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hilte-cumbor

(n.)
Grammar
hilte-cumbor, es; n.

An ensign having a hill

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An ensign having a hill; Beo. Th. 2048; B. 1022

hild-from

(adj.)
Grammar
hild-from, adj.

Stout or bold in war,

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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204

be-frignung

(n.)
Grammar
be-frignung, -frinung, e; f.

Enquiryinvestigation

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Enquiry, investigation Befrínungum, smeáungum sciscitationibus, i. interrogationibus, An. Ox. 2309

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Add: of movement, going, walking, &c. Færelde cursu (rapidissimo abscessit), An. Ox. 4903. Þú on hrædum færelde þone heofon ymbhweorfest rapido coelum turbine versas, Bt. 4; F. 6, 31. a particular mode of travel: Mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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A well, spring, fountain Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon

Linked entries: welle willa

á-bryrdness

(n.)
Grammar
á-bryrdness, e; f.
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keen feeling, ardour Ábry[r]dnysse (ábrednysse. Hpt. Gl. 434, 56) amoris, An. Ox. 1184. Mid his heortan ábryrdnysse intentione cordis, R. Ben. 80, 12. Mid sibbe and mid sóðre ábryrdnysse, 106, 1. compunction, contrition Ábryrdnesse conpunctionis, An

Linked entry: á-brednes

á-cumba

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Ácumb stuppa, Germ. 391, 20. Ácumba putamina, An. Ox. 3293: s[t]uppea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 9. Naptarum heordena ácumba, 59, 48. Ácumban putamine, An. Ox. 3728. Ácuman putamina, 2, 187. Ðá hét se undergeréfa ontendan hí mid ácuman, Hml. S. 4, 333. Add

hasu

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Add: — Wegas syndon drýge, haswe herestrǽta (perhaps herestrǽta here is used as in An. 200 of watery ways, and haswe might be equivalent to glaucus (cf. the passage under haswe), an epithet of waves, glaucae undae), holm gerýmed, Exod. 284. Haswe bléde

here-lof

fametrophy

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Substitute: warlike glory, fame Herelof, hlísa rumusculus, An. Ox. 4564. Hlísfulles mǽg[ðhádes] herelofe (herelofa rumore, fama, Hpt. Gl. 511, 25 ) famosae uirginitatis rumore (comperto), 4521. a sign of victory, trophy: Herelof tropeum, i. signum uiclorie

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, strod ?, es; n. ? Substitute: <b>stród,</b> es; n.
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Marshy land (overgrown with brushwood or trees?, v. Philol. Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13

sǽ-ríric

(n.)

a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait

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a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait; — Swylce wórie bí ófre sondbeorgum ymbseald sǽrýrica mǽst, swá ðæt wénaþ wǽglíþende ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten (the reference is to the whale, which mariners mistake for an island), Exon. Th. 360, 24; Wal. 10

of-langod

(v.)
Grammar
of-langod, part.

Seized with an excessive longing or desire

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Seized with an excessive longing or desire For ðære sibbe hé wearþ oflangod ungemetlíce he was seized with an immense longing on account of the love he bore his father and mother Homl. Th. ii. 176, l. Oflongad, Exon. Th. 443, 13; Kl. 29

Linked entry: langian

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðæt fǽmna mynster on Brytene ꝥ is nemned on Bercingum (on Byrcingum, in Bercingum in loco qui nuncupatur in Berecingum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 383, 19), Shrn. 138, 2 Is swá þeáh gód weorc on þám gódan wordum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 25. Ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt and

lid

(n.)
Grammar
lid, es; n.

A vesselship

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A vessel, ship On lides [the ark] bósme, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 21; Gen. 1332: 71; Th. 85, 6; Gen. 1410: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 27; Aðelst. 27. Tó lides stefne, Erl. 112, 34;. Aðelst. 34: Andr. Kmbl. 806; An. 403: 3411; An. 1709. Seó [the dove] eft ne com tó lide

earm

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Add: an arm Se earm betweónan elnbogan and hand*-*wyrste cubitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 61. Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2. Earma lacertorum

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Add: to free. to free from obligation, labour, &amp; c. Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate Gefreólsod consecratur, An. Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Add Slegum alapis. An. Ox. 61, 59. Hí ondrédon þǽre ferelan slegas of þæs hálgan mannes handa ex ejus manu ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Add Sle[gum] tunsionibus, An. Ox. 4114. Add Sleges, forwyrdes internitionis, i. mortis, An. Ox.

ǽfen-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-þénung, e; f.

An evening service or dutyevening repastsuppercœ́na,

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An evening service or duty, evening repast, supper; cœ́na, R. Concord 8

bysmrigan

(v.)
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to mock, revile, Mt. Bos. 20, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2713; An. 1359

be-hlidenan

(n.)
Grammar
be-hlidenan, be-lidenanacc. pl. pp. from be-líðan, q. v.

the left or departedthe deadmortuos

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the left or departed, the dead; mortuos Andr. Kmbl. 2179 An. 1091