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hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Sió womb seó þe biþ hátre gecyndo, sió melt mete wel, Lch. ii. 220, 14-23. of persons or their affections, actions, &c. having or showing intensity of feeling, ardent, fervent Eálá, wǽre hé ánðer, oððe hát, oððe ceald, Past. 445, 36.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria

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Hig cíptun ealle hire hámas vendebant omnia prædia sua, Gen. 47, 20. On hira hámon in possessionibus suis, 48, 6.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Is ðeós tíd ( Easter ) ealra tída héhst and hálgost, Blickl. Homl. 83, 19. Beó ðám hálgum tídan eallum cristenum mannum sib and sóm gemǽne, L.

Linked entry: týd

for-beran

(v.)
Grammar
for-beran, p -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [for for; beran to bear]

To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre

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Seó æftere cneóris ealle gemete is to forberanne sĕcunda gĕnĕrātio a se omni mŏdo dēbet abstĭnēre, Bd. 1. 27; S. 491, 9. Ic forbær ðé sustĭnui te, Ps. Spl. 24, 22. Yfelu forberan ne sceal măla tŏlĕrāre non dēbet, Past. 21, 5; Hat. MS. 31 b, 2.

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, = fellan; ic fylle, ðú fyllest, he fylleþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, pl. fyldon; pp. fylled; v. trans.

To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ throw down ⬩ destroy ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ cædĕre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ destruĕre

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To fell, cut down, cast down, throw down, destroy; prosternĕre, cædĕre, dejĭcĕre, destruĕre Ðá us man fyllan ongan ealle to eorþan then they began to fell us all to the ground, Rood Kmbl. 146; Kr. 73. Fyllan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 194.

Linked entry: fellan

hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
hyspan, p. te

To mock ⬩ scorn ⬩ taunt ⬩ revile ⬩ insult ⬩ reproach

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Tógeánes mé hyspton ealle fýnd míne adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Hyne hyspdun improperabant ei, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 44. Ðone hyspton quod exprobraverunt, Blickl. Gl.

Linked entries: hypsan hyspend hispan

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre

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Se Feeder gefadaþ ealle þing the Father disposes all things, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 3. He gefadode wið ða burhware he arranged with the townsfolk, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21 : Homl. Th. i. 278, 19.

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hidden ⬩ discovered ⬩ revealed ⬩ manifest

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Ic gearwe wát ðæt ðé (God) siendan ealle wísan (printed wifan) undierne and cúðe dínre ðære hálgan þrynesse, Anglia xi. 97, 7. Nuncupatio est undyrne yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 24

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástwerd ongeán ða heofenan ; ac seó heofen[e] is strengre and ábrét hí ealle under*-*bæc westweard mid hire ryne; and is for ðí mannum geþúht swilce séo sunne and ða foresǽdan tunglan gangon westweard.

Linked entry: eást-weard

á-gifan

(v.)
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Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, 9. to give up, abandon Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf. Bl. H. 177, 25. Se ágend þone banan ágefe, Ll. Th. i. 26, 9: 28, 5. Hé hét þá sceáweras ágifan, Jos. 2, 3. Ágifen destitutum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 33

Linked entries: ǽ-gift on-gifan

án-rǽdnes

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Wacigende on ealre ánrǽdnysse (instantia), Scint. 30, 11: An. Ox. 75: constantia, 1653. Oferwinnan ásolcennysse mid sóðre ánrǽdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 23: Hml. A. 20, 155. For heora ánrǽdnisse and heora trýwðe wið God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1. 2.

hínþ

Grammar
hínþ, hínþu, hínþo.

misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction

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Ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnða þínes fæder gestreón, Hml. S. 9, 42

Linked entry: hýnþ

hrepung

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Wé sceolon áwendan úre handa and ealne líchaman fram fúllicum and leahterlicum hrepungum, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 7. <b>I a.</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.

líne

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III. a continuous extent of length without breadth or thickness :-- On ðone munt þe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síða ealne eoiðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. 152, 5.

mylen

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Gif hit beón mæg swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod þæt ealle neád*-*behéfe þing þǽrbinnan wunien, þæt is wæterscype, mylen (myll molendinum R. Ben. I. 112, 15), wyrtún, R. Ben. 127, 6.

stǽlan

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Add: :-- Men him eallinga ne ondrǽdaþ, hú ꝥ dióful him on stǽleð ealle þá unrihtan weorc þe hér worhte bióð, Verc. Först. 89, 11.

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, ðý lǽs þe hí mid heora fýlðe ús ealle besmíton, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 13. Ic ætwand þæs deófles fýlðe, Hml. S. 7, 229: 23, 174.

beard

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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, catch; comprehendere, apprehendere, capere Swá he ealle beféhþ ánes cræfte, heofon and eorþan even as he comprehendeth all by his sole, power, heaven and earth, Andr. Kmbl. 653; An. 327.

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity

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Tó Abrahame wæs cweþende ðæt his sǽd oferweóxe ealle ðás woruld, Blickl. Homl. 159, 26. Swá hé spræc tó Abrahame and hys sǽde, Lk. Skt. 1, 55. Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce, Mk. Skt. 12, 19

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma