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eáhtan

(v.)
Grammar
eáhtan, éhtan, iehtan.

to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui

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Wile fæder eáhtan hú suna bringen sáwle the father will judge how his sons bring their minds, 23 b; Th. 66, 20; Cri. 1074. c. gen.

Linked entry: éhtan

eahtian

(v.)
Grammar
eahtian, eahtigan, ehtian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od.

to meditate, devise, deliberate ⬩ meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre ⬩ to esteem ⬩ æstimāre

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to meditate, devise, deliberate; meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre Eahtade hū wynna þorfte brúcan he meditated how he might enjoy delights, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 17; Gú. 307.

Linked entries: ahtian ehtian eahtan

helpend

(n.)
Grammar
helpend, es; m.

A helper

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Homl. 105, 190. Helpend and hǽlend wið hellsceaðum a helper and saviour against the harmers of hell, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 2; Jul. 157. Helpend ne halo ic I have no helper, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 7.

heofone

(n.)
Grammar
heofone, an; f.
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Heofenan ríce the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 68, 2: 58, 4. God gesette hig on ðære heofenan ðæt hie scinon ofer eorþan God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, Gen. 1, 17, 14.

hider-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hider-cyme, es; m.

A coming hither, to this world ⬩ advent

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Homl. 87, 2, 11. Hidercyme ðínne on wráþra geweald thy coming hither into the power of enemies, Andr. Kmbl. 2634; An. 1318: Exon. 10a; Th. 9, 29; Cri. 142: 62 a; Th. 227, 10; Ph. 421: 16a; Th. 37, 2; Cri. 587

Linked entry: hider-tócyme

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham Abraham was a hundred years old, Homl. Th. i. 92, 20. Joseph leofode hundteóntig geára and tín tó eácan Joseph lived a hundred and ten years, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 208.

Linked entry: teóntig

in-stæpes

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpes, -stepes; adv.

At once ⬩ immediately

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Homl. 65, 5. Hé ðá sóna instæpes geseh he then immediately saw, 15, 27. Ðéh gé sóna instæpes ðǽre méde ne ne onfón, 41, 13. Instepes, 33, 19. Ðæt fæsten wæs ongunnen instepes ðæs ðe . . . the fast was begun directly after . . . 35, 5.

Linked entry: in-stæpe

lang-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lang-ness, e; f.

Length

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Length Brádnyss langnyss heáhnyss and deópnyss breadth, length, height and depth, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 21. Langnysse dagena ic gefylle hine longitudine dierum replebo eum, Ps. Spl. 90, 16.

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bed ⬩ grave

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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigning ⬩ pretence ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy

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Homl. 99, 33. Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28. Bútan lícetunge sine hypocrisi, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7.

mangian

(v.)
Grammar
mangian, p. ode

To trade ⬩ traffic ⬩ act as a monger

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Mid sceápum hé mangaþ he traffics with sheep, Homl. Th. i. 412, 6. Gif man mid cirican mangie, béte be lahslite, L. N. P. L. 20; Th. ii. 292, 28.

Linked entry: ge-mang

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A table ⬩ what is on a table

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Be ðære mýsan cwæþ se wítega: Drihten ðú gegearcodest mýsan on mínre gesihþe, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 24-28: i. 330, 31, 34: Ps. Spl. 127, 4: Mk. Skt. 7, 28: Lk. Skt. 12, 21, 30

Linked entries: meóse mýse

midl

(n.)
Grammar
midl, es; n.

a bit ⬩ curb ⬩ the thong which bound the oar to the pin

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Of ísenum midlum ł brídlum ferratis salivaribus (repagulis), 458, 3: Homl. Th. i. 360, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 2349; El. 1176: 2384; El. 1193. Miðlum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 49. the thong which bound the oar to the pin Midla strupiar, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 6.

Linked entry: ge-midlige

nergend

(n.)
Grammar
nergend, nerigend, neriend, es; m.

A saviour ⬩ preserver

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Homl. 105, 18

nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
nirwan, nirwian; p. de, ode

To constrain ⬩ repress ⬩ blame ⬩ threaten

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Homl. 49, 12. Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt hí mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.

pællen

(adj.)
Grammar
pællen, pellen; adj.
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Bicgaþ eów pællene cyrtlas, ðæt gé tó lytelre hwíle scínon swá swá róse, Homl. Th. i. 64, 13. Se cyning gesýmde gold and seolfor and deórwurðe gymmas and pællene gyrlan uppon olfendas, 458, 24.

ge-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frinan, ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ, pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen

To learn by asking ⬩ find out ⬩ hear of

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To learn by asking, find out, hear of Ðá gefran Ioseph ðæt Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande then Joseph learned that Archelaus reigned in Judea, Homl. Th. i. 88, 19. We ðeódcyninga ðrym gefrunon we have heard of the glory of the great kings, Beo.

Linked entry: ge-frunon

ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, suffice ⬩ abundāre, suffĭcĕre

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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the unhappy miser wishes to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 34.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumian

ge-nípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.

to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui

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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep

Linked entry: nípan

strica

(n.)
Grammar
strica, an; m.
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a stroke of a pen, a tittle, a mark, line Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit (Mt. 5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15. Strican ł mærcunge characteres Hpt. Gl. 473, 13.