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Hámtún-scir

Grammar
Hámtún-scir, l. scír,
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Bearrucscíre and Hámtúnscíre and Wiltúnscíre, 1011 ; P. 141, 17

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 72, 4) heofon and eorþe, án .i. oððe án prica ne gewít (praeteribit ) fram þǽre ǽ, Mt. 5, 18: Bl. H. 91, 21, 22. Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ, 57, 30, 14: 59, 6.

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and gearkie hig, and wyrce of him . . . brídelþwancgas and gerǽda (frenos et phaleras), Coll. M. 27, 35

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander

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Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander Hól and hete and rýpera reáflác ús derede slander and hatred and the rapine of robbers hath harmed us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 70. Hól calumnia, Off. Episc. 8, Lye.

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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Gl. 465, 45) tugurio .i. cella (the cell of John the hermit), An. Ox. 2515. Sý þám untrumum gebróðrum synderlíce cýte (hús, cýte, R. Ben. I. 67, 17) geset and tó þám ánum betǽht fratribus infirmis sit cella super se deputata, R. Ben. 60, 20.

Linked entry: céte

heolfor

(n.)
Grammar
heolfor, es; n.

Blood from a woundgorecruor

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Flód blóde weól hátan heolfre blood and hot gore bubbled up in the water, Beo. Th. 2850; B. 1423: 1702; B. 849: 2609; B. 1302: Andr. Kmbl. 2483; An. 1243: 2555; An. 1279: Cd. 166; Th. 206, 9; Exod. 449: Th. 208, 1; Exod. 476

Linked entry: helabr

geáp-scipe

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Add: cleverness, astuteness Gépscipe stropha An. Ox. 18 b, 80. Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ hé nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19

synderlíce

(adv.)
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Angl. vii. 21, 3. Add Cweþon twégen sealmas, ánne for cinge sinderlíce (specialiter), óþerne for cincg and cwéne and híredmannum, Angl. xiii. 381, 222.

læt-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-rǽde, adj.

deliberate

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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,

Scot-land

(n.)
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Scot-land, es; n.
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Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceot*-*lande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs Njál háten, Wulfst. 205, 16. Hí cómon on Scotland ( Hiberniam ) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10.

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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lange inne né úte ac wæs here and hunger bryne and blódgyte it is now long since matters were thriving at home or abroad, but there has been ravaging and famine, burning and bloodshed, Swt.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

lah-wita

(n.)
Grammar
lah-wita, an; m.

a lawyer

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One who has a knowledge of law, a lawyer Cyningan and bisceopan eorlan and heretogan geréfan and déman lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí Godes riht lufian it rightly befits kings and bishops, nobles and generals, sheriffs and judges, those

be-fóran

(prep.)
Grammar
be-fóran, bi-fóran; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be by, proximity, fóran fore, as æt fóran]

BEFOREantecorampræBEFORE

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BEFORE; ante, coram, præ He swíðe oft befóran fremede folces rǽswum wundor æfter wundre he very often performed before the princes of the people miracle after miracle, Andr. Kmbl. 1237; An. 619.

Linked entries: bi-fóran bi-fóran

huntnaþ

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Dele second passage, and add Harold þóhte þone kingc Eádward þár tó habbenne for huntnoðes (huntoðes, v. l. ) þingon, Chr. 1065 ; P. 190, 28. Wearð se cyng Willelm on huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, 1100; P. 235, 16

tó-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen

To tear to pieces,wrench asunder,dislocateto root out,destroy

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Sint mé leoð tólocen, líc sáre gebrocen, Andr. Kmbl. 2807; An. 1406.

Linked entry: lúcan

swíþ-hreówness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþ-hreówness, e; f.
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Violent grief, remorse Þǽr is eágena wóp and tóða gristbítung; . . . and þǽr is egesa and fyrhto; and þǽr is swíðhreównes; and þǽr is unrihtwísnes, Verc. Först. 173

Linked entry: hreów-ness

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

stæf

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Add Álecge þonne his wǽpna, and nime stæf him on hande, and gá bærfót, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 19. <b>I a.

be-neoðan

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And beneoþan þám et infra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 59. Swýþe feorr beneoðan þan ( valde infra ) ic gelýfde ꝥ, Gr. D. 218, 20. Beniðan inferius. An. Ox. 580. Add

drohtnoþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtnoþ, (= drohtaþ, q.v.)
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life, way of life Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð (drohtoð, v. l. ) habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Nǽfre ic geférde heardran drohtnoð, An. 1404