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Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Blód út ne com of hreðre blood came not from my breast, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13. Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade in her bosom she stuck my head, 124 b;; Th. 479, 9; Rä. 62, 5.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Understandaþ ðæt se Drihten dæghwamlíce bletsaþ þurh sacerda handa hláf and wín tó his gástlícan líchama and blóde the housel is Christ's body, not bodily but spiritually; not the body that he suffered in, but the body that he spoke about when he blessed

Linked entry: húsl

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Ðú wást hú ða woruldsǽlþa hwearfiaþ ... hwí ne hwearfost ðú mid him thow knowest how worldly blessings change ... why dost thou not change with them? Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 6.

Linked entry: hreafigende

eá-land

(n.)
Grammar
eá-land, -lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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Water-land, an island; insŭla [eás land island, lit. water's land, land of water, v. gen. eás in eá] Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited the island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13. Ðæs fægerne gefeán habbaþ eálanda mænig latentur insŭlæ multæ, Ps.

Linked entries: eálond íg-land

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hartstagmale deer

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A hart, stag, male deer Nán heort ne onsúnode nǽnne león no hart shunned any lion, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 9. Heorot hornum trum the hart firm of horns, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369. Heorut cervus, Ps. Stev. 41, 1.

Linked entry: heort

líðian

(v.)
Grammar
líðian, p. ode
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Biþ ðæs innoþes sár líðigende ðæt hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ the disease of the stomach will grow easier, so that soon it will be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10

Linked entry: líðan

óþ-feallan

(v.)
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to fall away, cease to have connection with Óþ-fealle se wer (in the case of a man who, upon a charge of theft, being forsaken by his kinsmen, forfeits his freedom) ðám mágum the kinsmen shall have no further concern in the 'wer' L.

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or aroundcircumspicereto see, look, beholdvidere, aspicereto go to see, visitvisere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8.

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal

Linked entry: stóc

ge-dyrstignes

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Hié sceolon ábúgan þurh ǽnige gedyrstignesse ne temere declinetur a quoquam, 15, 21. Gif hwylc þurh gedyrstignesse . . . qui praesumpserit . . . 130, 4. Þurh þá gedyrstignesse (-durst-, Ll.

Linked entry: ge-durstignes

hrægel-talu

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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf.

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Add: spiritually opposed to physically, corporeally His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan; nis ꝥ ðeáh no líchomlíce tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 14.

on-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

To change, reverseTo change, turn, revert

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Eft is ðæt onhworfen, is nú swá hit wǽre freóndscipe uncer, 443, 2; Kl. 23. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad and ðæt æðeleste hiew hwý wearþ hit onhworfen quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus, Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 11. intrans.

Linked entry: on-hwirfan

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Se ðe feoh his ne sealde to gafole qui pĕcūniam suam non dĕdit ad ūsūram, Ps. Lamb. 14, 5.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Án i oððe án prica ne gewít fram ðære ǽ iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Ðonne miht ðú ongitan ðæt eorþan ymbhwyrft is eall wið ðone heofon tó mettanne swylce án lytel pricu (lytlu price, Cott.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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Se ðe nánþing ne syrwde qui non est insidiatus, Ex. 21, 13. Syrede, Beo. Th. 324 ; B. 161. Se syrwienda deóful. Wulfst. 107, 22. with prep, to lie in wait for, plot against Ðú syrwst ongeán hyre hó, Gen. 3, 15.

swipu

(n.)
Grammar
swipu, e; swipu(-e), an; f.: swipa (?), an; m.
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Kmbl. 243; Sal. 121. figurative, affliction, chastisement Swipu ne geneálǽcþ ðínum getealde flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo tuo, Ps. Lamb. 90, 10. Ne mæg heard sweopu weorðan húse ðínum on neáweste, Ps. Th. 90, 10.

Linked entries: swipa swipe

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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Hé heora ungemet ofslóg; be ðæm mon mehte witan, ðá hé and ða consulas hié átellan ne mehton quot millia hominum interfecta ipse consul ostendit; qui numerum explicare non potuit, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 29. immoderation, excess Of ungemete ǽlces þinges, wiste

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

georn-full

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</b> desirous to possess, avaricious, hard :-- Ðú wistes ꝥ ic gearnfull (georn-, R.) monn am, nimmes ꝥ ic ne gesett sciebas quod ego austerus homo sum, tollens quod non posui, Lk. L. 19, 22. anxious, solicitous about. with prep.