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(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Dominum in aula sancta ejus, Ps.

FÓSTER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓSTER, fóstor, fóstur; gen. fóstres; n.

FOSTERingnourishingrearingfeedingfoodnourishmentprovisionsedŭcātionutrīciumpastioalĭmentumvictus

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In. 26; Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38; Th. i. 126, 5. Mon sceal sellan, to fóstre, x fata hunies, ccc hláfa, etc. one shall give, as provisions, ten vats of honey, three hundred loaves, etc. L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 16.

Linked entries: féster fóstor fóstur

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRMstrongstoutboldstrenuousfortisstrēnuusrichabundantexcellentūberabundanspræstans

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Hý Gúþlác in Godes willan fromne fundon they found Guthlac firm in God's will, 37 b; Th. 123, 9; Gú. 320: Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22. Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan those were bold leaders, Andr. Kmbl. 15; An. 8: Elen.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

heolstor

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor, es; n.

That which covers or concealsdarkness a veilcoveringplace of concealment

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Sume wuniaþ on wéstennum gesittaþ hámas on heolstrum some dwell in deserts, occupy homes in hiddenplaces, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 5; Gú. 54

Linked entry: hleostrum

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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In merne in crastinum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34. On merne, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 43: 12, 12. Tó merne cras, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 32. On mergen in crastinum, Jn. Skt. 1, 43: 12, 12. On merien, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 16.

Linked entries: mergen merne

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio; dat. Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him men and beasts have enmity between them, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52. Betweohs him among them; in cujus medio, Ex. 34, 10.

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Wé sprecað be ðǽre heofonlican cwéne endebyrdlíce æfter wífháde we are quite in order in speaking of the heavenly queen as if she were woman, Hml. Th. i. 546, 14.

genge

(n.)
Grammar
genge, f.
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The word occurs often in the Ormulum, mostly in a general sense, e.g. Þatt all þatt genge (folk ) mihhte lefenn uppo Criste, 6956. Þeȝȝre ( angels' ) genge shollde ben wiþþ gode sawless ekedd, 3918.

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLANDLincolnshire loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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CROWLAND or CROYLAND, Lincolnshire; loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A.

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland

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Ðú, Capharnaum, hú wið in heofonum ðú ðec áhefes? tu, Capharnaum, numquid usque in caelum exaltaberis?, Mt. L. 11, 23. Hú ! onsuæræstú suǽ ðǽm biscobi? sic respondis pontifici?, Jn.

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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Feówer swulung ond án læs on waruðe gebyreð inn tó Raculfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16. On waruðe, Andr. Kmbl. 479; An. 240. Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, I. On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4.

Linked entry: wearoþ

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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In gewitnisse hiora in testimonium eorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 14. Iohannes cýþ gewitnesse be him Iohannes testimonium perhibet de ipso, Jn. Bos. 1, 15.

Linked entry: witness

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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In the Norman time the shilling is twelve pennies. This reckoning seems to be taken in earlier times. v. riht-scilling and Ex. 21, 10.

ǽfen-gifl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gifl, -giefl, es; n.

Evening foodsuppercœna

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C.] quærunt primos in cœnis recubitus, Past. 1, 2; MS. Hat. 6b, 20: 44, 3; MS. Hat. 61b, 22

Linked entry: gifl

æf-werdla

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdla, æf-wyrdla, æ-wyrdla, a-wyrdla, an; m. [æf of, wyrdan to corrupt]

Damageinjurylossthe amercement for itdetrimentumjacturadamnum

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In. 40; Th. i. 126, 16: R. Ben. 2 : Cot. 104

a-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To dwell togetherconsidere

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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998

áncer-setl

(n.)
Grammar
áncer-setl, -settl, es; n.

An anchoret's cellhermitageanachoretæ sedes

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An anchoret's cell, hermitage; anachoretæ sedes Twegen hálige menn, on áncersettle wuniende, wǽron forbearnde two holy men, dwelling in a hermitage, were burned, Chr. 1087; Th. 354, 23: Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 10

beadu-scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
beadu-scearp, adj.

Battle-sharpsharp in fightapplied to a swordad pugnam acutus

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Battle-sharp, sharp in fight, applied to a sword; ad pugnam acutus Cyning wælseaxe gebræd biter and beaduscearp the king drew his deadly knife bitter and battle-sharp, Beo. Th. 5401; B. 2704

Linked entry: scearp

áþ-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
áþ-wyrþe, adj.

Worthy of an oathworthy of creditdignus qui juret

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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 14: L. Ed. 3 ; Th. i. 160, 21