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hearmian

(v.)
Grammar
hearmian, p. ode

To harm, hurt, injurecalumniarito afflict, grieveto be annoyed

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Ðeáh ðe hit hearmige sumum though it may do harm to some, H. R. 105, 36

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 66. Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13.

Linked entry: sél

rǽdan

(v.)
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Gr. 22; Som. 24, 1. Rǽtt legit, 44; Som. 45, 49. On hwylcum dæge man rǽt .ix. kl. apr. swá fela beóþ concurrentes ... gif man rǽt ðæne datu-rum on Sunnandæg ðænne byþ án, Anglia viii. 302, 19-20. Se ðe rǽt (rǽdæ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Gr. 44; Som. 45, 46. Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46. Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce ( porrexero ) hláf, Jn. Skt. 13, 26. For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14. Rǽcþ ( porrigit ) hé him scorpionem? Lk. Skt. 11, 12.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Him ( the phenix ) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn, 221, 4 ; Ph. 329. Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000 ; An. 500 : Rood Kmbl. 8 ; Kr. 4

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Ðæt bid forwisnad wráde sóna (terribly soon), 128, 4

ge-siht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siht, -sihþ, -siehþ, -syhþ, -sihtþ, e; f.

Sightpower of seeingvisionsomething seenaspectrespectvisusacies oculorumvisioaspectusconspectusrespectus

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Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14. Yfel gesihþ oculus malus, Mk. Bos. 7, 22. Bodian blindum gesihþe prædicare cæcis visum, Lk. Bos. 4, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 22 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.

Linked entry: ge-syhð

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Gr. 24; Som. 25, 55. Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht nor does aught unsmooth rest there, Exod. 56 a; Th. 199, 14; Ph. 25. Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum those on whose heads rests the fear of God, 33 b; Th. 106, 20; Gú. 44.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, countpræpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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Gl. 87; Som. 74, 37; Wrt. Voc. 50, 19. Cwæþ se geréfa ait villĭcus, Lk. Bos. 16, 3.

ceorung

(n.)
Grammar
ceorung, e; f. [ceorian to murmur]

A murmuring, complaint, grudgingmurmuratio, querimonia, querela

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A murmuring, complaint, grudging; murmuratio, querimonia, querela Sum ceorung mihte beón gif he his behát ne gelǽste there might be some murmuring if he performed not his promise, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 26, 12. Æfter ceorunge after murmuring, ii.80, 9.

Cerdices ford

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices ford, es; m.

Cerdic's fordCerdĭci vadum

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Cerdic's ford, the ford of a little river in the south of Dorsetshire on Cerdices óra, q. v; Cerdĭci vadum Hér Cerdic and Cynríc West-Sexena ríce onféngun; and ðý ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic

Linked entries: Cerdic Cerdices óra

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A crab

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A crab Se hrefn ðe sume menn hátaþ crabba the 'hrefn' that some people call a crab, Shrn. 162, 21. Hrefnes geallan and leaxes a crab's gall and a salmon's, L. M. 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 6, see note. Hræfnes geallan, Lchdm. iii. 2, 21.

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Dele passage from Bede, and add Ðá geslóh hine sóna se snáwhwíta hreófla ( statim orta est lepra in fronte ejus, 2 Chr. 26, 19), Hml. A. 58, 186. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319.

holh

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Gif þonne seó nǽdre befleáh hine in hwylc holh, gif hé þonne gebletsode þæs hóles múð mid þǽre halgan róde tácne, sóna ofer ꝥ wæs seó nǽdre getogen deád of þám hóle quem si quando serpens in foramine fugerit, signo cruces os foraminis benedicit, statimque

tó-scirian

(v.)
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Add: to distribute, allot a share, v. scirian; and cf. tó-dǽlan; Ǽghwylcre sáwle bið onsundrum tóscyred ( to each soul separately will its doom be assigned ), and sió bið swylce hyre se líchoma ǽr geworhte, Verc.

wín-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
wín-ærn, es; n.

a place where wine is storeda place where wine is sold and drunka tavern a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting

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Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting.

Linked entries: wín-hús wín-ræced

in-ylfe

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

A gutbowel

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Sume nimaþ hwelpes innylfe some take a whelp's intestines, L. Med. ex Quadr. 9, 5 ; Lchdm. i. 362, 7

læð

(n.)
Grammar
læð, es; n.

Land

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beó ðé [Lchdm. ðú] be ðínum and lǽt mé be mínum ne gyrne ic ðínes ne lǽðes ne landes ne sace ne sócne ne ðú mínes ne þearft do as I advise; be thou with thine and leave me to mine; I desire nothing of. thine, neither lea nor land, neither 'sac' nor 'socn

lyb-corn

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-corn, es; n.
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'A grain of purgative effect, especially the seeds of various euforbias, probably also of some of the gourds, as momordica elaterium, cucumis colocynthis,' Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 397, col 2 Libbcorn catharticum, Wrt. Voc. 67, 8.