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hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garmentdressroberailclothing

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Se ðe mid ðon ánum hrægle wæs gegyrwed who was dressed in that one garment, 169, 1. On medmyclum hrægle gehealdene moderate in dress, 185, 17.

Linked entry: hrægl

HWÍT

(adj.)
Grammar
HWÍT, adj.

WHITEbrightclearfairsplendid

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Hæfde hé hine swá hwítne geworhtne gelíc wæs hé ðám leóhtum steorrum so splendid had he formed him he was like the bright stars, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 4; Gen. 254. Leóht hwít clear light, 29; Th. 38, 33; Gen. 616.

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Ðá heó ðrycced wæs mid sáre hire sweoran ðæt heó oft cwǽde: 'Ic wát ðæt ic be gewyrhtum on mínum sweoran bere ða byrþenne ðysse ádle' quia cum praefato dolore maxillae sive colli premeretur solita sit dicere: 'scio, quia merito in collo pondus languoris

Linked entries: swira swyra

BRAND

(n.)
Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.

a BRAND, fire-brand, torch;titio, torris a burning, flame, fire;incendium, flamma, ignisA sword;ensis

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Se ád wæs ǽghwonan ymb-boren mid brondum the funeral pile was heaped around on every side with fire-brands, Exon. 74 a ; Th. 277, 15 ; Jul. 581. a burning, flame, fire; incendium, flamma, ignis Brond þeceþ hús the burning covers the house, Exon. 59 a

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háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Ǽlc man ðara ðe æágan heft ǽrest háwaþ ðæs ðe hé geseón wolde óþ ðone first ðe hé hyþ gegeháwaþ every man who has eyes first looks towards what he wants to see, until he has got it under his observation, Shrn. 178, 6.

hof

(n.)
Grammar
hof, es; n.

A house hall, dwelling, buildingædes, domus

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Se hálga wæs tó hofe lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced the saint was led to the building [prison] into that dark house, Andr. Kmbl. 2616; An. 1309. Of ðam engan hofe, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 12; Jul. 532: Elen. Kmbl. 1420; El. 712.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Búton se biscop hie mid him habban wille unless the bishop want to have it with him, Past. Pref. Swt. 9, 6.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Hit wæs elles feáwum mannum cúð, Chr. 1043; P. 164, 3. with pronominal adverbs. local Wæs eorðstyrung on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr . . . and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde and gehwǽr elles, Chr. 1049; P. 167, 25, 27.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Him twám hé wæs ætýwed duobus ex eis ostensus est, Mk. Skt. 16, 12.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

WithcumAgainstbeforeonintocontraapudin

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Ýþ up færeþ, ófstum wyrceþ wæter and wealfæsten the wave goes up [and] rapidly makes [worketh] the water into a wall [wall-fastness ], Cd. 157; Th. 195, 27; Exod. 283

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

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Sum undercyning wæs erat quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. 4, 46, 49: Homl. Th. i. 128, 5. Ic Offa, Myrcena kining ... Ic Aldréd, Wigraceastres undercining ( subregulus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 186, 13.

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

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Ðes Dauid wæs wuldorful cyning, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 32. Wulderfull ðrowung, Homl. Th. i. 360, 20. Se wuldorfulla (gloriosus) Eádgár, Anglia xiii. 365, 3. Se wuldorfulla cyning (Christ), Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 6.

Linked entry: wuldor

bile-wit

(v.)
Grammar
bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.

plausible

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Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63

cwén

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</b> a king's wife :-- Þǽs cyninges nama wæs Eilippus, and his quéne noma wæs Eufenisse, Shrn. 131, 31. <b>III b.</b> a king's daughter :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .'

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Th. i. 380, 28. of disposition, malignantly, with ill-will Þyses cyninges cwén wæs forcúþost wífa, Gezabel geháten, hetelíce gemódod, Hml. S. 18, 50. Ðá Malchus þás word gehýrde þe se portgeréfa him swá hetelíce wæs tó spræcende, 23, 718

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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Grammar un-feor, with dative Ðá hé wæs unfeor ðam húse cum non longe esset a domo, Lk. Skt. 7, 6. Ðæt is unfeor ðære byrig Neapoli quod est non longe a Neapoli, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 30: Cd. Th. 125, 22; Gen. 2083.

be-týnan

to enclosesurround to shut inoutshut upto closeshutto closeend

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Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽrǽfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 17, 21.

ge-metgung

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II a. a regulation, an arrangement :-- Ðæt wæs wundeilicu gemetgung ðætte ðá ðá hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht, ðá wæs hé Gode micel geðúht miro autem modo cum apud se parvulus, apud Deum magnus apparuit, Past. 113, 16.

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende . . . Wæs ongeán ðyssum wæterscipe glæsen fæt, Blickl. Homl. 209, 4.