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hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Gebígde synt hylla middaneardes incurvati sunt colles mundi, Cant. Abac. 6. Dúna and hylla montes et colles, Hymn. T. P. 75. Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus, Blickl. Homl. 93, 33: Lk. Skt.

ge-staþelfæstan

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Vos. 143, 12. of a person. to fix in a position to be occupied Munuc gestaþolfæstan mæg abbod on máran þænne in eóde stede monachum stabilire potest abbas in maiori quam ingreditur loco, R. Ben.

hund-nigontig

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. ; hundnigontig and nigon, R.) on þári. muntum ?, Mt. 18, 12, 13. Ðá nigona and hundneóntig (ðá hundnióntig and nióne, R.), Lk. L. 15, 4

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out Ða on sumere nihte hlosnode sum óðer munuc his færeldes and mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde then one night another monk was

Linked entry: hlysnan

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Munt is hine ymbútan, gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 510; Sal. 255: Ps. Th. 124, 2. Licgaþ mé ymbútan grindlas, Cd. Th. 24, 24; Gen. 382. Hine ymbútan hálge hereféðan blícaþ, Exon. Th. 62, 35 ; Cri. 1012.

Linked entry: emb-útan

gréne

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Se munt is sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Bl. H. 207, 28. Tó grénan hlince, C. D. v. 365, 29. Æfter ðám grénan wege, iii. 389, 9. On grénan dúne, v. 135, 36. On grénan pytt, ii. 28, 31. Andlang ðæs wuduweges on ðone gréne pað, iv. 98, 23.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde, ðæt is ðæt hý ealle ðam sémende syllan ðæt cyninges mund stande, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 20. Se ðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.

Linked entry: hebban

reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 46 : fumarat, 151, 55. Wel on wætere, lǽt reócan on ða eágan ðonne hit hát síe, Lchdm. ii. 18, 24 : 32, 7. Reócan fumare, Germ. 395, 70.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

belle

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Áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðám stánclúde . . . Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 4-10. Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29. Bellan gehíran. Lch. iii. 174, 9.

brogdettan

(v.)
Grammar
brogdettan, (brodd-, bród-, bréd-, brott- ?); p. te.

to shakequiverto glitterbe splendid

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Hí þone munuc cwakiendne and broddettendne (bród-, v. l.) gelǽddon coepit ipse tremens et palpitans clamare . . . trementem et palpitantem monachum reduxerunt, 156, 13-21.

or-sorg

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with gen. of that which might cause anxiety :-- Gif hé gebicgan mihte . .. ꝥ Ðæt hié swá micle ryhtlecor ðá hefonlican bebodo healden swá hié orsorgran bióð ðisses middangeardes ymbhogena ut praeceptis coelestibus eo rectius serviant, quo eos ad curas mundi

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell casa, cubiculurn, cella

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Wæs sum munuc on néhnesse his cytan eardiende in vicinia cellæ illii's habitabat quidam monachus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 42. Leóht of heofenum gefylde ða cytan a light from heaven filled the cell, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 34

Linked entry: cote

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.
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Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe cume tó scíre biscope and trýwsie (-ige) hine sylfne wið God and wið men ðæt hé þreó þing healdan wille, L.

Linked entry: trýwsian

be-hýdan

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Behéd lác munus absconditum, Kent. Gl. 780. Of þám díglum stówum þe hí on behýdde (abditi) wǽron. Bd. I. 16; Sch. 44, 14. Behýdde abstrusa, An. Ox. 8, 308. Hí on þám scræfe lágon fram Decie behýdde, Hml.

útan-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-cumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Come from withoutfrom another landforeignalienstrangebelonging to another

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MS.) mon cuman ne dorste, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 1, Se útancumena munuc ðe of uncúðum eardum cymð, R. Ben. 109, 4. Ðam elþeódigan and útancumenan (útcymenan, MSS. G. H.) ne lǽt ðú nó uncúðlíce wið hine, L. Alf. 47; Th. i. 54, 20.

Linked entries: út-ácumen út-cymen

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhapshaplyby chance

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Ne hit nǽfre næs tó geopenigenne búton wénunga hwilc munuc út fóre unless it happened that a monk had to go out Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 104. Ðe læs wénunga ne forte Lk. Skt. 14, 8.

Linked entries: wéning weninga

ge-restan

(v.)
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Gl. 997. to be at ease, remain undisturbed, dwell Hwelc eardað in selegescote ðínurn, oððe hwelc geresteð in munte ðínum ?, Ps. Srt, 14, Monige cymas and gehrestas (wuniað, W. S. ) mið Abraham in ric heofna, Mt. L. 8, ii.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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Ingi-björg, Ing-veldr, Ingi-mundr, Ingólfr : 'many more compounds are found in the Swedish-Runic stones as this name was national among the ancient Swedes; cf. also Yngvi and Ynglingar.' Cl. and Vig. Ingi.