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hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Th. i. 56, 29.

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

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In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]

Linked entry: hína

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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and add: to carry out, execute. v. wrecan; <b>I. d</b> Þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (þú ofercymst ealle þíne fynd, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 176, 10.

sunn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-treów, (?). In Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 3 origia is glossed by sun*-*treów. Cockayne suggests,
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oryza sum treów, Lchdm. iii. 346, col. 1

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f. The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular.

truth ⬩ good faith ⬩ honour ⬩ fidelity ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an assurance of good faith

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Ic gemunde mínra treówða ðe ic Abrahame behét recordatus sum pacti mei, Ex. 6, 5. Gif gé míne treówða gehealdaþ si eustodieritis pactum meum, 19, 5

Linked entry: trýwþ

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person

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Homl. i. 53, 22. Þe deuel mid his hinderworde bicherde Adam, ii. 59, 19. Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969. Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously

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Ic mundbyrd on ðé þríste hæfde in te confirmatus sum, Ps. Th. 70, 5. Ic ðín bebod þríste gelýfde, 118, 66. in a bad sense, without sense of shame, presumptuously, audaciously Heó þríste ongan wið Sarran swíðe winnan, Cd. Th. 135, 10; Gen. 2240.

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Some ⬩ any ⬩ some one

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P. iv. 52, note; Th. ii. 218, 23. Hwelcne-hugu dǽl, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 13.

ýr

Grammar
ýr, ýre. v. ír[e].

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force.

The inhabitants of a place

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Voc. ii. 73, 66. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru

Linked entry: wara

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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It must be remembered then, that a short a cannot stand in a word when it ends in a single consonant, that is, when no inflections of a, o, u in nouns follow; as in Stæf, fræt: when in nouns a single consonant is followed by e; as Stæfes, stæfe, wæter

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort

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Is nú ende feor þæt wé sceolun ætsomne súsel þrowian it is far from the end of the time during which we must suffer together, i. e. our sufferings will never end, Sat. 40. Oð his lífes ende, Chr. 709; P. 41, 35.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage

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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592.

Linked entry: wítiga

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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In fæðm fýres into the bosom of the fire, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 16; Dan. 234, Astág mægna gold-hord in fǽmnan fæðm the treasury of might [Christ] descended into a virgin&#39;s womb, Exon. 19 b; Th. 49, 19; Cri. 788. that part of the arm on which one leans

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 36. Grammar þyncan, where the subject is not expressed, as in methinks Swá me ðincþ, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 21: 36, 3; Fox 176, 30. Swá ðé ðyncþ, 38, 2; Fox 196, 22. Hú þincþ eów quid vobis videtur, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 28.

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

Scede-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scede-land, Sceden-íg.

all

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The latter, occurring Beo. 3376; B. 1686, is the same as the Icel. Skán-ey, in Wulfstans narrative, Scón-ég (q.v.): the former (in pl.) seems to denote all l Blæd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. 38 ; B. 19

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Gewyldende refrenantes, i. prohibentes (corporeos gestus ), An. Ox. 2189. Gewyldum compresso (superna potestate incendio ), 4, 63. of conduct, in persons Ic þá ic lufige ic gewilde ego quos amo castigo, Scint. 160, 15.

wésten

(n.)
Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
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Tó ðam wéstene Sin in desertum Sin Num. 20, 1. On wéstene (woestenne, Ps. Surt.) in solitudine Ps. Th. 54, 7. On ðisum wéstene (woestenne. Ps. Surt.) wídum and sídum in deserto 77, 20. On wéstenne, 77, 40.

iil

(n.)
Grammar
iil, íl..

Similar entry: igil

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