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ha ha

(int.)
Grammar
ha ha, interj.

Ha ha!

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Ha ha and he he getácniaþ hlehter on léden and on Englisc ha ha and he he denote laughter in Latin and in English, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 17

óleccere

(n.)
Grammar
óleccere, es; m.

A flatterer

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geliéfþ ðæt suelc síe suelce gehiérþ ðæt his ólicceras secgaþ ðæt síe, Past. 17, 3; Swt. 111. ll

féðe

(n.)
Grammar
féðe, es; n.

The power of going on footwalkinggoingmotionpacefăcultas pĕdĭbus eundiambŭlātiogressuspassus

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He féðe ne sparode he spared not pace, 117; Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534

Linked entry: an-féðe

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Hí (the conspirators against William) speónan ða Bryttas heom tó, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 14. with a clause hiene spón ðæt on Umenis unmyndlenga mid here becóme quem, ut Eumenem de insperato opprimat, perurget, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 146, 7

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 341. begging ða wanspédigan cristenan ne geðafode ðæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde, ac gemanode ða rícan ðæt hí ðæra cristenra wǽdlunge mid heora spédum gefréfrodon he would not allow the destitute Christians to be subject to public

á-sittan

to sit upto remain sittingto be agroundto reduce by siegeto be apprehensive afraid

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Add: to sit up ácwicode and semninga upp ásæt (resedit). Bd. 5, 12;S. 627, 14: 5, 19;S. 640, 27. nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ upp ásǽte. Gr.

on-gitan

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Add wæs gehæfd and ongyten mycelre geearnunge man, Gr. D. 26, 7. wilnode ðæt wǽre ongieten úpáhæfen ofer ealle óðre gesceafte, Past. 301, 11.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

gebyrd-tíd

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Her segð ymb Drihtnes gebyrd ymb þa xii niht his tíde, Lch. iii. 164, 13, and see Hml. Th. i. 94, 19 above. ] :-- cymð tó ús on þǽre þriddan gebyrtíde, Vis. Lfc. 22

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Þá sunne úp furðum eóde, Gen. 2539. where actions are contemporaneous Ðá furþum on ꝥ leóht cóm, ðá beseah hine underbæc just as he reached the light he looked back, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 14.

heofon-ríce

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In heofonríce habban eard mid englum, El. 621. a place or condition of the greatest pleasure of which a person is capable hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde anima ejus in vita

cluf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cluf-wyrt, e; f.

buttercupbatrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris

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The herb buttercup; batrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man batrachion, and óðrum naman clufwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum landum and on feldum: heó biþ feáwum leáfum and þynnum this herb which is called batrachion and by

Linked entry: clof-wurt

hreód-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-bedd, es; n.

A reed-bed

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Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon this plant [lion-foot] is produced in dikes and reed-beds, Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29

Linked entry: hwanne

seámestre

(n.)
Grammar
seámestre, an; f.
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Sarcio . . . of ðam is sartor seámystre (-estre, other MSS. seámere) sartrix heó, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Zup. 190, 6, Hió becweð Eádgyfe áne crencestræn and áne sémestran, óðer hátte Eádgyfu, óðer hátte Æðelyfu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 32.

Linked entries: sémestre sǽmestre

ge-haldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haldan, pp. -halden

To keeppreserveholdservārerecondĕretĕnēre

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To keep, preserve, hold; servāre, recondĕre, tĕnēre On ðam heó wilnode gehaldan ða árwurþan bán hire fæderan in quo desīdĕrābat hŏnōranda patrui sui, ossa recondĕre, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16.

sweoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
sweoloþ, swoloþ (swóloþ?), es; m.
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Hét Hildeburh æt Hnæfes áde hire selfre suna sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan and on bǽl dón, Beo. Th. 2235; B. 1115. v. swelan, and next word

Linked entries: swaloíð swoloþ

sunn-stede

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-stede, es; m.
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Gǽþ seó sunne norðweard óð ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer, ðǽr is se sumerlíca sunnstede . . . seó sunne cymþ eft súð tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 10-24. Ða Gréciscan onginnaþ hyra geár æt ðam sunnstede, 246, 19.

þeófend

(n.)
Grammar
þeófend, þeófent, e; f. (the word seems to occur only in the plural)
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Ic heó tó þeófendum and tó gefliturn stihte, Wulfst. 255, 11. Ne leásunga tó sæcganne, ne þeófenda tó begangenne, 253, 8. Ne dóe ðú ðiófonto ł stalo non facies furtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 18: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 20. Ðiáf[]nto, Rtl. 103, 3

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.