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in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to

íren

(adj.)
Grammar
íren, adj.

iron

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan he bade stretch him on an iron bed, and roast him alive, Shrn. 116, 2. Mid írenum gyrdum with iron rods, 115, 24 : Salm. Kmbl. 55; Sal. 28 : 942 ; Sal. 470.

irfe-hand

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-hand, a ; f.

an administrator

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One who manages the estate of a deceased person, an administrator [?]

cnyttan

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Tó cnyttende annectens, Angl. xiii. 406, 588. Add

fóster-nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-nóþ, m. ? l. fósternoþ; m.
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and add: food, provisions Fósternoð pulmentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 13.

hælftre

(n.)
Grammar
hælftre, e ; f.
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Substitute: <b>hælfter,</b> e; l. and (?) es; m. : <b>hælftre, es;</b> m. or n. ; or, an; f. and add Hælfter capisirum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 45.

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 2: Cd. 209; Th. 259, 6; Dan. 687: Andr. Kmbl. 1372; An. 686: Cd. 86; Th. 108, 33; Gen. 1815

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Hafa ðínne niéxtan swá swá ðín ágen lim, Basil Admn. 5; Norm. 44, 24. Monegu limu beóþ on ánum men, and weorþaþ ðeáh ealle tó ánum líchoman, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 25. Gif wé tó lange sittaþ, slapaþ ða lima, Homl. Th. i. 490, 1.

Linked entry: leomu

scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd, es ; n.
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Bigleofan and scrúd ( vestitum ) and feoh, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 5. Hé sylþ him andlyfene and scrúd dat ei victum et vestitum, Deut. 10, 18 : L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 26. an article of dress, a garment Scrúd vestis, clamis. Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 50.

steór-róðor

(n.)
Grammar
steór-róðor, (-er, -ur), es; n.
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A rudder, lit. and fig. Steórróþer remus (an oar used for steering), Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 11. Steórróðer palmula, ii. 67, 68. Steórróðor, 116, 52. Steórróþur gubernaculum, i. 63, 52.

on-drysne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysne, adj.

terrible, dreadful, awfulawful, exciting awereverence, venerable

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Wæs hé for his árfæstum dǽdum eallum his geférum leóf and weorð and ondrysne he was beloved, honoured and reverenced by all his companions for his pious deeds, Blickl. Homl. 213, 12.

on-cnáwan

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1 a. Add Nǽfra ic oncneáwu ( novi ) iúih, Mt. L. 7, 23. Helias cuóm and ne oncneáwn (cognoverunt) hine, 17, 12.

eáþ-mód

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Ábogenre, eádmódre cernua, i. humilis, An. Ox. 1278: suplici, 1329. Eádmódne on gáste humilem spiritu, Scint. 82, 16. Ðá eáðmodan humiles, Past. 299, 1. Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26.

rím

(adj.)
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Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. the particular mark or symbol, having an arithmetical value, by which anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt.

greót-hord

(n.)
Grammar
greót-hord, es; n. [greót grit, dust, earth; hord hoard, treasure]
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An earthen treasure, i.e. the body Greóthord gnornaþ gǽst hine fýseþ on écne geard the body mourns, the spirit hastens to an eternal dwelling, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240

þrýþ-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-weorc, es; n.

A splendidmighty work

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A splendid, mighty work Þrýðweorc ( a statue; v. the description: Wrætlíce wundorágræfen anlícnes engla ... torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworht ... anlícnes engelcynna ðæs brémestan, 1423-35; An. 712-8), Andr. Kmbl. 1546; An. 774

ambeht-þegen

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Hine wunade mid án ombehtþegn, Gú. 973: 1119. Hé spræc tó his ombehtþegne, tó his treówum gesíðe, 1268: 1172. Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, B. 673. Byrlas, ombeht*-*þegnas, An. 1536. Add

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Add: trans, to spread the fame of a person His nama wearð gewfdmǽrsod wíde geond þæt land nomen ejus uulgatum est in omni terra, Jos. 6, 2f. to spread the knowledge of a fact, event, &amp;amp;c. to publish, promulgate Ðá hyrdas þá heofenlican gesihíe

gódnes

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<b>IV a.

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Now there must always be in Iona an abbot and not a bishop, and to him all the bishops of the Scots must be subject, for Columba was abbot, not bishop, Chr. 565 ; Erl. 18, 1-8.