hell-ware
The inhabitants of hell
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I21 b; Th. 466, 18; Hö. 123. Wuldorweorudes and helwara of the glorious host and of the dwellers in hell, Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 20; Cri. 286: 114 a; Th. 437, 12; Rä. 56, 6
Linked entry: hell-waran
ilfette
A swan
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A swan Aelbitu olor, cicnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 47 : tantalus, 98, 30. Ilfatu alvor, 6, 55. Ilfetu olor, 63, 40. Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25.
nǽgan
To address ⬩ accost ⬩ speak to
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To address, accost, speak to Nigeþan síþe nǽgde se gomola, sǽgde eaforan worn, Exon. Th. 304, 5; Fä. 65. But generally the verb is accompanied by wordum : -- Ðú mé wordum nǽgest, fúsne frignest, 175, 26; Gú. 1200. Hine weroda God wordum nǽgde, Cd.
Linked entry: hnǽgan
gengan
To go, pass ⬩ ire, meare, currere, ferri, converti
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To go, pass; ire, meare, currere, ferri, converti Forhwí gengdest ðú on bæcling quare converses es retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 5. He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412.
sigel
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The sun ; also the name of the rune=S ᛋ sǽmannum symble byþ on hihte (cf. Icelandic Runic poem—Sól er landa ljómi), Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15 ; Rún. 16. Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966.
stíle
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Steel Stéli, steeli, stél accearium, Txts. 37, 55. Staeli ocearium, 81, 1431. Stete acerra (? stéle acearium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 56. Stýle accearium, 4, 29 : 63, 34. Þeáh mec heard bíte stíðecg stýle, Exon. Th. 499, 11 ; Rä. 88, 14.
streówen
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a couch, bed In bed stréne mínre in lectum stratus mei, Ps. Surt. 131, 3. Stréne míne stratum meum, 6, 7: 40, 4: 62, 7. Ðá héht hé him streówne gegearwian (bedd gewyrcian, MS.
Linked entry: streón
wan-sǽlig
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Unblest, miserable, evil Grendel, wonsǽlig wer, Beo. Th. 210; B. 105. Wineleás, wonsǽlig genimeþ him wulfas tó ge*-*féran. Exon. Th. 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. In ðisse wonsǽlgan worulde lífe, 158, 33; Gú. 919.
wíd-wegas
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Distant regions, regions lying far and wide Ús gesamna of wídwegum congrega nos de nationibus, Ps. Th. 105, 36, Hé synfulle tðdrífeþ geond wídwegas omnes peccatores disperdet, 144, 20.
deág
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A dye, colour Telg, deág fucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 66. Deág vel telg, 151, 52. Deáh, 70, 19. Déch murex, An. Ox. 18 b, 56. Telge, deáge ostro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 37: 87, 10. Of hǽw*-*enre deáge ex iacintho, An. Ox. 1058. Deáche stibio, 4645.
dell
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A dell, deep hollow or vale Dell (den, v. l. ), weallendum légum full, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Forð be deópan delle, Cht. E. 290, 30. On scipdel; of scipdelle on cýpmanna [del]; of cýpmanna delle andlang weges, C. D. v. 48, 13.
Linked entry: dæl
Færpingas
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Hé (Diuma) forðférde on Middel-Englum on ðám þeódlande ðe is genemned in Fæppingum (Fepp-, v. l., quae vocatur in Feppingum), Bd. 3, 21; Sch. 289, 9. Cf. (?) Ad Fepsétna túne, C. D. ii. 326, 3
rest
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36.
scort
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Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b.
þurh
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Add Ðone gé ofslógon and áhéngon ðurh eówer geðeaht, Past. 443, 8 : 435, 26. add Swá hwelc swá on ǽnigre frécennesse mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére, Shrn. 73, 10. B. I 2. add :-- Nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm (per viam illam), Mt.
wild-deór
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D. 195, 5-7. Add
sam-hwilc
Some
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Some Þeówne . lx. Somhwelcne fíftegum (mid fíftig, MSS. B. H. ) the 'wer' for the ' þeów' is 60 shillings. For one kind it is 50 (?), L. In. 23 ; Th. i. 118, 4.
Linked entry: sam-hwilc
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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In Beo. Th. 5650; B. 2829; according to Thorpe the reading of the MS. is scearede, other editors read scearde.
snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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The handle of a scythe. Under the forms snathe, sneath, snead, sned the word occurs in the glossaries of many dialects, e. g. Wilts, Somerset, Northamptonshire. Jamieson also gives it. v. E. D. S. Pub. Gloss.
hlynnan
To sound, ⬩ make a noise, ⬩ shout
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Hlynede and dynede raised shout and din, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Stefn in becom hlynnan under hárne stán the voice got in and sounded under the grey stone, Beo. Th. 5099; B. 2553. Hlynnende hlúde streamas, torrentes, Ps. Th. 73, 15