healf
HALF
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Habban hí ðone brýce healfne and healfne ða munecas let them have half the usufruct, and the monk's half, Chart. Th. 547, 19. Heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him she half cut through his neck, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 105.
on-wreón
to uncover, disclose ⬩ to uncover, open, remove a covering ⬩ to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover ⬩ to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain ⬩ to shew, display so as to avoid concealment ⬩ to display what is bad, to expose ⬩ to reveal
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Ðú scealt biddan ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý, Blickl. Homl. 185, 4: Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 32. Is onwrigen wyrda bigang, Elen.
Linked entries: in-wreón un-wreón on-wrigenness
þín
thy ⬩ thine, ⬩ thine ⬩ thine
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Ðæt ic mǽgburge móste þínre rím miclian, Cd, Th. 134, 6; Gen. 2220. Gewít þú þínne eft waldend sécan, 138, 16; Gen. 2292. used predicatively, thine Gilpan ðæt heora fægernes þín sié, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 22. Nán ðara góda þín nis, 14, 2; Fox 42, 29.
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Áspringað clǽne geþóhtas on móde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 17. Ásprang micel heófung and sárlic wóp on ðám háme, 434, 14. Seó dyrstignys ásprang, ii. 472, 24. Ásprang gehwǽr mycel gedwyld, Hml. S. 23, 353:Ll. Th. ii. 372, 12.
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CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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getimbrede, syððan he gecristnad wæs . . . and sóna ðæs ðe he gefullad wæs, he ongan, mid ðæs bisceopes láre, máran cyrican and hýhran stǽnene timbrian, and wyrcean ymb ða cyrican útan ðe he ǽr worhte king Edwin was baptized by bishop Paulinus on the most
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Gif hine on iii nihte ealdne mónan gestandeþ se líþ fæste and swylt if sickness attack him when the moon is three days old he will be confined to his bed and will die, Lchdm. iii. 182, 8.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende mon sié wítes wyrþe? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 9, 13 : 39, 2 ; Fox 212, 25. Wýtes, 39, 9; Fox 226, 5. Sweartne líg werum tó wíte, Cd. Th. 153, 21; Gen. 2542: Hy. 6, 27.
ge-wunian
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Hé gewunade on móre morabatur in monte, Lk. L. R. 21, 37. Huér gewunade ubi maneret, Jn. L. 1, 39. Gewunedon ł gebýedon ðér habitant ibi, Mt. L. 12, 45. Gebédon hine ꝥte ðér geuunade ( maneret ), and uunade ðér tuoege dagas, Jn. L. R. 4, 40.
stæpe
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Ne gang ðú, móna, ánne stæpe furðor, Jos. 10, 12. Swá hwá swá ðe genýt þúsend stapa, Mt.
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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[Nes þer nan biscop ꝥ forð on his wæi ne scoc, naa] of material things,to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking Hwílum hára scóc forst of feaxe at times the hoar frost was thrown from my hair, Exon. 498, 26 ; Rä. 88, 7.
uppan
upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against
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Se cyng him náþer nolde ne gíslas syllan ne uppon trýwðan geunnon ðæt hé mid griðe cumon móste and faran, Chr, 1095; Erl. 231, 24. acc. where there is motion on to a surface, upon, on to Ðú gítst ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fundes sanguinem super altare
swilc
where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many
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MSS.) monn sceal forsión, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 265, 17. used adjectivally, like that already described, agreeing with a noun Hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, Met. 9, 19. Swylces morðres, 32.
geond
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Mid gymstánum gefrætewod geond eall adorned all over with jewels, 36, 140. within an area Þǽr sint swíðe micle meras geond þá móras there are very large lakes among the moors, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 5. Gind þæt lond tó*-*brǽd, 4, 8; S. 188, 12.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Gif hé ǽr on ðæs ofermódan engles wísan innan his geþance of Godes gesiehþe ne áfeólle nisi more superbientis angeli a conspectu conditoris prius intus aversione mentis caderet, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 359, 1.
Linked entries: innan-bordes innane innon on-innan
nán
not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing
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Nán in nearowe néþan móste, Exon. Tb. 436, 12; Rä. 54, 13. Ðam wæs nán tó gedále, Cd. Th. 84, 20; Gen. 1400. Hé nolde nǽnne forlǽtan ðe him fylgian wolde, Hy. Grn. 10. 38. Deáþ náne forlét, Met. 10, 66.
ge-sund
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Th. i. 74, 10. non-material Þæt ic þín sóðfæst word gesund móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Ríces hyrde, werodes wísa (Moses), Exod. 256. Wine Scyldinga, ríces hyrde (Hrothgar). Leóf þeóden, ríces hyrde (Beowulf), 3080. Ríces hyrde (cf. ríce geréfa rondburgum weóld, 19), Jul. 66. Bregowearda fela, ríces hyrdas, Gen. 2334.
hyldu
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Ic wæs ðínum fæder fullíce hold on móde and on mægene, and ðé ǽfre on fullum hyldum hold and on fulre lufe, C.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Weá bið in móde, siofa synnum fáh, gefylled mid fácne, Fragm. Kmbl. 27; Leás. 15. Ðæt gelamp for weán and for yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ( a malitia inhabitantium), Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 599, 22. Hý magon weána tó fela geseón onhim selfum, synne genóge.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .
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