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horu

(n.)
Grammar
horu, gen.-wes; m.

Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre

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Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10. On his blóde áþwogen fram synna horwum washed in his blood from the impurities of sins, Homl. Swt. 11, 297. Horewum, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 8

Linked entries: ge-horian horh hor-pyt

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRAND ⬩ a message ⬩ an embassy ⬩ news ⬩ tidings ⬩ an answer ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ nuntium ⬩ mandatum ⬩ negotium ⬩ cura

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Hí lufedon Godes ǽrendo they loved God's errands, 34b; Th. 111, 27; Gú. 133

Linked entry: ÁR

freónd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-rǽden, -rǽdden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia

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Hig mihton náne freóndrǽdene wið hine habban they would have no friendship with him, Gen. 37, 4. Hie getreówlíce heora freóndrǽdenne healdaþ they faithfully hold their friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 39: Exon. 67 a; Th. 249, 5; Jul. 107: Elen.

ǽ-ber

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-ber, ǽ-bær; adj.

Clear and evident by proof ⬩ manifest ⬩ apparent ⬩ notorious ⬩ apricus ⬩ manifestus

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Clear and evident by proof, manifest, apparent, notorious; apricus, manifestus Se ǽbera þeóf the notorious thief, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 22. Ǽbære manslagan notorious homicides, L. Eth. vi. 36; Th. i. 324, 11

Linked entry: ǽ-bær

ge-reónung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reónung, e; f.

A conspiracy, confederacy ⬩ conjuratio

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A conspiracy, confederacy; conjuratio Ne understenst ðú ðisra twegra manna gereónunge ongeán me dost thou not understand the plot of these two men against me? Homl. Th. i. 380, 7. Gereónung fictio, mendacium, Hpt. Gl. 459

Linked entry: reónung

ofer-lifa

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-lifa, an; m.
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[Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa

Linked entry: -lifa

under-creópan

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Swá hit þeáw is ꝥ þám móde þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum swíþe undercreópeð (-crýpð, v.l.) seó leáse ólehtung sicut moris est ut occupato in multis animo adulatio valde subrepat. Gr. D. 35, 14. Add

sittan

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</b> to sit on an animal, to ride :-- Þá hé on þám horse sæt when he was riding on the horse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6.

ár-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]

Honourable ⬩ honest ⬩ upright ⬩ virtuous ⬩ good ⬩ pious ⬩ dutiful ⬩ gracious ⬩ kind ⬩ merciful ⬩ honestus ⬩ probus ⬩ bonus ⬩ pius ⬩ propitius ⬩ clemens ⬩ misericors

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Ongan ðá ródera wealdend árfæst wið Abraham sprecan then began the gracious Ruler of the skies to speak with Abraham, 109 ; Th. 145, 13; Gen. 2405.

Linked entries: ǽr-fæst ár-fest

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a turn, time Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne the English force had sat out its turn of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31.

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.

A heel, ⬩ hough

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Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei mei, Ps. Spl. 48, 5.

Linked entries: hó hó-banca

ge-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig, -sǽli; comp. ra; superl. ost, ust; adj. [sǽlig happy]
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Se gesǽlgosta the happiest, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 10

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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the island Lipara, which was next to it, could abide in their dwellings, for the heat and for the stench, 5, 4; Bos. 105, 9-12.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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Seó mǽgþ gebrohte heáfod blódig on ðam fætelse the woman brought the bloody head in the bag, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 78; Jud. 127.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

folc-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
folc-scearu, -sceru, -scaru, e; f.

A division of the people ⬩ nation ⬩ multitude ⬩ nātio ⬩ provincia

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Geond ða folcsceare among the nation-host, Cd. 85; Th. 106, 34; Gen. 1781. On ðisse folcscere in this country, Elen. Kmbl. 804; El. 402. Búton folcscare except the host of people, Beo. Th. 146; B. 73

Linked entry: leód-scearu

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

ge-bod

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bod, es; n. [ge-, bod a command]

A command ⬩ order ⬩ mandate ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandātum

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Hí woldon onwendan eall ða gebodu they would change all the orders, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 33

ge-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To share or appoint by lot ⬩ to get ⬩ receive ⬩ sortiri ⬩ nancisci

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Gehluton [MS. gehlutan] they obtained, Ps. Th. 113, 2. Gehloten, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 18; Reim. 79. Hit wæs gehloten to Iosepes bearna lande it was allotted to the land of the children of Joseph, Jos. 24, 32.

Linked entry: ge-hloten

ge-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swerian, ic -swerige, -swerge; p. -swór, -sweór, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen [swerian to swear]

To swear ⬩ take an oath ⬩ jūrāre

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To swear, take an oath; jūrāre Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes this I swear by the son of the Creator, Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686. Ic geswerge I swear, Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80. Swá ic geswór wið Drihten sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno, Ps.

cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres; m?

a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal

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Ealne ðone bíte ðæs cancres heó afeormaþ it clears away all the pain [bite] of the cancer, 167, 3; Lchdm. i. 296, 22. Wið cancre, nim gáte geallanand hunig against cancer, take goat's gall and honey, L.

Linked entry: cancer-hæbern