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ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourageanimaterefreshconfortareanimarerefrigerare

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To encourage, animate, refresh; confortare, animare, refrigerare Beó ðú húru gehyrt, and hicg þegenlíce be thou only encouraged, and strive nobly, Jos. 1, 18. Ðæt ðínre wylne sunu sý gehyrt that the son of thy slave may be refreshed; ut refrigeretur

Linked entry: hyrtan

heáwan

(v.)

to hackgashto hewto cut off

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Add:: Heáweð secate, An. Ox. 56, 32. intrans. To strike with a cutting weapon, deal blows Hí on healfa gehwone heáwan þóhton, B. 800. trans. To strike forcibly with a cutting weapon, to hack, gash Me (Christ) on beáme beornas sticedon gárum on galgum

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]

A woman who bakespistrixa bakerpistor

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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford

Linked entry: bæcystre

be-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-brecan, he, heó -briceþ, -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon ; pp. -brocen

To break off deprive by breakingto break to piecesconsumecarpendo spoliareconfringereconsumere

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To break off deprive by breaking, to break to pieces, consume; carpendo spoliare, confringere, consumere Beám heó abreóteþ and bebriceþ telgum it crusheth the tree and deprives it of its twigs, Salm. Kmbl. 592; Sal. 295. Bebrocene wǽron ealle hyra hláfas

Linked entries: be-briceþ be-brocen

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ðone ðegn gesette hláferd his ofer hiórod (heórod, R. familiam) his, Mt. L. 24, 45. Híred, Past. 459, 12. On .xiiii. nihte mónan is gód on níwne híred tó fǽrenne, Lch. iii. 178, 32.

ge-scý

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Tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan ... nimon hí heora gescý on Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 25-28. Add

ealgian

(v.)
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Ðonne hé wel þénað and úres Drihtnes heorde ealgað, R. Ben. 123, 2. Hí ealle on andwyrdnysse stódon, ðá ðá se án ðé týnde, and noldon ðé ealgian wið heora bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 13: B. 796. Add

tó-sceácerian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceácerian, p. ode

To waste,devastate,scatter

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To waste, devastate, scatter Nú is eall mín heord tósceácerod nunc omnis grex meus vastatus est; they were scattered (Ezek. 34, 5), L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 28.

Linked entry: sceácerian

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.

orgel

(n.)

pride

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pride Hwǽr is heora prass and orgol búton on moldan beþeaht and on wítum gecyrred? Wulfst. 148, 32. [Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte, O. E. Homl. ii. 43, 17. The form orguil occurs, p. 63. Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS.

Linked entries: orgello orgol

leás-spellung

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Swá heora scopas on heora leóðum giddiende sindon and on heora leá(s)spellengum, Ors. 3, 1 ; S. 94, 29. Add

wandlung

(n.)
Grammar
wandlung, e ; f.
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Changing, mutation Hié beheóldon on ðé heora ágen gecynd, and on heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora fæstrǽdnesse servavit circa te propriam in ipsa sui mutabilitate constantiam, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 16, 31

á-pinsian

(v.)
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Dryhten heorte and ná spéde ápinsað (pensat), Scint. 60, 6. Bóceras ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum mode þá naman and heora declínunga, and gýmað hwylce naman geendað on a. Angl. viii. 313, 4.

Linked entry: pinsian

spere-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
spere-sceaft, es; m.
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27

lád

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(mistaken for) accusation Fram þrím ondréd heorte mín. ... láde ( delaturam ) ceastre, Scint. 224, 17

spora

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at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

æt-hrínan

(v.)
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Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454

decan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
decan-hád, es; m.
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Dignity of a dean (decan, q. v. ) Ofor heora wican heora decanhádes super decanias suas, R. Ben. I. 54, 2

bucca

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Cervus vel eripes heort vel bucca (in the margin hircacervus bucheort); this is the proper reading, not that given in Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 63. v. Angl. viii. 450. Hí onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25.

mæsse-preóst

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Mæssepreóstas sceolon symble æt heora húsum leorningmonna sceole habban, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 7. Add