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hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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Gyf þú hosa habban wille, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þínum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 12. a husk, pod Hose glumulá, An. Ox. 8, 94. Pisan hosa siliqua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 58. See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

Linked entry: hosa

hrif

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, Rä. 24, 12: 18, 6

lǽþþ

Grammar
lǽþþ, lǽþþu.
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Mid wordum laeððu ( odii ), Ps. Srt. 108, 3. Laeððu unrehtwísre odio iniquo 24, 19. Lǽðu odium 35, 3. Hé beseah eádmódlíce þá lǽþþe (lǽððo, v. l.) and feóndscipe þæs æfstigan mæssepreóstes ejus odia humiliter declinavit Gr. D. 119, 23.

lippa

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Ox. 3186. with special reference to feeding Smǽrum gífrum and mid grǽdigum lippum buccis ambronibus et labris lurconibus. An. Ox. 699. to speech Míne lippan þú geopena labia mea aperies, R. Ben. I. 69, 9

sceacan

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Ox. 14, 4. to put into a quaking motion Þurh þæs windes blǽs þe swýðlíce þá heánnyssa þæs roderes seceð mid his þodenum, Angl. 320, 34. add: The passage to which belongs the gloss in Wrt.

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander roam to go as a pilgrim

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Oferbecumendum wealligendum þearfum se abbud mid gebróþrum gearwian hýrsumnysse supervenientibus peregrinis pauperibus abbas cum fratribus exhibeant obsequium, Anglia xiii. 439, 1060

weard-setl

(n.)
Grammar
weard-setl, es; n.

A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard

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Ðá férde his gaśt and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11.

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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To heat, make hot Ðæt fýr ðe man ðæt ordál mid hǽtan sceal the fire with which the ordeal is to be heated, L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 11 : 14. Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Mid ða Cristes cyricean, seó geond ealne middangeard tógoten is, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 26. to pour away, to exhaust Ádrugod and tógoten dried up and exhausted (said of an ointment), Lchdm. ii. 28, 7

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

bearo

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Hwæt ic ána sæt innan bearwe mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes, Dóm. L. 1. Þone godcundan bearo divinum lucum, Nar. 27, 10. Hrímige bearwas . . . on dǽm ísgean bearwum, Bl. H. 209, 32, 35. Bearewæs saltus, An. Ox. 2036.

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Hé arn betwux þám eórode middan, Hml. S. 25, 583. temporal, in the course of a period, during events Betwux hancréde, Hml. Th. ii. 344, 30.

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
Similar entries
v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspectcountenancelooksappearanceshapeformgood looksbeautiful appearancebeautygloryornament

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Mid wlite and mid wæstmum fæger fair in face and form, Blickl. Homl. 113, 16. Ðeáh ðe ðú wǽre eallra monna fægrost on wlite, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 27. Hí ealle tó ðæs mannes wlite gesceapene synd they are all made in his likeness, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 22.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Ðæt fýr eode andlang ðara nægla ðe seó studu mid gefæstnad wæs tó ðam wáge, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 31, col. 1. Mid næglum þurh-drífan ða hwítan honda, Exon. Th. 68, 27; Cri. 1110 : Rood Kmbl. 91; Kr. 46.

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17. Hie blód and fel þégon they ate the blood and skin, Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23: Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37.

Linked entry: fell

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FENmarshmuddirtpăluslŭtumlīmussordes

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Is Élíg ðæt land eall mid fenne and mid water ymbseald est Elge pălūdĭbus circumdăta vel ăquis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 4. Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cryoutcryhuecryingtumultuproar

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Julianus mid anþrǽcum hreáme forswealt Julian with a horrible cry died, Homl. Th. i. 452, 16. Ða heorde mid hreáme bewerian to defend the flock with outcry, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 10.

Linked entry: hrýman

lǽððu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.

An injuryoffencehatredenmitymalice

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Mið lǽðo hæfe ðú fiónd ðínne odio habebis inimicum tuum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 43. Lǽððo odio, 24, 10.

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Ðus mid wordum líccetende offering the following pretext, Homl. Th. i. 400, 18

Linked entry: líccettan

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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a strait Mid longre nearonesse be eástan Constantinopolim ligeþ juxta Constantinopolim longae mittuntur angustiae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 21. oppression, distress (of body) Nearones breósta oppression of the chest, Lchdm. ii. 204, 27.

Linked entry: nirwett