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á-hirdan

(v.)
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Ðæt yfel hiora unrihtwísnesse hié hæfð ðonne git áhirde (-hierde, Hatt. MS.) quos malitia suae impietatis exasperat, Past. 362, 20

Linked entries: á-heardian á-hyrdan

á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera helpe, 137, 14. Hé ágýmeleásede ꝥ hé heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr. D. 241, 17. Ðæt hié ne ágímeleásien ðæt hí hira mód gebrídligen, Past. 215, 6

in-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
in-snǽd, es; m.
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Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérð holenhyrst ... and triphyrst and insnádis (-as ?) intó Óswaldingtúne, C.D. ii. 228, 4. Cf. in-wudu

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.

In a northerly position

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In a northerly position Ðæt folc ðe tó ðære norþerran byrig hiérde, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 19. Hét Eádweard cyning átymbran ða norþran burg, 913; Erl. 100, 34. On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste [ríce] micliende, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 12.

sceáp-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-hirde, es; m.

A shepherd

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cf. gáta hierde titurus, 288, 21) titirus. Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 57. Swá swá sceáphyrde tósceát sceáp fram gátum, Wulfst. 288, 2. Scéphyrdas opiliones, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 3. Godes engel ætíwde sceáphirdon Shrn. 29, 31. Be sceáphyrdan.

synderlíce

(adv.)
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Se here þe tó Grantanbrycge hiérde hine gecés synderlíce him tó hláforde (the Danes of Cambridge acted by themselves ), Chr. 921; P. 103, 19

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty Heáh on bodige statura sublimis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 7. Gyldenu onlícnes twelf elna heáh a golden image twelve ells high, Shrn. 88, 23. Se beám geweóx heáh the tree grew high, Cd. 202; Th. 251, 15; Dan. 564. Hwæt elles

Linked entries: héh heá heág

innor

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Add: with reference to a place or thing Innor bið se hierde, se hielt ðá leoma útan interior est custodia, quae servat exterius membra, Past. 359, 4. Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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He, she, it Ðá hé gefór ðá féng his sunu tó ðam ríce when he died his son came to the throne, Chr. Erl. 2, 11. Him sprecendum hig cómon eo loquente veniunt, Mk. Skt. 5, 35. Hé hine miclum gewundode he wounded him severely, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34. Hé hiene

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Ðurh ðone wítgan wæs gecíd (-cídd, v.l.) hierdum pastores increpat per prophetam, Past. 123, 9. Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R.

óþ

(prep.)
Grammar
óþ, prep. l. oþ.
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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.

GÁT

(n.)
Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOATcapra

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Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21. Gif seó offrung beó of gátum si oblātio est de capris, Lev. 1, 10.

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.
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Oxena hierdas bobulcos, swánas subulcos, 80, 18. Cúhyrdas bubulcos, swánas subulcos, Hpt. Gl. 464, 23. a man, warrior (? cf.

lim

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Is áwriten ðæt hé bícne mid ðǽm eágum, and sprece mid ðǽm fingrum, and trit mid ðǽm fét; for ðǽm ðe innor bið se hierde þe hielt ðá leomu (limu, v. l.) útan (interior est custodia, quae ordinata servat exterius membra), Past. 359, 5. a part or member

módor

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</b> </b> applied to things more or less personified Geðyld is módur and hierde ealra mægena. Past. 215, 19. Se yfela willa . . . is módur ǽlces yfeles, 222, 14. Wyrd seó swíðe ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, Sal. 443.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Ðá ongan ic [Ælfréd cyning] ða bóc wendan on Englisc, ðe is genemned on Lǽden Pastoralis, and on Englisc Hierde-bóc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, swá swá ic hie geliornode æt Plegmunde mínum Ærcebiscepe, and æt Assere mínum Biscepe,

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera útan ne helpe si cura exierioris subsidii a pastore negligatur, Past. 137, 15. Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres aldor, þǽr heora Móyses mægene ne hulpe, Ps. Th. 105, 19: 118, 92.

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Ða ieldestan men ðe tó Bedanforda hiérdon, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 23. Ða yldestan witan gehádode and leáwede Angelcynnes, 1012; Erl. 146, 7 : 978; Erl. 127, 9. Ða yldestan þægenas, 1015; Erl. 151, 19.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Hwelc se beón scolde ðe medome ( dignus ) hierde bión sceolde, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 20, Medeme, Blickl. Homl. 129, 35. Hé wyrþ ǽlces cræftes medeme ( fit for, capable of ) ... ǽlces þinges swá medeme swá hé ǽfre medemast (medomist, MS.

Linked entry: medeme