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híw-lic

beautifulformosamfigurative

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In Lch. iii. 204, 8: 212, 6 the original Latin is formosam. of language, figurative Híwlice ł þeáwlice spǽce tropologiae, i. similitudinis ł figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 12

hlíwþ

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Voc. ii. 130, 7. Take here hleówþ in Dict., and add

weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
weardes, adv.

Wards in to-wards

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Wards in to-wards Ðá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 590. Swá eode heó wið his weardes, 684. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599

Linked entry: wiþ

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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Th. i. 380, 24. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo. . . . Ðá gesomnodon hí ða sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10, 12. Þurh sticceo per cola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 8. In sticco frusta, in sticce frustatim, 34, 32, 33. In sticce frustatim, 86, 78.

Linked entry: Sticce

wrǽc

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽc, e; f.

Vengeance

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certainly feminine ; where the gender of a nominative wræc is marked it is neuter.

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25. figurative, to fall into sin, into the hands of a person, Mé is leófre ꝥ ic on Godes handa befealle, þonne ic on mannes handa befealle, Hml. S. 13, 248.

múþ

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

dreám

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dreám, drém, drím.
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On dríme in jubilo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 15. <b>II a.</b> musical sound of voice or of instrument :-- Efenhleóþrung vel dreám concentus, i. adunationes multarum vocum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 8. Dreámes melodiae, An. Ox. 402: psalmodiae, 982.

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so simĭlĭter, sīcut

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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22.

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá

heorot

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Tó heortdúne, 430, ii. Tó heorotfelda geate, ii. 215, 34. Tó Heortforda, iii. 462, 6. Tó heorthamme, vi. 120, 22. Fram heortleáge. iii. 406, 22. Heorimere, i. 195, 34. In ðá heortsole, iii. 380, 6. On ðæt heorotsol, ii. 249, 37.

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.

ge-metgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-metgung, e; f.

Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulationmoderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen

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wisdom is the highest virtue, and it has in it four other virtues, of which one is prudence, another temperance, the third is fortitude, and the fourth justice, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34, note.

ge-hýdan

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

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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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.

mæsse-lác

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-lác, es; n.

The mass-offeringthe host

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In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']

grindel

(n.)
Grammar
grindel, es; m.
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Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description, the grindel was a kind of heavy iron grating, which rather encumbered the prisoner by its weight, than fixed him in its grasp.

seonu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-bend, (?), e; f.
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.

twi-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-wyrdig, adj.
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Making contradictory or discordant statements, at variance in what is said Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8.

ge-éfstan

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ge-éfstan, l. ge-efestan, ge-efstan,
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90

meós

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In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26. Tó meósleáge, v. 215, 9 (cf. ge-légu). On meósmór, iii. 81, 29. the first component in local names, e. g

smæc

(n.)
Grammar
smæc, smæcc, es; m.

Smack, taste, savour gustus, sapor

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Smack, taste, savour Dulcis sapor swéte smæc, i. dulcis odor Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 6. Ðone swétan smæc nectar 61, 31. Witt iss þurrh salltes smacc bitacnedd Orm. 1653. Smech muðes neoses smel A. R. 276, 15.