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híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Ídele and leáse spel hí hýwiaþ and mannum reccaþ quae non viderunt confingunt, R. Ben. 135, 24. Híwiende musitantes, i. fingentes (presbyteros contra Susannam mussitantes, Ald. 38, 17. Cf. fabricatores falsitatum potius quam presbyteri, 59, 23), An.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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L. 67, 14. a choir Heápum classibus (v. Ald. 35, 28), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220. Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, Gr.

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Fordwínan euanescere, i. deficere, An. Ox. 3272

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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S. 23, 436. a sign affixed or impressed for distinction, a device, stamp, &amp;amp;c., placed on an article as an indication of ownership, as a means of identification, &amp;amp;c. Man mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe, Ll.

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a coursewaypassagecircuitdistrictcursusviatenorcircuitusan undertakinga businessexerciseservicereligious worship negotiumexercitatiocultus

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Gársecges begang the circuit of ocean 1059; An. 530. an undertaking, a business, exercise, service, religious worship; negotium, exercitatio, cultus Ða willnode he hyne sylfne fram eallum begangum ðisse worulde fremde gedón cupivit se ab omnibus sæculi

cneóres

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forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum directo a puero prolato, Angl. xiii. 429, 914

a-fyrhtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrhtan, p. -fyrhte; pp. -fyrhted, -fyrht

To affrightterrifyterrereexterrereperterreretimore afficere

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To affright, terrify; terrere, exterrere, perterrere, timore afficere He afyrhted wearþ he was affrighted, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 29; Gú. 1300: Andr. Kmbl. 3057; An. 1531.

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hund-seofontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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hund-seofontig, num.

Seventy

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Ealles hundseofontig manna seventy men in all, Homl. Th. ii. 190, 30. His suna gestríndon twá and hundseofontig suna his sons begot seventy-two sons, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 154.

Linked entry: -seofontig

þeów-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-weorc, es; n.
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12.

clerc-hád

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Add: the state of a secular clerk Ðá ðe clerichádes synd and munuchádes wilniað clericorum si qui monasterio sociari voluerint, R. Ben. 106, 13. Swá sácerdhádes swá clerichádes sacerdotum vel clericorum, 110, 8.

ge-wilnigendlic

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Án dǽl is on hire gewylnigendlic, Hml. S. 1, 97

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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a maple. Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M.

Ispánie

(n.)
Grammar
Ispánie, pl.
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He for of Ispánium (ab Hispaniis), 22. Wæs án hirde on Ispánium, 5, 2 ; S. 216, 6. Áscien Ispánie þe þæt ilce wǽron dreógende, 5, i; S. 214, 14

preóst-hád

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teám

Grammar
teám, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Toll and teám sý ágifen intó þám mynstre, bútan hé hit geearnian mæge tó þám ðe þænne áh mynstres geweald, Cht. E. 236, 4. efen-teám. Add

on-wealcan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wealcan, v. trans.

To roll

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Th. 193, 25; Az. 127. Cf. Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre ( the mandrake ) geweald hæbbe, genim hý sóna on hand, swá andwealc hí, and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon, Th. An. 116, 22

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ge-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stæððig, adj. [stæðig firm]

Steadfastfirmstăbĭlisfirmus

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Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt ðam gestæððigan Gode, endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from the steadfast God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 14

hreóh-nes

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Add: hreów-nes. storm, tempest (lit. or fig.) Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 10, 26.

Linked entry: hreóh