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holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Eów is holmes hlæst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth are delivered into your hand, 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28. Hí nalæs wel dydan non observaverunt pactum Ps. Th. 77, 57: 118, 126. Welan áh in wuldre se nú wel þenceþ Exon. Th. 452, 12; Dóm. 119.

Linked entry: BET

niman

(v.)
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Nim þá girde on þíne hand, Ex. 17, 5. Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge, Lch. iii. 274, 3.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Medume leódgeld a half fine (cf. medietas leudis, and other examples, Grmm. R. A. 653), L. Ethb. 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Hé hæfþ medemne wæstm he is of middle height, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.

Linked entry: medeme

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde and læsse se ðe áriht on sprǽce he in whose hand was unjust gain should take the greater trouble, he who made claim rightfully the less, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4.

drífan

(v.)
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Drifan heora hundas swýðe ǽnne haran geond þone brádan feld, Hml. S. 31, 1057. (2 a) to follow a track :-- Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes . . . mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe . . . Gif mon secge ꝥ man ꝥ trod áwóh drífe, Ll.

hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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Tó dæg is ðisum híréde hǽl gefremmed hodie solus domui huic facta est, Homl. Th. i. 582, 5. Cwæþ ðæt hé mid ðam Hǽlende on hýréde wǽre said that he was in company with Jesus, ii.248, 31.

Linked entry: hý-réd

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet, et se eidem ordini destinet, L. Ecg.

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon ( to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood(?)) 1574; B. 785.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Ðes and ðeós welega hic et haec diues Ælfc. Gr. 6, 2; Zup. 18, 12. Earfoðlíce se welega (-iga, Rush.) gǽð on Godes ríce Mt. Kmbl. 19, 23: Ps. Th. 71, 12: Blickl. Homl. 51, 2. Se welega man 197, 28. Weliga Exon. Th. 245, 1; Jul. 38.

Linked entry: wealig

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Hé syndrigum ( singulis ) hys hand on settende hig gehǽlde, Lk. Skt. 4, 40. Scíp ceigeþ syndrigum nomum oues uocat nominatim, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 3. Suindrigum his suá hwælc ðú eftsettes singulis sua quaeque restitues, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 11: p. 4, 7.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Ðæt dysig is anlíccost þe sum cild sié full hál geboren ... such folly is most like, that (just as if) a child were born quite healthy..., Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 21.

Linked entry: þý

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Ǽlc hád ciricean ánmódlíce mid þý hérsuman folcy, 36, ii. Folce, 374, 28. Gif preóst folce miswissige, ii. 292, ll. the people, followers, attendants of a person Ne ceara þú, Maria þ þín folc ne sý ádréfed, Bl.

gifu

(n.)
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Hál wes ðú mid gyfe gefylled, Lk. I. 28. Mid godcundre gyfe gemǽred, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, l. favor, clemency, remission of a penalty Beó hé his inganges scyldig, and þǽr ne beó nán gyfu, Cht. Th. 606, 22. ¶ gifum, tó gifes gratis :-- Gifum gratis .

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Ðes ðreát haec cohors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Zup. 64, 12. Cohors, d. milites vel þreát, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 1. Þreát falanx, multitudo militum, cohors, 147, 6. Of þreáte ex falange, 29, 66. Ðreóte, 107, 59.

ge-mána

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Þám se Godes wer sealde mid ágenre hand þone gemánan (húsl, v.l. ) úres Drihtnes líchaman, ꝥ is ꝥ húsl, 155, 3

ge-réfa

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Gíf man biscopes esne tihte, cænne bine an geréfan hand; hine gerefa clensie, oþþe selle tó swuiganne, 42, 4. þone Frenciscan ceorl þe seó hléfdige heafde hire gesett tó geréfan Chr. 1003; P. 135, 6.

ge-restan

(v.)
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.

on-gitan

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Wé magon fullecor ongietan and tósceádan ðá sprǽce hanc discretionem plenius agnoscimus, 115, 6. <b>VII b.</b> Add Ðonne ðá láreówas ongitað ðæt ðá ðe him underðiédde beóð him tó hwón God andrǽdað quando ab subditis Deum timer!

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Sǽs tóslúpan, eal sealt wæter, Lchdm. iii. 36, 27. a sea Him is be-eástan se sǽ ðe man Arfatium hǽt, and westan and be-norþan Creticum se sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 26, 32 : 28,1 . Néh ðæm clife ðære Reádan sǽs Swt. 12, 20. Be ðære reódan sǽ Ex. 14, 9.