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wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey

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Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36. Gewát Matheus menigo lǽdan on gehyld Godes, weorod on wilsíð (he was leading them out of prison), Andr.

atol-lic

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Gesewen on ðám atelican híwe, Hml. Th. i. 336, 35. On atelicum híwe mid byrnendum múde and lígenum eágum, ii. 164, 22. Þá atelican obscena, An. Ox. 4959. Atelicost kin teterrimum genus, R. Ben. I. 10, 6. Add

FINGER

(n.)
Grammar
FINGER, gen. fingeres, fingres; dat. fingre; pl. nom. acc. fingras; gen. fingra, fingrena; m.

A FINGER ⬩ digĭtus

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Rand sceal on scylde, fæst fingra gebeorh a boss shall be on the shield, the sure protection of fingers, Menol. Fox 535; Gn. C. 38: Elen. Kmbl. 239; El. 120.

Linked entry: fincer

hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyhtan, p. te

To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice

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of good things, Homl.

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nearu

(n.)
Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty

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confinement, durance, prison Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan ( when they might come out of the ark ), Cd. Th. 86; Gen. 1433. Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte, Elen.

ge-líca

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Hé mǽðe cann on mannum, ge on his gelícum ge on lǽssum mannum, Wlfst. 58, 4

hálig

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H. 17, 21. of divine operations (ordinary or extraordinary) in the physical world Wæs hálig leóht ofer wéstenne, swá se wyrhta bebeád, Gen. 124. Cóm morgen . . . hálig of heolstre, An. 243.

ge-standan

(v.)
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(l a α) of a thing personified :-- Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge . . . suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre . . . oð ðæt hió fæstlíce gestonde on ðǽm solore ðæs módes, Past. 23, 18. of things, material, to be stationed, after movement, become stationary Stearra

geómrung

(n.)
Grammar
geómrung, geómerung, e; f.

A groaning, moaning, lamentation ⬩ gĕmĭtus, lāmentum

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On geómerunga mínre in gĕmĭtu meo, 6, 6: Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 14. Hí getácniaþ háligra manna geómerunge they betoken the groaning of holy men, Homl. Th. i. 142, 18. Deáþes geómerunga me beeódon the moanings of death surrounded me, ii. 86, 16.

Linked entries: gémerung geómerung

for-hæfednes

Grammar
for-hæfednes, and -hæfnes
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Ox. 47, 2. Add:

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Of fyrlænum scírum de longinquis provinciis, R. Ben. I. loi, 12. On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml. S. 6, 47. On fyrlenum wunigende, 35, 26

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch

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Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum, C. D. iii. 350, 8.

gást

breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person

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Hig samod restað on ánre byrgenne, and þá gástas samod gefeóð on ánum wuldre, Mart. H. 214, 19

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd
  • (Bl. H. 31, 32)
; dat. ge-cynd
  • (Bl. H. 121, 30)
.

birth(?) ⬩ a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right ⬩ natural condition, lot to which one is born :-- ⬩ the character or quality derived from birth or native constitution, natural disposition, nature ⬩ nature in general, in the abstract, the established order of things ⬩ natural state or condition ⬩ a natural quality, property, or characteristic ⬩ gender, sex ⬩ VII a. sexual organs, ⬩ the manner or way natural or proper to any one, mode of action ⬩ character as determining the class to which a thing belongs, generic nature or quality ⬩ a race, a natural group of animals or plants having a common origin ⬩ a family, a tribe, nation ⬩ descendants, progeny :-- ⬩ a class distinguished by common attributes, genus, sort

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Hy. 7, 43. a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right Brytland him wæs on gewealde ... Norman-díge ꝥ land wæs his gecynde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f.

tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body

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A mancus of gold, or even a much higher sum, was usually paid in the case of a king or bishop, or of a person of high rank. the graves were no doubt arranged in rows and covered with small mounds, as in the older pagan cemeteries, except that the mounds

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia

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A keeping, observance, preservation, abstinence; custōdia, observātio, conservātio, abstĭnentia We rǽdaþ on bócum, ðæt ðeós gehealdsumnys wurde arǽred on ðone tíman ðe gelamp on ánre byrig ðe Uigenna is gecweden micel eorþstyrung we read in books, that

byden

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Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30. Bydno hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Bydena cuparum, An. Ox. 4, 60. Bydenum cupis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 62. Bydena cupas, An.

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstye ⬩ lewzf ⬩ looze

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On hlóshám súewerdne, C. D. B. iii. 474, 34. (Cf. hlossanhám, C. D. iii. 377, 18.) Tó hlóshrycge, C. D. iii. 434, 15. Oþ hlósleáge, Cht. Crw. 7, 48. On hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 25. On hlósstedes crundles súðecge, 465, 15.

fæþm

a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist

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On fæþme gremio, An. Ox. 32, 11. On fæðme (in fæðem, L.) fædres in sinu patris, Jn. R. 1, 18. the fore-arm Eln ulna, fæðm cubitus, hand manus, Wrt.

æx

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Hé bær him æcse and adesan on handa, tácnode on ðám ꝥ hé nales tó ídelnysse on ꝥ mynster eóde, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Angl. ix. 263, l. Æxa bipennes , An. Ox. 2, 71. Æcssa, 2231. Mid ęcesum securibus , Ps.