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líf

(adv.)
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Add: the condition or attribute of being alive, animate existence ; opposed to death. the condition, quality, or fact of being a living person or animal of lífe gewát, B. 2471 : Edg. 29.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-heoran, ge-hioran</b> in Dict. and add: intrans. To hear, perceive sound Eáran habbað, and ne gehýrað (-hérað, L.), Mk. 8, 18. Gif se hlyst oðstande, ne mæge gehiéran, Ll. Th. i. 92, 24.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Homl. 225, 21. need for or of something, which is expressed by a genitive of a noun, or of a pronoun referring to a noun Hwylc ðearf is ðé húsles quid opus est eucharistia? Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 37: Cd. Th. 54, 19; Gen. 879. Him wæs manna þearf, Beo.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garmentdressroberailclothing

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Hrægles þearfa ic leáfum þecce lacking raiment I cover me with leaves, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 25; Gen. 866. Ðisses hrægles neót use this robe, Beo. Th. 2439; B. 1217.

Linked entry: hrægl

hryre

(n.)
Grammar
hryre, es; m.

Falldownfallruindestructionperditiondecaydeclinedeath

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Gr. 11; Som. 15, 10: ruina, Ps. Spl. 105, 28. His hryre wæs micel fuit ruina ejus magna, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hægles hryre fall of hail, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 26; Ph. 16.

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us twome and theeme and him

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Us two, me and thee, me and him. alone 'Hwæt wylle gyt ðæt ic inc ?' Ðá cwǽdon : ' Syle unc ðæt wit sitton, án on ðíne swýðran healfe and óþer on ðíne wynstran,' Mk. Skt. 10, 37. sǽde unc eall, Gen. 41, 13.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

ge-yppan

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Andrew ), and hié andweardne eágum meahton gesión sigerófne, An. 1225. to bring into notice, bring to the knowledge of people S. Anastasius þe S Basilius geypte, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 31. Wíde byð eorlum geypped asðelinges deáð, Men. 157. <b>II a.

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.

hrycg

(n.)
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hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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a back of a man or animal; dorsum, spina Hricg dorsum, Ǽlfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 47; Wrt. Voc. 44,30. Hricc, Blickl. Gl.. Swylce wǽre se hrycg forbrocen dum configitur [confringitur, Ps. Surt.] spina, Ps. Th. 31, 4.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 7 See Thorpe's Glossary. To gifes gratis, Hpt. Gl. 478. hire út to gife bútan feó. let her go out free without money, Ex. 21, 11: Num. 11, 5. To gife gratis, Gen. 29, 15. Gifum gratis, Ps. Spl.

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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Ða hwítan líchoman beóþ mearuwran and tédran ðonne ða blacan and ða reádan, Lchdm. ii. 84, 21. <b>II a.</b> weak, having bad health, infirm :-- Gif wíf on ðon tédre sié if a woman have that infirmity, Lchdm. ii. 8, 25.

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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To cover, to cover an object with something Ic wreó , leáfum þecce, Cd. Th. 53, 29; Gen. 868. Ðú ðín sylf þecest líc mid leáfum, 54, 15; Gen. 877. Se ðe heofen þeceþ wolcnum qui operit coelum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8.

Linked entry: þacian

wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoopcrya cry of griefwailinglamentationweeping

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Th. 285, 2 ; Sat. 333. Nis nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: Exon. Th. 164, 32 ; . 1020. Hreám and wóp, Blickl. Homl. 115, 15. Dara cirm and wóp ástáh, 249, 7. Ne sorg ne wóp, 103, 36 : Exon. Th. 201, 4 ; Ph. 51.

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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man tredeþ conculcavit me homo, Ps. Th. 55, l: Cd. Th. 56, 15; Gen. 912. tredaþ feóndas mine, Ps. Th. 55, 2: Exon. Th. 119, 23; . 259.

hand

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For B. 2137 see hand-gemǽne, dele the passage from Ll. Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?)

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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Kmbl. 9, 12: Lk. 5, 31: Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 8; Gn. Ex. 45.

Linked entries: lǽca léce

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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38: 24; S. 596, 31: 5, 2; S. 614, 26.

gíme-líst

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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.

on-findan

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Add Anfindo depraehendo, Txts. 57, 661. to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with, light upon Ðone ðe onfindes quem qui invenit, Mt. L. 13, 44. Huón aron ðá ðe onfindes ðá ilco, 7, 14.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Gl. 70; Som. 70, 45; Wrt. Voc. 42, 53. Hiw figura, scema, specimen, forma, species, Ælfc. Gr. 2: 9: 14; Som. 2, 45, 46: 8, 22: 9, 31: 17, 19, 20. Hiw figmentum, Blickl. Gl. Ðeós gerýnu is wedd and hiw this mystery is a pledge and a symbol, Homl.