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bridels

Grammar
bridels, l. brídels, brigdels,
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Voc. ii. 10, 60. In brídelse in fraeno, Ps. Srt. 31, 9. Heó genam þæt hors be þám brídelse (brídele, v. l.), Gr. D. 17, 21. Hé breác hælftre for brídelse (brídele, v. l.) capistro pro freno utebatut, 34, 12. Ðone brídels ðæs eges, Past. 427, 31.

Linked entry: bridel

ge-hýþness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýþness, ge-hýdness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 115, 56. On gehýþnesse in opportunitatibus, Ps. Spl. T. 9 second, 1

Linked entries: ge-hýdness -hýþness

ge-spanan

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Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense Hé gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas

leóhtian

(v.)
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Lfc. 54. to grow light (cf. leóht; ), to dawn In þá dagunge, þá þá hit ǽrest leóhtode in ipso subsequentis lucis crepusculo, Gr. D. 234, 21. Oð ðæt hit leóhtige usquoque lucescat, Angl. xiii. 398, 474

loca

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Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan (into the cloister of flame, hell), Jul. 474 ; and add: v. cǽg-, cealf-, heáfod-loca

stigel

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. ¶ in a compound :-- On stigel-ác, C. D. iii. 461, 6. Add

æppel-tún

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Voc. i. 84, 53. Eappultún, Ps. Srt. 78, 1. 'Ǽlc gód treów . . . and yfel treów . . .' mǽnde úre Drihten ðá treówa ðe on æppeltúne weaxað, Hml. Th. ii. 406, 10. On æppeltúne gán anxsumnysse getácnað, Lch. iii. 206, 17.

toll-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
toll-freó, adj.

Free from toll, ⬩ exempt from payment of toll

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Kmbl. iv. 209, 19

trahtian

(v.)
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add: <b>I a.</b> to compose a treatise Be þon ic gemune ꝥ ic sǽde in þám folclárum þæs godspelles þe ic trahtode be Tassilan mínre faðan hoc quod de Tharsilla amita mea in homiliis Euangelii dixisse me recolo, Gr.

wíg-heafola

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Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza).

Linked entries: hafela wíg

wyrt-tún

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-tún, es; m.

A garden

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Voc. i. 30, 17, 18. Wyrtún viridiarium, 84, 54: hortus, ii. 42, 51: Jn. Skt. 18, 1: 19, 41. On wyrttúne in cucumerario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 24. On wyrtúne (wyrttúne,v. l.) in horto, R. Ben. 71, 18. Syle mé ðínne wíneard mé tó wyrtúne, Homl.

Linked entry: leác-tún

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.

múþ

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Mid nebbe, múþe cýwat, pluc(ciaþ) rostro, i. ore decerpunt, i. rodunt, An.

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make like ⬩ to act towards

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Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (I am become like dust and ashes, Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13. Is sǽd ꝥ hyre wyrttruma sý geanlícud þǽre nǽdran heáfde, Lch. i. 318, 9.

bysmer-specan

(v.)
Grammar
bysmer-specan, ic -spece, ðú -spicst, -spycst, he -speceþ, -spicþ, -spycþ, pl. -specaþ; p. -spæc, pl. -spǽcon; pp. -specen

blasphemia, specan loqui ⬩ To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme ⬩ blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare

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[ Similar entries bismer, Similar entries bysmer blasphemia, specan loqui] To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme; blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare Ðú bysmerspycst blasphemas, Jn. Bos. 10, 36

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, ⬩ to think, ⬩ mind, ⬩ consider, ⬩ know, ⬩ understand, ⬩ care, ⬩ be solicitous or anxious, ⬩ to purpose, ⬩ strive, ⬩ intend, ⬩ be intent on, ⬩ resolve

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Th. ii. 368, 4: 342, 28. Ymbe ðíne handgeweorc ic hogode georne in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5. Mið ðý ic wæs lytel ic hogade swǽ lytel cum essem parvulus sapiebam ut parvulus, Rtl. 6, 17.

heofone

(n.)
Grammar
heofone, an; f.
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Heaven Heofone næs ná ǽr ǽrðan ðe se ælmihtiga wyrhta hí geworhte on anginne heaven was not before the almighty workman wrought it in the beginning, Hexam. i; Norm. 4. Heofenan ríce the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 68, 2: 58, 4.

sǽ-streám

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-streám, es; m.

Sea-stream,

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Ic his swíðran hand settan þence ðæt hé sǽstreámum syððan wealde ponam in mari manum ejus, et in fluminibns dexteram ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 22. Sicilia sǽstreámum in, Met. 1. 15. He iwende ouer sea*-*streames, Laym. 326.

brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
brǽd, e; f: brǽdo,brǽdu; indecl. f. [brád
broad; latus
]

broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo

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Ic on brǽdu [brǽde, Spl.] gange ambulabam in latitudine, Ps. Th. 118, 45. Drihten me gehýrde on heáre [ = heáhre, MS. hearr] brǽdu exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, 117, 5.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre

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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19.