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heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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On ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre on the very top of it [the stalk], Herb. 173. 1; Lchdm. 302, 24. Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse hí nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15.

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torchpiuusbold

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the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter c, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is céna torch; piuus, tæda; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter c, but for cén a torch, as,— RUNE byþ cwicera gehwám cúþ on fýre torch on fire is well known

Linked entry: C

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn outvery oldattrītusvĕtus

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Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22. On fórwerodre ealdnysse in very old age, 76, 26.

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Lettinghinderingobstructiondelayretarding

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Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2

be-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sencan, bi-sencan; p. -sencte; pp. -senced

To sink, immergemergere, demergere

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Sí besenced on sǽs grúnd demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. Bos. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 10, 15. Ðæt he gesáwe Satanan besencedne on ðám grúndum helle that he saw Satan sunk in the depths of hell, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25

Linked entries: be-seah bi-sencan

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.
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Voc. ii. 108, 68. Swíþiaþ, 35, 60. v. for-swíðan (under which for-swíðede is wrongly put); swíðan

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml. S. 8, 18

cwild

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Voc. ii. 131, 60. Cuild ł cualm valitudo, Rtl. 146, 35. Fǽrlic cwyld clades, Dóm. L. 258. Cwyldes pestilentiae, i. necis, An. Ox. 2787. Cwilde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72. Cwilde flód diluvium, Ps. Srt. 28, 10.

dóhtor

Grammar
dóhtor, l. dohtor,
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Móder on doehter (dohter, R.) and dohter on moeder mater in filiam et filia in matrem, Lk. L. 12, 53. Docter filiam, Mk. p. 3, 17. Dohtra (dohtero, L., dohter, R.) filiae, Lk. 23, 28. v. bróþor-, freó-dohtor

folcisc

popularin commonsecular

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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in áteóð, Hml. S. I. 215. Þæt ic áteó þás hringan up of ðysum hlyde, 21, 66. Forþ átogene prolata (suspiria), An.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Ath. iv. pref.; Th. i. 220, 12. Eác is mæssepreóstum micel þearf ðæt hig hyra mannum cýðen, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 422, 34. the name of the Rune for M, which is sometimes used instead of writing the word man, e.g. ǽnig RUNE quis, Rtl. 11, 41.

Linked entry: manna

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Ic samod fealle concido, 28; Som. 32, 62. Ic samod fleó confugio, Som. 32, 49. Ic samod wurpe conicio, Som. 32, 40. Somud mengaþ wé comminiscimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 7. Somod geþwǽrende concordantes, 24, 8

fuglian

(v.)

to fowlaucŭpāri

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to fowl; aucŭpāri Ic fuglige aucŭpor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 12

módren

(adj.)
Grammar
módren, móddren; adj.

Maternal

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Maternal Móddrenum flǽsce ic brúce materna carne vescor. Ap. Th. 4, 12

prutene

(n.)
Grammar
prutene, an; f. A plant-name,
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artemisia abrotanon Ðone súþenan wermód, ðæt is prutene, Lchdm. ii. 236, 20

ge-hycgan

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Add Ic gehogde healdan dómas statui custodire indicia, Ps. Vos. 118, 106

stancrian

(v.)
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to sprinkle Ic stancrige pluvicino, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 26. Cf. stanc

Linked entry: stanc

word-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
word-wís, adj.

Wise in speechlearned

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Wise in speech, learned Ðæs wordwísan sophisle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 39

á-pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
á-pluccian, p. ode
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To pluck off Ic of ápluccige excerpo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 14

Linked entry: pluccian