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hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.

Full of hatehostilemalignantevil

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Full of hate, hostile, malignant, evil Se heáhengel ðe nu is hetol deófol the archangel that now is a devil full of malice, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 22. Maxentius ða burh geheóld mid hetelum geþance Maxentius held the town with hostile intent, Homl.

Linked entries: hetol-ness hatol

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A tablewhat is on a table

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A table; also what is on a table Míse (MS. T. mése) mensa, Ps. Spl. 68, 27. Meóse mensorium (mensoriumquod est in mensa, ut mantile, et vas escarium), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 61. Mýse ł beód mensa, 82, 21.

Linked entries: meóse mýse

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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Th. ii. 148, 1. Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21. Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7

Linked entry: ge-hafa

sweger

(n.)
Grammar
sweger, swegr, e; f.
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A mother-in-law Sueger socrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 68. Sweger, i. 52, 8. Sweger, swegr, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18. Swegr (suegir, Lind.) on hyre snore, and snoru on hyre swegere (swegre, MS. A., Rush.: suoegir. Lind.), Lk. Skt. 12, 53.

Linked entry: sweór

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Th. ii. 138, 8-14. Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml. S. 37, 271. Ceoslum glareis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287. Cyslum, 2879:4102. Ceoslas glareas, 2, 51: 7, 96. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g.

réwet

(n.)
Grammar
réwet, réwett, es; m. n. (?)

Rowinga shipnavigium

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Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, forðan micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. On réwette swincende laborantes in remigando, Mk. Skt. 6, 48. Hí wǽron on réwute, Homl. Th. i. 162, 10.

Linked entry: rówet

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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Th. ii. 276, 35.

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clotheobvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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His cempan mid wolcnreádum wǽfelse hine bewǽfdon his soldiers clothed him in a scarlet robe, ii. 252, 25. Ic eom réáde bewǽfed I am clothed with red, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484. 2; Rä. 70, 1: Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 19

Linked entry: wǽfan

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 34, 74. Sueðelas suedilas instites, Txts. 69, 1060. Sweþelas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 48. Sweoþolas fascia [e? ], 93, 69. Suuoeðles institis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44. Suaeðila fasciarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 18. Sweþila, 34, 76. Sweþela, 82, 36.

mete

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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' a clearing in a wood.

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a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II. Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and se alhmunding snǽd hére intó preosda byrig Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 100, 16. Be ðam gráue ðæt hit cymþ intó ðam snǽde; and of ðam snǽde iii. 399, 34.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Th. ii. 374, I: Hml. A. 59, 196. Olimpius wæs eác gedwola on úres Drihtnes geleáfan (in respect to his belief in our Lord), 204. Sé þe him (the apostles and wise teachers) wiðcwyð and heora gesetnessum, hé byð gedwola, 22, 199 : Hml. S. l, 19.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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In the following example cwealm is neuter Sume ic þurh mislíc cwealm mínum hondum slóg some I slew by my hands through various deaths, Exon. 73a;Th. 272, 2; Jul. 493

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

dreórung

(n.)
Grammar
dreórung, dreárung,e; f.

A fallingdestillātio

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A falling; destillātio Ðonne on sumeres tíd sended weorþeþ dropena dreórung when a falling of drops is sent in summer's time, Exon 54 a; Th. 189, 23; Az. 64

un-geteorod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geteorod, adj.

Unweariedunfailingunexhausted

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Unwearied, unfailing, unexhausted Ungeteorudne goldhord on heofenum thesaurum non defcientem in caelis, Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Ungeteorodne, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 92. Ungetyradne inexhaustam, Hpt. Gl. 463, 19

ge-treágian

(v.)
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In a note to this gloss is cited :-- Ꝥ getreágode hrægl, Archiv lxxxiv. 16, 224

heolorian

(v.)
Grammar
heolorian, heolrian, holrian
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to weigh in a balance Hé heolrede pensauit. An. Ox. 1597. Holrede, Hpt. Gl. 443, 75. Heolrode trutinabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4. Heolorende librantis, 78, 23: 52, 29

gadinca

(n.)
Grammar
gadinca, Substitute: gadinca,an; m.

A wether sheep

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A wether sheep Gadinca vel hnoc mutinus (in a list of animals; cf. mutinae carnes, eaedem q. vervecinae, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 49. Gadinca mutinus, ii. 58, 14

Bryten-lond

(n.)
Grammar
Bryten-lond, es; n.

The land of BritainBritanniæ terra

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The land of Britain; Britanniæ terra Maximus, se cásere, wæs on Bryten-londe geboren Maximus, the emperor, was born in the land of Britain, Chr. 381; Ing. 11. 9

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattlepecusSaleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, marketpretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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E. 1, 35; Th. ii. 432, 29. Ceápas cattle, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747. His neáhgebúres ceáp his neighbour's cattle, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 15.

Linked entry: cép