hand-bóc
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Th. ii. 384, 1. a hand-book, manual Wé gesetton on þissum enchiridion, ꝥ ys mannalis on lyden and handbóc on englisc, manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angl. viii. 321, 34
heort-leás
cowed
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Wlfst. 137, 22) heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred sis memor illius qui tum pavor ante tribunal percutiet stupidis cunctorum corda querelis, Dóm. L. 124
wæter-scipe
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Ðá wǽron twégen gebrððra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fiscnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe . . . micel gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men, Blickl. Homl. 75, 27. Hit (the law) sóðfæste siððan heóldon godfyrhte guman, Andr. Kmbl. 3026; An. 1516.
hycgan
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Hycgan moliri (quicquid moliri deliberaret), An. Ox. 4710. with infin. Sé þe framian higþ qui proficere studet, Scint. 100, 14. Hí higdon nite-bantur, i. moliebantur (flectere ), An. Ox. 2, 198. Higde, 3375.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Add: the action of laughing. as an expression of joy, merriment Plega and hleahtor . . . þǽr wigan sittað on beórsele blíðe ætsomne, Rún. 14. Hlehter (risus) eówer on heófunge byþ gehworfen and bliss on gnornunge, Scint. 171, 6.
Linked entry: hleahtrian
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Hé ( Jerome ) is se fyrmesta wealhstod betwux Hebréiscum and Grécum and Lédenwarum, Homl. Th. i. 436, 16. Se hálga biscop hine hádode tó messepreóste, and his wealhstod tó diácone, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 525.
Linked entry: -stod
hwílum
At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome
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Dudum gefyrn, quondam hwílon, andolim getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 62-4. Ic wiste ðæt ðú hwílon lufodest God scivi te aliquando amasse Deum, 24; Som. 25, 9.
un-gelǽredlíce
Without instruction ⬩ ignorantly ⬩ in an undisciplined manner
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Without instruction, ignorantly, in an undisciplined manner Swíþe unwíslíce and ungelǽredlíce ( indocte ) gé dydon, ðæt gé sceoldan on feówernihte mónan blód lǽtan, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 13.
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ceól
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Dele 'The keel of a skip', and add Ceól celox, species navis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 61: 103, 60: 14, 19: ciula, 131, 42: liburna, An. Ox. 28. In Gr. D. 248, 27, for ceólum read (?) þeolum
han-créd
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Add: cock-crowing Scyllendre cocca fiþerslehte and . . . hancréde concrepante pullorum plausu et sonante gallicinio, An. Ox. 4893. a division of the night Betwux hancréde læg se hálga wer geedcucod, Hml. Th. ii. 334, 30. Cf. han-grǽd
mylen-gafol
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revenue derived from a mill Hǽr stent gewriten hwæt Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnen his gebróþra tó caritatem, ꝥ is ii mylne-gafel æt Lacforde, hælf pund at ꝥ án and xii óran æt ꝥ óþer, Nap. 46
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un-álífedlíce
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Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add
norþan
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Þá hwíle cóm Willelm . . . and Harold cóm norðan and him wið feaht, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 4. Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan (from north of Leicester), 921; P. 101, 7.
hæcce
A crosier
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Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes, 32
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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They were required to give hospitality to kings and great men in their progress through the country, to furnish them with carriages and relays of horses, and to extend the same assistance to their messengers, followers, and servants, and even to the persons
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Heofon and eorþe hreósaþ tógadore heaven and earth shall rush together, Andr. Kmbl. 2875; An. 1440. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan hearde gebíged non est ruina maceriæ, Ps. Th. 143, 8.
ge-bryttan
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Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9
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hláfording
a prince ⬩ sovereign ⬩ a prince ⬩ noble
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Æþelgár abbod and Ælfríc cild . . . and swíðæ manega óðra ðegenas, C.