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heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Bige ða þing eme ea, Jn. Bos. 13, 29. Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan

be-leán

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Him sí belagen ðæt hí dóð sunt destruenda ea, in quibus nequiter versant, 441, 7. to charge with (? v. be-hlígan) Wídgongel wíf mon wommum bilihð, Gn. Ex. 65

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Þaacute; him hé dyde gehende ea sibi fecit socia, Scint. 104, 5. heora stefn sý Gode gehendre (vicinior) þonne him syluum, Nap. 30

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Seó ádrúwode him ætforan, Hml. S. 19, 96. Ǽrþan þe ðæt flód mihte beón ádrúwod, Angl. vii. 36, 336. trans. Ádrúgie desiccet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 27

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22. Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS.

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Óþ-ðæt ðiós eorþe eall forweorþeþ until this earth shall all perish, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 170; Met. 11, 85. Síþfæt árleásra forwyrþ oððe losaþ ĭter impiōrum pĕrībit. Ps. Lamb. 1, 6. Hi forweorþaþ pĕrībunt, Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22.

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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Ne myr ðú eal ðæt ðú hæbbe, ðý læs ðe geþearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum, Prov. Kmbl. 73. Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, 51. Se hordere ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte, ne ná myrre, R. Ben. 85, 4. Grammar mirran, intrans.

Linked entries: meoring myrran

ge-wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wealdan, p. -weóld; pp. -wealden

To wieldrulehave power overcommandcontrolcause

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Búton ðú eác úre gewelde except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us, Num. 16, 13.

Linked entry: ge-waldan

ge-rýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]

To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expanddīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre

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Ðæt hie him óðer flet eal gerýmdon that they would wholly open to him another dwelling, Beo. Th. 2177; B. 1086. Se weg biþ us gerýmed the way is open to us, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 3159; An. 1582: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 37; Met. 1, 19: Homl.

Linked entry: rýman

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Gl. 514, 70. v. a case, coffer, casket, box Cest vel earc cistella, tǽg mozytia vel arcula, Wrt. Voc. i. 16. 38. Taeg mantega ( = mantica? ), Txts. 35, 19: 77, 1300. Tíg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 57.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, 897; P. 91, 11. substantival. of persons, (the) English Ealle þá þe on Norþhymbrum búgeaþ, ǽgþer ge Englisce ge Denisce ge Norþmen, Chr. 924; P. 104, 20.

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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Geedlǽcend(e) twyfealdnys iterata dupplicatio, Angl. viii. 331, 23. to persist in a statement Nis þǽr ðæs geáres ord, ne eác on ðisum dæge, . . . þeáh ðe úre gerímbéc on þissere stówe geedlǽcon, Hml. Th. i. 98, 29

here-gild

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That payment of the Danes was not always prompt will be seen from the following passage: Gens pagana . . . promittebant se ad ecclesiam sancti salvatoris . . . ituros, et eam suis incendiis funditus delere, nisi pecunia, quae eis ab archiepiscopo Sirico

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Híwhrǽdenne domui, 141, 75. a family, household of a private person 'Ic hálsige ðé þæt eal mín híwrǽden gefullod wurðe.' Hé nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml. Th. i. 422, 21.

hwý

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Hwig eart þú swá gedréfedes módes 1, Ap. Th. 2, 9. <b>Ia.</b> strengthened with ǽfre, á :-- Hwý gé þonne ǽfre ofer-módigen?, Met. 17, 15. Hwí eów? á lyste?

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrowupsetsubvertoverturnto overthrowdemolishto overthrowdestroyto destroy by changingto repeal a lawabrogateabolishoverthrowdestroy

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Skt. i. 22, 158. where the object is of great extent, to overthrow, destroy God ealne ðone eard tówende Dominus subvertit omnem regionem, Gen. 19, 25. Ðá tówænde se cyning heora winsuman burh, Homl. Ass. 102, 8. Hí tówendon ðæt tempel, 68, 83.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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(In each case the section occurs amongst regulations dealing with witchcraft.) Án wyduwe and hire sune drifon íserne stacan on Alsie, Wulfstánes feder... Man téh ðæt morð forð of hire inclifan.

Linked entry: stacung