sigel
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Heáfdes segl the sun of the head, the eye (cf. Icel. enni-máni, -tungl = the eye ), 100 ; An. 50
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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Th. 5650; B. 2829; according to Thorpe the reading of the MS. is scearede, other editors read scearde.
hyge-méðe
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Wearying the heart or mind, Beo. Th. 4875; B. 2442
líc-fæt
The body
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The body, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 20; Gú.1063
wæl-net
The net of destruction
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The net of destruction (?),Cd. Th. 190, 20; Exod. 202
ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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Hér ǽrest gesceóp éce Drihten heofon and eorþan here the Lord eternal first created heaven and earth, Cd. 5; Th. 7, 26; Gen. 112: 12; Th. 14, 16; Gen. 219. God ðas world gescóp God created this world, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 22; Cri. 659: Salm.
Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan
eáþ-lǽce
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Easy to cure Biþ hé þý eáðlǽcra ( printed -na) . . . hit bið þe uneáþlǽcra, Lch. ii. 258, 26. Biþ hit þý eáþlácre, 260, 2. Bið ꝥ eáðlǽcnere, 284, 23, 29. v. un-eáþlǽce, -lǽcne
ge-swutelian
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sign that I am the guardian of the place, Homl.
Linked entries: ge-sweotulian ge-swytelian
blód-gýte
a flowing or running of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluvium ⬩ a blood-shedding, bloodshed ⬩ sanguinis effusio
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head with it; then the blood-running will soon staunch, Herb. 3, 5; Lchdm. i. 88, 8-10. a blood-shedding, bloodshed; sanguinis effusio Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgýte there was the greatest bloodshed, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 26.
Linked entry: blód-geóte
sal-warp
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Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire
Linked entry: sal-warp
á-feorsian
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Seó hálgung þe deófla áfyrsað, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Áfyrseþ aufert , Ps. Spl. 75, 12. Áfyrseþ hé þás earfoðnesse fram ús, Bl. H. 247, 4. Hí áfyrsiað nǽddran, Hml. Th. i. 304, 20. Þæt hé áfyrsode ðæs deófles éhtnysse him fram, ii. 528, 5.
Linked entries: á-firsian afor-feorsian á-fyrsian
wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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, a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (?
-ing
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.
fracoþ
An insult ⬩ contumely ⬩ turpĭtūdo ⬩ contŭmēlia
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Th. 54, 22. Me ða fraceðu sind mǽste weorce these insults are the greatest trouble to me. Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 34; Jul. 71: 73 b; Th. 274, 31; Jul. 541. Fracoþ abominatio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 15
hleór-bolster
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A cushion for the cheek, pillow, Beo. Th. 1381; B 688
land-waru
country
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The people of a country, country, Beo. Th. 4631; B. 2321
mynster-prafost
The provost of a monastery
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The provost of a monastery Ælfnód mynsterprauost, Chart. Th. 434, 4
pápan-hád
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The papal dignity Gregorius pápanhád onféng, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 24
wolcen-gehnást
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The collision of clouds;Exon. Th. 386, 12 ; Rä. 4, 60
heáfod-wóþ
The voice
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The voice, Exon. 103 a; Th. 390, 17; Rä. 9, 3
Linked entry: wóþ