hæft
a band, fetter ⬩ vinculum ⬩ captivity, bondage, imprisonment, keeping ⬩ captivitas, custodia ⬩ a bond, chain ⬩ clasp, rivet ⬩ imprisonment
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Hé of hæfte áhlód folces unrím from captivity he drew forth people numberless, Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 34; Cri. 568 : Andr. Kmbl. 2797; An. 1401 : 2938; An. 1472.
wil-sum
desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted
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Of ðám wilsuman wyllgespryngum from the pleasant well-springs, Exon. Th. 205, 7 ; Ph. 109. willing, voluntary, spontaneous Wilsumne regn pluviam voluntariam, Ps. Th. Spl. 67, 10 : Blickl. Gl. Ðone wilsuman spontaneum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 65.
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ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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To make, form, frame, appoint, determine, decree, ordain, assign; făcĕre, stătuĕre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre Ðe him to gode geteóde which he had formed to himself for a god, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 19; Dan. 204.
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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Ðá se mete geteorude ðe hig of Egipta lande brohton when the food was consumed that they brought from Egypt, Gen. 43, 2: 47, 15: Jn. Bos. 2, 3. Hí geteorodon defecerunt, Ps. Spl. 72, 19. Úre dagas ealle geteorudun omnes dies nostri defecerunt, Ps.
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Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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The city of Bath, Somersetshire, so called from its baths; Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi Baðan, Baðon, Baðun, for Baðum, æt Baðum, Cod.
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fódder
FODDER ⬩ dry food for cattle ⬩ hay ⬩ corn ⬩ provender ⬩ food generally ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ fœnum ⬩ ĕdūlium ⬩ pābŭlum ⬩ esca ⬩ victus ⬩ a case from which anything is fed ⬩ a case ⬩ cover ⬩ sheath ⬩ thāca ⬩ θήκη
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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 26. a case from which anything is fed, a case, cover, sheath; thāca = θήκη Fódder thēca, Ælfc. Gl 53; Som. 66, 68; Wrt. Voc. 35, 54. v. boge*-*fódder
HEOFON
HEAVEN ⬩ cælum
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Of hefene from heaven, Beo. Th. 3146; B. 1571. Mid his worde synt getrymede heofonas verbo Domini cæli firmati sunt, Ps. Th. 32, 5. Ðá wǽron fullfremode heofenas and eorþe the heavens and the earth were finished, Gen. 2, 1.
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HEORÞ
A HEARTH ⬩ fire-place ⬩ a house
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A HEARTH, fire-place; and taking the name of the whole from that of a part, a house Heorþ foculare, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 73; Wrt. Voc. 27, 2: arula, Wrt. Voc. 63, 76.
here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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Sum biþ heretoga fyrdwísa from one is a leader, a good guide of the host, Exon. 79b; Th. 297, 31; Crä. 76. Se heretoga Moyses the leader Moses, Homl. Th. i. 92, 25. Moises se mǽra heretoga Moses the great leader. Num. 13, 1: Jud. 1, 1: Swt. A. S.
meolc
Milk
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From milcum ádóen ablactatus, Blickl. Gl
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bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has become a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has become an earl, a singer a priest, and a
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tyht
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Elche untuhtle heo talden unwurðe, 24655.] motion, move, march, v. teón, IV, tohte, and see passages from Layamon under tyhtan, I Werod wæs on tyhte the army was on the march, Elen. Kmbl. 106; El. 53. Líg scríþeþ ... brond biþ on tyhte, Exon.
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eafora
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His eaforan wócan, bearn from brýde, Gen. 1061. Eaferan, B. 2475. Aforan, Gen. 967. Aferan, Dan. 672. Afaran (eaforan, aforan, eoforan, v. ll. ), Chr. 937; P. 106, 15.
éce
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Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth had a remnant that should perpetuate it, to wit, the primal generation of everything that has offspring (i. e. from
for-lǽtnes
abandonment ⬩ desolation ⬩ neglect ⬩ abandonment ⬩ cessation ⬩ intermission ⬩ remissness ⬩ remission ⬩ pardon ⬩ loss ⬩ putting away ⬩ dismission ⬩ divorce
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Take instances from for-lǽtennes in Dict., and add: abandonment, desolation, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; IV. 2 Forlétnis desolatio, Lk. R. L. 21, 20. neglect.
for-gifnes
release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity
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Ðǽm hóendum forgefnise from feder of gebæd crucifigentibus ueniam a patre deposcens, Lk. p. 11, 7. On synna forgifennysse (-gyfenesse, v. l., -gefnisse, L. R.) in remissionem peccatorum, Mk. 1, 4. Hié nǽfre forgifenesse æt Gode ne biddaþ, Bl.
healm
stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk
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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.
on-scunian
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take here from Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 16: 2, 23: 4, 74: 100, 41, and add Onscuniend aporians, i. respuens (olidarum polluta nuptiarum contubernia aporians, Ald. 24, 26), An. Ox. 1785. (Cf. aporia, abominatio subitania, Ld. Gl. H. 61.)
ryne
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Add Þæs mónan swiftnes áwyrpð út ǽnne dæg and áne niht of ðám getæle his rynes (from the period of a lunation) ǽfre ymbe neogontýne geár, Lch. iii. 264, 22. Se sídfæt þe Zosimus on .xx. dagum oferfór, ꝥ eall Maria on ánre tíde ryne gefylde, Hml.
sand
A messenger, envoy
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) from Christchurch to the bishop, and he (the bishop) went then to the king, Chart. Th. 339, 26. Dæg byþ Drihtnes sond deóre mannum mǽre Metodes leóht day is the Lord's messenger (or message?) dear to men, God's glorious light, Runic pm.