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ge-mǽne

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fó se cyng, tó healfum se geférscipe.

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Hé bebeád ðæt hié mon on ǽlce healfe hiénde he ordered that they should be treated with insult on every side, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 6. Se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319. Hé heów and hýnde he smote and felled, Byrht.

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streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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Ic wille ðæt hit gange on ða nýhstan hand mé, bútan hyra hwylc bearn hæbbe; ðonne is mé leófast ðæt hit gange on ðæt strýned on ða wǽpned-healfe ( to the child born on the male side ). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 116, 15

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Ic mé be healfe mínum hláforde be swá leófan men licgan þence beside my lord, by one so loved, I mean to lie, Byrht. Th. 141, 7; By. 318: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 9; Jud. 251: Andr. Kmbl. 823; An. 412.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Healf þæt blód hé dyde on geryde (or under Or could possibly geryde be a corruption of (ge)eárede? Cf. eárede fæt cratera, 24, 25) orcas (in crateras), Ex. 24, 6. to prepare oneself to do something Hió hié tó deáþe gerede, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 30.

óþ

(prep.)
Grammar
óþ, prep. l. oþ.
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Ꝥ ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx, pæng̃ oð healf pund, 234, 15

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Kmbl. iii. p. xxxix; in the last its frequent occurrence in English local names is noted Ego, Plegréd, aliquam terre unculam emi et Eðelmóde, hoc est án healf tun, que ante pertinebat tó wilburgewellan, ðet land healf and healfne tún hiis terminibus

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gildan

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Ne þearf hé hine búton be healfan were gyldan . . . healf wer ætfealð, 354, 19.

un-eáðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.

difficulthardtroublesomeunpleasantgrievous

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Seó wíse wæs míne (in mé, v. l.) on twá healfa unéþe quae res dupliciter me torsit, Nar. 9, 23. Him bið unéþe þurst getenge he will be oppressed by troublesome thirst, Lchdm. ii. 174, 23. Wamb ungewealden and unýþe, 242, 5. Unýþe molestus, Wrt.

Linked entries: un-éðe un-íðe

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Him on healfa gehwone heofonengla þreát ymbútan faraþ, Exon. Th. 58, 1; Cri. 929. Hit bið sinbyrnende and ymbútan hit óðra stówa forbærnð, Met. 8, 53.

Linked entry: emb-útan

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear.a drop of water from the eye,caused by emotion, generally by griefin plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, afflictioncaused by weakness.a tearlike dropthat which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10. Meng wið huniges teáre, Lchdm. iii. 46, 7. Nim huniges teár and merces sǽd ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Tó gebede feóllon, 777. to drop wounded or dead:-- Mycel wæll feóll on ǽgðre healfe, Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2: By. 303. Hé blóde fáh feóll on foldan; næs hé fǽge þá gyt, B. 2975. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Gen. 1971: Hml.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add: where the comparison is in respect to quantity or number Furþor restan þonne healfe niht, R. Ben. 32, 13. where excess over a certain point or standard is marked Þá þe habbað má þonne heora rihtæðel-cwéne. Wlfst. 298, 17.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7. Se wind strongra geswinca ... se wind ðara earfoþa, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18, 28. Wæs mycel ýst windes geworden, Mk. Skt. 4, 37.

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Gé bógiað (búgiað, v.l. ) on þám fíftan dǽle healfum, Bt. 18, 1; S. 42, 15. Flégendo býes ( habitant ) in tyggum his, Mt. L. 13, 32. Hé búde on Eást-Englum, Chr. 890; P. 82, 10. Manna þe mé ymbútan búdon circumhabitantium, Ps. Th. 30, 15.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Ðis is ðæs hagan bóc on Winceastre and ðes healfan weres æt Brægentforda and ðæs æcersplottes ðe ðǽrtó líð (cf. dimidium cuiusdam piscarii uadum ad capturam piscium æt Bræge decurrentem, ad Uetus monasteriam pertinentem, cum unius iugeris sibi adjacentis

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Þæt þá munecas hwæthwara furþor restan þonne healfe niht, þæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on þǽre nihtelican reste, and seó hǽte þsére þigene oferslegen, and se maga gelýht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur, etiam digesti surgant, R.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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D. 946, Eádmund cyning forþíerde, on Sc̃s Agustínus mæssedæge, and he hæfde ríce seofoðe healf geár; and ðá féng Eádréd Æðeling, his bróðor, to ríce here king Edmund died, on St.

mótan

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</b> add :-- Hé gesealde Persum . . . healfe Mesopotamiam wiþ þǽm þe hié of þǽm londe mósten búton láþe ut tutum et incolumem exercitum a locorum periculo liberaret, partem Mesopotamiae Persis concessit, Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 286, 27.

ge-férscipe

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Th. ii. 242, 18. an association, a guild Scute ǽlc man swá pænig, swá healfne, be þæs geférscipes mænio, Ll. Th. i. 234, 10.