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hyse-cild

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-cild, es; n.

A male child

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Ðá féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild mares enecant, feminas nutriunt, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 11: Homl. Th. i. 30, 15

in-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
in-lende, adj.

Nativeindigenous

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Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom óht inlende there to their host came tidings sudden and terrible, fear of the men of the land [the Israelites hearing of the pursuit by the Egyptians], Cd. 148; Th. 186, 9 ; Exod. 136.

Linked entries: in-lænde in-lenda

máðum-hús

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-hús, es; n.

A treasure-housetreasury

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Gesæt se Hǽlend binnan ðam temple ætforan ðam máðmhúse, Homl. Th. i. 582, 12. Hé lǽdde ða ællþeódgan ǽrendracan on his máðmhús and him geiéwde his goldhord, Past. 4, 1; Swt. 39, 3.

neowolness

(n.)
Grammar
neowolness, e; f.

A deep placean abyss

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Homl. 93, 12. On þa neowólnesse ðæs seáþes in profunda, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 21. Neólnisse abyssos, Ps. Surt. 32, 7, Nywolnessa, Ps. Th. 103, 7

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Homl. 109, 25. Behóflíc ł nédþarf necessarius, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 3. Án is nédþarf ł behóflíc unum est necessarium, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 42.

norþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
norþerne, adj.

northern

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Hine gelǽhton sume ðæs norþernan folces some of the Northumbrians seized him (after a battle between Northumbrians and Mercians), Homl. Th. ii. 356, 29.

píl

(n.)
Grammar
píl, es; m.
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Hé gehæfte hí on ánum micclum stocce, and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 388

Linked entry: ge-píled

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

be-scyrian

(v.)

to deprive, separate, defraud

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to deprive, separate, defraud, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 14: 1, 27; S. 491, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 534, 34: Ps.

Linked entry: be-scyred

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.

A BESOM, brooma rodscopæ, virga

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Bos. 11, 25 he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc. h He [Brutus] hý [his fíf suna] hét gebindan, and mid besman swingan he [Brutus] gave orders to bind them [his five sons], and scourge them with rods [virgis cecidit, Hav.]

Linked entries: bysm bisme besema

betst

(adj.)
Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]

Best, the best, firstoptimus, primus

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He sealde ðæt betste hors he gave the best horse, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16. Ðara betstena sumes of some one of the best, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 5

ge-bytlu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, indecl. f.

A building

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A building Man bytlode áne gebytlu, and ða wyrhtan worhton ða gebytlu on ðam Sæternes-dæge, and wæs ðá forneán geendod they were building a building, and the workmen were making the building on the Saturday, and it was then very nearly finished, Homl

ge-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

To run, run together, congeal, joincoagulare, coagularito run togethercoagulare

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To run, run together, congeal, join; coagulare, coagulari Nis ná gerunnen togædere seó Godcundnys and seó menniscnys the divinity and the humanity are not mingled together, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 5.

Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo.

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To namenominare

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Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan and stére ætforan Gode, Num. 16, 7.

Linked entries: stéring stór stýran

sweord-bora

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-bora, an; m.
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Totila ásende his swurdboran, Riggo geháten, gescrýdne mid his cynelícum gyrelum, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 12

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27-33. Se ðe stalaþ on Sunnanniht. . . oððe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22.

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.
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Ðá gewát ic þanone, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 422. Ðanonne, Judth. Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132. temporal, after that Rursum, dein vel þonane, Wrt.

Linked entry: þanone

þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf.
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Ic seah hors swíþe þrægan, Exon. Th. 400, 4; Rä. 20, 3