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hefig-líce

(adv.)

sluggishlydullyvehementlydeeplyintensely

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Add: sluggishly, dully Mið eárum hefiglíce (graviter) gehérdon, Mt. L. R. 13, 15. with grief, displeasure, or anger Þá hǽðenan weras his word hefiglíce (moleste) onféngcon, Gr. D. 250, 20. Hefiglíce dure. Gen. 21, 11 (in Dict.). Fela spræc se Hǽlend

sirwan

Grammar
sirwan, <b>. II.</b>
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dele last passage, and add: to devise a plan Serwi(ende) molientes (aliud argumenti genus) An. Ox. 2939. to lie in wait for, to ambush Hér seó ungeþwǽrnes þá mægnu syrwde and gehæfte discordia virtutibus insidiatur et capitur, Prud. 78a. (1 a) with

tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Add [Þonne hí þeówiað þám ungesewenlican Gode, hí húru ne tweógen ná þára ungesewenlicra gescæfta ut quae invisibili serviunt esse invisibilia non dubitentur, Gr. D. 269, 2. Add Ic wát ꝥ hí tweógiað be þǽre sáwle life æfter þæs líchaman deáðe multos

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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A sleeve Slýf manica Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 70. Be slífan gebunden submanicatus 21, 64. Slýfa manicae vel brachila 25, 63. Slýfan manice ii. 55, 23: 87, 58: bracile 127, 14: manicas 87, 43. Æghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe and beforan sliéfan (sléfan, MS. B.

Linked entries: sléf slífe slýf

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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Married persons; conjuges, conjugati, conjugia Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesinhíwum prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 34. Gesinhíwan conjuges vel conjugales, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 25; Wrt. Voc. 50, 7. Ðæt líf

á-tellan

to countnumbercomputeto enumerateto tellrelaterecountto reckonrepute

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Add: to count, number, compute Hé hié átellan ne mehte numerum explicare non poiuit, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 30. Ne wéne ic þæt ǽnig wǽre þe þæt átellan mehte, þæt on ðám gefeohte gefeóll, 3, II; S. 150, 24. to enumerate Hé áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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hanging Eode and hí sylfe áheng ... Se deóful hí tó hire ágenre hengene gelǽrde she went and hung herself ... The devil persuaded her to her own hanging [to hang herself], Homl. Th, ii. 30, 24. Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade

Linked entry: heng-wíte

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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The guardian of an inheritance, an heir, possessor of a property Hér ys se yrfeweard [erfuard, Lind : erfeword, Rush.] hic est heres, Lk. Skt. 20, 14. Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde if any heir to follow me had been granted me, Beo. Th. 5455

miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
miltsian, mildsian; p. ode

To have or take pity upon a personshew mercybe mercifulpity

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To have or take pity upon a person, shew mercy, be merciful, pity. Grammar miltsian, not followed by an object Ic miltsige indulgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 54: ignosco, 28, 1; Som. 30, 31. Miltsige (mildsige, MS. B.) man for Godes ege for fear of

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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to entertain, harbour, receive as a guest, feed, cherish, support; suscipere, hospitio suscipere, epulare, fovere, curare Sanctus Albanus for ðam cuman, ðe he gefeormode [MS. gefeormade] gegyrede hine Saint Alban arrayed himself for the stranger whom

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Signification Tácnunga significationem, Ps. Spl. 59. 4. an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom Lǽcedómas and tácnung on ðam roppe (cf. be tácnum on ðam roppe, 230, 16), Lchdm. ii. 164, 5. Be lyfte tácnungum de aeris indiciis, Nar. 3, 14.

Linked entry: tǽcning

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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A charge, accusation Gif hit ánfeald tyh[t]le sý, dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste, and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS. B.) sí and lád forberste if a charge be brought, and the

Linked entry: tyhtle

á-beódan

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Add: to announce, declare a message Hé word ábeád he delivered the words of his message, B. 390. Ðæt hé hyre ǽrende ábude ðám bisceope ðysum wordum, Hml. S. 2, 68. Ðæt ic wiþ ðé sceolde ǽrendsprǽce ábeódan, Räi. 61, 16. Áboden bið praedicabitur Lk. R

Linked entry: eoton-weard

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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Take here the passages given under <b>ge-þing,</b> and add: an agreement between persons, compact Ðis is geðinge Eádwaldes and Cyneðrýðe ymbe ðet lond, C. D. i. 295, 32. Ðis sindan geðinga Ealhburge and Eádwealdes et ðém londe, 296, 31. [

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

ge-þungen

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Add: in respect to age, advanced, mature Geþungen yld and swýðe eald yld ... hærfest and geþungen yld geférlǽcað, and winter and yld áteoriað, Angl. viii. 299, 25-27. Swylce hit cild wǽre ... swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé

orf

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Add: [orf and yrfe seem interchangeable in Ll. i. 352, 3-13: 254, 15] Æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, Ll. i. 160, 2. On mínum cucum orfe, 276, 24. Gif bǽd genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, 354, 6. Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Add Heó mid þám cilde wearð sóna and þæt gebær, Wlfst. 22, 9. Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf. (b 2) Þá wurdon hí æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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our Úre noster, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 93, 17. Úre Drihten, Blickl. Homl. 11, 22. Fæder úre (úrer, Lind.) Pater noster, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 9. Úre se trumesta staþol, Blickl. Homl. 13, 10. Tó úres Drihtnes méder, 5, 2. On naman Godes úres, Ps. Spl. 19, 5. Beorhtnes

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Hair, a hair Hǽr capillus, Wrt. Gl. 70, 30 : pilus, Recd. 38, 21; Wrt. Voc. 64, 30. Hǽr pili, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 54; Wrt. Voc. 42, 62. Loccas vel unscoren hǽr comæ, 70, 56; Wrt. Voc. 42, 64. Gif hǽr tó þicce síe if the hair be too thick, L. M. i.

Linked entry: hér