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hýd

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Bið se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde ( ad cutem ), Past. 71, 6. Sindon ðá loccas tó sparienne ðǽm sácerde ðæt hí ðá hýd behelien ( ut cutem cooperiant ), 141, 9. <b>II a.

hwettan

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Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. . . úrne líchoman slítan, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 6. Hí hwetton tungan heora acuerunt linguam suam, Ps.

of-þryccan

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S. 30, 6. the subject a thing (an unfavourable condition) Sé bið hoferede, sé ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican gewilnunge gibbus est, quem terrenae sollicitudinis pondus deprimit, Past. 67, 13.

wǽl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl, es; m. n.

A weela deep poolgulfdeep water of a stream or of the sea

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Past. 65; Swt. 469, 4. Hic gurges ðis wǽl, ðæt is, deóp wæter, (ðis with e overi, MS. F. ðes, MSS. D.O.) Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 52, 9. Wǽles stæð alvei (the Nile) marginem, Hpt. Gl. 492, 70. Scymriendes wǽles cerulei gurgitis, Germ. 401, 10.

on-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.

to lean, incline, recline, bend down with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to inclineto bow, bendto turn from the right courseto cause to sinkTo decline, deviate, incline, sink

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His breósð síen onhielde tó forgiefnesse, Past. 10, l ; Swt. 61, 12.

á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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Ðǽre ástandendan þrynesse, Angl. xi. 97, 8. to persist, continue to act Ꝥ hé on gebedum ástóde and áwunode quia in orationibus persteterit, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 4. to stand, support, endure Swá líðne lǽcedóm swá se týdra líchoma mæge ástandan, Past.

ge-lǽdan

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Hié wǽron fram synnum álésde, and tó þǽm écean lífe gelǽdde, 135, 5. the subject a thing Hiera hátheortnes hié on færspild gelǽd (-lǽt, v. l. ), Past. 295, 20. Seó forhæfdnes hine geclǽnsaþ and gelǽdeþ tó forgifnesse, Bl.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Hé hit swíðe unáberendlíc talaþ, Past. 33; Swt. 226, 18. Hé mé ofslægenne talaþ, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 29. Hé talaþ hine sylfne wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Ða ðe hí sylfe wáce taliaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 29. Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19.

éþel

fatherland

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Ðá kyningas hiora onweald innanbordes gehióldon, and eác út hiora éðel gerýmdon, Past. 3, 8: Vald. 1, 31. Alle oeðlas ðeóda omnes terrae gentium, Ps.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Ðú findst wid hwone ðú meaht flítan contra quos valeatis vos extenders semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5. of abstract objects: Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp þe wann on þæi mannes breóstum; þǽr fleát (feaht, v. l. pugnabat) betweoh him seó eádmódnys . . . and seó

ge-hínan

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Ne bið hé for giémeléste gehiéned ne dam-nari ex negligentia debeat Past. 165, 7. Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, indejustius damnatur 391, 7.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Is micel ðearf ðæt se reccere geornlíce wacige (solerter invigilet), Past. 19; Swt. 141, 13. Ic bidde eów, ðæt gé wacian mid mé, Blickl. Homl. 139, 20. Ne mihtest ðú áne tíde wacian, Mk. Skt. 14, 37. Wacigean, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Gé ðǽr búgiaþ on ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ye there dwell in the half of the fifth part [in the tenth part, cf. l. 25] of land and not-land, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hié weorðen on ungeðylde, Past. 45; Swt. 341, 3. to get into a state of action, to come to be doing something, to fall to an action, to take to Hé wierð (wirð, Hatt. MS.) swíðe hræðe on fielle citius corruit, Past. 39; Swt. 286, 17.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Further, the time of payment and the penalties for neglect to pay were fixed Gif hwá teóðunge forhealde, gylde lahslit mid Denum, wíte mid Englum, L. E. G. 6; Th i. 170, 1.

Linked entry: tegðung

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Hine man byrigde, swá him wel gebyrede, ful wurðlíce Chr. 1036 ;Erl. 165, 34. marking happy, pleasant, agreeable condition Líf ádreógan wel to pass life pleasantly Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 31.

Linked entry: BET

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Ðonne hé biþ ongieten æfstig, Past. 13; Swt. 79, 12. to know (of sexual intercourse) Ic nǽnigne wer ne ongeat. Blickl. Homl. 7, 22

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Hé mæt ðone welan and ðone wyrðmynd tó ðære winestran handa, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 17-19. Wæs Hróðgáre herespéd gyfen, wíges weorðmynd ( glorious success in war ), Beo. Th. 130 ; B. 65.

Linked entry: wirþu

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Siððan ic ðá bóc geliornod hæfde, swǽ swǽ ic hié forstód ... ic hié on Englisc áwende, Past. 7, 23. Ic wéne þeáh ꝥ þú ne forstande hwæt ic ðé tó cwæþe nondum forte quid loquar intelligis, Bt. 20; F. 70, 26.

Linked entry: for-licgan