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ge-cwémednes

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. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.

hind

Grammar
hind, v hynd.
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See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England i. 113, where hind is taken as hynd, and so connected with numeral hand. Substitute:

Linked entry: hind

handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24

ofer-sécan

(v.)

to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard

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Beowulf struck so hard that any sword would be broken, Beo. Th. 3655; B. 2686

beado-wrǽd

(n.)

A war-company

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áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best troop for fighting disease, so that wounds may neither burn nor burst, Lch. ii. 350, 29

Linked entry: wrǽd

mysci

(n.)
Grammar
mysci, pl.

Flies

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Flies Sóna cwóman mysci manige venit cynomyia, Ps. Th. 104, 27

súþ-portic

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-portic, es; m.
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A south porch On ðam súðportice, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 39

a-biterian

(v.)
Grammar
a-biterian, -bitrian; p. ode; pp. od

To make sour or bitterexacer-bare

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To make sour or bitter; exacer-bare

bergel-song

(n.)
Grammar
bergel-song, es; m.

A burial songsepulcralis cantus

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A burial song; sepulcralis cantus, Leo 116

Linked entry: byrgen-song

byrgen-song

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-song, es; m.
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A burial song; cantus sepulcralis, Leo 116

Linked entry: bergel-song

súþ-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-weardes, adv.
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Southwards, in the south, Met. 1, 4

ge-syb

(adj.)

peaceablerelated

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peaceable, related, Soul Kmbl. 107; Seel. 54

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas swǽ swǽ nú wel hwǽr [or welhwǽr] siendon bishops so learned as now are nearly everywhere, Past. pref. Swt. 9, 5: Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 19. Elles hwǽr elsewhere, Beo. Th. 277; B. 138.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

heals-fang

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A die qua wera uadiata est in xxi diem debet halsfang reddi, et hoc indiuisum habeant a ceteris . . . reddatur vii sol. et vi dęn. ad expletionem xx sol.

hróðor

(n.)
Grammar
hróðor, es; m.

Solacecomfortbenefitpleasure

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Soul Kmbl. 224, hungregum tó frófre], 99 b; Th. 373, 27; Seel. 116: 71 b; Th. 267, 17; Jul. 416. Tó hleó and tó hróðer, 25 a; Th. 73, 29; Cri. 1197: Elen. Kmbl. 32; El. 16: 2317; El. 1160.

láð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-líc, adj.

Hatefulloathsomedisgustingunpleasantdetestableabominablehorrible

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Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 26: Exon. 266; Th. 78, 19; Gri. 1276.

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 38: actus, 11; Som. 15, 12. Be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý according as the deed may be, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10: vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 23: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 13.

Linked entry: dyd

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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So were theih daungerouse for wlaunke; And siththen bicom ful reulich, that thanne weren so ranke, Pol.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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Gl. 67; Som. 69, 99

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1. Of aheáwenum bordum of hewn or planed boards; de lignis levigatis, Gen. 6, 14