full-fremedlíce
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Add: completely, entirely, to the full extent Heó him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan ástreccan, Hml. S. 23 b, 606. Gif wé þá dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ ( if we live those days entirely for God ), þonne hæbbe wé úre daga þone teóþan
ge-lygnian
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686. Gif hé wolde gefsestnian mid áþe
ge-rýnu
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Add: gen. e (?). a secret, secret counsel: — - Nyte gé ðá micclan deópnysse Godes gerýnu (cf. Godes digelan dómas, 3)?, Hml. Th. ii. 340, 8. a mystery For is þæt hálige hflsel geháten gerýnu, for ðan ðe Sðer ðing is ðǽron suggests that ge-sǽd, rather
ge-staþelfæstan
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Add: ge-staþelfæstian. of a material object, to fix firmly Neówe plant gestaðolfæstode (gesteaðulfestad, Ps. Srt.) novella stabilita, Ps. Vos. 143, 12. of a person. to fix in a position to be occupied Munuc gestaþolfæstan mæg abbod on máran þænne in
ge-félan
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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.) Ðá gefélde hé ꝥ se deáda man his
ge-costian
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Add: to try, prove, test Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon ł gecostadon ( temtantes ) hine, Mk. L. 10, 2. Ðis cwæð ðæt gicostade hine, Jn. R.L. 6, 6. Éghwelc mið fýre sié gicostad, Mk. R. 9, 49 (1 a) to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad
heáfod-stocc
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum
hlíp
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a leaping-place, a place to be jumped over (v. N. E. D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24. Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
hlifian
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11. Þǽre byrig hlifað
mægen
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Add Swá hwæt swá tóforan þám neádbehéfum belifen byþ on heora mægenes tilunge quidquid necessario victui superest ex operibus manuum, R. Ben. 138, 17, Ic sylle Wulfsige mínum geréfan wið his holdum mægene ( for his loyal and able service ) ánes hídes
súþ-fór
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A journey south, a pilgrimage to Rome. [Cf. Icel. suðr-ferð, -för, -ganga a pilgrimage to Rome. Such pilgrimages are often mentioned, e. g. Flosi fór suór um sjá ok hóf þá upp göngu sína ok gekk suðr ok ljetti ekki fyrr enn hann kom til Rómaborgar, Njala
word
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Þá hit mon Agustuse sǽde, þá herede hé þá ofermétto . . . Raþe þæs Rómáne anguldon þæs wordes mid miclum hungre, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, 15. Hié bǽdon þæt hié ðæs gefeohtes geswicen, þæt hié mósten þá deádan bebyrgean . . . þæt is mid Crécum þeáw þæt mid
rím-cræft
The science of numbers ⬩ arithmetic
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The science of numbers arithmetic Ða seofon cræftas on ðam beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, ðæt ys ǽrest arythmetica, ðæt ys rýmcræft Shrn. 152, 13. Rímcræft arithmetica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 56 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 58 : 3, 7. Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae
ǽ-fæst
religious ⬩ married
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Add: religious Se ǽwfæsta religiosus wer Laurentius, Gr. D. 12, 17. Mynstermen and widwan eáwfæstes lífes, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 27. Tó ðám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Ǽwfæstra manna líc hominum religiosorum cadavera, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24. Mid eáwfæstum
hǽmed
A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage ⬩ coitus
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A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage; coitus Ða ðe rihtlíce healdaþ hyra ǽwe and for bearnes gestreóne hǽmed begáþ those who rightly observe their marriage and for procreation of children have carnal intercourse, Homl. Th, i. 148, 22. Mægþhád biþ
Linked entry: dreám
hálga
A saint ⬩ a saint
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A saint Biþ gesmyrod ealra hálgena hálga the saint of all saints shall be anointed, Homl. Th. ii. 14, 16. Ðæt wundor gelamp þurh ðæs hálgan mihte that miracle happened through the saint's might, 28, 28; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 212. Fram ðam rihtwísan Abel
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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to awake Hit ne onwæcneþ tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga. Ac hit wilnaþ ðæt hit tó ðon onwæcne, ðæt hit mǽge eft weorþan oferdruncen, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 22-25. Ðonne onwæcneþ eft winleás guma, Exon. Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45. Ðá hí onwæcnedun
Linked entry: on-wacnian
hiwian
To form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ shape, ⬩ colour, ⬩ feign, ⬩ pretend
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To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend Hiwian colorare, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 112; Wrt. Voc. 54, 54. Ic hiwige fingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 61. Ðú hiwast swilce ðú ðínum cildum hit sparige you make as if you are saving it for your children
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hol
Hollow
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Hollow On middan hol hollow in the middle, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 9. Gif se weobud ufan hol nǽre si in altari fossa non esset, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 21. Hol stán fornix, Cot. 93, Lye. Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe
tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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To yawn, gape, open, crack (intrans.), split (intrans.) asunder Tóhlád seó eorþe terra dissiluit, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 26. Tóhlád seó eorþe and wæs bymende fýr up of ðære eorþan flamma scisso terrae hiatu eructata, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 24: Lchdm. iii. 428