tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Hæfde se deófol tówend ðone weall the devil had thrown down the wall, 166, 19. Heora deófolgild wearð tówend, Homl.
egeleásness
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31
fór
a hog
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Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add
ic
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Of láme ic þe leoðo gesette, geaf ic þé lifgendne gǽst, árode þé ofer ealle gesceafte, Cri. 1382. Ic þurh Iúdas ǽr hyhtful gewearð and nú gehýned eom þurh Júdas eft, El. 922. Add
súgan
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The verb seems to describe hiccough, and the passage at Lch. ii. 192, 13 might be translated 'when he has hiccough'. The form at Lch. ii. 160, 1 is sýgeþ
hid
A hide of land.
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The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl.
ge-hyld
Regard ⬩ observation ⬩ keeping ⬩ concealing ⬩ observantia ⬩ custodia
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Háligra gehyld the preservation of the holy ones, Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 4; Az. 169. He is manna gehyld he is the protection of men, Beo. Th. 6104. On heofona gehyld into the protection [?] of the heavens, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 20; Cri. 545.
Linked entry: ge-heald
hreác-copp
macoli summitas ⬩ caput macholi ⬩ firma ad macholum faciendum
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food given to the labourers on completing a rick, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 28, 27. The Latin version has macoli summitas, caput macholi for the former, and firma ad macholum faciendum for the latter.
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hangra
A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,
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'A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxix Of ðam hangran súþ tó ðære strǽt from the meadow south to the road, 229, 27: V. 374, 29.
Linked entries: æsp-hangra sealh-hangra
fandian
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out ⬩ tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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Ðæm weorce to fandienne to prove the work, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37. He gársecg fandaþ he tempteth the ocean, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 20; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 50. Ðú fandodest us God prŏbasti nos Deus, Ps. Spl. 65, 9.
FÝSAN
To hasten ⬩ festīnāre ⬩ To speed oneself ⬩ make haste ⬩ take oneself away ⬩ hasten away ⬩ se festīnāre ⬩ propĕrāre ⬩ se abrĭpĕre ⬩ To incite ⬩ stimulate ⬩ to send forth ⬩ drive away ⬩ stĭmŭlāre ⬩ incĭtāre ⬩ accĕlĕrāre ⬩ emittĕre
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Fýse hí man út of ðysan earde let them be driven out of this country, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 22 : L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 8
bryttian
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Ðá þe hit him bryttian (brytian, v.l.) sceoldon ... ðá þe be hiora gifum libban sculon qui dispensatores sunt ... qui ex aliena dispensatione subsistunt, Past. 320, 4.
ge-wis
Certain ⬩ sure ⬩ knowing ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ certus
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Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye, Shrn. 178, 2. Gewis is constat, Hpt. Gl. 419.
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hruse
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Th. 120, 2: 133, 4. the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, earth Hrúsan bið heardra, Rä. 81, 30. earth as one of the four elements Ligeð him behindan hefig hrúsan dǽl (cf. sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12
á-meldian
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Hí ( the seven sleepers) wurdon ðá (after their waking ) ámeldode þám burhwarum, Hml. Th. ii. 436, 5. to make known what one desires to conceal, to expose, disclose Hé ámeldode heora mánlice geþóhtas, Hml. A. 76, 75.
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Seó dǽd wearð Rómánum tó ðǽm mǽstan hearme þæt him nán folc ne getrúwode the deed was the cause of this very great injury to the Romans, that no people trusted them, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 11.
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FERSC
FRESH ⬩ pure ⬩ sweet ⬩ dulcis
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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3
grad
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Blód com uppon þám gradan and of þám gradan on þa flóre blood came upon the steps and from the steps on the floor, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 28.
healm
stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk
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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.
ár-ýþ
An oar-wave ⬩ unda remis pulsata
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An oar-wave; unda remis pulsata Hærn eft onwand, árýða geblond the tide turned back, the commotion of the oar-waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1063; An. 532