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healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25.

a-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stígan, ic -stíge, ðú -stígest, -stíhst, he -stígeþ, -stíhþ, pl. -stígaþ ; p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; impert. -stíh; pp. -stigen [a, stígan to go] .

to gocomestepproceedclimbireveniregradiprocederescandereto go in any directionto riseascenddescendsurgereascenderedescendere

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Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 30. to go in any direction: generally indicated by a preposition or adverb, hence to rise, ascend, descend, etc; surgere, ascendere, descendere Ðe þurh oferhyd up astígeþ who comes up through pride, Cd. 198; Th. 247, 11; Dan. 495.

FEALLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALLAN, to feallanne; part. feallende; ic fealle, ðú feallest, fealst, felst, fylst, he fealleþ, fealþ, felþ, fylþ, pl. feallaþ; p. feól, feóll, pl. feóllon; pp. feallen; v. intrans.

FALL, fall down, faildefĭcĕre

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Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 54. Se rén fealleþ the rain falls, Ps. Th. 71, 6: Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 25; Ph. 61: Salm. Kmbl. 603; Sal. 301. Se hagol fealþ the hail falls, Ex. 9, 19: Bt. 6 ; Fox 14, 29: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 25.

Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan

mægen-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þrymm, es; m.

MajestygreatnessgloryChristgreat powermightan instance in which the divine glory or power is displayedthe glory of heavenheaventhe angels who inhabit heaven

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Hé hine of sáwle deáþe áwehte þurh ðone mægenþrym he raised him from the death of the soul through divine power, Blickl. Homl. 77, 10.

Linked entry: mæg-þrymm

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Gr. 5 ; Som. 3, 52. In burug port ł in civitate, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 19. Gif ðú hér on porte ( Ephesus ) geboren wǽre, hwǽr synt ðíne mágas ðe ðé áféddon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 679.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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as a technical term, the firmament, the heaven of the fixed stars Sunne sol, móna luna, roder firmamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 55-57 : 70, 8. Lyft aer, hroder aether, 52, 56. Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9.

Linked entry: rador

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evadedecipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67. Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode if any one entice an unbetrothed woman, L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5. Feóndas sóþfæstra sáwle willaþ beswícan fiends will seduce the souls of the righteous, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 12; Gú. 540.

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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Beóð wunde (wunda, Soul Kmbl. 177) onwrigene, ða ðe firenfulle men geworhton, Exon. Th. 372, 9; Seel. 89. Mínra wunda sár dolorem vulnerum meorum, Ps. Th. 68, 27. Synna wundum, Exon. Th. 263, 25; Jul. 355.

ge-wǽcan

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Rdr. 291, 36. of things Sóna hit ðone dropan gewǽceð it soon reduces the drop, Lch. i. 162, 8. Gewǽht fessa, i. fatigata (fragilitas moribundae carnis), An. Ox. 1276: labefacta (severitas ), 4790. Mid gewǽhtum obliqua (invidia ), 5350

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 46. Mid stybbe mid ealle stirpitus; mid wyrttruman mid ealle radicitus, Som. 42, 3-4. Hié ásettan hí on ǽnne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 24 (cf. Icel. með öllu).

Linked entry: mið

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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Small flat stones, the largest less than a foot square, had been laid over the graves at Hartlepool, each bearing a cross, and the name of the person it commemorated; some engraved in Anglo-Saxon runes, and some in the Roman letters of the seventh century

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Ðonne ðú feorme gierwe, Past. 323, 22. to prepare, make ready for a purpose by some process Se háta sumor hæleða bearnum giereð and drígeð sǽd and bléda, Met. 29, 59.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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So again Ic ána wæs mǽte werede, 245; Kr. 124. Unrím ealra cwycra, mycelra and mǽtra (pusilla et magna), Ps. Th. 103, 24: 113, 21: Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 16; Gú. 24.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Wiþ þeóre and sceótendum wenne, 324, 15-25) and sceótendum wenne and eft beþing wiþ þam (the beþing is for þeór, v. 326, 3, so if þam refers to þeór the word is masc. or neuter ) gif þeór gewunige on ánre stówe, Lchdm. ii. 300, 30.

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hér áspón Æðelwald ðone here tó unfriðe, ðæt hié hergodon ofer Mercna land in this year Ethelwold enticed the Danes to hostilities, so that they went across Mercia harrying, 905; Erl. 98, 14.

cweþan

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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Gé wiðsócon sóðe and rihte, ðæt in Bethleme bearn cenned wǽre, Elen.

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten, Lchdm. iii. 54, 4-7. a. wherethe weapon is the subject Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se strǽl sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs, Blickl.

Linked entries: fore fore-scét