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hæft-nídling

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-nídling, es; m.
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lǽddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30. 391

Linked entry: níd-ling

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, a wharf.
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Ic wille ðat sainte Petre and ðá gebróðera in Westminstre habben ðat land and ðone wearf ðe Ulf and his wíf ... gáfon, ... and ic anu alswá ðat habben fulne frídóm on allen þingen ðá ðár úp áspringed be lande and be strande, C. D. iv. 221. Add

rúnian

(v.)
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Add: to talk secretly against a person Mé is eác gesǽd ꝥ ðá Iúdéiscan syrwiað and rúniað him betwýnan hú þé berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Rúnigende murmurans, Germ. 401, 36. Rúnigende musitantes (presbyteros contra Susannam mussitantes), An.

undern-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
undern-geweorc, es; n.
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Mid his underngeworce (-gereorde, v.l. ), 150, 6

fón

Grammar
fón, <b>;
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</b> add féngon him sóna on, Hml. S. 23, 607. <b>III 2 a.</b> add: to lay hold of :-- Þá féng se portgeréfa tó þǽre tége, Hml. S. 23, 764. Fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17

cæg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cæg-loca, an; m.
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A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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Ælfréd cyning háteþ grétan Wærferþ biscep his wordum luflíce and freóndlíce with love and friendship, Past. Swt. 3, 1: Blickl. Homl. 199, 36.

pocc

(n.)
Grammar
pocc, es ; m.
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Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assistpreserveto be sufficientadjuvaresubveniresuppetere

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Grammar ge-helpan, cum gen Ðonne hie mágon ðín gehelpan when they can help thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Ðú gehelpest ðysses menniscan cynnes thou shalt help this human race, Blickl. Homl. 9, 8.

Linked entry: ge-heolp

Thráceas

(n.)
Grammar
Thráceas, þrácie (?); pl.
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Hé wæs farende on Thraci and hiéhim gebígde Thracas domuit, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 9: 4, 11; Swt. 204, 16. Another form is Tráciane; pl. :-- Tráciana Traciarium (provincias, Ald. 64, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 74.

un-álífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífed, adj.

Unallowedillicitunlawful

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Gif mon on his mæstene unáliéfed swín geméte, L. In. 39; Th. i. 132, 11. Unálýfedre willnunge inlicitae concupiscentiae, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 9.

Linked entry: á-lífan

endian

(v.)

to completefinish

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his líf wæs endiende, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 654, 4. Endedre finito, i. expleto, An. Ox. 1336. to come to an end Hér endaþ seó æftre fróferbóc, Bt. 21; F. 76, 2: 35, 6; F. 170, 23. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, 16, 3; F. 56, 26.

ge-týn

(v.)
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Hié an ánum hiérede wǽron áfédde and getýde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 29. Þá scolieras þe on mynstre synd getydde þisra þinga gýmon, Angl. viii. 335, 43

æfstigian

(v.)
Grammar
æfstigian, æfestigian; p. ode.

to envy, be envious of to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards

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Ðá geseah hé dæs sácerdes mód byrnan and æfæstigian wiþ his lífe, Gr. D. 119, 6. Similar entries v. ge-aelig;f(e)stigian

fyllan

(v.)

to fillto fill to fulfil

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Hig fyldon hira saccas mid hwǽte, Gen. 42, 25. to fulfil Ne cuom ic tó slítenne ah tó fyllenne (gefyllenne, R., adimplere), Mt. L. 5, 17. Ðá fyllennda willo Godes implentes voluntatem Dei, p. 15, 11

ge-ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽtrian, ge-ǽttrian.

to poison

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Take here ge-ǽtred, and add Ondrǽd þé þone ðrowend þe geǽttrað mid þám tægle . . . biþ his hiht geǽttrod mid þæs ðrowendes tægle, Hml. Th. i. 252, 9. Nǽddran fela manna tó deáðe geǽttrodon, ii. 238, 12.

Linked entry: ǽtrian

hord-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
hord-gestreón, es; n.

Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'

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Næs him hyht tó hordgestreónum no hope had they in hoarded wealth, Andr. Kmbl. 2229; An. 1116

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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His sculdor and his hleór wurdon ontende mid ðam fýre, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 16. Wæs ðæt bærnet on his sculdre æfre gesewen, 346, 26. On his sculdre in humero, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 15. Oþ ðone swíðran sculdor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 19.

on-tendness

(n.)
Grammar
on-tendness, e; f.

a burning, firefire, that which kindles passionpassion, vehement desireburning sensation, inflammation

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Ic on ðé ádwesce ealle ontendnysse, 4, 171. burning sensation, inflammation He unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðám þiccum bremlum and þornum and netelum ... and swá þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda; for ðan ðe hé áwende ðone

Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness

þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or overto penetrateget into

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þurhférdon ealle ða land ... óððæt cómon ðǽr hé wunode, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 231. Þurhférende (humida cum siccis) pervadens (caerula plantis), Wrt.

Linked entry: þurh-faran