haca
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On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde (haccan is the form in the MS. printed C. D. B. iii. 395, 18), vi. 41, 24. Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D
heán-lic
paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base
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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257.
ge-wrixl
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Gelíce þá biscopas syndan on gewrixle þára apostola on þǽre háligra gesomnunge, swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas on þám gewrixle Crístes þegna, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19-22.
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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Add: to write out or down, write words Áurítteð (scribebat) ł áurát on eorðe, Jn. L. 8, 6. Heora ǽlces naman áwrít (superscribes) on his girde, Num. 17, 2. Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5.
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ge-férlǽcan
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Ox. 7, 48. Ic eom þysum mǽdenum geférlǽht. Hml. S. 7, 256. Hí wǽron geférlǽhte on fæstum geleáfan, 28, 20. Beón on sóðre sibbe geférlǽhte, R. Ben. 82, 6. of relation between things His líchama is mínum geférlǽht, Hml.
ellen
elder-tree
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In tó gryddeles elrene, of gryddeles elrene in tó ðára smalan ác, C. D. B. i. 117, 27. Usque ad ellerne, C. D. iii. 447, 31. Tó ðám ellene, v. 226, 14. On ðæt ellen; of ðám ellenne, iii. 85, 8. On ðæt ǽnlýpe ellyn; ðonne of ðan ellynne, v. 398, 28.
mere-flód
a flood of water ⬩ deluge ⬩ a body of water ⬩ flood ⬩ ocean
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On mereflóde middum in the midst of the waters, 8; Th. 9, 21; Gen. 145. Bisencte on mereflóde drowned in ocean, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 10; Jul. 480: 82 a; Th. 309, 19; Seef. 59
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Voc. ii. 136, 65. growth, produce, fruit of the earth or of a vegetable (lit. or fig.), plant, fruit Wæstm fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 1. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, ii. 151, 31. Rædrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, i. 39, 22.
Gár-Dene
The spear-Danes ⬩ Danes who fought with spears ⬩ armed or warlike Danes ⬩ hastāti Dāni
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The spear-Danes, Danes who fought with spears, armed or warlike Danes; hastāti Dāni We Gár-Dena, in geárdagum, þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon we have heard of the renown of the Gar-Danes' great kings in days of yore, Beo. Th. 1; B. 1.
sceard
A gap,notch
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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic
Crécas
The Greeks ⬩ Græci
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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31.
be-sceáwian
to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of
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Ox. 371. with idea of examination, enquiry: Ic besceáwie exploro (-do, MS.), An. Ox. 18 b, 24. Hé hét besceáwian þá burh dixit eis: Explorate terram, Jos. 7, 2.
forþ
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H. 201, 35. denoting continuity of movement or direction, on Þá on dæg hé mehte cuman tó ealra Rómána anwealde, þǽr hé forþ gefóre ( if he had marched on ) tó ðǽre byrg, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 11.
lócian
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Add: intrans. to give a certain direction to one's fight, direct one's eyes upon some object or towards some portion of space, with phrase or adv. expressing the direction or the intended object of vision Lócað geneahhe fram þám unlǽdan
ge-mynd
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Lǽt þé on gemyndum (remember), hú mé bysmredon weras, An. 962. (to come to (into) occur to) mind Mé arn tó gemynde oft, Ll. Lbmn. 269, 16. Hwílum án, hwílum óðru cymð tó gemynde, Past. 413, 30. Mé cóm oft on gemynd, 3, 2.
rún-cofa
The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast
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The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast Hé mæg on his rúncofan rihtwísnesse findan on ferhþe fæste gehýdde (cf. ðonne fint hé ðær (on his gemynde) ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde,Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 51), Met. 22, 59
CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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a young shoot of a herb or tree, a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote; germen, festuca Swá dropan ofer gærsa cíþas quasi stillæ super graminum germina, Deut. 32, 2.
for-weorþan
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Hié fornǽh mid ealle forslægene and forwordene wǽron, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 33. (a α) of an animal's death :-- Ic gedwoledee of the destruction of things Ne án loc of eówrum heáfde forwyrð, Bl. H. 243, 33. Þǽr forwearþ .cxx. scipa, Chr. 877; P. 74, 16.
mǽg
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Of hǽþenum mágum ethnicis parentibus (oriundus) An. Ox. 2417. kindred involved legal responsibility of its members to one another. where one member was criminal, or subject to criminal prosecution Áð syllan ꝥ hý on heora mǽge náne þýfðe nyston, Ll.
ge-sete
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what has become of the giver of treasure ? What has become of the houses of feasting ? Where are the joys of the banqueting-hall ?, Wand. 93. Hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft sigefolca geseta, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 66.