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for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, to grow dark.
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L. 198. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?) :-- Forsweorced fuscatus (velut Aethiopica nigritudine, Ald. 66, 23), An. Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.)

hǽwen

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Hacele hǽwen subucula iacinthina, An. Ox. 5318 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 56. Héwen (ex) iacintho, 77, 19. Hǽwen, hiacincto, viridis, An. Ox. 35, 2. Hǽwenre deáge, 1058. Þá hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, Wrt.

heáfod-smæl

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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the collar of a tunic: Heáfodsmæl capitium (tunica coccinea, capitium et manicae sericis clavatae, Ald. 77, 15. Glosses to the same passage elsewhere are: Capitium hæt, An. Ox. 5320: Hpt.

neádian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Neádode inuitos, i. coactos, An. Ox. 1621. to force to do something Neádiende compellens (scandere), An. Ox. 2463. Neádod conpellitur, i. angariatur (per vim amittere), 2660.

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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An outlaw Útlaga exlex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 62; Zup. 70, 5: exul, 9, 10; Zup. 39, 14: Wrt. Voc. 1. 50, 58: 74, 26. Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L.

HEBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEBBAN, hæbban; p. hóf, pl. hófon; pp. hafen, hæfen

To HEAVE, lift up, raiselevare, extollere

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Wæs wóp hæfen then was a cry raised, Andr. Kmbl. 2311; An. 1157: Beo. Th. 6038; B. 3023

Linked entries: ge-hebban hafen

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Jul. 117: Gen. 122. (1 a) light as a mark of a habitable region, a region or condition in which there is light, used of this world and the next :-- Hé sáwla lǽdeð on úprodor, þǽr [is] leóht and líf, Exod. 545.

HELP

(n.)
Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.

HELPaidsuccour

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Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr. Kmbl. 1814; An. 909. Gionn helpe præsta subsidium, Rtl. 71, 37. Ða ðe hine helpe biddaþ who ask him for help, Ps. Th. 118, 2: Andr.

Linked entry: hylp

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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as a guest).

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, witherwallow = to fade away

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Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]

a-cerrednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-cerrednes, -ness, e; f.

An aversion

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An aversion

æfen-lǽcend

(n.)

an imitator

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an imitator

ærce-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-diácon, es; m.

An archdeacon

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An archdeacon

forðung

(n.)

an armament

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an armament

fyrd-cræft

(n.)

an expedition

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an expedition

eal-myrca

(n.)

an Ethiopian

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an Ethiopian

gecele

(n.)

an icicle

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an icicle

ge-fáhmon

(n.)

an enemy

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an enemy

ge-frætwodnes

(n.)

an ornament

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an ornament

ge-lymp

(n.)

an accident

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an accident