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híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

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domesticos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 25. Is this the word which gives later English hine, Mod. E. hind, or are these taken from the gen. pl. of híwan, hína, which occurs most frequently in phrases hina fæder, etc., and which may have come to be looked upon

Linked entry: hína

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res

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a wise way, manner, mode, fashion Hit is ǽlces módes wíse, ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas, swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 15. Maniges mannes

Linked entry: wís-fæst

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

and-sǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
and-sǽte, adj. [and against, sǽtan to lie in wait]

Odious ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ exosus ⬩ perosus

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Odious, hateful, abominable; exosus, perosus, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 60: Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 101; Wrt. Voc. 49, 9

Linked entry: an-sǽte

plætt

(n.)
Grammar
plætt, a sounding blow, a smack : in the compound
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eár-plætt Drihten ús sealde hǽlu þurh ðám eárplættum, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25

Linked entries: eár-plætt spor-plætt

be-gengnes

Grammar
be-gengnes, v. eard-begengnes in Dict., bi-gegnes,
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and cf. be-gangnes

Linked entry: bi-gegnes

fæderen-bróþer

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-bróþer, In l. 2 for fram ðé l. framþe.

gelíc-bisen

(n.)
Grammar
gelíc-bisen, a copy, an imitation; in a personal sense,
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an imitator Of his gelícbisene ex ejus imitatione, Rtl. 50, 4. Hiora gelícbisin, 91, 37. Gimaco ł gilícbiseno Godes imitatores Dei, 12, 11

Linked entry: bisen

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage

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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592. Swá ús gefreogun gleáwe

Linked entry: wítiga

an-rine

(n.)
Grammar
an-rine, es; m. [an in, ryne a course]

An inroad ⬩ incursion ⬩ assault ⬩ incursio

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An inroad, incursion, assault; incursio Fram anrine ab incursu, Ps. Spl. 90, 6

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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a counsellor Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417. one who takes thought (for the public good), a prince, king

swer

(n.)
Grammar
swer, a pillar, swér a mother-in-law, swér
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heavy

þegnisc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þegnisc, (? cf. -ska nouns in Icelandic(?); or see þegnest(?))
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service Þat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, and swilce þénisce dón for hig swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Chart. Th. 609, 16

Linked entry: þénisc

líf-brycgung

Grammar
líf-brycgung, v. ge-brýcgan in Supplement: íif-dæg.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. life-day] : -lífe. v. lang-lífe : lifen. Add:

lígnian

(v.)
Grammar
lígnian, l. lígnan, and in bracket for iaugnen l.
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läugnen

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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substitute 1579. add: expressing quickness of movement or procedure Heó gewát hyre west þonan feran, forð ónette, Rä. 30, 11. Mé wǽre liófre ꝥ ic ónette wiþ þæs, ꝥ ic ðé móste gelǽstan ꝥ ic ðe gehét festino debitum promissionis absolvere, Bt. 40, 5 ;

ǽ-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bryce, (ǽw-bryce, q. v. in Dict.)

Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy

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Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy :-- Ðá ðe on sinscipe wuniað and heora ǽwe healdað búton ǽwbryce, Hml. A. 21, 178. Ðá ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceað, 19, 140. Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, hé is forlír ðurh his ǽwbryce, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17. Nis nánum

Linked entry: ǽ-breca

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person

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to turn round, about Ðonne bið sió cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne se monn BIð geendod; ðonne bið sió micle cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod, Past. 31, 21. to go round, pass by, avoid Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

biren

(n.)
Grammar
biren, e; birene, an (v. byrene in Dict.); f.

A she-bear

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A she-bear Ursa, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606

Linked entries: byren beren

geán-talu

(n.)
Grammar
geán-talu, (? the word in the passage is not feminine), e; f.
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Gain-saying, contradiction, dispute, objection Gá þá oþræ v. hída forð mið . . . mid eallum þingum swá hit þonnæ stænt bútan ǽlcon geántalæ, Cht. Th. 587, 24. Búten alken géntale, 594, 11. Cf. . . . in vita mea. Post autem sine contradictions reciperent

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