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of-habban

(v.)

to keep from, hold back, restrain

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to keep from, hold back, restrain Gif ðú ðæt (letting the people go) git dón nelt and ðæt folc ofhæfst (retines), Ex. 9, 2

Linked entry: of-healdan

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.

to surround, encompass ⬩ to include, contain

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to surround, encompass Ymbhæfdan cingebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 73. Mid ðý unmǽtan weorode ymbhæfd optimo vallatus exercitu, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 31: 2, 9; S. 511, 25 note. Emhæfd circumseptus (densis agminibus, Ald. 3), Anglia xiii. 27, 5. Ispania land

ge-hafa

Grammar
ge-hafa, imp. of ge-habban.

have

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have,Mt. 18, 26;

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to have ⬩ to be without

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Hí heora nabbaþ má ðonne hí heora habban, Bt. 26, 1;Fox 90, 19. Ðonne ðú hæfdest ðæt ðú noldest oððe næfdest ðæt ðú woldest, Fox 90, 31. Næfde heó nóht on hire, Blickl. Homl. 147, 15. Næfde gé, Jn. Skt. 9, 41. Nafa ðú fremde godas, Deut. 5, 7.

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

eard-hæbbendra

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
eard-hæbbendra, [=eard, hæbbendra], Ps. Th. 86, 6; gen. pl. of eard-hæbbende; part. pres. of eard-habban=habban

to have

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to have

for-hæfedesta

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-hæfedesta, m. sup.

Most continent ⬩ contĭnentissĭmus

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Most continent; contĭnentissĭmus Se hálgesta wer and se forhæfedesta vir sanctissĭmus et contĭnentissĭmus. Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 41;

creás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
creás-lic, adj.
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Dainty, rich (of food) Sume þá preóstas þe worold*-*welan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan ( maiorem annonam ) habban on mynstre, Nap. 13

fann

(n.)
Grammar
fann, e; f.
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Hý habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. Hí habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 14. Add:

un-gefæd

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefæd, es; n.
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Indiscretion Hit is gewuna on manegum preóst-híredum ꝥ mid miclum ungesceáde and ungefade (inrationabiliter atque indiscrete) sume þá preóstas þe woruldwelan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan habban on mynstre, Chrd. 13, 14

Linked entry: ge-fæd

arodness

(n.)
Grammar
arodness, e; f.
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Hié habbað ðá arodnesse (-ud-, v. l.) and ðá bieldo ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti sunt, Past. 41, 17

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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A rake Hé sceal habban race (cf.. man sceal habban ofnrace, 265, 2), Anglia ix. 263, 7

fór-word

(n.)
Grammar
fór-word, es; n.

A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum

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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.

ofer-slop

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slop, es; n.

An over-garment, surplice

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An over-garment, surplice Oferslop hwít habban, blisse getácnaþ. Oferslop bleófáh habban ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 5-7. On oferslopum in stolis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 46

Linked entry: slop

mæsse-reáf

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Mæssepreóst sceal habban clǽne mæssereáf, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 3. ÞreÓ þéningbéc . . . and án mæssereáf, Cht. Crw. 23, 27. Habbað eów mid swylc mæssereáf and swylce hÚselfata swylce gé mid risnum þá þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 26.

hæbbend-lic

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Cf. habban ; I

towettan

(v.)
Grammar
towettan, p. te

To associate with

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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33

gád-íren

(n.)
Grammar
gád-íren, es; n.

A goad

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A goad Hé sceal habban gádíren, Angl. ix. 263, 4

Linked entry: gád-ísen

þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf. Goth. þragjan, and for conjugation cf. plegan); p. de

To run ⬩ proceed in a course

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(cf. sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft ðonne sume habban, and ða lengestne ðe ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ,) (Bt. 39, 3); (Fox 214, 24), Met, 28, 24. Ðǽr him eoh fore mílpaðas mæt, módig þrægde, Elen. Kmbl. 2524; El. 1263.

beorm-teág

(n.)
Grammar
beorm-teág, e; f.
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A yeast-box Man sceal habban . . . bearmteáge, Angl. ix. 264, 20

Linked entry: bearm-teág

hǽr-sife

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-sife, es; n.
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A hair-sieve Man sceal habban . . . hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264. 14

Linked entry: sife