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foran-heáfod

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Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Bútan hé on his foranheáfde habbe his mearce, Wlfst. 200, 4. On foranheáfdum frontibus, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 203, 23. Wé mearciað eówere foranheáfdum, Hml. Th. ii. 488, I. Add:

Linked entries: heáfod fore-heáfod

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.
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Substitute: A yoke of oxen, a pair of horses Se ceorl sé þe hæfð óðres geoht (oxan, v. l. ) áhýrod, Ll. Th. i. 140, 8. Iuht subiugales, uiles æquos (indomitos bigarum subiugales, Ald. 30, 12), An. Ox. 7, 135: uiles æquas, Angl. xv. 205, 101

wel-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wel-hwilc, pron.

Every

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Every Hit (reason) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874.

fríd-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
fríd-hengest, es; m.

A stately horse

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A stately horse Hæfdon xi eóredmæcgas frídhengestas the horsemen had eleven stately horses, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 7; Rä. 23, 4

tabule

(n.)
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Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode fatu and gehálgode tablu (tabul, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 18

ge-mét

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mét, es; n.

A meeting, assemblyconventus

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A meeting, assembly; conventus Hí hæfdon ǽlce dæge heora witena gemét they had their meeting of counsellors every day, Jud. Thw. 161, 31

ge-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cépan, p. -cépte; pp. -cépt

To buyĕmĕre

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To buy; ĕmĕre Hí ðæt ríce hæfdon dióre gecépte they had dearly bought that kingdom, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19

wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

be-healden

(adj.)
Grammar
be-healden, adj.
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum

HYPE

(n.)
Grammar
HYPE, es; m.

The HIPhaunch

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Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night [Song of Sol. 3, 8], Blickl. Homl. 11, 18.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cunnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To tryenquireexperienceprobareexplorareexperiri

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To try, enquire, experience; probare, explorare, experiri Ðæt hi móstan gecunnian hwylc heora swiftost hors hæfde that they should try which of them had the swiftest horse, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 42 : Nar. 25, 29.

Þór

(n.)
Grammar
Þór, the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er),
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þr, MS.) on fyrgen hæfde (fyrgenheáfde?), Lchdm. iii. 54, 17

Linked entry: þunor

hildan

(v.)

to bendincline

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Men gesáwon áne hand . . . of heofonum cumende; and seó hæfde áne gyldene róde, and wæs æteówod manegum mannum, and helde tóweard tóforan þæs húses duru ecce humana manus ab olympi nubibus ante ostium domus . . . porrecta videbatur, Guth. Gr. 105, 18

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Ðú mínne hreóflan (cf. heó on eallum limum egeslice wunda hæfde, 266) gehǽldest, 7, 322. Heó ( Miriam) wearð mid hreóflum (-an, v. l. ) geslagen, Hml. A. 58, 177. v. hreofl; f

ofer-bídan

(v.)

to outlast, outlive, survive

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Hé ða bysgu oferbiden hæfde, Exon. Th. 135, 3; Gú. 518

ge-wilnigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wilnigendlíc, -wilniendlíc, -wilnindlíc; adj.

Desirabledesiderābīlis

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Desirable; desiderābīlis For náht hí hæfdon eorþan gewilnigendlíce pro nihĭlo hăbuĕrunt terram desiderābĭlem, Ps. Spl. 105, 23. Gewilniendlíc desiderābĭlis, Prov. 21. Gewilnindlíc, Prov. 8

Linked entry: -wilniendlíc

geár

Grammar
geár, <b>; II 1.</b> add (1 a):
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a period of thirteen lunar months Æfter þǽre sunnan ryne beóð þreó hund daga and fíf and syxtig daga, and æfter þæs mónan ryne beóð þreó hund daga and feówer and fíftig ... þǽre sunnan gér hæfd endlufon dagas má þonne þæs mónan gér, Angl. viii. 305,

eaxl-gestealla

(n.)
Grammar
eaxl-gestealla, an; m.

A shoulder companion, nearest friend, bosom friend, comradecŏmes qui est a lătĕre, sŏcius intĭmus, commīlĭto

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Hæfde wígena tó lyt, eaxlgestealna he had too few of warriors, comrades, Elen. Kmbl. 127; El. 64. Ic eom æðelinges eaxlgestealla I am a noble's bosom friend. Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 2; Rä. 78, l.

ge-forþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-forþian, p. -forþode; pp. forþod

To carry outperformaccomplishfurtherpromote

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He hæfde geforþod ðæt he his freán gehét he had performed what he promised his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 16; By. 289 : Hy. 9, 24; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 24.

for-cýþan

To reproverebuke

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Hæfde se snotra sunu Dauides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl, Sal. 176: 206. Substitute: