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HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor and ðý leng standon that the stem and top may stand the foster and longer, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 33: Fox 150, 3.

Linked entry: helmiht

ge-bindan

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Dele <b>II,</b> and add: — Geband devinxit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 21. Gebindende astringentes, 3, 12. to bind with a material band. to fasten an inanimate object with a band, clasp, wrap round Gebindan beám ǽrenum clammum, Dan. 519.

be-limp

(n.)
Grammar
be-limp, es; n.
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Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 7, 170. Ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs on þæs cyninges belimpum. Hml. A. 95, 124. Belimp (-limpas. An. Ox. 388) eventus (acc. pl. ), Hpt. Gl. 415, 49: 511, 71. On goldes belimpu in auri casus, Scint. III, 3

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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and Scotta. shipmen and Scots.

ge-hwilc

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Dún-stán . . . and Aþelwold, and óðre gehwylce, 21, 459 : Hml. A. 22, 211.

mold-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mold-ærn, es; n.

An earth-housea grave

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An earth-house, a grave Þeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64a; Th. 235, 28; Ph. 564: Rood Kmbl. 130; Kr. 65: Andr. Kmbl. 1604; An. 803

ge-býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býsnian, [or -bysnian; cf. Goth. busns] ; p. ode; pp. od

To give or set an exampleexemplum dare

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To give or set an example; exemplum dare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe óðrum gebýsnaþ the man is praiseworthy who sets an example to others, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17

Linked entry: ge-bisnian

byrg-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
byrg-leóþ, (byrig-), es; n.
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An epitaph, a dirge Byrgleóð carmen funebre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 63. Byregleóþ epichedieon, An. Ox. 901. Epicedion lícleóð, epitaphion byrigleóð, utrumque est carmen super tumulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 78

Linked entry: byrgen-leóþ

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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Nigon hund wintra and lxxi, Blickl. Homl. 119, 2. Hira monig hund ofslógon slew many hundreds of them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 28. Hund síðon on dæge a hundred times a day, Homl. Th. i. 456, 21

Linked entry: hundes beó

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Doem þǽm freóndleásan and ðǽm heánan (humili), Ps. Srt. 9, 39. Heánne and ðearfan, 81, 3. Ic eom se ilca God þe þone weligan and þone heánan geworhte, Wlfst. 259, 8.

æmytte

(n.)

an emmetformica

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an emmet; formica, Somn. 108

ambeht-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-secg, es; m.

An official mana messenger

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An official man, a messenger

ambeht-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-smiþ, es; m.

An official smith or carpenter

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An official smith or carpenter

a-hefednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-hefednes, -ness, e; f.

An elevationelationpride

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An elevation, elation, pride,Lye

áhniend

(n.)
Grammar
áhniend, es; m.

An owner

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An owner, Gen. 14, 22

esul

(n.)

an ass

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an ass, Som. Ben. Lye

ealder

(n.)

an elder

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an elder, R. Ben. 4

a-gift

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dele, and see ǽ-gift

byrdicge

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Substitute: An embroideress. Cf. byrdestre

hyppede

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figit, An. Ox. 46, ll. (?)