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hundes beó

(n.)
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a dog-fly, Cot. 54, Lye

hundes fleóge

(n.)
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a dog-fly Hundes fleóge cinomia, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 119; Wrt. Voc. 23, 37. Hundes fleógan muscam caninam, Ps. Th. 77, 45: Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 1

hundes lús

(n.)

cinomia

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a dog-fly; cinomia, Wrt. Voc. 77, 54

hundes micge

cynoglossum officinale

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cynoglossum officinale, Lchdm. ii. 333, col. 2

hundes beó

Grammar
hundes beó, l. peó,
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and see píe

hundes cwelcan

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Hundes cwelcan colocinthidae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 51. [Cf. Dan. kvalke gelder-rose]. Add

hundes fleóge

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Hundes fleóge ricinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 38: cinomya, 73. Add

hundes tunge

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Hundes tunge canis lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 28. Ribbe, hundes tunge, ii. 13, 13. Add

fíf-hund

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
fíf-hund, -hundred

five hundred ⬩ quingenti

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five hundred; quingenti Fífhund quingenti, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 48. Fífhund síðon five hundred times; quingenties, 49; Som. 50, 32. Fífhund cempena ealdor i-s/>a chief of five hundred soldiers; cohors, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 61; Wrt.

hund-freá

(n.)
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a centurion Hundfre[-á?] ceniurio, Mt. L. 22, 19 marg. (?)

mann-weorþ

Grammar
mann-weorþ, Add: The amount seems to have been a hundred shillings, v. gildan ;
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ge-andwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, -andwerdan; p. -andwyrde ; pp. -andwyrded, -andwyrd

To answer ⬩ respondēre

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G.] he ðam óðrum swá hundréde riht þence let him answer to the other as shall seem right to the hundred, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6. Him wæs geandwyrd ðus he was answered thus, Gen. 19, 21

Linked entry: and-wyrdan

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To ask ⬩ CRAVE ⬩ implore ⬩ demand ⬩ summon ⬩ petere ⬩ postulare ⬩ in jus vocare

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Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4. He mid rihte crafede ðás ða he crafede he with right craved those things which he craved Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 18, 23

Linked entries: be-crafian cræfian cræfian

hund-endlefontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-endlefontig, num.

One hundred and ten

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One hundred and ten Feówer and hundændlæftig ealdra swína one hundred and fourteen old swine, Chart. Th. 163, 3

hund-endleftigoða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-endleftigoða, num.

One hundred and tenth

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One hundred and tenth On ðæm eahta and hundælleftiogoðan psalme in the hundred and eighteenth psalm, Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 23

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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A hundred Hundteóntig centum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham Abraham was a hundred years old, Homl. Th. i. 92, 20. Joseph leofode hundteóntig geára and tín tó eácan Joseph lived a hundred and ten years, Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: teóntig

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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. ¶ In the following passage where the word is used without a noun perhaps wer may be supplied :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man (=twelfhyndes weres man a man with a wergild of twelve hundred shillings ), L. E.

Linked entry: six-hynde

hund-twentig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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hund-twentig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Mid ðam ðe hé wæs on ylde hundtwentig wintra when he was a hundred and twenty years of age, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 1. Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32

hengest

(n.)
Grammar
hengest, es; m.

A gelding ⬩ horse ⬩ steed

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Án hundred wildra horsa and xvi tame hencgestas a hundred wild horses and sixteen tame steeds, Chart. Th. 548, 11

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