hwíl-wende
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Wé forsceamiað nú on lytlum timan dǽdbóte dón, Scint. 49, 9. II. of a person, concerned with the things of time ; of things, temporal, not spiritual or eternal :-- Sé þe hwílende (tempo-rarius ) ys on blisse, éce hé byð on wíte, Scint. 172, 7.
fyrs-rǽw
A row or fence of furze
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A row or fence of furze On áne firesréwe, C. D. vi. 230, 30
á-lǽdan
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Add: to lead off, carry off Ic of álǽde abduco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 10. of captivity Cirus cyning hí ásende eft ongeán tó ludéa lande, þanon þe hí álǽdde wǽron, Ælfc. T.
land-sócn
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699
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ǽ-gift
A giving up, return, repayment, restoration
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Ox. 5, 38: 8, 300
gár-mitting
A meeting of spears or javelins ⬩ a battle
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A meeting of spears or javelins, a battle Ðæt hí beadoweorca beteran wurdon, on campstede, cumbolgehnástes, gármittinge [gármittunge, Th. 207, 3, col. 2] that they were the better [the victors] in works of war, on the battle-field, at the conflict of
ord-stapu
A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point
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A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan; ic nǽfre meldade monna ǽngum, gif mé ordstæpe egle wǽron, Exon. Th. 485, 19; Rä. 71. 16
heáh-nes
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L. 5, 4. non-physical. of persons or their attributes, loftiness of rank or character, high rank or quality, majesty, dignity On heálicere héhnysse ł geþinþe geuferede edito (uirginitatis) fastigio sublimati, An. Ox. 930.
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rím
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Add: m. the precise sum or aggregate of any collection of individual things or persons Ne magon wé þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes we cannot keep Easter Sunday by a reckoning of the number of days, Men. 64.
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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On héhðo, An. 1000. On heáhðum, Jul. 560
cumbol-gehnást
A conflict of ensigns or banners, a battle ⬩ signorum conflictio, bellum
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an ensign, banner; gehnást a conflict ] A conflict of ensigns or banners, a battle ; signorum conflictio, bellum Ðæt hie beadoweorca beteran wurdon on campstede, cumbolgehnástes that they were better in works of war on the battle-field, at the conflict
endleofan
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3
hwíl-stycce
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12
teart
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Add: of material objects, sharp, piercing Tearte acra (testularum fragmina ), An. Ox. 8, 218. of pain, &c. On þǽre teartestan tintregun acerrimo, i. asperrimo tormento, 1946
bi-neótan
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To deprive of the enjoyment or use of anything On hyge hálge heáfde bineótan to deprive the holy one in spirit of his head, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 28; Jul. 604. He hine ealdre bineát he deprived him of life, Beo. Th. 4784; B. 2396
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meaht
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Ox. 959. as a person or thing, one who, or that which, exercises power or government Stíþnes ungesáwenlicere tóbrocen mihte duritia inuisibili contrita potestate, i. dominio, An. Ox. 3259. Ðá heán mihta hér on worulde hreósað and tó lore weorðað.
hlóþ-gecrod
A press of troops or bands
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A press of troops or bands: — Biersteþ hlúde heáh hlóþgecrod with loud noise breaks the press of [cloud-] troops on high, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 17; Rä. 4, 63
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æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field
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An enclosure of arable land (? = Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24
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galan
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Voc. ii. 86, 66: 19, 6. of the ery of a bird Hrefen uppe gól, El. 52. Siððan þú gehýrde galan geomorne geác on bearwe, Bo. 22. of a trumpet. Cf. singan Hié bearhtm ongeáton gúðhorn galan, B. 1432
dæg-weorþung
A commemoration or celebration of a feast-day ⬩ diei festi celebratio
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of the Invention of the Cross ], Elen.