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heóþu

(n.)
Grammar
heóþu, e; f.

A roomhall

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A room, hall on heóþe gestód he in the hall halted, Beo. Th. 813; B. 404

Linked entry: hell-heóþo

hriþian

(v.)
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Dele first citation, and add Hwíle riþaþ swylce on dueorge sý, Lch. iii. 118, 1

mylen-weard

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Gif smeáwyrhtan hæfd, ðám sceal tó tólan fylstan: mylewerde, sútere . . . Angl. ix. 263, 18. Add

spíwan

Grammar
spíwan, <b>I c.</b>
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Ǽr þám þe hyne áspíwe, and þonne hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add

tó-teran

Grammar
tó-teran, I.
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þearle wédde and began tó tóterenne þá þe tó mihte, Hml. S. 31, 535. Add

gærs-bed

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A grass-bedgravesub cæspĭte lectussepulcrum

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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon. Th. 182, 33; Gú. 1319. wyrd ne ful cúþe freóndrǽdenne hú heó from hogde he did not fully know the circumstance, how her heart was turned from loving him, 244, 26; Jul. 33.

Linked entry: weord

list

(n.)
Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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ðé hét listas lǽran he bade teach thee arts, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 8; Gen. 517

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Grammar wítegian, with a clause wítgode, ðæt se Hǽlend sceolde sweltan for ðære þeóde, Jn. Skt. 11, 51. wítgode suá suá hit geweorðan sceolde, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11. Wítigan wítigodan, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 9.

Linked entry: wítgian

án-daga

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Tó þám ándagan þe him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. hæfð gecweden ándagan, ꝥ sceall ácwellan míne mǽgðe, 99, 262. Ꝥ mann sceolde settan swylcne ándagan Gode, ꝥ binnan líf dagum þám folce gehulpe, 108, 211.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.
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scearpan here of Rómána ríce mid réðum wǽpnum, Homl.

Linked entry: un-scearp

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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Swá hraþe swá him tó com ýdæges swá gewát of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3

Linked entry: ig-dæges

drohtnian

(v.)
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cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44, 23. Bæd móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216.

þing

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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.

on-secgan

(v.)
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lác onsægde, Cd. Th. 107, 21; Gen. 1792. gild onsægde, 172, 11; Gen. 2842. lác onsægde ( of Christian service ), Exon. Th. 168, 28; Gú. 1084.

Linked entries: an-secgan on-sagu

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.
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Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

eáre

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Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.

a-hneápan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hneápan, p. -hneóp, pl. -hneópon; pp. -hneápen

To pluck offdecarpere

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To pluck off; decarpere Heó of beáme a-hneóp wæstm biweredne she plucked from the tree the prohibited fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 2; Gú. 819

Linked entry: hneápan

Scildingas

(n.)
Grammar
Scildingas, pl.
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The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas

Linked entry: Scild

Weolud

(n.)
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the river Welland: — Him cirde tó þurferþ eorl and ða holdas and eal se here ðe tó Hámtúne hiérde norþ óþ Weolud, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 29