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heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hingecardinal pointcardo

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Ðis gesceád ys æfter ðám feówor heorren this distinction is according to the four cardinal points, Lchdm. iii. 84, 11

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

hrycg-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hrægel, es; n.

A dorsalmantle

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A dorsal is also a wall-hanging of tapestry, used chiefly in the church at the back of the stalls.' vii setlhrægel and iii ricghrægel and ii wahræft, 429, 28

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurstcopsewood

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The word occurs most frequently in compounds, e.g. hnut-hyrst, æsc-hyrst, etc. and is still found as hurst in names of places. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Name of the months June and July Se mónaþ is nemned on lǽden Iunius, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra Líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ ðonne smylte and ða windas. Ond monnum biþ ðonne gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 87, 34.

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

lysu

(n.)
Grammar
lysu, wes; n.
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2.

mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monasterya monk

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Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3. Mynstermannum gedafenaþ. ðæt hí on stilnysse heora líf ádreógan. Homl. Th. ii. 342, 29 : Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. l, 38

páwa

(n.)
Grammar
páwa, peá, an; m. : páwe, an; f.
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Se fugel ( the phenix ) is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valleyconvallāria mājālishound's tonguecynoglossum officĭnāle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man Apollĭnārem, and óðrum naman glófwyrt nemneþ this plant which is called Apollĭnārisand by another name glovewort, Herb. 23, 1; Lchdm. i. 120, 3: L. M. 1, 40; Lchdm. ii. 106, 7: Wrt.

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de
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Cyrsena tác[n] is ðæt ðú sette ðínne winstran þúman on ðínes lytlan fingres lið and twenge hine siððan mid ðara swíþran hande, 124, 23. Twenge ðú mid ðínre swíðran neoþe*-*wearde þíne wynstran, 125, 1

Linked entry: twingan

under-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeów, es; m.

One reduced to slaveryone who serves under or is subject to anothera slaveservant

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One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant Hé geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt hé wæs his underþeów, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 2.

Linked entry: þeów

un-árlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árlíc, adj.

dishonourabledisgracefulshamefulunkindly

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Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092. unkindly Unárlíce yrfebéc a will in which nothing is left to nearest relatives; inofficiosum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17

un-gewidre

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewidre, un-gewidere, es; n.

Bad weatherstormtempest

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Is ðeós woruld on stormum and on ádlum and on ungewyderum, Wulfst. 273, 9. Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren ǽgðer ge þurh mistlíce coða ge þurh ungewyderu, 1041; Erl. 169, 9: Lchdm. iii. 210, 26

á-cwencan

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Ofþryhte, ꝥ is ácweinte compressit (flammantis foci potestatem ), An. Ox. 4125. Ðá ðe líg grǽdignysse ácwenton ( extinxerunt ), Scint. 112, 10. Fýr ácwencean, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 17, Ácwencan (-cwæncan, v. l. ), Wlfst. 157, 9.

ár-full

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Utan beón árfulle fæder and méder, Wlfst. 119, 3. shewing kindness, mercy, favour God is swíðe árfull and mildheort Deus pius est, Gr. D. 335, 15. Ic iów wæs árful geworden and milde, Wlfst. 222, 4. Þearfendum mannum árfulle, 257, 3.

an-bíd

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an-bíd, (-bid?).
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Hit is eldung and anbíd þæs héhstan déman. For þám anbíde . . . , Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17. On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15.

fore-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.

a provisoagreementcondition

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What is said before, a proviso, agreement, condition Forewyrde antefata (cf. wǽr*-*word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 28. Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16.

Linked entries: -wyrd fore-word

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.
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Fol is another form of this adverb, e. g. fol neáh, Past. 35, 21: Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 11, 12

plyccan

(v.)
Grammar
plyccan, p. plyhte.
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Gylecan tácen is þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, 127, 15

Linked entry: plicettan

port-geréfa

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Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. . . . Godríc portgeréfa, C. D. iv. 117, 27. On Ælfgǽres gewitnesse portgeréfa and Ælfwærdes portgeréfa þe ꝥ toll námon for þæs cynges hand, Cht. E. 256, 16-18: 259, 9: 27: 262, 2: 264, 12: 271, 12: 273, 7

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles sápe (unguent?), O. E. Homl. i. 53, 24. Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 18. Similar entries (? v. sáp)

Linked entry: sáp