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hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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Lucinius bebeád ðæt nán cristen mon ne cóme on his hieréde Licinius omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 28.

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friþ

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Mon fæstnode ðone frið wið Eást-Engle, Chr. 906; P. 94, 21. cessation of hostilities Man wið þone here friðes ceápode, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 24. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 13.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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H. 33, 33. nature in general, in the abstract, the established order of things His mód and his andgit ðæt gecynd áscierpð cujus sensum natura exacuit, Past. 69, 8.

dýre

(adj.)
Grammar
dýre, adj.

dear, belovedcārus, dilectus dear of price, precious, costly

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D. 1044] corn was so dear as no man before remembered it, so that the sester of wheat went for sixty pence, and even more, Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 21: Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 13; Reim. 45: Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 12; Rä. 50, 6: Beo.

Linked entry: DEÓRE

fór

(n.)
Grammar
fór, e; f. [fór, p. of faran to go]

A goingsetting outjourneycoursewayapproachĭtioprofectioĭtercursussĕmĭtaaccessus

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Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course, 111a; Th. 426, 10; Rä. 41, 71. He hine ofteáh ðære fóre subtraxit se illi profectiōni, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 23: Ps. Th. 104, 33.

G

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In later English the place of the earlier g is often taken by y, sometimes by w; as, - Geár a year, dæg a day, dagas days. etc; morg(en) morrow, sorg = sorrow, etc.

hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
hreówan, p. hreáw

To ruegrieve

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Ðonne hreóweþ hire ðæt heó hire gehát ne gefylde pœnitentia mota quod votum suum non impleverit, L. Ecg. C. 33; Th. ii. 158, 7. Hreáw him pœnituit eum, Ps. Spl. 105, 42. Hreáw hine, Ps. Th. 105, 34: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 17; Gen. 1276.

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Mid inneweardum móde with all my mind, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 7, 24. Inneweard intestina, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 62; Wrt. Voc. 44, 44. Innoþes innewearde viscera, 75; Som. 71, 99; Wrt. Voc. 45. 7.

Linked entry: innan-weard

lǽððu

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

An injuryoffencehatredenmitymalice

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Hé mid lǽððum ús eglan móste, Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185. Ðone Jacobum Judǽa leorneras otslógan for Cristes lǽððum that James the disciples of the Jews slew from hatred to Christ, Shrn. 93, 12.

líxan

(v.)
Grammar
líxan, lícsan; p. te

To shineglittergleam

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Móna líxeþ, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 6; Cri. 698. Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, 60 a; Th. 218, 24; Ph. 299. Sóðfæste scínes ł líxeþ swǽ sunna justi fulgebunt sicut sol, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 43.

Linked entry: lícsan

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Láreów ðú æþele þeáwas tý doctor egregie mores instrue, Hymn. Surt. 106, 5.

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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S. 23, 418. a cell of a monk, hermit, &c. Cýte, hulce (hulce ł céte, Hpt. Gl. 465, 45) tugurio .i. cella (the cell of John the hermit), An. Ox. 2515. Sý þám untrumum gebróðrum synderlíce cýte (hús, cýte, R. Ben.

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fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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Tó foresprǽce ꝥ se cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 501, 13. Ryhtes wyrðe for míre forspǽce, 170, 4. excuse Forespréc nabbas they have nothing to say for themselves; excusationem non habent, Jn.

ge-cennan

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1. 13. to give forth a statement, declare, make known. absolute, to state the conditions of a case Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better give it more

hwirfan

(v.)
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Take here hwerfan in Dict. and add: of motion, to move about Ic hider and þider mé ( reflex, dat.) hwyrfde (hwerfde, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 576, 5. Hwerfende errabilis, vertibilis Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 17. Hwerbende errabiles 107, 33.

þeáh

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expresses something considerable, even if Þeáh hí nú eall hiora líf and hiora dǽda áwriten hæfdon, Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 36. where the clause expresses something inconsiderable, if even, if only Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne and lecge onfúl sloh though a man do no more

fús

readyeager

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Sceaft . . . feðergearwum fús, 3119. of a non-material thing personified Cóm ofer foldan fús síðian mǽre mergen þridda, Gen. 154. ready to go, eager to act Sum munuc . . . mid gemáglicum bénum gewilnode ꝥ hé móste of ðám munuclífe . . .

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster cymathyrsusspica, corymbusracermus, uvathe CROP or craw of a bird vesicula gutturisa kidney rien

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Croppas racemos Mone B. 2572 Croppum uvis 3836 the CROP or craw of a bird; vesicula gutturis Wurp ðone cropp and ða feðera wiðæftan ðæt weofod vesiculam gutturis et plumas projiciet prope altare Lev. 1, 16. a kidney; rien Crop rien Ælfc.

Linked entry: croppa

ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declarepublishmake knownexplainprovemanifestshowglorifymonstrāredemonstrārepublĭcāreexprĭmĕremanĭfestāresignāreexplānāreprŏbāreclārĭfĭcāre

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Moses geswutelude ða ǽ cæpit Moyses explānāre lēgem, Deut. 1, 5. Geswutelie mid gewitnysse let him show by witness, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, l0. Nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est occultum, quod non manĭfestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17.

ge-lǽstan

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Ꝥ gehwilc sprǽc hæbbe ándagan hwænne heó gelǽst sý, 158, 8. to do habitually, practise Se mon þe þá sóþfæstnesse mid his múþe sprecþ, and hié on his heortan geþencþ, and hé hí fullíce gelǽsteþ, Bl. H. 55, 16.