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hræd-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-mód, adj.
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Hasty, quick-tempered Se heofonlica wísdóm cwæð ꝥ ꝥ yrre hæfð wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is þonne hé bið tó hrædmód (cf. ne sis velox ad irascendum: quia ira in sinu stulti requiescit, Eccl. 7, 10), Hml. S. 16, 342

be-notian

(v.)
Grammar
be-notian, p. ode; pp. od [be, notian to use]

To useconsumeuti

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To use, consume; uti Hie hæfdan heora mete benotodne they had consumed their provisions Chr. 894; Th. 166, 15, col. 2

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

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Gif ceorl hæfde cirican and cycenan [MS. kycenan] if a free man had a church and a kitchen, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15

Linked entry: cicene

ge-wealc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wealc, es; n.

A rollingmotionan attackvolutatioimpetus

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Togeánes ðán he manega gewealc and gewinn hæfde against which he had many a struggle and contest, Chr. 1100; Erl. 237, 9

Linked entries: ge-wilc -wealc wealca

reód

(adj.)
Grammar
reód, adj.

Red

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Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer ða Reódan Sǽ, Ex. 15, 1. Hié wǽron sume reóde sume blace sume hwíte quaedam rubentibus scamis erant quaedam nigri et candidi coloris, Nar. 13, 17

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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From (far and) wide, from a distance Hé his witan wídan gesomnod hæfde . . . Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . .

ge-blǽdfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blǽdfæstness, e ; f.
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Prosperity, success Ðá gemétte ic sumne man þe mé þrý penegas sealde, mid þám ic mé þrý hláfas bohte; þá ic mé hæfde genóh gehýðe tó mínes síðfætes geblǽdfæstnysse ( I had abundantly what was of advantage to the success of my journey.

ge-dreógan

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Wisse hé gearwe þæt hé dæghwíla gedrogen hæfde, eorðan wynne, B. 2726

ge-sprecan

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Tostig eorl him cðm tó mid eallum þám þe hé begiten hæfde, eall swá hý ǽr gesprecen hæfdon, P. 196, 26. (O.Sax. gi-sprekan : O.H.Ger. ge-sprehhan loqui, dicere, alloqui, compellare, convenire, constituere.)

níþ-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-hygdig, adj.

Having the mind disposed to strifebold

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Having the mind disposed to strife, bold Hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr níþhýdige men genumen hæfdon, Beo. Th. 6311; B. 3166

un-timber

(n.)
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Hié hira godu hæfdon geworhte of treówum and of stánum and of óðrum untimbrum (antimbrum ?) missenlicum, Verc. Först. 176

weall-lím

(n.)
Grammar
weall-lím, es; m.

Mortar

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Mortar Hig hæfdon tygelan for stán and tyrwan for wealliim habuerunt lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro caemento, Gen. 11, 3

Linked entry: lím

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speakspeak withagree

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Plato hæfde hine gesprecen Plato had conversed with him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 443

gilp-word

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-word, es; n.

A boastful worda boastvaunt

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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26.

fór-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]

To work or place beforeobstructbarricadeoppōnéreobstruĕre

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He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him he had barricaded all the entrances against him, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 31. Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381

Linked entry: un-forworht

þyrnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrnen, adj.

Of thorns

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Of thorns Hé hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma, Shrn. 120, 28. Hí mid þyrnenum helme his heáfod beféngon, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 26. Þyrnenne helm (ðyrnenne bég, Lind., Rush.) spineam coronam, Mk. Skt. 5, 17: Jn. Skt. 19, 5.

be-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sirwan, (-si(e)rian); p. (e)de

To ensnareentrapcircumvent

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Pontius hæfde þone consul besired, 3, 10; 8. 140, 22. Rómáne besierede wǽron, 3, 8; S. 120, 27. Earme men wǽron beswicene and hreówlíce besyrwde (-sirwde, v. l.), Wlfst. 158, 12

Linked entry: be-syrewian

efen-hleta

(n.; adj.)
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H. 45, 18. substantive Hæfde se cyning efenhlétan (-hlýtan, v. l.) þǽre cynelican wyrðnesse habuit Oswiu consortem regiae dignitatis, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 18.

siþþan

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Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas ofercóm, siþþan hé hæfde eác raðe þæt óþer folc gefliémed Metellus prius belluas vel in fugam vel in mortem egit, et sic magnam vim hostium superavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 2-

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Garments Hé hæfde ne hǽlþe ne hætera he had neither health nor garments, Homl. Th. i. 330, 14. Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8.