healh
- Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
- Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.
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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On
íwan
To show ⬩ bring before the eyes ⬩ display ⬩ reveal
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Ðá ýwde hé ðǽr synne wisan culpam esse demonstravit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2. Ðá ýwde ic him sóna ða ylcan bóc ðara reogola quibus statim protuli eundem librum canonum, 4, 5 ; S. 572, 25.
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sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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The sáwelsceat is sometimes determined in amount by the will of the deceased :-- Ic gean intó Élig . . . ðér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, ðara þreó landa ðe wit geheótan Gode . . . and ðes beáhges gemacan, ðe man sæalde mínum hláforde, tó sáwlescæatte
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ceorl
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</b> a (married) man, husband :-- Ceorl þe wíf hæfð maritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 13. Ceorl uxorius, ii. 124, 26. Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97.
ge-mengan
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He gemengeþ ðæt fýr wið ðam cíle he mingles the fire with the cold, 39, 13; Fox 234, 11 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 182; Met. 11, 91. Ic me to ðam plegan gemengde lūdentĭbus me miscui, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 11.
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weorold-wita
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21.
tó-þringan
To press asunder ⬩ scatter by pressure
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To press asunder, scatter by pressure Hwílum ic wíde tóþringe lagustreáma full hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive wide apart the cups of the floods (i.e. the clouds), sometimes let them again glide together, Exon.
feld-rude
Wild rue ⬩ silvestris rŭta
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Wild rue; silvestris rŭta, Ben. Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 325
rǽd-wita
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298
un-hlís
Of evil repute ⬩ disreputable
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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475
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gird-wíte
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Giond ðas wídan worulde through this wide world, 11, 89; Met. 11, 45
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ge-lytlian
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To become little, decrease, run short Gelytlade ðára farmana wín defecit nubtiarum uinum, Jrt. p. 1, 9
helpan
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour
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Wið fefre hylpþ marubis tó drincanne for fever it helps to drink marrubium, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 27. Hé helpeþ þearfan parcet pauperi, Ps. Th. 71, 13.
seht
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Ða férdon betwux Ródbeard eorl and Eádgár æðeling and þæra cinga sehte swá gemacedon. ( The terms are then given. ) On ðisum sehte wearð Eádgár eþeling wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad, 1091 ; Erl. 228, 1-8.
fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxan . . . and . . . gef Boia sixtig penga for þére forspǽce, Cht. E. 274, 3-6. Tó foresprǽce ꝥ se cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 501, 13.
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Banan heardlíce, grimme ongieldað, Sal. 131. with intensive force with verbs implying pain, injury, &c. Similar entries Cf. hearde; V, 1 Þéh se mennisca deófol synfullum móte heardlíce derian, Wlfst. 273, 22.
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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Ðec á wið firenum geheald preserve thyself ever from sins, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 27; Fä. 94. Fæder alwalda mid árstafum eówic gehealde may the all-ruling Father hold you with honour, Beo. Th. 640; B. 317.
CEÁCE
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Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11
for-tendan
To burn off or away ⬩ sear ⬩ inūrĕre
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-cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that
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