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hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan, ii. 249, 35. Hyndehlýpan, 421, 19. a precipitous fall in a river (?) Andlang slades tó Wulláfes hlýpan, C. D. iii. 431, 17. Tó preóstan lýpan, C. D. B. ii. 310, 25.

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

sǽl

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wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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On þysum dæge Críst wæs geswutelod þám þrým cyningum . . . hé wearð on þysum dæge middangearde geswutelod, Hml.

hræd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-ness, e; f.

Quicknessrapidity

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Ond ðá mid wunderlícre hreðnysse porrum ðone cyning ofercwomon mira celeritate poro rege devicto, Nar. 4, 4. Se on hrædnesse swá mycele menigo heora fornom quæ in brevi tantam ejus multitudinem stravit, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 30

hund-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-feald, adj.

Hundredfold

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Swá hwæt swá be ánfealdan Godes þearfum syllaþ hé hit ús forgylt be hundfealdum, ii. 106, 2. Mid hundfealdum, i. 180, 26. Sealdon wæstm sum hundfealdne dabant fructum aliud centesimum, Mt. Kmbl. MS. A. 13, 8

Linked entry: hundfeald-getel

wíg-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-steall, es; n.
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lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oþþe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weohstealle (weófodstealle, v. l. ) búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode, ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9

á-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilman, p. de
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Sélre ús ys ðæt ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293

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ǽr-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-ǽt, es; m.
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Swá hwæt swá misdóð . . . on ǽrǽte and on oferdrince, xii. 514, 10. Leahtras . . . ðæt is ǽrǽtas and oferdruncennessa, Wlfst. 135, 2. Wið ǽrǽtas, 290, 32

breóst-gehygd

Grammar
breóst-gehygd, (-hýd)

thoughtmind

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þé biddað geornlíce breóstgehygdum, Cri. 262. Hé his béna bebeád breóst-gehigdum verba precantia clamat, Dóm. L. 60. Ealle þurhyrnð óga breóstgehýda singula percurrit pectora terror, 172. Add

fremsumnes

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ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias ( ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant ), Gr. D. 177, 2.

gemynd-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
gemynd-wirþe, adj.
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Worthy to be had in remembrance, of persons witon manige foremǽre and gemyndwyrþe weras forþ-gewitene þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. of things, worthy of record Hé mé ealle ðá þe gemyndwurðe wǽron onsende ea mihi, quae memoria digna

hand-bóc

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Th. ii. 384, 1. a hand-book, manual gesetton on þissum enchiridion, ꝥ ys mannalis on lyden and handbóc on englisc, manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angl. viii. 321, 34

handlian

(v.)
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Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24

drosen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
drosen-líc, adj.

Brittle, weakfrăgĭlis

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Brittle, weak; frăgĭlis, Som. Ben. Lye

gang

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gang, p. of geongan.

went

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went, Beo. Th. 2595; B. 1295;

heaðu-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-wérig, adj.
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Weary from fighting, Vald. 2, 17

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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áslídað on ðǽm unðeáwe. Past. 313, 17. On lust áslád in luxum labescit, An. Ox. 4651. Mín fót áslád. Hml. Th. ii. 392, 10. Þæt ic ne áslíde, Ps. Th. 16, 5. Gif se man æfter his fulluhte áslíde, Hml. Th. i. 292, 23. Gif hwǽr áslídon, 170, 18.

hycgan

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Th. 120, 3. to call to mind, remember Uton hycgan hwǽr hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú þider cumen Seef. 117

greótan

(v.)
Grammar
greótan, ic greóte, ðú grýtest, grýtst, he greóteþ, grýt, pl. greóteþ; p. greát, pl. gruton; pp. groten
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To weep; flere, lacrimare Heó sceal oft greótan she shall often weep, Salm. Kmbl. 753; Sal. 376. Se ðe on sefan greóteþ who weeps in spirit, Beo. Th. 2689; B. 1342