híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to 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 band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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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
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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 vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay
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Fordwínan euanescere, i. deficere, An. Ox. 3272
mearc
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S. 23, 436. a sign affixed or impressed for distinction, a device, stamp, &c., placed on an article as an indication of ownership, as a means of identification, &c. Man mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe, Ll.
be-gang
a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus
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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
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Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum directo a puero prolato, Angl. xiii. 429, 914
a-fyrhtan
To affright ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrere ⬩ exterrere ⬩ perterrere ⬩ timore 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
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.
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þeów-weorc
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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
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
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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
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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
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
Steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ stăbĭlis ⬩ firmus
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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