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hen

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Hænne flǽsc næs swíþe gesoden, 194, 7. Oþ hénne stigele Cht. Crw. 7, 53. Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . .

ofer-gán

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Godwine eorl.. . sáh niðer. . . sprǽce benumen . . . and hine man brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre, and ðóhtan ꝥ hit ofergán sceolde, ac hit næs ná swá, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 23

un-tweógende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweógende, -tweónde; adj.

Undoubting ⬩ unhesitating ⬩ unwavering ⬩ certain

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Hé næfð gearone willan untweógendne tó ðæm weorce, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 26. Hyht untweóndne, Elen. Kmbl. 1592; El. 798. Ðæt wé ðý untweógendran be ús gelýfden ðæt wé be ðǽm leorniaþ, Shrn. 67, 24

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. Hé underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18.

hlís-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
hlís-eádig, adj.

Successful in acquiring fame, ⬩ famous, ⬩ renowned

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Gif hé nǽre hlíseádig egere claritudine, 33, 1; Fox 120, 35

ge-grówan

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Add: to grow together, unite by growing Swá fæste his heáfod wæs gegrówen tó ðám líchaman, swylce hit nǽfre of ácorfen nǽre ita caput ejus unitum fuerat corpori, ac si nequaquam fuisset abscissum, Gr.

be-leán

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Næs nán wítega ásend tó hǽðenum folce, þe heora gedwyld belóge, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 6. Ne inc ǽnig mon beleán mihte sorhfulne sið nobody could keep you turn from the grievous adventure by pointing out its folly, B. 511.

be-míðan

(v.)
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In þám hláfe næs ná bemiþen (forholen, v. l. ) ꝥ wól, 118, 10. Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bemiþenes, 144, 33. Bemiðenum dissimulato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 36. intrans. To lie hid Bemáþ delitescit, An.

hédan

to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of

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Næs him ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, ne mihte hé þǽr nǽnne geseón þe hé gecnáwan cúþe, Hml. S. 23, 638. Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, 137

mæssian

(v.)
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Hí ( those under Moses' law) ne mæssoden nǽfre . . . húsel næs gehálgod ǽr þám ðe se Hǽlend cóm. 10, 222 : Hml. A. 17, 81. Hé hét mæssian for þæs forðfarenan sáwle, and árǽrde þone deádan, Hml. S. 6, 209.

æl-fremed

Grammar
æl-fremed, (el-).

strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from

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Add: strange, foreign, not belonging to one Næs mid him [god] elfremed alienus Cant. M. ad fil. 12. Se ælfremeda Heródes ðæs ríces geweóld, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Hé earmlíce geendode on ælfremedum earde, Hml. S. 25, 547.

ge-þafa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]

A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor

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Ðá næs Æðelm ná fullíce geþafa then Æthelm did not fully assent, Th. Ch. 171, 4. We sceolon beón geþafan we must necessarily be consenters, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 7

Linked entries: -þafa ge-þæf

beald

(adj.)

bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent

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Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem ) Mt. 27, 16, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Bodily, in the body Ðeáh ðe hé líchamlíce on heora slege andwerd nǽre though he was not present in the body at their slaughter, Homl. Th. i. 82, 33. Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6.

un-hýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hýðig, adj.

Without that which is advantageous or beneficial ⬩ unhappy

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Without that which is advantageous or beneficial, unhappy Hwí nǽre ðú ðonne genóg earm and genóg unhýþi ( printed -hiþy; -hydig, Cott.

hwílwend-lic

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Óðer þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit hæfð ordfruman and næfð nénne ende. . . Ðridde þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit næfð náðor ne ordfiumau ne ende, Hml. S. I. 25-31. Án líf is hwílwendlic, óðer éce, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 4.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

singal

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Ðæt mód ðætte næfð singale sorge hit self tó behealdanne si a circumspectionis sollicitudinecor desiituitur, Past. 431, 8. of other things Singal perpes, An. Ox. 508.

emn

(adj.)
Grammar
emn, adj.

Even, equal, plain, level, just ⬩ æquus, plānus, æqualis

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Næs ic nǽfre swá emnes módes I was never of so even a mind. Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 25. Seó burh wæs getimbred on swíðe emnum lande the city was built on very level land, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 20: Past. 4, 2; Hat. MS. 10 a, 14.

Linked entry: tó-efnes

FIREN

(n.)
Grammar
FIREN, fyren, e; pl. nom. acc. firene, firena; f.

a wicked deed ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlus ⬩ crīmen ⬩ peccātum ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ suffering ⬩ pain ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tormeutum ⬩ crŭciātus

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a wicked deed, sin, crime; scĕlus, crīmen, peccātum Næs ðǽr gefremed firen æt giftum there was no sin committed at the nuptials, Hy. 10, 17; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 17.

Linked entries: fyren fyrn-

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