fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Gl. 49. sudden, quick in operation (of poison) Hé ðygde unlybban, ac hé ðá frecednysse ðæs færlican áttres (cf. ꝥ attor sóna hine swíðe þreáde forneán tó deáðe, Hml. S. 31, 198) áflígde, Hml.
hearpe
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Hwelce sín ðá inngeðoncas monna búton suelce sumere hearpan strengas áðenede, ðá se hearpere suíðe ungelíce tiéhð and styreð, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðǽm sóne ne singað ðe hé wilnað?, Past. 175, 6.
hálig-nes
holiness, sanctity ⬩ a holy thing, relic ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary
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Gr. 5; Som. 5, 22. Hálignys on hálignysse hys sanctimonia in sanctificatione ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 6. On rihtwísnesse and on hálignesse in righteousness and in holiness, Blickl. Homl. 31, 36 : 155, 31. On hálignesse in sanctitate, Lk. Skt. 1, 75: Ps.
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han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Gl. 94; Som. 75. 122; Wrt.Voc. 53, 4. Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium, that is, cock-crow, Lchdm. iii. 244, 4.
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ge-wemman
To stain ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane ⬩ corrupt ⬩ vitiate ⬩ mar ⬩ injure ⬩ coinquĭnāre ⬩ turpāre ⬩ polluĕre ⬩ profānāre ⬩ corrumpĕre ⬩ vĭtiāre ⬩ contāmĭnāre ⬩ viŏlāre
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Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 21. Ðyder þeóf ne geneálǽcþ, ne moþþe ne gewemþ quo fur non apprŏpiat, neque tĭnea corrumpit, Lk. Bos. 12, 33. Hí on ðam temple gewemmaþ ðone resteðæg in templo sabbătum viŏlant, Mt. Bos. 12, 5.
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grǽdig
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Gl. 88; Som. 74, 82; Wrt. Voc. 50, 62. Ða fýnd heora grípende wǽron swa swá grǽdig wulf the devils were seizing them like the ravening wolf, Blickl. Homl. 211, 1.
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herian
To praise
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Ic nát for hwý gé ða tída swelcra bróca swá wel hergeaþ I know not why ye praise so highly the times of such miseries. Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31. Hergaþ, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375.
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bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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adryfon Egbert, king of the West-Saxons, sent his son Æthelwulf, and Ealhstan his bishop, into Kent, with a large part of the army,, and drove Baldred the king northward over the Thames, Chr. 823; Ing. 87, 6-15: 845; Ing. 92, 1.
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bendan
to BEND ⬩ flectere ⬩ tendere ⬩ intendere ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincire
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He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit 7, 13. to bind, fetter; vincire Sume hí man bende some they bound Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf. Tod. 4
bend-feorm
A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis
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A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn, a harvest-feast; firma ad congregandas segetes, firma messis On sumere þeóde gebyreþ bend-feorm [bén-feorm] for rípe in some one province a harvest-feast is due for reaping the corn L. R.
fæstan
firm, entrust, commit, commend ⬩ firmāre, commendāre ⬩ FAST ⬩ jējūnāre
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War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon hí fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19
fisc-net
A net of fishes ⬩ fishing net ⬩ piscium rēte ⬩ piscātorium rēte
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Hwý gé ne settan on sume dúne fiscnet eówru why do ye not set your fishing nets on some hill? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 21; Met. 19, 11
freónd-mynd
An amorous mind ⬩ amātōria mens
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An amorous mind; amātōria mens Ic me onégan [MS. onagen] mæg ðæt me wráþra sum, wǽpnes ecge, for freóndmynde, feore beneóte I for myself may fear that some enemy, through amorous mind, may deprive me of life with a weapon's edge, Cd. 89; Th. 109, 31;
sténan
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[Du. stenen to groan.] to cause to sound(?) Com ðá wígena hleó þegna þreáte þryðbord sténan beaduróf cyning burga neósan (came with clang of shields), Elen. Kmbl. 302; El. 151
æt-hrine
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Hnesce on æthrine soft to the touch, 108. 1: 110, 5
grínu
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An adjective denoting some colour Wann bruntus, grinu avidius, dun natius, geoluhwít gilvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 42. (The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius, giolu aureus, ii. 10, 29
þegnung-bóc
A service-book, ⬩ a book giving the religious services that were to be performed
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Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum Domini, Homl. Th. i. 98, 26
ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Gr. 30, 4; Som. 34, 49: 37; Som. 39, 6. He holtes hleó heáh geméteþ he finds the wood's, lofty shelter, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 27; Ph. 429: Ps. Th. 54, 24: 87, 12. Gemoetaþ invenerit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 43.
heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Gl. 8; Som. 56, 82; Wrt. Voc. 18, 37. Heánra man vel ceorlíc ǽhta peculium, 13; Som. 57, 122; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59. Se heánra hád the weaker sex, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 10; Cri. 99. Ne se heárra derige ðam heánran nor let the higher injure the lower, L. I.
twelf-hynde
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(cf. ad manbotam de twelfhindo, i. thaino .cxx. soł., L. H. 69; Th. i. 572, 19), L. In. 70; Th. 146, 14. Æt twelfhyndum were gebyriaþ twelf men tó werborge, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 18, 24.
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