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hengen

a crossa rack

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'Ne mæg mín sáwl beón gebróht tó heofonum bútan mín líchama beó on þínum bendum genyrwod and fram ðínum cwellerum on þínum copsum ágrápod.' Þá hét hé hí gewríðan on ðám breóste mid þǽre hencgene, Hml. S. 8, 112-122.

hryre

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On myclum hryre seó heord wearð on besceofen magno impetu grex praecipitatus est in mare, Mk. 5, 13.

of

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Þonne seó sául of biþ, Bl. H. 57, 35 : 111, 32. Fleót ꝥ fám of, Lch. ii. 104, 20. Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 10

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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add: where the object is material or non-material Nis nán man fæstende þe underféhð mid múðe ǽniges gesceaftes oððe eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 34. Cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . wolde his láre underfón, Hml. S. 31, 208. <b>I a.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Sax. Gospels, gebedenum wex-brede a waxed tablet being asked for. William of Malmsbury may have alluded to one of these waxed tablets in Gesta Reg. ii. § 123, — 'Cum pugillari aureo in quo est manca auri.'

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Th. arg. 28: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 29; Sat. 196. On býsene ðære frymþelícan cyricean in exemplum primitivæ ecclesiæ, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 40. Be sumere bísene by some example, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 13.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Lamb. 105, 21: 118, 139: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 6; Sat. 642. Hig forgǽton his welldǽda oblīti sunt benefactōrum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 11. Hig forgéton ðæt hig hláfas námon oblīti sunt pānes accĭpĕre, Mt. Bos. 16, 5: Cd. 149; Th. 186, 25; Exod. 144.

Linked entry: for-gietan

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92: Cd. 213; Th. 267, 11; Sat. 36. in dependent clauses Gif ic cweþe tu scis ubi liber tuus est ðonne biþ ubi relativum.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Midmiddle

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Ðá wé wǽron on middre ðære ( in medio mari ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 23. Is on middre ðære cyricean, 2, 3; S. 504, 39. Hire ( the axis ) midore ymbe (cf. ymb ða eaxe middewearde, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23), Bt. Met. Fox. 28, 46; Met. 28, 23.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Mid sul tó erianne, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 28. Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9: S. 623, 12. Ðíne syll eodon, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6. Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 14. Sulum aratris, Wück.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. Hí (devils) duguðe beswícaþ and on teosu tyhtaþ tilra dǽda, Exon. Th. 362, 10; Wal. 34.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

æþelo

(n.)
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Sax. aðali; n. noble family: O. H. Ger. adal, edeli; n. prosapia, genus, nobilitas; edií; f. generositas: Icel. aðal; n. nature.]

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Hú Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.

grim

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Hell, grim græfhús, Sat. 708. Grim gléda níð, Dan. 465: B. 2650. Se grimma hunger, Rä. 44, 2: B. 102. Grim gǽstcwalu, Gú. 651. Grimre helle wíte trucis tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2217. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 1.

heofone

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Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe ðriddan (nec judicium superni Gubernatoris uspiam effugere queo, Vit. Cuth. c. 24), Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31.

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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Sax. smal: O. Frs. smel: O. H. Ger. smal gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus: Icel. smár; cf. also smali a sheep, small cattle]

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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B. trans. to descend, go down into Þá ðe ástígað on scipum qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Spl. 106, 23. Staþu ástígan, Lch. iii. 210, 16. to ascend, mount Ic ástíge mín scyp ego ascendo navem, Coll. M. 26, 31.

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turrisa towera projecting rocka tor

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On ðæs sǽs waroþe tó súþdǽle ðanon ðe hí sciphere on becom [hí] torras (turres) timbredon tó gebeorhge ðæs sǽs, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 11. Ða torras and ða scylfas on him bǽron ða elpendas, Nar. 4, 16. O. Frs. thoer: O. H. Ger. turri, turra turris.]

Linked entries: túr tor

hand

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Ic be hondum mæg hǽðenra sceal grípan tó grunde, Sat. 268. for, on behalf of, in the interest of, on account of Ælfríc nam ꝥ toll for þæs kynges hand, Cht.

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Sal. 400. used reflexively to assemble, come together, meet. Cf. ge-samnung; Ðá gesomnodon wé ús ymb ꝥ Ll. Th. i. 56, 18.