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hearpian

(v.)
Grammar
hearpian, p. ode

To play on the harp, to harp

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Stefen swǽ hearpara hearpandra in hearpum sínum vocem sicut cytharedorum cytharizantium in cytharis suis, Rtl. 47, 24

ge-þíhan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þíhan, p. -þáh, -þág, -þǽh

To thriveprospergrowvigereproficerecrescere

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Eádig biþ se ðe in his éðle geþíhþ happy is he who thrives in his country, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 21; Gn. Ex. 37.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Be ǽnigum dǽle in any measure, 165, 2: Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 9. Be nánum dǽle gefæstnode tó Gode, 39, 7; F. 222, 18. Be (þám) dǽle þe (þæt) in so far as, to the extent that :-- Be dǽle ðe wé mægen in quantum possumus, Past. 231, 4.

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, es ; n. (?) I.
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Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán mid strece þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058 ; Erl. 192, 36

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.

A sword

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Sweorda láfe those whom the sword had spared, 5865; B. 2936. ¶ The high esteem in which good swords were held in old times is marked in many ways.

Linked entry: swyrd

ÆX

(n.)
Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

what is brought to an edgeAn AXEa hatchetpickaxesecurisascia

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On æxe in securi, Ps. Spl. 73, 7. Forðon seó æx [MS. H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf because the axe is an informer, not a thief; quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23

Linked entries: acas acs æcse eax ex

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandallis, rixa, seditio

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Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; lis, rixa, seditio On ceáste in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, note 34. Gif he þurh unnytte ceáste man ofsleá fæste x geár si in inutili rixa hominem occident, x annas jejunet, L. Ecg.

DÍGOL

(n.)
Grammar
DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol,es; n.

Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium

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Mægen he cýðde on dígle he revealed his power in secret, Andr. Kmbl. 1251; An. 626. He ðý þriddan dæge of dígle arás he rose the third day from the secret place [the grave], Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 13; Pa. 62

feorr

(adv.)
Grammar
feorr, adv.

Farat a distanceprŏcullonge

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Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.

hwiða

(n.)
Grammar
hwiða, hweoða, an; m: hweoðu, e; f.

A breeze

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Hé ýste mæg eáðe oncyrran ðæt hí windes hweoðu weorþeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram, Ps. Th. 106, 29. On lyftu ł tó hwiðan ł tó wedere in auram, Ps. Lamb. 106, 28. On lyfte [MS. C. wedyre ł hweoðan], Ps. Spl. 106, 29

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Lettinghinderingobstructiondelayretarding

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Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2

port-geráfa

(n.)
Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
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Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.

be-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sencan, bi-sencan; p. -sencte; pp. -senced

To sink, immergemergere, demergere

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Sí besenced on sǽs grúnd demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. Bos. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 10, 15. Ðæt he gesáwe Satanan besencedne on ðám grúndum helle that he saw Satan sunk in the depths of hell, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25

Linked entries: be-seah bi-sencan

sigel-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfa, an ; m. A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek
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In the following no foreign equivalent is given Sigelhweorfa, ii. 94, 25 : iii. 24, 4. Nim nioþoweardne sigelhweorfan, 326, 17. See Lchdm. ii. 404, col. 2

Linked entry: -hweorfa

be-grípan

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Th. i. 122, 24. ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam. Jn. p. 5, 8. to reprehend Begripen (increpuerunt) mé lendene míne, Ps. Spl. T. 15, 7 (cf. Toc hemm Sannt Iohan to bigripenn, Orm. 9752)

dóhtor

Grammar
dóhtor, l. dohtor,
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Móder on doehter (dohter, R.) and dohter on moeder mater in filiam et filia in matrem, Lk. L. 12, 53. Docter filiam, Mk. p. 3, 17. Dohtra (dohtero, L., dohter, R.) filiae, Lk. 23, 28. v. bróþor-, freó-dohtor

ear

(n.)
Grammar
ear, an ear of corn. l. eár,
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In eher (æhher, R.) in spica, Mk. L. 4, 28. Geberen eár, Lch. ii. 124, 17. Þá hié heora corn ripon ealle þá eár ( spicae ) wǽron blódge, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 28. Ðára ehera spicarum, Mk. p. 2, 16. Eára, An. Ox. 1411.

Linked entry: æhher

fæsten-dæg

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On ðám fæstendagum in quibus diebus quadrigesimae, R. Ben. 74, 12. On eówrum fæstendagum in diebus jejuniorum vestrorum, Past. 315, 2. Þá fæstendagas þe men eów beódað tó healdenne, Wlfst. 230, 34. Add:

folcisc

popularin commonsecular

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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.

ge-dryhtu

(n.)
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; pl. ge-dryhtu What is suffered, fortune, fate (cf. dreógan) Gedrihtu elementa, i. fortune ł sidera (the passage is: Cum figura mundi in ictu evanuerit, et enormia creaturarum elementa in melius commntata claruerint, Ald. 32, 34.