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leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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¶ where sight is taken as a mark of life :-- Sé þe wile eorlscipe æfnan, oð þæt eal scæceð leóht and líf somod, Víd. 142. a body which emits illuminating rays. a heavenly body Ðonne swegles leóht, gimma gladost, ofer gársecg úp æðeltungla wyn

ge-sceaft

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Þára gimma oððe ǽniges þára deádlicena ðinga ðe gesceádwísnesse næfþ . . . þeáh hié Godes gesceafta sién, Bt. 13; F. 40, 9. Stánas sind gesceafta, Hml. Th. i. 302, 13. Manna líchaman forealdiað swá swá óðre gescæaftas ealdiað, Solil.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Gimmas hwíte and reáde and hiwa gehwæs gems, white and red and of every hue, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 46; Met. 19, 23: Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 31; Pa. 20.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

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Hit ðǽr ne weaxt ðé má ðe gimmas weaxaþ on wíngeardum it does not grow there any more than jewels grow in vineyards, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10 : 34, 1 : Fox 134, 15. Ðæra máðma ne róhte ðé má ðe reócendes meoxes, Homl. Skt. 7, 20 : L. Edg.

hálig

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Hálge gimmas, sunne and mona, Cri. 692. Hihte ic tó þínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, Ps.

duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ, dugoþ, e; f. [dugan vălēre] .

multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly hostcōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestismajesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălusbenefit, gift benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness dĕcōrum

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Seó duguþ ðæs wlítes ðe on gimmum biþ the excellence of the beauty, which is in gems, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 3. On ðǽm is swiotol sió gifu and ealla ða duguþa hiora fæder in whom is manifest the ability and all the virtues of their father, 10; Fox 28, 32.

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Gimma gladost, æþeltungla wyn, 218, 5; Ph. 290. Laguflóda wynn, 202, 16; Ph. 70. Eálá wífa wynn, fǽmne freólicast ah, pride of womankind, maiden most noble, 5, 18; Cri. 71.

Linked entry: mód-wén

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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His eágan hálge heáfdes gimmas his eyes, his head&#39;s holy gems, Exon. 51 b; Th. 180, 7; Gú. 1276. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan order my head to be cut off, Blickl. Homl. 183, 16. Wið tóbrocenum heáfde for a broken head, L.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded, fáconleás feh, Jn. p. 188, 5. Deórwyrþe feoh opes, Bt. 20; F. 72, 23.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Heofones gim, wyncondel wera, Exon. Th. 174, 31; Gú. 1186. In wera lífe, 26, 13; Cri. 416. Wera cneórissum, 347, 4; Sch. 7. Ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, Ps. C. 54. Feówertig daga níð wæs wællgrim werum, Cd.

Linked entry: wíf

spell

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa saying

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Gif ðú gesihst gimmas deórwyrða findan, spellu (parabolas) getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 1. a saying, remark, sentence, statement of a single point, dictum, cf. the later spell Hit is swíþe ryht spell ðæt Plato sǽde (the saying is then given).

Linked entry: spel

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Ealle men witon ðæt hit ðǽr ne weaxt, ðe má ðe gimmas weaxaþ on wíngeardum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 8-11. Wexð, Met. 19, 8. Him wyxþ wind on ðære heortan, Lchdm. ii. 60, 7. abstract Of ðissum syx tídum wihst se quadrans, Anglia viii. 298, 34.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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On gimma gecynde ( natura) carbunculus bið diórra ðonne iacintus ... ðæs ðe sió endebyrdnes and ðæt gecynd (naturae ordo) forwiernð ðǽm iacinte, se wlite hit eft geiécð, and ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd and sió endebyrdnes (naturalis ordo ) ðæs carbuncules hine

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185, with: Þá hí ðis gehýrdon, hí fahnodon, Mk. Skt.14, 11.] <b>A.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

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Þæs gíman nele waldend, hú . . ., Cri. 1570. (a γ) where the verb on which the clause depends has an object to which the clause is not in apposition :-- Englas beweardiað þananforð manna gehwylcne, hú hé gelǽste . . ., Wlfst. 144, 19.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Skt. 19, 45. to give in payment Hé sealde his ðone reádan gim, ðæt wæs his ðæt hálige blód, mid ðon hé ús gedyde dǽlnimende ðæs heofonlícan ríces. Blickl. Homl. 9, 36. Eall ðæt feoh ðe hié wið ðæm weorce sellan woldon, Ois. 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.

niman

(v.)
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Hú mæg geweorðan . . . þæt hé þone stán nime . . . hláfes ne gíme, El. 615. Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9.

hwá

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Hwæt sindon þá gimmas búton God sylfa?, Cri. 694. strengthened by ǽfre Hwæt þis ǽfre beón scyle?, Hml. S. 23, 532 : 516. with partitive gen. Hwæt wæs seó Salamones ræste elles búton se hálga innoð?, Bl.

gi-

(prefix)
Grammar
gi-, for most words beginning with this prefix see ge-.

gi-hrínian

(v.)
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Jn. Skt. p. 188, 4