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healre

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On healre dúne; of healre dúne, Cht. Crw. 4, 25. Tó healre mere; of healre mere, C. D. iii. 79, 1. Cf. In loco siluatici ruris usitato nomine hellere lége, i. 63, 9

heáh-altar

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-altar, es ; m.
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A high altar Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod

Linked entries: altar heáh-weofod

rimpan

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Take this to ge-hrimpan, and add: [v. N. E. D. rimple.]: <b>Rín.</b> Add:to last passage after eá (in Ríne þǽre eá, Riine þa eae, v. ll. )

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, to see.
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Add: 2 a. with an infinitive that has no subject Ic seah rǽpingas in ræced fergan, Rä. 53, 1. add: the imperative used exclamatorily Seh þé ecce (Lanc. sithee ), Ps. Vos. 7, 15

þúsend-feald

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In the first passage þúsendfealdgetæl should be read, as after þæt the declension would be definite and the form would be þúsendfealde. Cf. hundfeald-getel. Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15

weorold-níd

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Hé tó his woroldneóde dyde þǽra þearfena fódan alimenta pauperum suis aptauit usibus, Chrd. 51, 32. Sý ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add

ǽfen-dreám

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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add

windwian

(v.)
Grammar
windwian, p. ode

To winnowventilareliteralfigurative

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To winnow; ventilare, literal Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. figurative Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7

Linked entries: a-windwian windung

ge-ánlícian

(v.)

to join together

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(?) to join together in an undertaking Geánlícude conspirati (cf. ge-ánlǽcan; I a. But perhaps the form is geanlícude. v. Hpt. Gl. 426, 71 where the Latin is conspirati, consimilati), An. Ox. 863

Linked entry: án-lícian

ge-swógen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swógen, part. p.

Senselessinanimateswooned

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Senseless, inanimate, swooned Se læg geswógen betwux ðám ofslegenum he lay in a swoon amongst the slain, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 27: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 66, 324, Similar entries v. ge-swówung

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, hiow, e; f.

Fortune

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Fortune Swá hit oft gesǽleþ on ðǽm sélran þingum and on ðǽm gesundrum ðæt seó wyrd and sió hiow hie oft oncyrreþ ut aliquid plerumque in secundis rebus fortuna obstrepit, Nar. 7, 27

Linked entries: feala-hiw heow hyw heow

hold-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
hold-rǽden, e; f.

Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior

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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30

tindig

(adj.)
Grammar
tindig, adj.

Having spikes or prongs

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Having spikes or prongs Óstig gyrd vel tindig scorpio (scorpio genus flagelli, ex virgis nodosis confecti, vel scutica in modum scorpionis aculeata, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 17. Similar entries v. next word

Linked entries: tind tindiht

syde

(n.)
Grammar
syde, es; m.

A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled seethinga decoctionthe broth or water in which meat has been sodden.

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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed children

æl-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
æl-þeód, -þiód, e; f.

A foreign nationforeign peopleforeigners

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A foreign nation, foreign people, foreigners Ðonne ða rícan beóþ oððe on ælþeóde oððe on hiora ágenre gecýððe when the rich are among foreigners or in their own country, Bt. 27, 3 ; Fox 98, 34

ǽwisc-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-nys, -ness, e; f.

Disgraceobscenityfilthinessa blushing for shamereverencededecusobscenitaspudore suffusioreverentia

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Disgrace, obscenity, filthiness, a blushing for shame, reverence; dedecus, obscenitas, pudore suffusio, reverentia Ǽwiscnys reverentia, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 30. On ǽwiscnesse openly, as not being ashamed to be seen; in propatulo. Cot. 110, 202

Linked entries: áwesc-nis éwiscnes

cyfes-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cyfes-boren, def. se cyfes-borena; part.

Born in concubinage, base-born e concubina genĭtus

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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17

Linked entry: cifes-boren

drihten-weard

(n.)
Grammar
drihten-weard, es; m. [weard a keeper, guardian]

A guardian lord, king domĭnus custos, rex

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A guardian lord, king; domĭnus custos, rex On ðam drihtenweard deópne wisse sefan sídne geþanc in whom the guardian lord knew [to exist] deep ample thought of mind, Cd. 201; Th. 249, 24; Dan. 535

Linked entry: dryhten-weard

fíc-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-wyrm, es; m.

FIG-WORMa worm originating from the fig-diseasevermis ex fīco morbo ŏriens

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A FIG-WORM, a worm originating from the fig-disease; vermis ex fīco morbo ŏriens Feallaþ ða fícwyrmas on ða beðinge dēcĭdent fīet morbi vermes in balneo, L. M. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340. 8