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reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Mon byrþ his heáfod tó reliquium, Shrn. 57, 26 : Blickl. Homl. 127, 12, 16. Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde ... and of Martines reliquium, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 74.

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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Is him ðæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled, wurman geblonden, 218, 13; Ph. 294. Swá wrǽtlíce weoroda God monna craftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 30; Vy. 93. Mé on gescyldrum scínan mótan ful wrǽtlíce wundtie loccas, 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104.

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol.

Linked entry: for-yrþ

of-tredan

(v.)

to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading

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Ðeáh ðe árleáse woruldmenn áríson ongeán ús swá ðeáh Crist oftret heora heáfod, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 18-22. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode duos et .l. calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 25.

Linked entry: of-steppan

cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

lim

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Ðá gódan láreówas nó ðæt án wilniað sécean ðæt hálige heáfoð ðære gesomnunge, ðæt is Dryhten, ac wiln[i]að ðæt hié ofdúne ástígen tó his limum. Past. 101, 24.

fulluht-ere

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-ere, fulwiht-ere, es; m. [ful, full; uht, wiht; ere; es; m.]

A baptizerthe Baptistbaptista

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Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco căput Joannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8: Mk. Bos. 6, 24: Homl. Th. i. 350, 31: 352, 23: 364, 6. Be Iohanne ðam Fulluhtere de Joanne Baptista, Mt. Bos. 17, 13: Homl.

rǽpling

(n.)
Grammar
rǽpling, rǽping, es; m.
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One bound, a captive, prisoner, criminal Wæs ðá rǽpling se ðe ǽr wæs Angelcynnes heáfod ( of archbishop Ælfheah taken captive by the Danes ), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 19. Hé ( St. Paul) wæs ðyder (to Rome ) rǽpling gelǽded, Blickl. Homl. 173, 7.

be-stingan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð (-stingð, v. l.), Angl. vii. 28, 259. Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254.

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Mín heáfod ðú mid ele ne smyredest, ðeós smyrede mid sealfe míne fét Lk. Skt. 7, 46. Smyredon (smiredon, Lind.) Mk. Skt. 6, 13. Smire mid Lchdm. ii. 132, 1 (and often) Smyre i. 216, 5 (and often) Smyra ðín heáfod unge caput tuum Mt.

lafian

(v.)
Grammar
lafian, p. ode

To lavebathepour water on

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To lave, bathe, pour water on Nim ðone wǽtan and wyrm and lafa ðín heáfod mid take the liquor and warm it and lave thy head with it, Lchdm. iii. 48, 7.

gréting

(n.)
Grammar
gréting, e; f.
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Sendaþ mín heáfod án to grétinge and bringaþ mínre méder ðæt heó ðæt cysse send my head only in greeting and bring it to my mother that she may kiss it, Shrn. 139, 28.

blód-gýte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan].

a flowing or running of bloodsanguinis profluviuma blood-shedding, bloodshedsanguinis effusio

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a flowing or running of blood; sanguinis profluvium Gif men blód út of nósum yrne tó swíðe, syle him drincan fífleáfan on wíne, and smyre ðæt heáfod mid ðam; ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgýte sóna if blood run from a man out of his nostrils too much, give

Linked entry: blód-geóte

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Ǽghwá mín heáfod scireþ, Exon. Th. 482, 6; Rä. 66, 3. Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode, ne his beard mid seaxe scear, Shrn. 93, 9. Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron neque in rotundum attondebitis comam, nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2. Hí unwreogon ðæt hús nudaverunt tectum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4. Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31.

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Mathéus léde háligreft ofer hire heáfod Matthew placed a veil on her head, 478, 5

CÓL

(adj.)
Grammar
CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.

COOLcold frigidus

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Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 26. Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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Thorpe in his note on the following passage quotes from Roquefort the explanation of the French vervelle: Large anneau qu'on passoit au pied d'un faucon pour le retenir Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, heafoc on honda ... déþl hé wyrplas on, fédeþ swá

a-werian

(v.)
Grammar
a-werian, -wergan, -wergean ; p. ede ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to ward offdefendrestrainprotectcoverdefendereprohibereprotegereto ward off from oneselfspurn from oneselfaspernarito wearwear outtereredeterere

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Ðú mín heáfod scealt on gefeohtdæge feóndum awergean obumbrasti caput meum in die belli, 139, 7. Ðú me oft aweredest wyrigra gemótes protexisti me a conventu malignantium, 63, 2: 55, 11.

Linked entry: a-wered

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, (-en(n)e); adv.

from abovedownfrom abovefrom heavenabove

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Steorran hreósaþ ufene of heofonum, 93, 8. where an action is directed from a higher to a lower point Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ða fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.