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Eaxan ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Eaxan ceaster, e; f; es; n. v. ceaster

Exeter, Devon

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Exeter, Devon Wende he hine wið Eaxan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 167, 28, col. 2: 894; Th. 169, 17, col. 2: 895; Th. 173, 10, col. 2

gǽst-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and bodydeathănĭmæ et corpŏris divortiummors

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Separation of soul and body, death; ănĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ne he sorge wæg gǽstgedáles he sorrowed not for his soul's separation, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 14; Gú. 1111

hlemman

(v.)
Grammar
hlemman, p. de
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To cause to sound, to clash ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman about the prey he clashes his fierce jaws together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 363, 30; Wal. 61

Linked entry: hlimman

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To summoncall

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To summon, call Godes æncgel cwæþ ðæt sceolde ðé him tó langian [MS. U. gelangian] God's angel said that he was to summon thee to him, Homl. Skt. 10, 122

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

pǽca

(n.)
Grammar
pǽca, an; m.
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A deceiver Se ðe sægþ ðæt lufie God, and his beboda ne healdeþ, biþ ðonne him sylf leás, and biþ his ágen pǽca, Basil admn. 4 ; Norm. 40, 21

fultum

Grammar
fultum, <b>; I.</b>
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Ánra gehwylc of his cræfte þe his líchoman neádbehéfe fultumas ( necessaria subsidia) hæfþ, þǽre sáwle ... sceal fultumas (subsidium ) þénian, Chrd. 111, 4-7. v. maegen-fultum, scip-fultum. Add

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give upsacrificelose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

fracoþ-word

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-word, -wyrde, es; n.
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An abusive word, an insult, bad language sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrdu þára nunnena fracoð-wyrda (-worda, v.l.) geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumelias enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 7

geócor

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For passage from Beowulf substitute Þæt [he, MS.] wæs geócor síð þæt se hearmscaða tó Heorute áteáh, B. 76, 5. Add: :-- Ne sorge wæg, geócorne sefan, dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1111

hoppian

(v.)
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sæt lange on ðám bendum oð ꝥ bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende (hoppegende, v. l. ). Hml. S. 21, 417. Add

leác

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leác sette he planted vegetables Shrn. 61, 20. v. cípe-, rysc-leác, fugeles leác. Add

scrín

(n.)
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.: — Ðis mycel is gegolden of þǽre cyricean W. cyninge syððan þis land áhte . . . of þǽre hlangan scríne .viii. pund, Cht. Th. 439, 32. forlét þá á

hand-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
hand-sliht, -slyht, es; m.

A slaying with the hand

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A slaying with the hand Ne meahte ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929

ge-bǽran

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ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8. hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde, Hml. S. 23, 396.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Ǽr on bed stige, 1357 ; B. 676. Stígan on wægn, Exon. Th. 404, 16 ; Rä. 23, 8. Hét ǽnne mon stígan on ðone mæst ( adscendere in arborem navis ), Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 2.

Linked entry: a-stígend

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Hér atéwoden twégen cometan, Chr. 729 ; P. 45, l. with complementary adjective Eall ðá hrægel swá hwít and swá níwe ætýwdon, swá ðý ylcan dæge mid gegearwod wáre, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 41. Cf. oþ-íwan

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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.; gif hæbbe healfe .lxxx. scill, 122. 9. Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, 190, 15: 188, 5.

Linked entry: hígid

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
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</b> to help by giving, to endow, enrich :-- Eádgár cynincg þone crístendóm gefyrðrode, and fela munuclífa árǽrde, Hml. S. 21, 446. Ðone freóls hí gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35.

á-hreddan

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Tó læt ꝥ þá sáuwle æt þon wiþerweardan áhredde, Bl. H. 43, 24. wæs áhred æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 4, arg. fram hí áhredde fram deófles anwealde, Hml. Th. i. 334, 7. hí fram frecednyssum áhredde, 574, 20.