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heard-hara

(n.)
Grammar
heard-hara, heardra, an; m.
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Take here heardra in Dict., and add

Linked entry: heardra

líf-fæst

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Add: having life, quickened, Vy. 6 (in Dict.) life-giving Þá lýffæstan gerýnu ( the eucharistic elements'), Hml.

pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) hú se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

ænbręce

(n.)
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

be-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hycgan, -hicgan

to thinkconsiderbear in mindtrustmeditariconsideraresollicitumesse de reconfidereniti

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to think, consider, bear in mind, trust; meditari, considerare, sollicitum, esse de re, confidere, niti He sceal deópe behycgan þroht þeóden-gedál he must deeply bear in mind the dire decease of his lord Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 7; Gú. 1323.

Linked entry: be-hicgan

cynning-stán

(n.)
Grammar
cynning-stán, es; m. [cennan

A trying-stonetessera

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to try, prove; stán a stone] A trying-stone;tessera Cynning-stán on tæfle a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board; pyrgus [ = πύργος], turricula,Ælfc.

Linked entry: cenning-stán

dæg-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-fæsten, es; n. [fæsten a fast]

A day's fastdiei jejunium

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A day's fast; diei jejunium Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter, L.

Linked entries: dæg-swǽsendo fæsten

hrægel-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-þegn, -þén, es; m.
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Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 351, 16. Ælfríc wæs ðá hrǽlþén, Chart. Th. 170, 10. Hé scolde setten ðǽr prior of Clunni and circeweard and hordere and reilþein, Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 12. Hræglþegn vestiarius, C. R. Ben. 55, Lye

scóh-þwang

(n.)
Grammar
scóh-þwang, es; m.
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Gisceó dec sceóhþongum ðínum calcia te caligas tuas, Rtl. 58, 11

Linked entry: sceó-þwang

blót

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After gedyde add: and hys godum bebéad hospitum sanguinem diis propinabat; add also

cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Quedol dicam (-x?), quedole, dicas, 106, 48, 49. Ne sý nán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13. v. hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol)

Linked entry: cwidol

ge-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfedness, e; f.
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S. 23 b, I. v. ge-hwyrfednes in Dict

gearwe

Grammar
gearwe, dress.
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Take here <b>geare</b> in Dict., and add: gear, goods (?) Ealle Rómáne woldon ymb xii mónað bringan tógædere þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara (gearwa, v. l.)

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Dict. to chide, reprove (with dat.) Ðurh ðone wítgan wæs gecíd (-cídd, v.l.) hierdum pastores increpat per prophetam, Past. 123, 9.

á-dwelian

(v.)

To wander, stray

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á-stýfecigan

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Hwæðer þín ealde gýtsung eallunga of ðínum mode ástýfcod wére, Shrn. 184, 3. Add

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Swá ða hálgan dydon ðe náht ne gyrndon tó hæbbenne as the saints did who did not desire to have anything, Blickl. Homl. 53, 25.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

weax-bred

(n.)
Grammar
weax-bred, es; n.

a table, tablet for writing ona table, list

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Ðonne ðú græf habban wille, ðonne sete ðú ðíne þrí fingras tósomne, swilce ðú græf hæbbe, and styra ðíne fingras swilce ðú wríte.

hefe-lic

heavygraveseriousgrievousoppressivehard to dolaboriousgrievous

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(in Dict.). grave, serious Hefolices gyltes gravioris culpe, R. Ben.

Linked entries: hefig hefig-lic

húsel-hálgung

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Twá ðing syndon þurh Godes mihte swá myccle and swá mǽre þæt ǽfre ǽnig man ne mæg ðǽron ǽnig ðing áwyrdan ne gewanian, fulluht and húsl-hálgung.