hæfern-bite
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a crab's claw Cancer crabba, forceps hæfer[n]bite. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 7
Linked entries: bite hæfer-blíte
ǽfen-geweorc
Evening-work
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Evening-work Sele bollan fulne tó gedrin-canne æfter ǽfengeweorce, Lch. ii. 190, 3
ge-rádlíce
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Ic swá gerádelíce ne can nec conjicere scio, 172, 28. Þá epactas þe wise preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliað, Angl. viii. 300, 45. Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne manega þing gerádlíce átrahtnod, 308, 15. Cf. ge-rǽdelíce
Linked entry: ge-rádelíce
healf-hár
Half-grey
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Half-grey Healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus(omitted after) Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. v. Angl. viii. 451
Pierisc
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Pierian Þý Píeriscan Pierio (cantu. v. Ald. 182, 31) (printed pueriscan puerio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 48
heard-heortness
Hard-heartedness
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Ic can eówre heardheortnisse I know thy stiff neck, Deut. 31, 27
heorcnung
Hearkening ⬩ listening ⬩ hearing ⬩ power of hearing
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Drihten ic gehýrde heorcnunge ðíne Domine audivi auditionem tuam, Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 189, 2
heáhdeór-hund
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Add: The Latin version of the charter has: Omnes canes suos venaticos, Cht. Th. 504, 1
hundes tunge
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Hundes tunge canis lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 28. Ribbe, hundes tunge, ii. 13, 13. Add
bádian
To pledge ⬩ seize ⬩ take by way of a pledge ⬩ pignerare ⬩ pignus auferre
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To pledge, seize, take by way of a pledge; pignerare, pignus auferre Of ǽgdran stæðe on óðer man mót bádian, búte man elles riht begytan mǽge from one shore to the other one may take a pledge, unless he can get justice in another way, L. O.
Linked entry: níd-bád
ge-grápian
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.
tó-tellan
To distinguish in counting ⬩ count separately
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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than
hund-wealh
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A servant to attend to dogs Hundwæalh canum servitor, Æltc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 110; Wrt. Voc. 18, 58
ryþþa
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Hetelum ryþþan rabidis molosi, i. canis (rictibus), An. Ox. 3641. Ryþþan moloossi (velut molossi ad vomitum relapsis), 4745. Add
gomel-feax
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomelfeax gnornaþ the hoary-locked grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92
Linked entries: gamol-feax gomol-feax
gomol-feax
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomolfeax hæleþ a hoary-locked hero, Chr. 975; Th. 228, 27, col. 2, 3
ge-borhfæstan
To determine ⬩ fasten by a surety ⬩ intertiāre ⬩ ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre
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To determine or fasten by a surety; intertiāre [q. v. in Du Cange], ăpud sequestrum depōnĕre.Cot. 107
Linked entry: borh-fæstan
grǽg-
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a grey goose, wild goose Grǽg-gós canta, Wrt. Voc. 280, 15: 62, 11: Mone Gl. 314
clǽn-georn
puritatis amans
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Ne mágon ná swilce men macian wununge ðam clǽn-geornan Gode on clǽnre heortan no such men can make a dwelling in a pure heart for a God desirous of purity, Basil, admn. 7; Norm. 48, 19
ende-mes
Equally, likewise, in like manner, together ⬩ părĭter
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Ne mæg hió ealle endemest gescínan nor can she equally shine upon all, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 9