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heard

(n.)
Grammar
heard, es; n.
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What is hard: Nán wiht þǽs heardes ne þæs hnesces, Wlfst. 184, 20. Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Hé forbeád þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode (praecepit ne . . . ), 6, 31; 8. 286, 3: Chr. 1012; P. 142, 19. combining (a) and (b β) Forbeéd hit se bisceop ꝥ hí ne weópon, Nar. 32, 12. with gerundial infin.

hwearftlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearftlian, p. ode

To turn roundroll roundrevolvemove aboutrove

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Ða eágan ðe þurh unálýfedlíce gewilnunga hwearftliaþ the eyes that now rove through unallowed desires, Homl. Th. i. 530, 31.

Linked entry: hwyrftlian

lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Lossdamagedestructiondetriment

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Ne se enga deáþ, ne lífes lyre, 56 b; Th. 201, 8; Ph. 53. Ne biþ ðǽr wædl ne lyre ne deáþes gryre, Dóm. L. 16, 265: Wulfst. 139, 32. Hé macode heora líf tó lyre he destroyed them, 106, 6.

earn-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
earn-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Eagle-kind gĕnus aquĭlæ

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Eagle-kind; gĕnus aquĭlæ Ne ete ge nán þing earncynnes do not eat anything of the eagle-kind, Lev. ll, 13

efn-líca

(n.)
Grammar
efn-líca, an; m.

An equalæquālis

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An equal; æquālis Nis nán efnlíca ðín there is no one thine equal, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 38; Met. 20, 19

Linked entry: efen-líca

un-helian

(v.)
Grammar
un-helian, p. ede

To uncoverreveal

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To uncover, reveal Nis nán þing oferheled ðe ne beó unheled nihil opertum est quod non reueletur, Lk. Skt. 12, 2

carl-fugol

(n.)
Grammar
carl-fugol, es; m.
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A male bird Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 90

Lǽden-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽden-lic, adj.
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Latin hæfst þú mé ofte gebedon ꝥ ic þé út árehte mid Lǽdenlicre sprǽce þæs eadigestan Nicholaes gebyrdtída, Nap. 40

hygeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hygeleáslíce, adv.
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Thoughtlessly, with levity, carelessly Efston ealle preóstas tó cyrcan, and higeleáslíce ( non inhoneste uel inconposite ) gangon in, Chrd. 34, 5

sácerd-hád

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Nenán sácerdhádes man, ne lǽwedes hádes þe má . . . Ll. Th. ii. 412, 27; 408, 6.

dwol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dwol-líce, adv.

Foolishly, heretically stulte, hærĕtĭce

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Foolishly, heretically; stulte, hærĕtĭce Ne man nemót drincan, ne dwollíce plegan, ne etan innan cyrican no one may drink, nor foolishly play, nor eat in a church, L. Ælf. E; Th. ii. 392, 16: L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 12.

cwedol

(adj.)
Grammar
cwedol, cwidol; adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent
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Nenán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13. v. hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol)

Linked entry: cwidol

hefig-mód

troublesomevexatioussad-hearted

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T. 54, 3. sad-hearted, having a heavy heart, Similar entries v. hefig; XIII. 1 a Þǽr (in heaven) him nǽfre ne hingrað, ne hé hefigmód ne bið, Nap. 36

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, es; m.

A beetlehammer

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A beetle, hammer Nán monn ne gehiérde æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 253, 17. Hé sceal habban æcse, . . . býtel, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Þá blacan bétlas nigro colore (the noun is unglossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, es; n.
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What is cold Þám synfullum þinceð, þæt nán wiht ne sý þæs hátes ne þæs cealdes ..., þæt hig mihte fram úses Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 184, 19. Dó on sumes cynnes cald (MS. B. adds seáw), Lch. i. 80, 19

wan-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Ne sceal wita tó hátheort, ne tó hrædwyrde, ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig, 290, 19. Ne mid swíðran his nele brýsan wanhýdig gemód Wealdend engla, ne ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan, Dóm. L. 50.

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, to leave, be survived by Hé bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml.

ge-sĕþness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sĕþness, e ; f.
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Assertion, affirmation Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode þurh his geséðnysse, þeáh þe hý sume noldon his láre underfón ne his geséðnysse, Nap. 32