heorþa
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Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add
hof
a temple
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On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:
swǽsende
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In l. 11 insert a comma after ælmessum, and add: cf. tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 57: tó feorme ad agapem i. deliciem, An. Ox. 4834
ǽr-hwílum
In earlier times, formerly
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In earlier times, formerly Ðá micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton, Guth. 14, 23. Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9
Linked entry: hwílum
heáh-þegen
A great, high or chief minister or servant
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A great, high or chief minister or servant On ðam wǽron gecorene twelf heáhþegenas in that were chosen twelve chief ministers [the twelve apostles], Homl. Th. ii. 520, 24
cneówian
To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere
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To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc
Linked entry: cneówlian
ge-síne
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R. 24, 11 : Rtl. 86, 14. v. forþ-gesíne, íþ-gesíne, un-gesíne
full
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Th. ii. 422, 19. On ceác fulne wínes, Ll. ii. 30, 23. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. where a receptacle is used as a measure, v. ceác-, hand-full Dó þæs dústes fíf cuculeras fulle, Lch. i. 196, 13.
mús
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Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12. Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd in foxa gelícnisse mures Indici in castra pergebant uulpibus similes, Nar. 16, 5. Add
breóst-sefa
the breast ⬩ the mind ⬩ The mind or heart in the breast, the mind, heart; ⬩ mens vel cor in pectore, mens, cor,
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Ic onsende in breóstsefan bitre geþoncas I send into his mind bitter thoughts, 71 b; Th. 266, 28; Jul. 405
bæc-þearm
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Th. ii. 148, 7. Add
tídre
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Voc. ii. 150, 38-40
múþ
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Mid nebbe, múþe cýwat, pluc(ciaþ) rostro, i. ore decerpunt, i. rodunt, An.
neoþe-
Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of
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Wyrc hié of nioþoweardre netlan, Lchdm. ii. 128, 6. Wyl neoþewearde netelan, 312, 5. Lege on ðone pyt neoþeweardne lay it at the bottom of the pit, i. 398, 22. Neoþouard crepidinem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 5.
scild-burh
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Thw. 26, 2 ; Jud. 305. a city which affords protection, a city of refuge. v. scild, Sóðfæste men in heora fæder ríce scínaþ in sceldbyrig ( heaven ), Cd. Th. 283, 23; Sat. 309.
Linked entry: bord-haga
be-míðan
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Voc. ii. 27, 36. intrans. To lie hid Bemáþ delitescit, An. Ox. 4687: 5095. ꝥ is bedíhlod ús, and eác þám bemáþ þe hit geseah nos et eum qui vidit latet, Gr. D. 320, 23. Bemiðon latuerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 6.
mengan
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, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others so as to form one of a company Ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne oþstód . . . ic mé þá eft ongan mængan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml.
hamele
An oar-loop
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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.
Linked entry: hamule
fóre-bétan
To make full amends to or for anyone or anything ⬩ compensāre prō ălĭquo
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Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 27: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 23. Gif he nyte hwá him fórebéte if he know not who shall make full amends for him, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12: L. Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 8
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hweorfa
a joint ⬩ a whorl
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Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ bind on his sweoran take the whorl that women spin with, bind it on his neck, L. M. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 310, 21
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