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hors-hús

(n.)
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a hippodrome Móthúses, horshyses (-húses? The passage glossed is: Ad imperialis ypodromi vestibulum, Ald. 40, 33, to which refer also yppodromi þæs húses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 24: imperialis hypodromi þæs cáserlican húses, 48, 45), An. Ox. 2998. (?)

mylen-burna

(n.)
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mylen-burna, mylen-burne
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a mill-stream Ad rinulum qui Mælænburna dicitur, C. D. v. 103, 2. Of dúne on Mylenburnan, 124, 34, 36 : 125, 2. ¶ as a place-name :-- Ðæt land æt Mylenburnan, C. D. ii. 114, 33 : vi. 131, 12

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

Linked entry: on-wyllan

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, sup. adv.

At firstmostvery wellbestprīmomaxĭmeoptĭme

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Swá he fyrmest meahte as much as ever he could, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 632; El. 316: Ps. Th. 72, 6: 106, 29: 121, 7. Swá forþ swá we fyrmest leornian mágon as far as ever we can learn, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 5: L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 6: L.

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14. Hwílum gebyrede swíþe ungewunelíc and ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 12.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

cyn-ren

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Add: a family, stock, race Mid cynrene, mǽgþe prosapia, An. Ox. 1297: 1664. Hé ne gecýst nú be nánum cynrene, ac of ǽlcere mǽgðe, Hml. A. 17, 85. Of módignesse cynrene, R. Ben. 22, 14. Wé gesáwon Enachis cynryn ( stirpem ), Num. 13, 29.

ceáp-ealeðel

(n.)
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ceáp-ealeðel, -ealoþ,es; n.

an ale-housetaberna, popina, cervisiarium

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The ale-selling place, an ale-house; taberna, popina, cervisiarium Ne sceolon mæsse-preóstas æt ceáp-ealeðelum ne etan ne drincan mass-priests should not eat nor drink at ale-houses, L. E. I. 13; Th. ii. 410, 18

hrisel

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Add: hrísel (? v. Rä. 36, 7) Hrisl, hrisil radius (-m ), Txts. 93, 1704. Hrisle ebredio (ab radio ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 73: 28, 74. Hrislum hristlendum radiis stridentibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 23: An. Ox. 2, 246. Rislum, 3739

osogen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
osogen, Cf.
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Mid deórenum ceáflum wǽre forsocen ł forgnegen ferinis rictibus suggillaretur, i. rapietur (Ald. 45, 34, the passage glossed at Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 23), An. Ox. 3344. The meaning of á-sogen in Nar. 16, 26 (v. á-súgan)

sundor-boren

(adj.)
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sundor-boren, adj.
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Borne or born apart, not to be reckoned with others Su[n]derborene non . . . adnumerandas (sex alias nothas (the vowels ) non dicimus adnumerandas, i. e. the vowels are separated from the consonants, Ald. 257, 4), An. Ox. 26, 17

nátes-hwón

(adv.)
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nátes-hwón, adv.

Not at allby no means

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Sume teolunga sind ðe man earfoþlíce mæg oððe náteshwón ( hardly or not at all ) búton synnum begán, 288, 22 : Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hé ne áwyrpþ náteshwón his wǽpna him fram, ǽr ðam ðe ðæt gewinn wurðe geendod, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 9.

Linked entry: ná-wiht

bósum

wombuter

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Th. i. 84, 9. personification: [Tó móder]licum bósme ad maternum (sanctae ecclesiae) gremium. An. Ox. 4162. of things Seó sǽ wunað on ðǽre eorðan bósme, Hex. 10, 31. Tunnena bósmum cuparum gremiis, An.

gleáw

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Glǽw, 7, 234. clever in a special department, skilled in an art, pursuit, having knowledge of a subject Gleáw gnarus (culter vineae ), An. Ox. 8, 143. Se gleáwa argutus (poeta, Ald. 137, 9), Wrt.

lyft

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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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Blíðheort wunode eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, þríst and þrohtheard in þreánédum, Andr. Kmbl. 2529; An. 1266. Héton lǽdan út þrohtheardne þegn, woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan; hit ne mihte swá, 2781; An. 1393.

God-fyrht

(adj.)
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God-fyrht, -ferht, -friht; adj.
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Ðá ongan Andreas grétan godfyrhtne then began Andrew to greet the godfearing man, Andr. Kmbl. 2043; An. 1024: 3030; An. 1518. Godferhte, Ps. C. 14; Grn. ii. 277, 14

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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Th. 391, 20; Rä. l0, 8. not at peace at variance Ða twá mǽgþa ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 32: Blickl. Homl. 225, 6

ed-wenden

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Add: :-- Hwæt mé þæs edwendan (-en?) cwóm, gyrn æfter gomene ah! for me of that happiness an end there came, mourning after mirth, B. 1774. v. previous word

ge-sibling

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Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33. Gesiblingum contribulium, amicorum, An. Ox. 3, 3.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian