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hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight to lade, draw [water]; haurire

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to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight Ic mé hrycg hlade ðæt ic habban sceal I load my back with what I am to have, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 21; Rä. 4, 65. Wyrd wóp wecceþ weán hladeþ fate awakens grief, heaps up misery, Salm.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17. Þá þré fǽmnan þe him Críst bebeád, 145, 31. Þé Gode bebeód te Deo commenda, Ll. Th. ii. 226, 16.

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Th. ii. 310, 31: 416, 10. Pricaþ innan ðán sculdru[m] and on ðan hrigge swilce ðár þornas on sý there are prickings in the shoulders and back as if there were thorns in, Lchdm. iii. 120, 10.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 2. Ðú scealt deáðe sweltan morte morieris, Gen. 2, 17: L. Alf. 14; Th. i. 48, 4. Ic sceal æt ðé sweltan deáðe, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 27. Wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Ex. 41. to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything Ic ðé ofteó mînne fultum . . . Ic ofteó mîne rénscúras I will withhold from thee my help . . . I will withhold my rain-showers, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 32-33.

gifu

(n.)
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<b>I b.</b> as a legal term, gift, transfer of property :-- Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, Ll. Th. i. 292, 16. Riht gifu, 422, l : ii. 302, 7. <b>I c.

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 3. in a physical sense On ðam feórþan mónþe hé ( the foetus ) biþ on limum staþolfæst, Lchdm. iii. 146, 11. Staðolfæst stán ( glosses Petrus), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 18.

lár

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Th. ii. 118, 16-20. <b>VI a.</b> a particular branch of learning, a study :-- On bóclicum lárum getýð trained in literary studies, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 16. <b>VI b.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre ðonne wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes in civitate quippe considemus, si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, Past. 49, 4; Swt. 385, 6 : L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 442, 13.

Linked entry: loca

eáwisc-nesse

(n.)
Grammar
eáwisc-nesse, ǽwisc-nesse
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openness, manifestness On ǽwiscnesse in propatulo (Ald. 3, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 16. (cf. in propatulo, in manifesto (Ald. 21, 7), 77, 62): 46, 57. Cf. eáwisc-lic, eáwisc-líce, eáwunga

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, goresanguis, cruor

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BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, Ex. 12, 13: Gen. 4, 10: Jn

cemban

(v.)
Grammar
cemban, cæmban; de; ed [camb a comb,q. v.]

To COMBpectere

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To COMB; pectere Ic cembe pecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 61

Linked entry: cæmban

full-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
full-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fulfilaccomplishcomplēre

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To fulfil, accomplish; complēre Ic fullfylle compleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 29

Linked entry: ful-fyllan

gǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
gǽtan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To grantto confirm

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To grant, to confirm Ic gǽte I confirm, Chr. 675; Th. 59. 30

Hwít-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-ern, es; n.
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Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7

lár-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
lár-cræft, es; m.

Knowledgescience

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Knowledge, science Ic íglanda eallra hæbbe lárcræftas onlocen. Salm. Kmbl. 5; Sal. 3

mál-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
mál-sweord, es; n.

A sword with inlaid ornament

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A sword with inlaid ornament Ic geann ðæs málswurdes, Chart. Th. 560, 33

Linked entry: scír-mǽled

geond-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run aboutdiscurrĕre

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To run about; discurrĕre Ic geondyrne discurro, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Sons. 48, 51

un-geocian

(v.)

to unyoke

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to unyoke Ic ungeocige oððe tótwǽme disjungo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 277, 3

Eáster-sunnandæg

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-sunnandæg, es; m.
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Easter Sunday Ic an heofonas ástáh an þone hálgan Eástorsunnandæg, Wlfst. 222, 21