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spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Man nime áne cuppan huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, and mængc on gemang ðæt hunig and ðæt spic tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 76, 5. Án sconc spices a ham, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 7.

Linked entry: spec

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 17. In ðé sáule sóðfæstra simle gerestaþ, Exon. Th. 4, 16 ; Cri. 53 : Met. 20, 238. Semle, 20, 198. Ic siemle mid ðé beó, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 22, 23. Hé symle Drihtne folgode, Homl.

Linked entries: symble symle

pund

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Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund (cf. Gr. D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr.

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Þynceþ þegna gehwelcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swétre gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ dulcior est apium mage labor, si malus ora pritis sapor edat, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

Linked entry: teár-líc

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distanceroom

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Voc. ii. 50, 27. local, distance On óþere healfre míle fæce unius miliarii et dimidii spatio, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5: 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11. space of two or three dimensions.

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bowbow down oneselfbendsubmitturnturn awayrevoltse flectĕreinclīnārecurvāredeclĕnāretransfŭgĕreTo bow toturn towardsinclīnāre ad

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Ne ðú ne gebúh fram ðære ǽ on ða swíðran healfe ne on ða wynstran ne declīnes ab lēge ad dextĕram vel ad sinistram, 1, 7. Ðæt ðú to sǽmran gebuge that thou should bow to worse, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 9; Jul. 361.

on-búgan

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Add For ðǽm ðonne hé hígað tó ðǽm godcundum ðingum ánum, ðæt hé ne ðyrfe on náne healfe anbúgan tó nánum fúllicum luste cum ad sola, quae interiora sunt, nititur, in nullo delectationis infimae latere flectatur, Past. 83, 15.

fót

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Add:: gen. fét; inst. fét. the foot of a living creature Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þines fét. Tech. ii. 126, 9. Mid foet pede, Ps. Srt. 65, 6. Mid ðǽm fét, Past. 357, 21. Mid ðý fét, 358, 4.

strícan

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Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, 126, 9.

lofung

(n.)
Grammar
lofung, e; f.

Praisingappraising

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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten ðisum gebróðrum for heora nette and scipe and ðam rícan Zacheo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta and sumere wudewan tó ánum feorþlinge and sumum menn tó ánum wæteres drenc God's kingdom hath no fixed price, but a price is put upon it according

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Geþancmeta on hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón cyrran mid ceápe consider on which side thou wilt bend thy course, turn with thy cattle, 91; Th. 115, 12; Gen. 1918. Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne si descendero in infernum, Ps. Th. 138, 6.

Linked entry: hwearft

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra, 901; Erl. 96, 24. Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14. Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34.

Linked entry: læsast

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,

weall-stellung

(n.)
Grammar
weall-stellung, -stilling, -stylling, e; f.

The putting a wall in order, repairing of a wall.

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Ðonne gebyreþ tó twéntigan gyrdan on wealstillinge hundeahtig hída, and tó ðam furlange gebyrgeaþ óþer healf hund hída and x hída . . . Tó fíf furlangum gebyreþ ymbeganges eahta hunda hída on wealstyllinge . . .

Linked entry: stellung

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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Hig unc ásetton on óðre healfe ðære eá, ðæt ða ne mihton uncre swaðe findon, Shrn. 42, 3. Nǽnige swaðe his nullum ejus vestigium, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 3. Þeáh ælda bearn lástas míne sécaþ, ic swaþe míne bemíþe, Exon. Th. 500, 26; Rä. 89, 12.

geótan

(v.)
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Geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, An. 1592. of the motion of many bodies Þá gástas on ǽlce healfe in guton subeuntibus ab undique illis, Guth.

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Kmbl. 1960 ; El. 982. an expedition on horseback; in a hostile sense a raid Ðonne rídan ða yldestan men tó ... and nimon eall ðæt hé áge, and fó se cyning tó healfum, tó healfum ða men ðe on ðære ráde beón, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 7.

se

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Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle (one half) beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs, . . and se healfa dǽl ( one half) wæs Ciruse æfterfylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30.

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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Þeáh ðú (Esther) biddan wille healfne ðone anweald . . . ðú scealt beón tíþu ðæs, Anglia ix. 33, 185. Heó ábæd æt Gode Godes willan tó ðám ðæt heó sunu hæfde, and heó sóna wæs tíðu (other MSS. tíða), Homl. Ass. 38, 357.

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa tíþ

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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On healfa gehwám, Exod. 209: An. 121. Of ǽdra gehwǽre, Gen. 1374. In mǽgða gehwǽre, B. 25. On healfa gehwore (-hwone?), Cri. 928 : Ph. 336. Méca gehwane, B. 2685. On tída gehwone, Gen. 2305. Burga gehwone, Dan. 63. Ymb healfa gehwone, Cri. 61.