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haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, a berry.
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Gl. 572, 45.] used as a type of a thing of no value Hagan gignalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no valuefrute cinum, cornum, ramnum

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A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value [?], [cf. Chaucer's 'not worth an hawe'] Hagan gignalia, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 24; Wrt. Voc. 33, 24. Hagan quisquilia, 285, 31

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

twi-hycgan

(v.)
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to think differently, dissent, disagree Twy iccende (= twyhycgende ?) dissentiendo, Anglia xiii. 367, 34. (?)

Linked entries: twy-iccende hycgan

for-wirnedness

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Add: abstinence from (gen. ) Heora forwyrnednesse þyssa woruldlicra þinga, Verc. Först. 118, 31

mis-faran

(v.)

to go astrayto errtransgressto fare badlyhave ill success

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Th. i. 100, 31. þurh deófol fela þinga misfór by the devil's agency many things have gone on badly, Wulfst. 104, 22. Se ðe Gode nele hýran, witod hé sceal misfaran, 178, 21

Linked entry: mis-féran

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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. ¶ used instead of a complementary adjective :-- Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoðlíce si difficile vobis visum aliquid fuerit, Deut. 1, 17. Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt.

micel-ness

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</b> a great thing, great deed God worhte mycelnessa ( magnalia ) on Egipta lande, Ps. L. 105. 21

heofon-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-líc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heofonlícæ þing cælestia, Jn. Skt. 3, 12

Linked entry: heofon-bígenged

self-will

(n.)
Grammar
self-will, es; n. (?)
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Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost gewiten who most has had things his own way, Bt. 11. 1; Fox 32, 16.

Linked entry: self-willes

ge-sécan

Grammar
ge-sécan, <b>; II c.</b>
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add: (c α) where the subject is a thing Bið him leófre ꝥ hine geséce ǽlc þǽra yfela þe ǽfre on helle sý, and hine ǽlc ýð geséce ... and hine ǽlc tor geséce ... Verc. Först. 94, 3-13

for-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽdan, (?)

to bring forth

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.), Mt. 13, 52) of his goldhorde ealde þing and níwe similis est homini qui profert de thesauro suo noua et uetera, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 29

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in orderdisposearrangeregulateordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Se Feeder gefadaþ ealle þing the Father disposes all things, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 3. He gefadode wið ða burhware he arranged with the townsfolk, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21 : Homl. Th. i. 278, 19.

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15.

ofer-dón

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Ealle oferdóne þingc deriað omnia nimia nocent, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 4. Add

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

hand-geweorc

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Add: what is made with the hands Þíne godas syndon gyldene and sylfrene . . . getreówleásera manna handgeweorc Hml. S. 14, 21. Handgeweorce manufacta, An. Ox. 3710. a. of what is made by the Deity Ic beó þín hondgeweorc, Bl. H. 147, 35.

swíþ-sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-sprecol, adj.
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Proud in speech, speaking proud things Ða swýðsprecelan tungan linguam magniloguam, Ps. Lamb. 11, 4

fréfrung

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Þíne fréfrunge geblissodan míne sáwle consolationes tuae laetificabuntur animam meam, Ps. L. 93, 19. Add

a-gén

(prep.)
Grammar
a-gén, prep. acc.

Againstadversumcontra

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Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Mt. Bos. 5, 23