gearo-witolness
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Sagacity Ongeán þám ingehýde and gearawitolnesse þe of Godes ágenre gife cymð, se deófol sǽwð nytennysse, Wlfst. 53, 16
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ge-wilc
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10
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Hámtúnisc
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Of Northampton Harold sǽde ꝥ hé Cnutes sunu wǽre and Ælfgyfe þǽre Hámtúnisca[n], Chr. 1035; P. 159, 29
híred-wist
familiarity
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A being, as it were, of a family, familiarity Geornfullnyss híredwiste gearwað assiduitas familiaritatem parat, Scint. 203, 12. Substitute:
helmiht
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Of ðǽm helmihtum bearwum e frondosis nemoribus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 37: 31, 7. and for 'Cot . . . Lye' substitute
hlíp-cumb
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a valley with steep sides (? cf. stæþ-hlípe) Upp tó hlýp-cumbe; of hlýpcumbe, C. D. iii. 204, 19
læpe-wince
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
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mene
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Hé geg'ængde mé mid orle of golde áwefen and mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode, Hml, S. 7, 37. Add
nunn-líf
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the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16
snyflung
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Mucus from the nose Gif heora ǽnegum for unhǽle snyflung of nosa (flegma ex naribus) derige, Chrd. 23, 7
wealh-land
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add: cf. the prose version of this passage Swá oft swá wyt férdon tó fyrlenum eardurn, Gen. 20, 13
rídend
A horseman ⬩ knight
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A horseman, knight Rídend swefaþ, hæleþ knights and warriors sleep the sleep of death, Beo. Th. 4906; B. 2457
riht-scytte
Sure of aim?/
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Sure of aim?/ Sum biþ ryhtscytte sum leóþa gleáw, sum on londe snel, Exon. Th. 296, 15 ; Crä. 51
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sceamleást
Shamelessness, want of modesty, impudence, lasciviousness
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Shamelessness, want of modesty, impudence, lasciviousness Sceamleást impudicitia Mk. Skt. 7, 22. Scamléstan (-léste?) impudentiam Hpt. Gl. 526, 7
Hæfeldan
the name of a Slavonic people
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the name of a Slavonic people Wylte ðe man Hæfeldan hǽt, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 39 : 19, 18
heáh-þegnung
High service
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High service Heáhþegnunga háliges gástes the high services of the holy Spirit, Cd. 147; Th. 183, 23; Exod. 96
openung
Manifestation, revelation
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Manifestation, revelation Seó openung ðæs dæges ( the day of judgment) is swíðe egesfull eallum gesceaftum, Blickl. Homl. 91, 19
hlystend
A hearer, ⬩ listener
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A hearer, listener On móde ðære >hlystendra in the mind of the hearers, Homl. Th. i. 362, 18
hlynian
To make a noise, ⬩ roar
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To make a noise, roar: — Wælfýra mǽst hlynode the greatest of funeral fires roared, Beo. Th. 2244; B. 1120
Linked entry: hlynn
tó-gotenness
Diffusion, ⬩ spreading, ⬩ effusion
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Diffusion, spreading, effusion Wyþ ǽwyrdlan ðæs líchoman ðe cymeþ of tógotennysse ðæs geallan, Lchdm. i. 262, 11: 270, 5
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