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hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, , hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod.

BYRNE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.
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Ætbær hringde byrnan he bore away the ringed coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5224; B. 2615. Ongan wyrcan síde byrnan he began to make a large coat of mail, Salm. Kmbl. 906; Sal. 453: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 15; Jud. 328

Linked entries: beorne ge-byrnod

dǽd-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétan, part.-ende ; p.-bétte ; pp. -béted

To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere

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To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent; maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere His sáwle wúnda dǽdbétende gelácnian to heal the wounds of his soul by making amends, Homl. Th. i. 124, 14.

Linked entry: bétan

fæðmian

(v.)
Grammar
fæðmian, fæðman; p. ade, ede; pp. ad, ed

FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devouramplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre

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Ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie that fire should clasp my body, Beo. Th. 5298; B. 2652. Heora geóguþe fýr fæðmade jŭvĕnes eōrum comēdit ignis, Ps. Th. 77, 63

Galmanhó

(n.)
Grammar
Galmanhó, Galmahó?

An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St. Mary'sabbātiæ nōmen ăpud Eborācum

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D. 1055] earl Siward died at York, and his body lies within the monastery of Galmanho, which he himself had before built, to the glory of God and all his saints, Chr. 1055; Th. 324, 8-12, col. 1

in-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
in-lende, adj.

Nativeindigenous

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David mǽnde tó Drihtne be his feóndum ǽgðer ge inlendum ge útlendum David complained to the Lord about his enemies, both of his own land and of other lands, Ps. Th. 2, Arg

Linked entries: in-lænde in-lenda

íðe

(adj.)
Grammar
íðe, adj.

Easypleasant

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On his heortan hé Gode þancie ealles ðæs ðe hé him forgeaf ǽgðer ge ýðran ge unýðran in his heart let him thank God for all that he has given him, both pleasant and unpleasant, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 11.

mere-flód

(n.)
Grammar
mere-flód, es; m.

a flood of waterdelugea body of waterfloodocean

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Kmbl. 3050; An. 1528. a body of water, flood, ocean Mereflódes ýþa, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 4; Met. 27, 2: Cd. 167; Th. 209, 23; Exod. 503. On mereflóde middum in the midst of the waters, 8; Th. 9, 21; Gen. 145.

gifl

(n.)
Grammar
gifl, giefl, gifel, gyfl, es; n.

Foodmeatpiece of food

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Food, meat, piece of food Líc biþ wyrmes giefl the body shall be the worm's food, Exon. 100 a; Th. 374, 15; Seel. 126. Ðú wyrma gifl thou food for worms, 98 b; Th. 368, 16; Seel. 22.

Linked entry: gifla

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunicationepiscopi judicium, excommunicatiothe province of a bishop, a bishopricepiscopi provincia, episcopatus

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[bisceop a bishop, dóm judgment] a bishop's doom, excommunication; episcopi judicium, excommunicatio Sýn hí begen ðæs bisceopdómes scyldige let them both be guilty of the bishop's doom [excommunication], Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, note 1. the province of a bishop

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

sinnan

(v.)
Grammar
sinnan, p. sann, pl. sunnon ; pp. sunnen ;
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Hé wæs swungen sárslegum . . . hrá weorces ne sann ( the body cared not for pain ), Andr. Kmbl. 2556 ; An. 1279.

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

dolg

(n.)
Grammar
dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Þú ætýwest þínra honda dolh and þínre sídan and þínra fóta, Angl. xii. 510, 14. a boil, tumour Se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ꝥ geswell . . . heó gewát of worulde on þám þriddan dæge syððan se dolh wæs geopenod, Hml. S. 20, 67.

frum-bearn

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Add: a first-born child, the eldest child His wíf sunu on woruld bróhte, se eafora wæs Enoc háten, freólic frumbearn, Gen. 1189: 1056. Þám yldestan eaforan, frumbearne, 1215. Hé slóh ǽghwylc frumbearn percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Th. 104, 31.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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Add: I. to bind a living creature. with a material bond Satan læg símon gesǽled (cf. rídeð racentan sal, 372), Gen. 765; to restrain, confine with non-material bonds Susie gesǽled, . . wttum gebunden, Jud. 114.

hæfen

Grammar
hæfen, having.
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Hér syndon .xxx. bóca on Leófstánes hafona, Nap. 46, 41

heáfod-segn

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-segn, es; m.
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It would seem, then, to have been an ensign, which had at the head of its shaft ( hilte ) the figure of a boar. Perhaps the poet of the Exodus had the same kind of ensign in mind where he says that the tribe of Judah, ' '

heáfod-smæl

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Þá rǽsde án nǽddre æt þám heáfodsmæle and him on þone bósm evenit ei, ut colnber per caput eius inter tunicam et ventrem irreperet, Mart. H. 200, 2. Substitute: —

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . . Ðonne þú anti-phonariam habban wille . . . for þon hé is genotod, Tech. ii. 119, 1-4. Notian, 120, 24. Tyrn . . . swilce þú notian wille, 119, 12.

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, Hé hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hé hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.