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higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hie ⬩ hasten ⬩ strive

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Homl. 29, 22. Hé sceal simle higian ðæt hé weorþe geedniwad he must ever strive to be renewed. Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 10

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a port ⬩ haven

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Martha swanc ðá swilce ors réwette and Maria sæt stille swilce æt ðære hýðe, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 32. Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe hé becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, 560, 22.

Linked entry: húðe

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay

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Homl. 167, 7. Hit is swytol ðæt man ðæs latode ealles tó lange, Wulfst. 168, 2. Ne lata ðú ne cuncteris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 34. Ne yld ðú ł ne lata ðú non tardaveris, Ps. Spl. 39, 24: Ps. Th. 69, 7: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 23; Cri. 373.

Linked entry: elcian

leóran

(v.)
Grammar
leóran, p. de

To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away

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Homl. 149, 11. Leóre from mé ðes calic transeat calix iste, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 39. Ðætte munecas ne leóran of stówe tó óðre ut monachi non migrent de loco ad locum, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 37. Leóran transire, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 42.

Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind

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Ðone eard Asiam, se ðe is geteald tó healfan dǽle middaneardes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 35. Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon! Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165.

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

mód-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
mód-geþanc, es; m. n.

Mind ⬩ thoughts ⬩ thought

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Homl. 227, 17: Exon. 50a; Th. 173, 33; Gú. 1170. Módgeþonc, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 37;Met. 31, 19, Nǽron gé swá eácne ofer ealle men módgeþances ye were not so gifted above all men with understanding, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 16; Dan. 137.

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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Homl. 17, 12. Wénst ðú ðæt ic nyte, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ðæt hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; Fox 156, 8. Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3. Nytende, Lchdm. i. 164, 5, Him nytendum, 228, 1.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

BLÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÁWAN, part. bláwende; ic bláwe, ðú bláwest, bláwst, blǽwest, blǽwst, he bláweþ, bláwþ, blǽweþ, bláwþ, pl. bláwaþ; p. bleów, bléw, pl. bleówon; pp. bláwen

To BLOW, breathe ⬩ flare, sufflare

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Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende, bearhtma mǽste winds shall howl, crashing blow, with the greatest of sounds, Exon. 21 b; Th. 59, 11; Cri. 951. Se wind súþan bleów the wind blew from the south, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 27.

Linked entry: bláwung

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. de; pp. ed, -rǽdd, -rǽd.

to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere

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Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum it is read in historical narratives, Homl. Th. i. 58, 9. Ðonne gerǽde gé ðás word beforan him ðæt híg gehíron then read these words before them that they may hear, Deut. 31, 11

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæl-wirðe, adj.
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Homl. i. 25, 12. Þeo Þat beoð stalewurðe and warpeð mid strencðe ut of hare heorte hare unwreste wil, Jul. 44, 7. Þeo ꝥ stalewurðe beoð ant starke to ȝein me, Marh. 15, 32. Þou hart on staleworþe (hende, 1st MS.) gome, Laym. 3812.

á-rásian

(v.)
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to blame, reprehend Hé nyle hié árásian . . . ðǽm synfullan menn bið oftogen ðæt hine mon stíðlíce árásige . . . dá hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeað and mid ealle ofðrysceað corripere non praesumit . . . correptionis duritia peccanti subtrahitur . . . hos

Linked entry: rásian

feorh

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Uneáðe ic mihte begytan æt Gode ꝥ mé wǽron befæste of þǽre stówe þá feorh þára gebróðra vix obtinere potui, ut mihi ex hoc loco animae concederentur, Gr. D. 140, 29. Add

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Þ hé under him ðane hálgan regol geforþæde aefter mynsterlicum þeáwe that he might carry out the holy rule according to monastic custom, Cht. Th. 242, 5.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Ic ungewealdes ætspearn æt ánum fótsceamole, and ic þá wearð þus getúcod(geslægen. v.l.) in scabello impegi, atque hoc pertuli, Gr. D. 22, 23 of punishment for wrong-doing Sum man wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale ... hí dydon him út þá eágan.

lá

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Næse, lá, næse; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc concludamus hoc volumen ... Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, Solil. H. 49, 12

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Hóf hlúde stefne lifigendra leód, Exod. 276. Ongan hé mid mycelre stefne ( voce magna) hlýdan . . . Tó þæs þám manigfealdum and ungefóhlicum stefnum (hreáme, v. l.) se biscop cóm (ad cujus voces episcopus venit ), Gr. D. 64, 28.

ús

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ús, dat.: ús, úsic; acc.: úser, usser; gen.; pron. pl. first person.

To us ⬩ us ⬩ of us ⬩ our

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Homl. 73, 7: Cd. Th. 25, 8; Gen. 390: Andr. Kmbl. 530; An. 265. Úsic, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 10: Ps. Th. 64, 3: Cd. Th. 162, 4; Gen. 2676: Exon. Th. 3, 2; Cri. 30: Beo. Th. 5270; B. 2638. Þeáh ðe úser feá lifgen, 188, 8; Az. 42. Hé cwom úser neósan, Beo.

Linked entries: úre úsic wé

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement

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Homl. 223, 28. Ðonne hit hæfþ gewunnen ðæs folces ólecunga (favor popularis), Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 23. of things, charm, allurement Óliccung jocunda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 2. Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote.

on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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Homl. 7, 9: 23, 16. Ða láreówas sceolan gódes lífes bysene onstellan ðǽm ðe him æfter fylgeon, 81, 6. Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan, Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973.

Linked entry: an-stellan

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist

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, and gave up the ghost, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 34. Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23

Linked entry: spornan