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hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Ða wuldriaþ in hergum heara qui gloriantur in simulacris suis, Ps. Stev. 96, 7. Ðá ongunnon hí ða heargas edniwian cæperunt fana restaurare, Bd. 3, 30: S. 561, 42: 562, 15.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Twégra gebróðra bearn oððe twégea gesweostra sunu and dohtor, Bd. 1, 27; M. 70, 4-5. Ðissa twéga yfela áuþer, Bt. 6; Fox 16, 2. Ys ðeós wyrt twégea (twégra, MSS. B. O.) cynna, Lchdm. i. 204, 9.

Linked entries: tuu twá

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Sume wyhta licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan, and swá snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 26. with accusative of road Hió fór flódwegas, Rä. 37, 9.

Linked entry: farnian

fela

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I. 1b Suá feolo (quotquot) hiá hæfdon uncúð áðlo, Mk. L. 3, 10. Similar entries v. I. 2 a Næs ná for ðám þe þæs landes swá fela wǽre, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 25. Mé hearmes swá fela Adam gespræc, Gen. 579. Feala, 322.

Linked entry: feald

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Th. ii. 134, 5. with swá, swá gelíc = such Anlíce beóð swá þá beón berað bútú ætsomne . . .

lácan

(v.)
Grammar
lácan, p. leólc, léc; pp. lácen.

to swingwave aboutto playfightto play

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Sum láceþ on lyfte one swings in the air [of the man who is hung on a tree ], 87 b; Th. 328, 25; Vy. 23. Is ðæt frécne stream ýða ofermǽta ðe wé hér on lácaþ perilous is the stream, huge the waves, on which here we toss, 20 a; Th. 53, 24; Cri. 855.

Linked entries: leólc be-leólc

neáh-west

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-west, -wist, e; f. : es; m.

nearnessneighbourhoodthe being with anotherpresencesocietyfellowship

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Ungewuniendlíc for ðære sunnan neáweste uninhabitable on account of the nearness of the sun, Lchdm. iii. 260, 21. On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe, Jud. 15, 18. In ðara neáwiste in quorum vicinia, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 28.

Linked entry: né-west

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Hé Cristes cyricean on his ríce geornlíce timbrede and rǽrde ecclesiam Christi in regno suo multum diligenter aedificare ac dilatare curavit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 37. Man unriht rǽrde and unlaga manege, Wulfst. 156, 13.

Linked entry: hebban

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Gif hé his yfelan dǽda mid leásum talum bewarian wile si defendere uoluerit opera sua, R. Ben. 52, 10. as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, cf. sprǽc Ongan tó specenne on ðat land ...

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Nǽfre forlǽteþ Drihten firenfulra tán furðor gangan ðonne hé sóðfæstra settan wylle never will the Lord let the lot of sinners go further than he will appoint the lot of the just; non derelinquet Dominus virgam peccatorum super sortem justorum, 124, 3

freó

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Hí gehrínð hér sumu wracu ðæt hí ne sién freó ne orsorge, Past. 429, 18. (10) free, not liable to a tax, &c. :-- Cyningas nimað gafol of fremedum ...

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Gemétte hé hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan wið þám weófode invenit eum recumbentem in angulo oratorii sui contra altare, Guth. Gr. 163, 50. Hé gefeall him in ánan heale and . . . slǽp, Vis.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Ðá hé gesette his leomu tó restenne ;cum ad quiescendum membra sua posuisset,; 2, 6; S. 508, 11.

Linked entry: ræstan

á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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Add: of motion, of water Seó eá up áspryngð néh þǽm clife, Ors. 1, 1;S. 12, 29. of a spark, to be emitted ꝥ ásprunge sum spearca forsitan scintilla dissiliit, Bt. 35, 5;F. 164, 2. of the heavenly bodies, to arise Hwǽr þæs mónan níwnys beó on Martio

Linked entry: á-sprungen

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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</b> in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548. as antecedent Ðá ferede hine Godes hand þider, þǽr hine men siððan áredon, Shrn. 57, 5. Uton ácerran þider, þǽr hé sylfa sit, Cd.

Linked entry: þyder

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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Th. 118, 103. honey-comb; favus, sometimes, from a deficient knowledge of natural history, beó-breád is used for hunig-camb Swétran [MS. swetra] ofer hunig and beóbreáde dulciora super mel et favum Ps. Lamb. 18, 11.

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L.

fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽle, adj.

Faithful, true, dear, good fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus

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He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps. Th. 77, 52: 78, 14: 99, 3

Linked entry: fælsian

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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Hwæt fremaþ ǽnegum menn, ðeáh he ealne middaneard gestrýne, gyf he hys sáwle forwyrd þolaþ quid prodest hŏmĭni, si mundum ūnĭversum lucrētur, anĭmæ vēro suæ detrīmentum pătiātur? Mt. Bos. 16, 26: Lk. Bos. 9, 25.

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

inwid

(n.)
Grammar
inwid, inwit. es; n.

Fraudguiledeceitevilwickedness

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Hió ðá inwit feala ýwdan on tungan locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, 108, 2. His esnum inwit fremedan dolum facerent in servos ejus, 104, 21. Ða inwit and fácen hycgeaþ on heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde, 139, 2.

Linked entries: -wid inwit