heáfod-lic
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Ne wé heáfodlice leahtras ne lufian, Wlfst. 253, 9
mildheortlíce
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Wé sceolon déman for úres Drihtnes lufon ǽfre mildheortlíce . . . bútan wælhreównysse, 9, 221.
ofer-gitol
Forgetful, oblivious
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Ofergeotele wé ne sind obliti non sumus Ps. Surt. 43, 18. Ofergeotulæ (-geotole, Ps. Th. ), 43, 21. Ofergeotole, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 5
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on-médla
pride, glory, magnificence ⬩ pride, arrogance, presumption ⬩ courage, boldness
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Th. 291, 11; Sat. 429. courage, boldness For hwam ne móton wé ealle mid onmédlan ( boldly ) gangan in Godes ríce, Salm. Kmbl. 704; Sal. 351
óþ
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Oð ðiss wé rehton hwelc se hierde bión sceal, Past. 173, 14. (1 a) add :-- Hé hét ádelfan seáþ oþ gyrdyls deópne, Shrn. 125, 32. Welle swíþe oþ þriddan dǽl boil it down to a third, Lch. ii. 36, 22. Þæt man hine oð deáð swunge, Hml. Th. i. 384, 6.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Mid ðam naman wé nemnaþ ealle ðing and mid ðam worde wé sprecaþ be eallum ðingum, Zup. 11, 8-11. a written word Moððe word fræt, Exon.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Wé lybbaþ mislíce on twelf mónþum; nú sceole wé lybban Gode, wé ðe óðrum tíman ús sylfum leofodon, Homl. Th. i. 180, 17. Godes þeówas ðe be gódra manna ælmessan libbaþ God's servants who live by the alms of good men, Wulfst. 120, 4.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Wé sceolon mid hálgum mægnum ðone eard ofgán ðe wé þurh leahtras forluron with holy virtues must we obtain the country, that we lost through vices, i. 118, 33. [lch hit wulle uorto ofgon (gain) þine heorte, A. R. 390, 13.
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hál-wende
Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome
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Háte baþu ðe wǽron hálwende gecwedene ádligendum líchaman hot baths that were said to be salutary for diseased bodies, Homl. Th. i. 86, 21. Ða hálwendan men the men who taught a saving faith, the disciples, Blickl. Homl. 117, 8.
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on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre, Blickl. Homl. 33, 23. to excite to a feeling of compunction Hé wæs onbryrded compunctus mid gemynde his synna and weóp, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 2.
Linked entries: an-bryrdan á-bryrdan in-bryrdan
HÝD
HIDE ⬩ skin
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' of a man of British race is twelve shillings [the 'hide-gild' of a þeów (v. infra), whose wer was half that of a wealh, was six shillings; if the same proportion was kept, the weales hýd would be, as here, twelve shillings], L.
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æt-hindan
At the back ⬩ behind ⬩ after ⬩ a tergo ⬩ pone ⬩ post
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At the back, behind, after; a tergo, pone, post Se cyning férde him æthindan the king went after them, Chr. 1016; Th. i. 282, 17
wároþ
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Sea-weed Ic eom wyrslícre ðtonne ðes wudu fúla oððe ðis wároð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ in eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 34 ; Rä. 41, 49
Hring-Dene
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Ic Hring-Dena weóld, 1769
lín-æcer
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wege þám innmæstan ; of línaceran innan ðone hege, Cht. . 239, 10, Cf. lín-leáh, fleax-æcer
winter-gewǽde
A wintry weed, wintry garment
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A wintry weed, wintry garment Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ wintergewǽdum frost and snow cover earth with winter's weeds, Exon. Th. 215, 8; Ph. 250
smillan
to cause to crack as a whip, ⬩ To crack as a whip ⬩ to crack ⬩ to cause to crack
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To crack as a whip Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7
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ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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XII ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, ámber fulne buteran twelve ambers of Welsh ale, an amber full of butter, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17, 19.
a-weódian
To weed ⬩ root or rake up ⬩ to destroy ⬩ sarculare
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To weed, root or rake up, to destroy; sarculare Ðæt man aweódige unriht that one should root up injustice, L. C. S. 1 ; Th. i. 376, 7
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Dærenta-múþa
Dartmouth, Devonshire ⬩ Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ
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Dartmouth, Devonshire; Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ Hí férdon to Dærentamúþan [Dertamúþan, Th. 310, 5, col. 2] they went to Dartmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 310, 6, col. 1