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be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Add: to conceal, with noun as object Hé ꝥ sóð bedíglað, Hml. A. 148, 104. Bediólað gelt celat commissum, Kent. Gl. 361: 425. Þíne rihtwísnesse ic on mínre heortan ne bedíglode (abscondidi), R. Ben. 11, 7: operui, 28, 20.

æt-standan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-standan, ic -stande, ðú -standest, -stentst, he -standeþ, -stent, -stynt, pl. -standaþ; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

To standstand stillstopstand nearreststaystand upstareadstarerestarerequiescereTo stopobturereclaudere

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Gr. 24; Som. 25, 62; Ælfc. T. 37, 6: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 3. v. trans. To stop; obturere, claudere Gif se mícða ætstanden sý if the water be stopped, Herb. 7, 3; Lchdm, i. 98, 5.

Linked entry: æt-stent

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 53; Wrt. Voc. 44, 36. Lændenu lumbi, 65, 26. Lendena renes, 71, 41. Laendino rien, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 17. Lendene renes, Ps. Spl. T. 15. 7. Beón eówer lendena ymbgyrde ...

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILTspleen

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Gr. 9, 13; Som. 9, 34. Hyt gelamp hwílon ðæt man þearmas mid ðære miltan uppan ðás wyrte gescearp, ðá geclyfude seó milte tó ðysse wyrte and heó hrædlíce ða miltan fornam . . hý beón bútan miltan gemétte, Herb. 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 160, 3-10.

ge-sceot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceot, -scot, es; n.

the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dartjaculuman advance [of money], a contribution, tributea part of a building shut off from the rest

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Gl. 109; Som. 79, 26; Wrt. Voc. 59, 1

Linked entries: scot ge-sceót ge-scot

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Sóð ðæt is westweard hí gáð unþances, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 39-42. Ða seofon steorran . . . gangende eástan westweard, Lchdm. iii. 270, 26.

Linked entry: eást-weard

cyne-scipe

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Gyf ðín cynescipe swá cwyð, hit geworden bið sóna ꝥ . . ., Hml. S. 23, 281-292. Ic gréte þé, leóf, and ic bidde þínne þrymfullan cynescype, 794

sculan

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D. 46, 27. (13) :-- Hé cwaeð ꝥ sum wer wǽre þe e add: Sóna swá þára Læcedemonia ládteów wiste ꝥ hé wið þá twégen heras sceolde, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 15. Hé nyste hwǽr hé út sceolde, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 20.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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to awake, cease to sleep Sóna ðæs ðe heó onwóc ubi vigilavit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11: 4, 31; S. 610, 37. Ðá of slǽpe onwóc, swefn wæs æt ende, eorþlíc æðeling, Cd. Th. 249, 2; Dan. 524. Se wyrm onwóc, Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, ; gen. hós; m.

A heel, hough

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Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei mei, Ps. Spl. 48, 5.

Linked entries: hó-banca

scrallettan

(v.)
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan snere wrǽstan lǽtan scralletan one shall sit with a harp at his lord's feet, bend the strings, mate them send forth loud sound, 332, 10; Vy. 83

síþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
síþlíce, adv.
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, after some time, at last, in the end, lately Eft ðá siððan óðre twegen swearte hremmas síþlíce cómon and his hú tǽron mid heardum bile again afterwards two other black ravens came after some time, and tore his house with hard bill, Homl.

æt-gebrengan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gebrengan, p. -gebrohte; pp. -gebroht; v. trans.

To bring or lead toadducere

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To bring or lead to; adducere He ætgebrenge, Se him sealde -let him bring the person who sold it him, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8

fyrhþ-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrhþ-wérig, adj.

Soul-wearysorrowfulmæstus

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Soul-weary, sorrowful; mæstus Seó cwén ongan fricggan fyrhþwerige, ymb fyrngewritu the queen began to ask them, sorrowful, concerning the old scriptures, Invent. Crs. Recd. 1119; El. 560

Linked entry: ferþ-wérig

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, es; m.
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Some kind of bird, a cormorant (?) Scraeb merga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 6. Screb ibinem (ΐβιν, cf. ibin avis in Affrica habens longum rostrum, 4), Shrn. 29, 19

ge-þrít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrít, (?), ge-þrét (an i-stem noun?)
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cum ad stridulae buccinae sonum Gothorumque clangorem ... Roma contremuit, Ald. 65, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 55

Linked entry: ge-þréte

gylece

(n.)
Grammar
gylece, gyleca ?, an; f.
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Some part of a monk's dress Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece ford þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14

æce

(n.)
Grammar
æce, ace, es; m.

An akepaindolor

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An ake, pain; dolor Eal ðæt sár and se æce onwæg alǽded wæs all the sore and ake were (led) taken away, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 35: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwistlian, p. ode

to hisswhistle

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To make a hissing sound, to hiss, whistle Hé hwystlode stranglíc[e] stemne he [the devil] made a great hissing, Nar. 43, 17. [Wick. whistlen hiss (A. V.) Piers P. whistlen (to birds ).]

mynster-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-wíse, an ; f.

A custom or manner followed in a monastery

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A custom or manner followed in a monastery Se abbod ongeat sume ða mynsterwísan tó gerihtanne the abbot managed to correct some of the abuses practised in the monastery, Glostr. Frag. 110, 27