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hlid

(n.)
Grammar
hlid, es; n.

A lid, cover, the opening which is closed by the cover

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Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4.

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, an; m: asse, es; m.

A male assasinus

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Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes assan, lǽd hine to him si occurreris inimici tui asino erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4: 23, 5. Wilde assan wild asses; onagri, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 12. Ðá feóll se asse adúne tum concidit asinus, Num. 22, 27.

Linked entry: ESOL

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To windbendplecteretorquereTo strip offdetrahereTo whirl or slip offlabi

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To whirl or slip off; labi Gif sió æcs ðonne awient [awint, Cot.] of ðæm hielfe if the axe then slip from the handle, Past. 21, 7; Hat. MS. 32 b, 6

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.

Full of hatehostilemalignantevil

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Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole here in the land are foes of the church full of malice, 109, 154

Linked entries: hetol-ness hatol

hremming

(n.)
Grammar
hremming, e;f

A hinderinghindranceobstructionobstacleimpediment

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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being

hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7

Linked entry: hlýda

leger-bedd

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

A sick-bedgrave

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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.

mǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mǽw, meáu, méu, es; m.

A sea-mewgull

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Méu vel még larum, Shrn. 29, 2. Se grǽga mǽw, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371. Mǽw singende, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 11; Seef. 22. Mǽwes song, 106 b; Th. 404, 25; Rä. 25, 6. Mere, mǽwes éðel, 123 b; Th. 474, 6; Bo. 25

Linked entry: meáu

mann-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeáw, es; m.

A mannercustompractice

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Hé forlǽteþ láre ðine, and manþeáwum mínum folgaþ. Elen. Kmbl. 1856; El. 930. In monþeáwas, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 15; Az. 190. [Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?)few

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, few On feorhgebeorh hæfde eallum eorþcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs fæder and móder tuddorteóndra geteled ríme mismicelra (misselícra or missenlícra?)

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, -bedde [(?) cf. heals-gebedda, Beo. 63], an; f.

A bed fellowconsortwifeconsors tŏriuxor

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Sægde Lameh leófum gebeddum unárlíc spel Lamech told a wicked tale to his dear consorts, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 29; Gen. 1091. Gebed wíf uxor, Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16

Linked entry: -bedda

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Scottas) Ðǽr læg secg mænig . . . guma norþerna . . . swilce Scittisc eác, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Scyttisc gecost gealdor wið ǽlcum áttre, Lchdm. ii. 10, 23. Scyttysces cynnes natione Scottus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 16.

Linked entry: Scittisc

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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His lára and his drohtnunga sind ús unásmeágendlíce, Homl. Th. i. 392, 23

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

wyrt-brǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-brǽþ, es; m.
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Seó cwén com tó Salomone mid lácum on golde, and on deórwurðum gymstánum and wyrtbrǽðum ... Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11

Linked entry: brǽþ

á-ceápian

(v.)
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On ðá gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne on the condition that no man is to buy him out of the land he holds, i. e. get it by paying a higher rent Cht. Th. 151, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. er-kaufen redimere.] Cf. á-bycgan

for-gíman

to neglectto neglectto disregard

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Add: to neglect a concrete thing Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes [land] forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, Ll. Th. i. 440, 16. Gif preóst húsl forgíme, ii. 292, 23. Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, 326, 24.

for-seárian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml.

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg aceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 365, 12.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan

godspellere

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Þá lára þára feówer godspellera, Bl. H. 35, 11

ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt hí baldlíce getrúwien ðæt hí ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe hí wilniað, ðý lǽs hí tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae