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heals

(n.)
Grammar
heals, hals, es; m.

The neck, the prow of a shipcollum, amplexatoriumneck, part of the bow of a ship

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Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141

Linked entry: hals

ge-læccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læccan, -læccean; he -læcþ; p. he -læhte, pl. -læhton; pp. -læht

To takecatchseizeapprehendcomprehendcaperearriperecomprehendere

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Híg gelæhton hys hand, Gen. 19, 16 : Mk. Bos. 9, 18. Ða Englisce men gelæhton of ðám mannon má . . . the English men captured of those men more . . . Chr. 1087; Er1. 225, 26. Hwæt gelæhtest ðú quid cepisti, Th. An. 22, 5.

Linked entries: læccan ge-læht

under-delfan

(v.)

to dig underunderminedig outsuffocare

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Hé nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39. Hé nolde geþafian ðam þeófe náteshwón ðæt hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Homl. Ass. 50, 13.

clǽn-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
clǽn-líce, adv.
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Gif þǽr beón lǽs manna þonne þæt lamb mæge fretan, þonne nyme hé hys neáhgebúr . . . ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ lamb clǽnlíce fretan, Angl. viii. 322, 8

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Ic hys hrægles fnædes oðhrán, Hml. A. 189, 228. Hé hire fét mid teárum oþrán . . . heó mid ðǽre hálgan róde gedryncnesse Iordanem oþhrínan (ongan), Hml. S. 23 b, 719-723.

Linked entry: hrínan

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte Engleland, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 27. to instigate, incite Stihte hí Byrhtnóð, bæd ðæt hyssa gehwylc hogode tó wíge, Byrht. Th. 135, 34 ; By. 127.

Linked entry: a-stihtan

BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEATstrikelashdashhurtpercuteretundereverberarecæderepulsarequaterelædereto treadtrampletrampcalcareproculcare

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to BEAT, strike, lash, dash, hurt; percutere, tundere, verberare, cædere, pulsare, quatere, lædere Agynþ beátan hys efenþeówas cæperit percutere conservos, Mt. Bos. 24, 49. Hwí beátst ðú me quid me cædis? Jn. Bos. 18, 23.

Linked entry: a-beátan

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Geþenc nú gyf ðínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and his insegel tó ðé cymþ hwæðer ðú mǽge cweþan ðæt ðú hys willan ðǽr on gecnáwan ne mǽge consider now, if your lord's letter and his seal come to you, whether you can say that you cannot recognise his pleasure

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten on ða wrace hyre ðæs unsceððian blódes, Shrn. 155, 8. Hé sǽde ðæt án gehwǽde wolcn upp ástige mid ðære unscæðþigan ( not threatening storm ) lyfte, Hontl. Skt. i. 18, 150.

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

ge-mæcca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mæcca, -mæccea, an; m. and f.

A companion, mate, consort, husband or wifeconjux

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He onféng hys gemæccean accepit conjugem suam, Mt. Bos. 1, 24

Linked entries: mæcca ge-mecca

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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Hí unscrýddon hyne hys ágenum reáfe, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28, 31: Mt. Skt. 15, 20: Homl. Th. ii. 252, 24, 29

cweorn

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Se IIII. nihta móna, se byð gód þǽm ergendan hys sul út tó dóne, and þém grindere his cweorn, Lch. iii. 178, 1. v. pipor*-*cweorn. Add

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf hí mé hwæt secgað þæt hí selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Se Johannes hæfde fellenne gyrdel embe hys lendenu ipse Joannes habebat zonam pelliciam circa lumbos ejus, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4. [Cf. O. L. Ger. lenda; f. ren: Icel. lend; f: O. H. Ger. lenti: f: Ger. lende; f.]

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, ; gen. hós; m.

A heel, hough

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Áhefþ hys hó ongeán me levabit contra me calcaneum suum, Jn. Skt. 13, 18: Gen. 3, 15. Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5.

Linked entries: hó-banca

hrór

(adj.)
Grammar
hrór, adj.

Stirringactiveagilenimblevigorousstoutstrong

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Geseoh hróre meaht hysse ðinum da potestatem tuam puero tuo, 85, 15. Hróre stence with strong perfume, 132, 2. Ðæt hé folc gesceóp fægere Drihten heraþ holdlíce hróre geþance populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum, 101, 16.

drync

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Wyrc tó duste, dó hys dǽl on wínes drinc, Lch. i. 336, 16. Drync poculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5. Hé sǽde þám bróðrum drincea ( potionum ) getel (cf. þus fela scencea, 11), Gr. D. 127, 16. v. blód-, spiw(e)-, wæter-drync

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
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On ðám mónðe synd getealde nigon and twéntig daga and twelf tída: þis is se mónelica mónað, and hys geár is ꝥ hé underirne ealle ðá twelf tunglan, Lch. iii. 246, 24-248, 21. Æfter sunnan setlgange, ǽr mónan úpryne, i. 330, 18.

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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a boy, young man, KNAVE; puer, juvenis, adolescens He betǽhte hys cnapan and se cnapa hit ofslóh he gave it [a calf] to his young man and the young man slew it Gen. 18, 7.

for-spillan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spillan, -spyllan; p. de; pp. ed [spillan to spill, spoil, destroy]

To spilllosewastedestroydisperseperdĕredisperdĕredissĭpāre

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Se ðe wyle hys sáwle hále gedón, he hig forspilþ; and se ðe wyle hig for me forspyllan, se hig fint qui vŏluĕrit anĭmam suam salvam făcĕre, perdet eam; qui autem perdĭdĕrit anĭmam suam propter me, invĕniet eam. Mt. Bos. 16, 25.