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heonu

Grammar
heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
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I, 20. (In the last three instances the h is written above the line.) Eonu porro (gewisslíce, W. S. s=odlíce l uutedlíce, L. Mt. 8, 27), Wrt, Voc. ii. 72, 32. Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19.

up-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Th. ii. 548, 14: Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806. (? v. preceding word) up into a country.

Linked entry: up-riht

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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In ðam neólan scræfe in that deepest den (hell), Exon. Th. 283, 23; Jul. 684. In ðissum neowlan genipe (hell ), Cd. Th. 271, 7; Sat. 102. In ðone neowlan grund to that profound abyss, 267, 1; Sat. 31 : 270, 16; Sat. 91.

án-wuniende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-wuniende, part.

Dwelling alonebeing alonesolitarius

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Dwelling alone, being alone; solitarius Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8

bearhtm

(n.)
Grammar
bearhtm, es; m.

A noisetumultclamoursoundcryfragorstrepitustumultusclamor

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A noise, tumult, clamour, sound, cry; fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor Ic on ðisse byrig bearhtm gehýre I hear a tumult in this city, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 50; Gen. 2406

ceól-þelu

(n.)
Grammar
ceól-þelu, e; f.

a shipnavis tabulatum, navis

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The deck of a ship, a ship; navis tabulatum, navis Ic corn hér curnen on ceólþele I am come here in a ship, Exon. 123a; Th. 473, 1; Bo. 8

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, an; m.

A husbandman, peasant, churlrustĭcus

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A husbandman, peasant, churl; rustĭcus Gif hit sífǽrbéna gilde xii ór if it be a churl, let him pay twelve ores, L. N. P. L. 50; Th. ii. 298, 6

húsian

(v.)
Grammar
húsian, p. ode

To house

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To house, give shelter in a house Féde þearfan and scrýde and húsige let him feed the needy and clothe and house them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 15

Linked entry: ge-húsed

mæst-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-rǽden, [n], e; f.

The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced

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The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced Hé nǽfre hine bereáfian wolde ðære mæstréddene ðe hé him áléfed hæfde on Longan hrycge, Chart. Th. 140, 35

Linked entry: mæsten-rǽden

ge-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirnan, p. de; pp. ed

To concealkeep secretcēlāre

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To conceal, keep secret; cēlāre Se ðe forstolen flǽsc findeþ and gedirneþ he who finds stolen flesh and keeps it secret, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 2, note 1

ge-leód

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leód, es; m.

One of a nationa fellow-countrymancompatriotconterraneuscompatriota

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One of a nation, a fellow-countryman, compatriot; conterraneus, compatriota Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge if any one sell his own countryman, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 3

ge-lútian

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

To lie hidlătēre

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To lie hid; lătēre Ðæt ic gelútian ne mæg on ðyssum sídan sele that I may not lie hid in this wide hall, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 2; Sat. 130

feónd-rǽs

an onslaughtassault

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A hostile attack, an onslaught, assault Ic fracoðlíce feóndrǽs gefremede . . . and reáfode beám on bearwe I (Eve) wickedly made onslaught and despoiled the tree in the garden, Gen. 900. Substitute:

flítere

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Flítere in eobotum rabulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 64. On helle beóþ þeófas and flýteras and gítseras, Bl. H. 61, 21. Flítera scismaticorum, An. Ox. 2895. Substitute for the passages

giúluling

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 118, 48. Cf. Quintilis, iulius, Corp. Gl. H. 100, 53. Quintilis in honorem Iuli Caesaris Iulius vocatur, Bede De Templ. Rat. c. xii

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, m.
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In l. 12 after Kmbl. insert ii. and add Þurh ðone leá on ðám leáge; þurh ðone lytlan leá westeweardne . . . þurh ðone leá norðeweardne, C. D. v. 207, 12-23

niþer-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-stígend, es; m. : <b>-stigende</b>; ptcpl.
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One who descends: descending Ic beó geanlícod niðerstígendum on seáðe assimilabor descendentibus in lacum, Ps. L. 27, 1 : 142, 7. Wæs swíðe hefgu frécednys þám niþerstígendum, Gr. D. 112, 20

Linked entry: niþer-ástígend

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, a well.
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Add: The word is fem. in the following (cf. wille; f. ) Foranongén Cynewynne wylle ; of ðǽre wylle, C. D. vi. 129, 26. v. cærs-, gemǽr-, hring-, mearc-, well- (?), wíþig-will

ÆX

(n.)
Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

what is brought to an edgeAn AXEa hatchetpickaxesecurisascia

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H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf because the axe is an informer, not a thief; quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23

Linked entries: acas acs æcse eax ex

ear

(n.)
Grammar
ear, an ear of corn. l. eár,
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Voc. i. 38, 47: 287, 20. In eher (æhher, R.) in spica, Mk. L. 4, 28. Geberen eár, Lch. ii. 124, 17. Þá hié heora corn ripon ealle þá eár ( spicae ) wǽron blódge, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 28. Ðára ehera spicarum, Mk. p. 2, 16. Eára, An. Ox. 1411.

Linked entry: æhher