre, Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Ne þincð mé nán geswinc hefig, gyf ic geseó and habbe þæt ðæt ic æfter swince. Ac se tweónung wyrcað þá hefinesse, Solil. H. 26, 3. We béron hefignise (pondus) ðæs dæges and hǽto, Mt.