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heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

on-þeón

(v.)

to prosperto be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable

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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo.

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.

fúllnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúllnes, -ness, e; f.

Foulnessstenchfætor

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Foulness, stench; fætor Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs miclan swæcces sóna ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes on weg aflýmede omnem mox fætōrem tenebrōsæ fornācis effŭgāvit admīrandi hūjus suāvĭtas ŏdōris, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

Lunden

(n.)

London

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London Hé bebohte hine on Lundenne he sold him in London, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 3: Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16: 898; Erl. 96, 20. Of Eástenglum and of Lunden, 992; Erl. 131, 33

sige-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
sige-leóþ, es ;
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n, A song of triumph Ðá wæs sigeleóþ (cf. Icel. sigr-óp) galen on herefelda, Elen. Kmbl. 248 ; El. 124. Engla þreátas sigeleóþ sungon ( when Guthlac came to Heaven ), Exon. Th. 181, 6 ; Gú. 1289

swíþmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþmódness, e; f.
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Greatness of soul, magnanimity Be sigerfestnisse and swíþmódnísse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12. Ne mágon hý ðære tungan gerecnisse ne hire mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Salm. Kmbl. 150, 4

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

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foxung

(n.)
Grammar
foxung, e; f.
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Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162

hræglung

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Heó him andswarode: '. . . se gegyrla þe ic hæfde sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene forwurdon,' Hml. S. 23 b, 567. Add

nón-belle

(n.)
Grammar
nón-belle, an ; f.
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
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Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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Gl. 46; Som. 65, 8; Wrt. Voc. 33, 7. Nim ðone cyrnel ðe byþ innan ðan persogge take the kernel which is within the peach, Lchdm. iii. 102, 6.

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DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment; vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre Mec sorg dreceþ sorrow vexeth me, Cd. 99; Th. 131, 21; Gen. 2179.

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Ðá cóman hí sóna mid sciphere mox advecti navibus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 34. Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243.

líc-hama

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</b> the body in contrast with the soul :-- Ic forlét of mínum líchoman lifgendne gǽst, Cri. 1454. God ús gesceóp on sáwle and on lichaman, Hml. A. n, 289.

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Ic wiht ( a sow) geseah féran, hæfde feówere fét under wombe, Exon. Th. 418, 11;Rä. 37, 3. Eall ðæt on ðone múð gǽð, gǽð on ða wambe (womb, Lind. : wombe, Rush. ventrem ), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17: Lchdm. ii. 186, 23. Wambe gefyllan ventrem implere, Lk.

gǽst-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and bodydeathănĭmæ et corpŏris divortiummors

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Separation of soul and body, death; ănĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ne he sorge wæg gǽstgedáles he sorrowed not for his soul's separation, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 14; Gú. 1111

ís-mere

(n.)
Grammar
ís-mere, es ; m.
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A mere covered with ice Scíneþ sunne sóna ísmere weorþeþ tó wætre the sun shines, at once the icy lake turns to water, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 123; Met. 28, 62

an-mód

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Add: In some of the passages perhaps án-mód should be read Onmód (an-) contumax, Txts. 48, 202. Anmóde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 67. Contumax, i. superbus anmóda contemptor, 135, 23