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hlýde

(n.)
Grammar
hlýde, an; f,

torrent

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On þá hlýdan; of ðǽr hlýdan on þá stánbricge, 436, 26. Cf. (?) Andlang bróces on lýdeburnan, 396, 24. Andlang hlúdeburnan; of hlúdeburnan, v. 358, 16. Cf. (?) Hí cómon tó Hlýdanford, Chr. 997; P. 131, n. 3

fore-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrcend, es; m.

a servantslave

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One who works for another, a servant, slave Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó and on forewyrcendum (wyrcendum mannum, v. l.), Hml. S. 2, 156

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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What is left of the housel Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa Frigedæg ... Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ...

hæslen

(adj.)
Grammar
hæslen, adj.

Of hazel

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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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, though any one eat a medicinal herb; but he considers it as unlawful sorcery, if any one bind the herbs on himself, unless he lay them to the wound, Homl.

á-cennan

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Th. 24, 19. of things Ácennede exorti (flores ), An. Ox. 549. where the product is different, of men Ácende edidit (opera ), An. Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.

Linked entry: on-cennan

heáfod

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.), Mt. 21, 42. of places. a summit, eminence Of héfdes welle on nunnene line; of nunnene linche on litiges héuede ; of litiges héuede anlang díche, C. D. iii. 420, 10-12. Of ðére dúne on beran heáfde ; of beran heáfde, 376, 7.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Ná beseah on spǽce heów leáse non respexit in insanias falsas, Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. of abstractions, form, type, model, appearance that shews evidence of a quality Mǽþhades híwe uirginitatis typum, i. speciem, An. Ox, 299.

hyrne

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hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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Of ðám wealle swá norð ðæt dú cyme tó ðæs wealles hyrnan ; of ðǽre hyrnan á be wealle, iii. 424, 27. Tó garstúnæs hyrnan, v. 74, 6. Be eástwardan móre ðá hyrnan, C. D. B. i. 296, 29. ¶ in a local name :-- Doddinghyrnan, C. D. i. l, 16.

synderlic

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Ox. 1842. Add Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn, and án synderlic eórod of eásternum leódum swíþe crístene menn þám cásere folgiende, Hml. S. 28, 9

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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. 200, 11. of natural means of attack or defence Hæfde ꝥ deór þrié hornas on foranheáfde, and mid þǽm hornum wæs egeslíce gewǽpnod bestia tribus armata in fronte cornibus, Nar. 15, 14. of things. material Hí ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod, Chr. 992; P

heals

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(an ox) beáh hæfde on healse, 71, 11. as part of a thing. Similar entries Cf. fámig-, wunden-heals as epithets of a ship: Heo (bagpipes) hafað hyre on healse bróðor síne, Rä. 32, 21

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Add: of movement, going, walking, &c. Færelde cursu (rapidissimo abscessit), An. Ox. 4903.

stigel-hamm

(n.)
Grammar
stigel-hamm, es ; m.
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On stigel*-*hammas; of stigealhammum on wígferðes leáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 289, 2

burg-wille

(n.)
Grammar
burg-wille, -welle, an; f.
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Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28

crístelmǽl-beám

(n.)
Grammar
crístelmǽl-beám, es; m.
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A tree on which a cross is fixed(?) On crístelmǽlbeám ( in a list of boundaries ), C. D. v. 389, 13

ge-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

a likenessimageresemblancesimilitudoimagoa parableproverbparabolaproverbium

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He worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse he wrought a high tower of silver in the form of stone-work, H. R. 99, 23.

þínan

(v.)
Grammar
þínan, p. þán; pp. þinen
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To get moist or damp Dó on næsc, hæbbe him on, ðý læs hit þíne, Lchdm. ii. 36, 8

mǽr-pol

(n.)
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a boundary pool Andlang streámes ðæt on mǽrpól; ðonne of ðǽm póle on beánbróc, C. D. v. 198, 31

ende-byrdnes

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ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Se Drihten þe on engla endebyrdnesse wæs gehered þá hé wæs on Betleem ácenned, Bl. H. 93, 8. rank in specific departments. one of the nine orders of angels Mid þám ix endebyrdnyssum heofonwara, Wlfst. 183, 16.