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hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Gif ǽnig man gelýfe on Moloches hearch if any man believe on Moloch, Lev. 20, 2. Hé hét his geféran tóworpon ealne hearh and ða getymbro and forbærnan jussit sociis destruere ac succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 14.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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S. 2, 19. to commend, recommend, implying appeal Sum man wæs hine sylfne befæstende tó his gebedum quidam se eius orationibus commendans, Gr.

ge-sceád

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Man sceal mǽðe on háde gecnáwan mid gesceáde, Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.

hýra

(n.)
Grammar
hýra, an; m.

hireling

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Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóþ ... swá se hýra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesyhþ ye flee after the manner of hirelings ... as the hireling does when he sees the wolf, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 38, 14

Linked entry: ambeht-híra

líðig

(adj.)
Grammar
líðig, adj.

Lithepliantsuppleflexiblesoftyielding

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Lithe, pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding Heó biþ líðig swá cláþ ongeán deófles láre it [a man's heart] is pliant as cloth to the devil's teaching, Wulfst. 234, 22. Ðá gelǽhte Petrus hire líðian [líðigan, MSS. U.

Linked entries: líðe líðeg

un-hírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-hírsumness, e; f.

Disobedience

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Æt ðæs ǽrestan mannes unhýrsumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 85, 31. For heora unhýrsumnesse Godes beboda, 95, 8. Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41.

wítedóm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítedóm-líc, adj.

Of superhuman knowledgeprophetical

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Gúðlác wítedómlíce gáste (in prophetic spirit) weóx, and hé ða tóweardan mannum cýdde swá cúðlíce swá ða andweardan, 13; Gdwin. 60, 19. Wítedómlíce múðe hé sang, 4; Gdwin. 28, 19

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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Asser: ad manum episcopi in filium confirmationis aeceptus), Chr. 853; P. 64, 30. (v. note ii. p. 79.)

ge-þancol

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Lch. iii. 438, 8. with gen. mindful of something Hí ná synd gemyndige ł geþancule handa his non sunt recordati manus eius, Ps. Rdr. 77, 42. Utan beón geþancole úre ágenre þearfe. Wlfst. 127, 27

ge-árweorþian

(v.)
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God hí geárwurðað tóforan óðrum mannum on þám écan wurðmynte, Hml. A. 22, 192. Giárwyrðigeð ( honorificabit ) ðec sáwel mín, Rtl. 1, 5. Seó hálige Maria mid hire geneósunge hine geárwurðode, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 18.

lást

(adj.)
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. ¶ on lást afterwards, at last :-- Heó on lást tiliað tó cwémanne Gode and mannum mid wordum postea in ore suo benedicent Ps. Th. 48, 12. Paulus férde wíde geond þás woruld oð þæt hé on lást becóm intó Rómebyrig, Ælfc. T.

mód-leást

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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ hé for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5.

stregdan

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'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . . Hé þæt wæter stregde (sprengde, v. l.) ofer his limu 'benedictam aquam super corpus projice'. . . Benedictam aquam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 17-22

wrigels

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wrigels, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé genam áweg . . . þone wrigels (pallium) mid þý wæs bewrigen se andwlita þæs forðférdan mannes . . . and onwegádónum þám wrigelse (pallio) gnád on ansýne . . . ꝥ dúst, Gr. D. 216, 11-16

rǽdan

(v.)
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On hwylcum dæge man rǽt .ix. kl. apr. swá fela beóþ concurrentes ... gif man rǽt ðæne datu-rum on Sunnandæg ðænne byþ án, Anglia viii. 302, 19-20. Se ðe rǽt (rǽdæ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. Hé rǽdde his bóc ðam folce, Ex. 24, 7.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Ðeáh hié nán mann mid láðe ne gréte hié séceaþ ða ðe hié fleóþ though no man attacks them, they seek those that flee from them; iracundi se declinantes insequuntur, 293, 19.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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S. 36, 76. in a friendly manner Clipode seó wimman cúðlíce him tó, Jud. 4, 22. Hí tó him cúðlíce sprǽcon . . . Wé nellað þé leng swencan, Guth. 30, 17: Hml.

heonan

afterwardsfrom now

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Heonon forð on écnesse (iam non amplius in aeternum) ne ete ǽnig mann wæstm of þé, Mk. II. 14. Gif hwá heonan forð ǽnigne man ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 248, 2: Hml. S. 7, 371. Forð heonon, Exod. 287.

æt

(prep.)
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Gyf hit man æt ðeófes hands áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon þæt cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 186. (i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll.