nunne
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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.
ofer-mægen
Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force
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Hé hæfde wígena tó lyt wið ofermægene, Elen. Kmbl. 128; El. 64. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917. Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan þeccaþ, Exon. Th. 215, 6; Ph. 249. Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm.
Fríge-niht
The night between Thursday and Friday
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The night between Thursday and Friday On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19.
Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen
býre
An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity ⬩ eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio
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Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121
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stalian
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Læcedemonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa ðonne hié mægenes hæfden and hlóðum on hié (the Thebans) staledon Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui, tentant furta bellorum, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 2
Linked entry: stal-gang
gilp-sceaþa
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Hæfdon gielp micel, Gen. 25
ed-níwinga
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Wé ðǽr eft edniówunga hæfdon micel gefeoht, Nar. 17, 21. Add
Linked entry: níwunga
á-hirdan
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Ðæt yfel hiora unrihtwísnesse hié hæfð ðonne git áhirde (-hierde, Hatt. MS.) quos malitia suae impietatis exasperat, Past. 362, 20
Linked entries: á-heardian á-hyrdan
ge-hogian
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Hé þæt on his móde gehogode (-hogod, v. l.) and geteód hæfde (decreuerat), þæt he wolde his þeóde fordón, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 6.
Linked entry: ge-hycgan
ehtung
Deliberation, council ⬩ delĭbĕrātio
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Deliberation, council; delĭbĕrātio Ehtunga ealle hæfdon cogĭtāvērunt, Ps. Th. 82, 3
Linked entry: eahtung
leornung-cræft
Learning ⬩ erudition
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Learning, erudition Ða ðe leornungcræft hæfdon scholars, Elen. Kmbl. 760; El. 380
þing
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Add Man æt mé ofgán wile ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Hi wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing (hwæt ꝥ þinga, v.l. ) wǽre ꝥ hé swá tóswollen htáfod hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 18.
fore-þingung
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Seó burh hæfð Agathen miccle foreþingunga, 9, 135. Add
á-hýran
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Se ceorl sé þe hæfð óðres geoht áhýrod (-ed, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 140, 8
ge-heaþorian
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Hæfð geheaðærod heofonríces weard ealle gesceafta, Met. ii. 31
here-wíc
An encampment ⬩ camp ⬩ dwelling
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An encampment, camp, dwelling Míne welan ðe ic hæfde syndon ealle gewitene and míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode my riches that I had are all departed and my dwellings are decayed, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26.
Linked entry: fird-wíc
un-cyme
Mean ⬩ paltry ⬩ poor
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Ne hæfde wit monig óðer uncymran hors nunquid non habuimus equos viliores plurimos? Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 26
dirne-geligere
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Mid þǽm heó hæfde diernegeligre quem flagitiose cognitum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 3. Dernegiligero adulteria, Mk. R. 7, 21. Dernegiligru and arognisse, 8, 38. Tó dernegiligrum, 10, 11
tó-geagnes
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(b a) Add Him upp gándum of þám baðe hé hæfde him scýtan gearwe tógǽnes, Gr.
wiþer-breca
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Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate person Hé hæfde ǽnne ofermódine cniht and micelne wiðer-brecan superbum valde atque contumacem puerum habuit, Gr. D. 36, 6. See next word