grǽg-hama
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The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.
swín-sceadu
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[In his glossary Thorpe quotes s.v. tacc: '"In Scotland the tithe or tenth hog was paid for pannage. This custom obtained in England, and was here called Tack" (Ellis, Introduction to Domesday).
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trahtian
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</b> to compose a treatise Be þon ic gemune ꝥ ic sǽde in þám folclárum þæs godspelles þe ic trahtode be Tassilan mínre faðan hoc quod de Tharsilla amita mea in homiliis Euangelii dixisse me recolo, Gr.
sceáþ
A sheath
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Hé áwende his swurd intó ðære sceáþe, Homl. Th. i. 482, 32. On scæáþe (scǽþe,MSS. A. B. C.), Jn. Skt. 18, 11. On hys scǽþe, Mt. Kmbl. 26,52
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wealdende
Ruling ⬩ powerful
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Se wealdenda Drihten, Homl. Th. i. 328, 11. Se anweald ne mæg gedón his wealdend wealdendne, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 3, 17.
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wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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Homl. 143, 18. [Wiðuten wifkin and childre besides women and children, Gen. and Ex. 656.] female sex Óþer ðara is wǽpnedcynnes, sunnan trió, óþer wífkynnes, ðæt mónan trió quarum lignum virile est solis, alterum est femineum lune, Nar. 25, 18.
hordian
To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store
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biþ ǽlc man gedréfed se ðe hordaþ nát hwam hé hit gegaderaþ' what he from the vice of avarice can give to no other he hoards, and knows not for whom, as the prophet says 'In vain is every man troubled who hoards, and knows not for whom he gathers it,' Homl
on-drysne
terrible, dreadful, awful ⬩ awful, exciting awe ⬩ reverence, venerable
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Homl. 213, 12. Ðæt hý messan singan and ða andrysnan þénunge mid árwyrþnesse gefyllen, R. Ben. 140, 5. See other examples under Similar entries an-drysne
on-týnness
an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery
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Homl. 93, 24. discovery Be cierlisces monnes ontýnesse (betogenesse, MSS. B. H. Schmid takes ontýnesse = ontigenesse, and Thorpe translates 'of accusing a "ceorlish" man;' but the section deals with the discovery of the theft. Cf. too, L.
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ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Homl. 73, 23. Ge-smearuad oele hálgum unctus oleo sancto, Rtl. 198, 31
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hinder
Back, ⬩ on the further side, ⬩ behind, ⬩ down
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On hinder hé eode he [the devil] went behind, Homl. Th. i. 172, 35. Hé on hinder gǽþ he shall go back, Salm. Kmbl. 254; Sal. 126. On hinder in helle hús down into hell, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648
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tó-sceótan
To rush in different directions ⬩ to disperse ⬩ hurriedly, ⬩ scatter
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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Homl. 221, 12. Æfter hǽðenum gewunan, ongeán heora cristendóm, Homl. Th. i. 100, 20. Ongǽn þúsendfealde deriende cræftas contra mille nocendi artes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 29.
an-lícnes
likeness ⬩ image ⬩ similitude ⬩ resemblance ⬩ imago ⬩ similitudo ⬩ a parable ⬩ parabola ⬩ an image ⬩ statue ⬩ idol ⬩ stature ⬩ height ⬩ statua ⬩ simulacrum ⬩ statura
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The soul of man has in its nature a likeness to the Holy Trinity; for it has in it three things, these are memory, and understanding, and will, Homl.
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cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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forþtíhþ of ðam cyrnele treów, and wæstmas, and leáf men often see that of one little kernel comes a great tree; but in the kernel we can see neither root, nor rind, nor boughs, nor leaves; but from the kernel God draws forth tree, and fruits, and leaves, Homl
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Wera hof hergode laid waste the dwellings of men, Cd. 69; Th. 83, 15; Gen. 1380. Ða hǽðenan on Norþhymbrum hergodon the heathens ravaged in Northumbria, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 20.
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.
hyht-ful
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Add: [ full of hope, joy, &cc. v. Dict.] . giving abundant grounds for hope, promising Hyhtful vel ðiéndi indolis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1ll, 54. Hyhtful, þiónde, þone gleáwan, 45, 58
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Homl. 75, 13. Gód wyrcan, Ps. Th. 52, 4. Yfel wyrcean, Blickl. Homl. 181, 34. Wundor wyrcan, Beo. Th. 1865 ; B. 930 : Ps. Th. 85, 9. Lof sceolde hé Drihtnes wyrcean, Cd. Th. 17, 8 ; Gen. 256.
weorold
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God behét gefyrn worulde Abrahame, Homl. Th. ii. 12, 23. Se cásere ðe ðú embe áxast, hé wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíðe fela geára synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of ðysan life, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 727. On worulde ǽr, Elen.