becca
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Becca ligo, 84, 67. v. beck in N. E. D. Add:
GEAT
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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On gaton in portis, Ps. Th. 126, 6
Linked entry: helle-geat
late
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Martii, Angl. viii. 324, 42. the comparative used in the sense after the point of time indicated by the context Gif se bisceop þá á lator inn eóde si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset Gr.
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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, Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð se ðe wile, Wulfst. 305, 20. Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre æt him, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 76.
Linked entry: under-fón
hel
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Þæs þú in helle scealt werhðo dreógan, B. 588. On þǽre fýrenan helle. Bl. H. 45, 5. Wið þone weallendan bryne þe weallað on helle, Ll. Th. i. 364, 13. In helle (in inferno) áhóf ðá égo his mið ðý wére in tintergum, Lk. L. 16, 23.
wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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Ic ne férde on mǽrðum ne wundorlíce mid getote be mé ne bodude neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me, R. Ben. 22, 17. Hé hine gescerpte wlitegum wǽdum wundorlíce, Met. 15, 3.
gita
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On Angelcirican þú ána nú gýta (accented in MS.) eart biscop geméted in Anglorum ecclesia adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 3. in negative sentences. cf. gít; 2 Ne can þára idesa ówðer giéta beorna neáwest, Gen. 2466. cf. gít; 2
cwíðan
To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre
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Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194. Ðonne biþ þearfendum cwíðende cearo then shall be wailing care to the miserable, 26b; Th. 79, 5; Cri. 1286
ECED
ACID, vinegar ⬩ acētum
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Wyl niðewearde netelan on ecede, dó oxan geallan on ðæt eced boil the netherward [part] of nettle in vinegar, add ox gall to the vinegar, L. M. 3, 7; Lchdm. ii. 312, 8, 9. Lege hit in ðone eced lay it in the vinegar, Lchdm. iii. 18, 2
hú-meta
How ⬩ quomodo
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How, in what manner; quomodo Húmeta eodest ðú in quomodo intrasti? Mt. Kmbl. 22, 12, Húmeta bitst ðú æt mé drincan quomodo bibere a me poscis? Jn. Skt. 4, 9. Húmeta bodaþ hé [Paul] Cristes geleáfan? Homl. Th. i. 388, 2.
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hyrne
A horn ⬩ corner ⬩ angle
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Ðæt wæter ðe man ða bán mid áþwoh binnan ðære cyrcan wearþ ágoten on ánre hyrnan the water that the bones were washed with in the church was poured away in a corner, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 162. Tó ðæs hegges hyrnan to the corner of the hedge, Cod.
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swancor
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Bending easily. of a horse (cf.Icel. svangr used in the same connection), slender, slim, active and graceful in movement þrió wicg swancor and sadolbeorhte, Beo. 4356; B. 2175.
wer-genga
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Nú ic ðis lond gestág . . . mé friðe healdeþ . . . se ðe mægna gehwæs wealdeþ, 120, 28-121, 3; Gú. 278-283) in ðone láðan lég lǽdan móste, Exon. Th. 137, 29; Gú. 536 : 144, 28; Gú. 685
Linked entry: wær-genga
ge-sylhþ
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§ 70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H. Ger. pfluogide a pair of plough-oxen : but gesylhðe above with plural in e seems to be feminine: oxan seems to be an instance of a gen. pl. in an instead of (e)na.]
hin-síþ
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joyous (cf. exierunt de monumento magno gaudio, Mt. 28, 8), Hö. 7. as a gloss to exitus f: In síðas exitus the passage is: Sicut euidentius rerum exitus probauit, Bd. 1, 14.
solor
An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum
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Se fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ, and gewícaþ ðǽr sylf in ðam solere in that upper chamber (its nest) Exon. Th. 212, 2; Ph. 204. [ Soler solarium Wrt. Voc. i. 178, 12. Solere 273, col. 2. Solere or lofte solarium, hectheca Prompt.
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hold
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The importance of the hold in England is marked in the following passage:-
cwylmian
To suffer, suffer torment or pain ⬩ cruciāri
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Gehwylce mánfulle geféran on ðám écum tintregum cwylmiaþ all wicked associates shall suffer in everlasting torments, i. 526, 27
eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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outwardly an unsmooth tree, hard, fast in the earth, Hick.
folc-gefeoht
Folk-battle ⬩ a great battle ⬩ pitched battle ⬩ publĭca pugna ⬩ plēnum prælium
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On þrím folcgefeohtum in three pitched battles, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 66, 11. cf. Icel. fôlk-orrusta