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hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . .

Linked entries: hylfe helfe

lǽþþ

Grammar
lǽþþ, lǽþþu.
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Hí mé sǽdon ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan, þæs lǽþþu (lǽðð, v. l.) and feóndscipe forð weóx tó þon swíðe ꝥ . . . quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, ut . . . Gr.

irfe-weard

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Gif. . . gesibbra ærfeweard forð cymeð wépnedhádes, C. D. ii. 121, 12-27. Monega land wǽron bútan ǽlcum ierfwearde largissimae hereditates et nulli penitus heredes, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 2. Míne ǽrfeweardas, C. D. i. 316, 24.

ænbręce

(n.)
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

orgel

(n.)

pride

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The form orguil occurs, p. 63. Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS. T. : orȝel, MS. C. ), A. R. 224, 2

Linked entries: orgello orgol

burh-geat

(n.)
Grammar
burh-geat, -gat, burg-, es; pl. nom. acc. u. a. o; n.
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Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 20; Hö. 38

Linked entries: burg-geat burh-gata

un-sóþfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæst, adj.

untruthfulunveraciousunjustunrighteous

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Sóðfæst fore unsóðfæstum justus pro injustis, Rtl. 21, 32

Linked entry: sóþ-fæst

gímeleás-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gímeleás-ness, e; f.
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Fore synnum and gémeleásnisum ( negligentiis ) úsum, Rtl. 178, 11. Heora gímeleásnesse neglegentias suas R. Ben. I. 84, 12

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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[Æðelbryht] for he had a Christian wife, who was given to him from the royal kin of the Franks, her name was Bertha.

Linked entry: Berþa

cyne-cyn

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Hire fæder wæs Eádward æþeling, Eádmundes sunu kynges, Eádmund Æþelreding . . . and swá forð on ꝥ cynecynn, 1067; P. 202, 21. v. riht-cynecyn, and cf. cyning-cyn. Add

on-lútan

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forð onloten tó his fótum ongan biddan provolutus ejus pedibus coepit postulare, Gr. D. 53, 23 : 130, 2.

rǽsan

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Lazarus wæs hyne ásceac-ende . . . and wæs fram ús rǽsende, Nic. 14, 37. of an object that is moved Fǽringa rǽsde (áhleóp, v. l.) forð of þám hylfe ferrum de manubrio prosiliens, Gr. D. 113, 25.

reócan

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Eóde forð feórðe healf geár bútan rénscúrum and reocendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Add

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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Ne frine ic ðé for tǽle I ask thee not for blame, Andr. Kmbl. 1265; An. 633. Ic frine ðé consŭlo te, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 15; Wrt. Voc. 49, 38. Hwæt frinest ðú me what askest thou of me? Andr. Kmbl. 1257; An. 629.

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

ge-beorglic

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The Lat. version has remissio uenialis apud Deum) and for weorulde áberendlic, LI. Th. i. 266, 6. Gefadige man þá steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlic ( the lat. versions have erga Deum clementius, propter Deum parcibilis), 376, 17.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) Banan heardlíce grimme ongildaþ, ðæs hié oft gilp brecaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 265; Sal. 132. Hé ðæs wraðe ongeald, Cd. Th. 111, 26; Gen. 1861: 253, 20; Dan. 598.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

land-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
land-sócn, e; f.
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699

Linked entry: sócn

plegol

(adj.)
Grammar
plegol, adj.
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproachedinaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran