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hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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In quattuor locis, id est, æt hearge . . . and æt geddincggum, 282, 17. an idol Wæs gesewen átífred ealle ðá heargas (idola) . . . sió gítsung ðe Sc̃s Paulus cuæð ðæt wǽre hearga (idolorum) geféra, Past. 157, 4-6. Hergas ðeóda simulacra gentium Ps.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3. Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15.

innoþ

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Ox. 2446. a gut, an entrail Se wǽta ðára innoða humor viscerum, Past. 73, 9. Hé þǽre módor innoþas áweahte ipse viscera matris exsuscitat, Bl. H. 167, 6

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Ðes hálga wer wæs gewunod ðæt he wolde gán on niht to sǽ this holy man was accustomed to go at night to the sea, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 3. His mód to ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs his mind was accustomed to worldly prosperity, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 2

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31.

Linked entry: non

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge as soon as ever the child can speak, Wulfst. 39, 8.

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
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Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt, 82, 26. Foldweg, cúþe strǽte, Beo. Th. 3272 ; B. 1634.

Linked entry: strét

hwǽte

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Wæs hwǽtes wana tríticum deerat, Gr. D. 145, 9. Seó earc wæs hwǽtes full ( frumento plena ), 158, 14. Ꝥ hé him hwǽtes ( tritici ) gemet sylle, Lk. 12, 42. Hund mittena hwǽtes, 16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2. Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasurean article of valuetreasures

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Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.

on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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wæs him onsittende ðæt hine sum man gecneówe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 494

á-sparian

(v.)
Grammar
á-sparian, p. ode

To sparekeep

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To spare,keep Se Godes wer nolde ꝥ þǽr wǽre áht tó láfe in þám mynstre, ꝥ ǽnig man cweþan mihte ꝥ hit wǽre þurh unhýrsumnysse ásparod ne in cella aliquid per inobedientiam remaneret, Gr. D. 159, 24

scip-brucol

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-brucol, adj.
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Causing shipwreck Scypbrucules wæles nauifragi gurgitis, Germ. 401, 9

eges líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]

Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus

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Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra one of them was more dreadful than the others, Bd. 5, 13; S. 033, 3. Daga egeslícast most terrible of days, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 20; Cri. 1022

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiry or inspectionto inspectto seekvisitto seek with hostile intentto visit with calamity, disease

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Th. 230; B. 115. to seek, visit a place Wæs his gewuna ðæt Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte and neósode solebat Nordanhymbrorum provincian revisere, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 7. Gewiton him wígend wíca neósian, Frysland geseón, Beo.

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde referre erat solitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 42. Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ... the people there were accustomed to..., Blickl. Homl. 209, 6. Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20.

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14. God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse Deus inestimabilis misericordie, Anglia xi. 112, 1.

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde hé intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17. Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30