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hund-endleftigoða

(num.; adj.)
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hund-endleftigoða, num.

One hundred and tenth

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One hundred and tenth On ðæm eahta and hundælleftiogoðan psalme in the hundred and eighteenth psalm, Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 23

hwǽl

(n.)
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On hwǽl hreópon [hwreopon, MS.] herefugolas the birds of war screamed as they wheeled round, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 1; Exod. 161

hwæla

(n.)
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hwæla, an; m.

A whale

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A whale Hé is on middon hwælan hiwes he is of a whale's shape in the middle, Salm. Kmbl. 527; Sal. 263

ge-bihþ

(n.)
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ge-bihþ, e; f. [cf. byht a dwelling, abode]

An abode ⬩ habitation ⬩ domĭcĭlium

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An abode, habitation; domĭcĭlium On mislícum monna gebihþum in the various abodes of men, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 22; Gú. 846

ge-rímtæl

(n.)
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ge-rímtæl, es; n.

A number, reckoning

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A number, reckoning Bión on ðæm gerímtæle mid mínum bróþor to be of the number with my brother, H. R. 13, 11

waroþ-gewinn

(n.)
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waroþ-gewinn, es; n.

The strife of waves near the shore ⬩ the surge

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The strife of waves near the shore, the surge Wé on sǽbáte ofer waruðgewinn wada cunnedon faroðrídende, Andr. Kmbl. 877 ; An. 439

hér

here . . . there

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Sé þe hér on eorðan eáðmód leotað, Möd. 68. On eorðan hér, Ph. 638. Wé men cweðað on grunde hér, Hy. 9, 39. Hér on lífe, Ll. Th. i. 372, 35: Seel. 150. In lífe hér, Gú. 1222. Hér on þyssum lǽnum lífe, Kr. 108. Libban hér on worulde.

eáster-dæg

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On óðran Eásterdæge on Easter Monday, 1053; P. 182, 20. On forman Eásterdæg (on Ǽsterdæg, v. l. ), 1043; P. 163, 31. On ðone forman Eásterdæg, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 685, 16.

ge-lífed

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Hwónlíce gelýfede menn men of little faith, 566, 28. ¶ believing on, with acc., cf. ge-lífan; 1 a α Sum man . . . swíðe gelýfed on þone lyfiendan God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 5. Sum mǽden . . . on ðone Hǽlend gelýfed, Hml. S. 7, 7.

leóma

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Ox. 88. a ray, portion of brilliant light. of the light of a heavenly body Swá under ánum leóman þǽre sunnan (ánum sunnan leóman, v. l.) sub uno solis radio, Gr. D. 171, 12. Under ánum leóman (sunnan leóman, v. l. ), 172, 22: An. Ox. 2970.

hynden

(n.)
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hynden, e; f.
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A legal association of one hundred men.

Linked entry: hynden-mann

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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. - The Biarmians inhabited the country on the shores of the White Sea, north-west of the river Dwina. Alfred calls them Beormas. They were called Biarmians by Icelandic historians, and Permiaki by the Russians, and now Permians.

ge-mengednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mengednys, -mengdnys, -mencgednys, -mencgdnys, -mencgnys, -nyss, e; f.

A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connection ⬩ commixtio, admixtio

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Bútan womme oððe gemencgednysse ðwyrlíces weorces without blemish or admixture of perverse work, Homl. Th. i. 544, 17. Ðære sǽ gemengednyssa the minglings of the sea, 610, 11 : 608, 20

Linked entry: ge-mencgednys

ǽt

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Ox. 3762. Be ǽte de cibo, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . , Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 25. Wurmum tó ǽte, Wlfst. 145, 19. Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270.

ge-riht

(n.)
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ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium

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On geryhte ongeán ðænemúþan in a direction opposite the mouth, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 8. On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre right from the ship to the anchor, Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20

Linked entry: ge-ryht

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
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heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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of clothing. The word glosses oraria in the verses which tell the medicinal virtues of St. Cuthbert's clothing, 'tegmina corporis almi', 'veneranda vestis'. One whose eyes were affected 'sancti accipiens oraria vatis' was cured. v. Nap. 36.

hád-brice

(n.)
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hád-brice, -bryce, es; m. [hád II. holy orders in the church; brice a violation, breach]

An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders ⬩ ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio

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to the degree of the order, L, C.

hider

to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro

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Hider on eorðan, Past. 469, l. Hé his sprǽce hider on þás eorðan sendeð emittit eloquium suum terrae, Ps. Th. 147, 4. Antecríst nú gét hider on middangeard ne cóm, Bl. H. 117, 33. Hider hé fundað on þysne middangeard, Kr. 103.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

hreð-mónaþ

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hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ

Linked entry: hlýda

ceosel

(n.)
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ceosel, m.
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Hé sang his gebedu on sǽlicere ýðe, ... and syððan his cneówa on ðám ceosle gebígde ... Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14.