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hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon þe heó on lutedan, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Holu cavernas Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 52 : 129, 66. Seó grundleáse swelgend hæfþ manegn wéste holu on tó gadrianne, Bt. 7, 4 ; F. 22, 33 .

ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledge ⬩ to confess ⬩ to admit for oneself ⬩ concede, allow ⬩ to confess, declare one's belief ⬩ to confess ⬩ acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in ⬩ to make acknowledgement of a benefit ⬩ give thanks ⬩ praise

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L. l, 20. ꝥ ðá ídlo hiá . . . geondetad sint ut inutiles se . . . fateantur Lk. p. 9, 7. to confess, declare one's belief that Gif hwelc hine giondette (geondetate, L.) Críst si quis eum confiteretur Christum, Jn. R. 9, 22.

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ðonne ðǽr wæs blisse intingan gedémed ðæt hí ealle sceoldan þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan ðonne he geseah ða hearpan him neálǽcean ðonne árás hé cum esset lætitiæ causa ut omnes per,ordinem cantare deberent ille ubi adpropinquare sibi citharam

on-sendan

(v.)

to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)

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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.

Linked entry: an-sendan

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis

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Hwæt ys ðé and us gemǽne what is common to thee and us? Mt. Bos. 8, 29. Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.

Linked entry: mǽne

on-hagian

(v.)
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Swá mid byttfyllinge swá elles swá ús tóanhagie ( sicut poterimus), Ll. Th. i. 236, 4. without tó. with dat. infin. Seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne, Solil. H. 26, 7. Ne onhagað ús ná swíðor be dám tó sprecenne, Hml. Th. i. 488, 8.

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack

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Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt.

Linked entry: sprincan

se

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Ꝥ þú ús getǽhtest hwǽs wé ꝥ and ꝥ timbrian sceoldon ut nobis ostenderes ubi quid aedificare deberemus, Gr. D. 149, 2. Mið ðý gié geseás unfegernis slitnese, ðiú ( quae ) gecueden wæs from ðǽm wítgo, Mt. L. 24, 15.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type

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Ué bisen ginime imitemur, Rtl. 57, 15. Biseno, 62, 23. Hé wolde ús bisene ástellan, Past. 33, 18. Góde bisene, 191, 5. Hálgawara ðínra biseno (exempla), Rtl. 49, 11.

be-cuman

to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove

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Þára þinga þe ús on becwómon, Nar. 14, 23. Gif ús on niht uncúðes hwæt on becwóme si quis noctu oriretur pavor tumultusque aliquis novus, 13, 2.

æ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
æ-rist, æ-ryst, æ-rest, es; m; e; f.

A rising up ⬩ the resurrection ⬩ resurrectio

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A rising up, the resurrection; resurrectio Drihtnes ærist the resurrection of the Lord, Menol. Fox 116; Men. 58. Æfter æriste after resurrection, Exon. 64a; Th. 235, 18 ; Ph. 559.

Linked entries: æ-rest æ-ryst

a-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-styrian, -stirian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To remove ⬩ move ⬩ agitate ⬩ stir violently ⬩ stir up ⬩ raise ⬩ amovere ⬩ removere ⬩ movere ⬩ commovere

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To remove, move, agitate, stir violently, stir up, raise; amovere, removere, movere, commovere : Astyre fram me wítu ðíne amove a me plagas tuas, Ps. Spl. 38, 13: 118, 29 : Rood Recd. 59; Kr. 30.

Linked entries: a-sterian a-stirian

an-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
an-mód, on-mód; adj. [Ger. anmüt gratus, Grimm]

Steadfast ⬩ eager ⬩ bold ⬩ courageous ⬩ daring ⬩ fierce ⬩ constans ⬩ alacer ⬩ animosus

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Úr byþ anmód a bull is fierce, Runic pm. 2; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 339, 7

dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
dúfan, ic dúfe, ðú dýfst, he dýfþ, pl. dúfaþ; p. ic, he deáf, ðú dufe, pl. dufon; pp. dofen

DIVE, sink ⬩ mergi

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Dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óþ ða wriste let the hand dive after the stone up to the wrist, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif ðú dýfst if thou sinkest, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 35. Mid ðam ðe he deáf when he was sinking, ii. 392, 2: 390, 21

Linked entry: dýfan

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa

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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot

irþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
irþ-land, es; n.

Arable land

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Ðanon up andlang yrþlandes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 23, 31. Ic áwéste ðínne buruh and gewyrce tó yrþlande I will lay waste thy city and make it into ploughed land, Homl. Skt. 3, 224.

Linked entry: ærþe-land

be-sceótan

(v.)

to dash ⬩ fling ⬩ to shut up ⬩ to dash ⬩ to happen ⬩ occur

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Add: trans, to dash, fling Ðá deóflu bescuton hí ánum dracan innan þone múð, Wlfst. 141, 23. to shut up Hé þá cyrican beleác, and mid scyttelum besceát and gefaestnode, Gr.

borh-hand

A surety ⬩ bail ⬩ sponsor

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Ic mínre heortan eágan tó þǽre mínre borhhanda (the Virgin Mary) up áhóf, hi biddende ꝥ heó mé gefultum*-*ode, Hml. S. 23 b, 560. Borhhande i vades (cum his, qu vades se offerunt pro debitis), Kent. Gl. 848. Substitute: m., f

lǽce-cræft

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S. 22, 40. medical treatment ꝥ word winð on ús swá swá wís lǽce déð þe mid stíðum lǽcecræfte gelácnað þone untruman, Hml. A. 6, 129. a recipe, remedy, medicine Lǽcecræftas (cf. lǽcedómas, 44, 7) wiþ healsgunde, Lch. ii. 2, 16

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48. Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 218, 27: 318, 27. Spellunga ł saga fabulas, An. Ox. 188. <b>I a.