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healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Andlang bróces on swyllan healas; of ðan healan, vi. 2, 12. the word occurs also as the first part of compounds: On halhford, C. D. iii. 439, 4: 442, 31. Ond long healhtúnes gemǽres, 436, 27. Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 34.

hund

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Gif hwá þás wyrte mid him hafað ne mæg hé fram hundum beón borcen (brocen, v. l.), Lch. i. 170, 16. <b>I a.</b> a dog used for hunting, a hound :-- 'Syle mé (the huntsman) ǽnne hafoc.'

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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-scíte) a projection, promontory Bætweónæ ða twægen brÍmfeldas andlang ðæs alarsceátæs (along the alder-covered piece of land which thrusts itself out into the fields ) on ðonæ fúlan bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl.v. 84, 12.

Linked entry: sceáta

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Bróc biþ onwended of his rihtryne, Met. 5, 19. Biþ him se wela onwended, and wyrþ him wíte gegearwod, Cd. Th. 28, 5; Gen. 431: Blickl. Homl. 195, 28.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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H. 16, 14. in negative sentences Hé furðum on ðám broce (etiam in tribulatione positus)nyle álǽtan his geornfulnesse, Past. 269, 10. Suá unryht suá wé furðum betwuxn hæðnum monnum ne hiérdon, 211, 8.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Manig broc byþ mycle strengre ðonne tóðæce, ðeáh ic nǽfre nán strengre ne geðolode, Shrn. 185, 15.

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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) brocum, Lchdm. ii. 290, 11. Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe, Cd. Th. 110, 32; Gen. 1847. Ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 12. Mínra firena ðe mé uncúðe wǽron delicta ignorantiae meae, Ps.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Ic eom gefylled mid broce and mid iermðum, Past. 253, 8. Wé syndon gefyllede mid ealre eáþmódnesse, Bl. H. 153, 31. the object a place Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled, Gú. 1291. to occupy entirely. a space (lit. or fig.)

land

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land, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: ground, cultivated land, soil, field Brocen land vel geworht land novalis ager Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. Hé hám cyrde fram pám weorce þæs landes, Gr. D. 165, 19. Hé mót neótan londes frætwa, Ph. 150. Londes ceorl the husbandman Met. 12, 27.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Sume hé lét þreágan mid heardum broce alios duris agitari sinit, Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 24. Longe ic wæs nú on ðǽm heardan campe, Bl. H. 225, 31. Hón on heardre hengene, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 30: Hml. S. 37, 101, 157.

libban

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An hwelcum brocum þá lifdon þe ǽr him wǽron, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 20. with adj. or compl. sbst.

mann

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Th. i. 388, 2. applied to members of a fighting force Hé hié. . . on ðǽm ýtemestan ende his monna ásette in exercitu Antigoni dispersi sunt, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 35. used of a lord Ic beóde ꝥ hý nán man ne brocie . . . ꝥ hý ne mótan ceósan swylcne mann

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
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sum, indef. prn.
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Ðeáh sum broc and sumu wiðerweardnes hiera forwiernþ, Past. 50; Swt. 391. 35. Wæs him gegearwod sum heard harmscearu, Cd. Th. 28, 7; Gen. 432. Sum wæs ǽhtwelig æþeles cynnes ríce geréfa, Exon. Th. 243, 29; Jul. 18.

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irnan

(v.)
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Swá sum ǽwelm and irnon manige brócas of, Bt. 34, l; F. 134, 10. Lǽt díne willas iernan (irnan, v. l. ) wíde, Past. 373, 5. Wæter yrnende, Ps. Th. 64, ll : Gen. 211. Eornende, Ps. Sit. 57, 8.

heáfod

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On beueres bróces heáfod, v. 48, 8. On ðæs wælles heáfod, ii. 28, 34 : 29, 4. On secgwælles heáfod, 7. On wulfwælles heáfod, 13. figurative Wyrd . . ., weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Sal. 444.

þegen

(n.)
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þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Kmbl. iv. 11, 7. a brave man, noble man, good warrior; vir fortis. v. þegen-líc, -líce, -scipe, III Gif gé swelce þegnas synt, swelce gé wénaþ ðæt gé sién, ðonne sceoldon gé lustlíce eówre ágnu brocu áræfnan, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 7.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan; cymþ ðonne up æt ðam ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá, óþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ, 34, 6; Fox 140, 17-20. Se regn ðæt deófol on ufan wyrðeþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 5.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Ger. meinetwillen) Hé áscade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle ða brocu and ða geswinc ðe hé for hira willan and eác for hiera niédþearfe fela wintra dreógende wæs, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 28. Hé ǽfre wan for willan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Kmbl. 2776; An. 1390: 3048; An. 1527: Cd. 121; Th. 155, 19; Gen. 2575. giving direction Onlong bróces mid streáme along the brook in the direction in which it runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 226, 20.

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