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hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, omen.
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Voc. ii. 115, 52. Nǽfre hé on aldordagnm ǽr ne siððan heardran hǽle healþegnas fand never in all the days of his life, before or since, less auspiciously (cf. Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add

munuc-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-reáf, es; n.
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Þám preóste is ungedafenlic ꝥ hé munucreáf ( uestem monachicam ) werige, Chrd. 63, 32

Linked entry: munuc-scrúd

nume-stán

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Voc. ii. 102, 39: calculus, ratio, vel sententia, vel numerus teblstán, 43. The gloss at 13, 6 seems to combine these two, and in this case nume-stán corresponds to the second. Could nume-stán be a mistake for nume[rus tæfl]stán ?

preóst-híred

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-híred, es; m.
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In ǽlcum preósthírede (canonica congregatione), 13, 20: 60, 32. Úre preósthýredas noster clerus, 42, 32. Hit is gewuna on manegum preósthíredum (canonicorum congregationibus; cf. geférrádene, 11), 13, 13

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extentclear space, roomextension, clearance

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Hit is gedón swá ðú héte, and hér gyt is rýmet æmtig, ii. 376, 9.

Linked entry: rýmetleást

árian

(v.)
Grammar
árian, to árianne; part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. a. [ár honour] .

to give honourto honourreverencehave in admirationhonorarehonorificarevenerarito regardcare forsparehave mercypitypardonforgiveconsulerepropitium essemisereriparcere

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In. 36; Wilk. 20, 39; Th. i. 124, 19. Ára ambehtum [MS. onbehtum] pity thy servants, Exon. 13 a ; Th. 23, 17; Cri. 370

Linked entries: áriende árod

fót-ádl

(n.)
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[Morbus regius is jaundice, but in these two passages it seems to be taken as in the following :-- Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð (ad morbum regium hoc est, auriginem ), ꝥ ys on úre geþeóde þǽra syna getoh and fóta geswel, Lch. i. 190,

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.

witness

(n.)
Grammar
witness, e; f.

knowledgewitnesscognisanceknowledgewitnesstestimonya person who gives testimonya witness

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(in testimonium), Lk. Skt. 9, 5. In cýðnisse ł witnesa in testimonium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 4. Leása witnesa falsa testimonia, 15, 19. a person who gives testimony, a witness Monigo leáse witnesa (testes ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 60.

wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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Ic sceal wreclástas settan, síðas wíde, Cd. Th. 276, 14; Sat. 188. Wreclástas wunian to live in exile, 280, 21 ; Sat. 259

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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Skt. i. 23, 608. a ring Ic gesleá ǽnne wriðan on his nosu ponam circulum in naribus tuis (2 Kings 19, 28), Homl. Th. i. 568, 33. Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon.

Linked entry: wríþan

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Ic wolde reccan sume race, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Race narrationem, Hpt. Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Raca conlationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47. Racum relatibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 39. Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum in historical narratives, Homl.

Linked entry: eá-racu

líc-hama

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II. used in reference to the eucharistic elements Ic ofþyrsted wæs Godes líchoman, gástes drynces, Seel. 41. III. used of a plant Wið gewitleáste, genim of þám lichoman þysse wyrte mandragore þreóra penega gewihte, Lch. i. 248, 4

mucg-wyrt

Grammar
mucg-wyrt, mug-wyrt, e; f.

mug-wortmuggartmuggonmother-wort

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Mugwort was supposed to prevent weariness on a journey, v.b Lchdm. i. 102, 3-7: ii. 154, 8-12. Mugwyrt artemisia vel matrum herba, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 51: 66, 61. Mucgwyrt, ii. 8, 36. Mugwyrt gagantes (see above, Lchdm. i. 102, 18), i. 68, 78.

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, p. ode

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy

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The word is also applied to making a fair show in speech: Alle ðine wordes beoð isliked, And so bisemed and biliked O. and N. 841. Wordes afaited and ysliked Ayenb. 212, 2. He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22.

Linked entries: slic slíc slýcod

hyhtan

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In noman his þeóde hyhtað, Mt. L. R. 12, 21. On Drihtne hihtiende, Ps. L. 25, 1. to look with confidence to For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum, Ps.

án-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dwellerrecluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

ceápung

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung, e; f.

Business, trade, traffic, commercenegotium, negotiatio

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Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 8. Fram ceápunge þurhgangende on þýstrum a negotio perambulante in tenebris, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6. Ic ne ongeat grame ceápunga non cognovi negotiationes Ps. Th. 70, 15

Linked entry: ceáping

geár-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
geár-þénung, e; f.

A yearly serviceannual serviceannuum ministĕrium

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L. 38; Th. ii. 296, 7

ge-dál-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál-land, -dæl-land, es; n.

Partible landland belonging to several proprietorssepărābĭlis terra

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Dipl. iii. 6, 11