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hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, suspend, crucify

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Ðǽr wǽron gelǽdde twegen sceaþan for heora synnum tó hónne there were brought two thieves to be crucified for their sins, 254, 22. Tó hóanne ad crucifigendum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 19. Ic hæbbe mihte ðé tó hónne, Jn. Skt. 19, 10.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Healf wer ætfealð, Ll. Th. i. 354, 21. Þolige hé healfe weres, 398, 5: 254, 15. Be healfan were gyldan, Ll. Th. i. 354, 19: 408, 20. Tó healfre híde, 188, 1.

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stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Wén is ðæt eówer sum cweðe tó him sylfum on stillum geðohtum . . ., Homl. Th. i. 580, 5. not loud Mid stylre stemne, Homl.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta though it were the least and the lowest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 23

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Hé hæfde him to gesíþþe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, weán oft onfond, Exon. Th. 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda miseries troubled the doomed peoples, Cd.

ge-namian

(v.)
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habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is ecclesia genamod, Wlfst. 67, 14. Ðæt land is on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengest-esíg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám the land is divided into three parts named respectively . . . C. D. v. 401, 25.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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., to a person witon þæt ðú gewilnast tó ðám wuldorfullan Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 22. Þú gewilnast tó Críste, Hml. S. 31, 1338. to a place, position, condition, &c. Þá þe hé ( St.

gódnes

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</b> that which is good in any- thing, the good part of anything :-- Ðás þing habbað be him gewritene, ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele, ꝥ þá gódan men niman æfter þeóra gódnesse (may imitate the good part of his actions ), Chr. 1086; P. 221, 24

ǽg-þer

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Hú ne hæfdon ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre? Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ hé ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, hú ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 33. On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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' ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,' Bd. 2, 5;Sch. 134, 13-19. Hí hiene bǽdon ryhtes geleáfan and fulwihtes bæðes they asked him for the true faith and baptism, Ors. 6, 34;S. 290, 27.

ge-healdan

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D. 98, 20. to hold a faith, opinion, &amp;c., accept as true Þis is se rihta geleáfa þe ǽghwylcum men gebyreð ꝥ hé wel gehealde and gelǽste, Bl.

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

powerstrengthmightefficacypotestaspower over any thingempireruledominionmasteryswayjurisdictiongovernmentprotectionkeepinga bridle-bitpotestasfacuitasimperiumditioarbitriumjuscamas

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Wer-þeóda geweald the sway of nations, 161; Th. 202, 4; Exod. 383. Wínærnes geweald jurisdiction over the wine-hall, Beo. Th. 1312; B. 654. Ðú scealt wǽpned-men wesan on gewealde thou shalt be in subjection to man, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 30; Gen. 920.

ge-dihtan

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'Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . ' Þá tugon hí þone hálgan wer, swá hé him gediht hæfde, Hml. S. 14, 151-159. to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, &amp; c. Seó ealde gesetnys ðe hé þurh Móysen gedihte, Hml.

ge-habban

(v.)
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S. 3, 325. to treat well or ill Hé fram him fremsumlíce wæs onfangen and micle tíd mid him well gehæfd (-hæfed, v. l.) wæs (habitus est ), Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 340, 16. <b>XII a.

a-myrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-myrran, -merran; p. de; pp. ed [a, myrran impedire]

to hinderimpedeobstructcheckdisturbimpedireturbareobstruereto dissipatespenddistractdefilemarcorruptspoildestroydissipareperdereconsummarecorrumperedevoraredistrahere

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to hinder, impede, obstruct, check, disturb; impedire, turbare, obstruere Ðæs wéla amerþ and lǽt ða men this wealth obstructs and hinders those men, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3.

Linked entries: a-merran on-mirran

Frysa

(n.)
Grammar
Frysa, Friesa, an; pl. nom. acc. Frysan, Frisan, Fresan; gen. Frysena, Frysna; dat. Frysum; m.

A FrisianFrīsiusFreso

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Be norþan-westan him syndon Frysan to the north-west of them are the Frisians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 35: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 15: Chr. 886; Th. 154, 24, col. 2, 3; 155, 23, col. 1.

Linked entries: Fresan Friesa Frisan

ides

(n.)
Grammar
ides, e; f.

A woman

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A weak form occurs in Hpt. Gl. 456, 76 Tó, on ydesan in juvenculam

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6. Lǽswa míne scép feed my sheep, 290, 30.

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ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru? Ðæt getácnaþ . . . what do the three outgoings mean?

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan