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hand-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-mægen, es; n.

Might, power of hand

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Might, power of hand, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 22; Gen. 247: Andr. Kmbl. 1450: An. 725

hin-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
hin-fús, adj.

Ready to go away or depart,

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Th. 1514; B. 755: Andr. Kmbl. 1223; An. 612

sessian

(v.)
Grammar
sessian, p. ode

To subside

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.), smylte wurdon merestreáma gemeotu, Andr. Kmbl. 905; An. 453

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde

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Ic wát æfter nú hwá mec ferede ofer flódas now afterwards I know who conveyed me over the floods, Andr. Kmbl. 1808; An. 906. Ðǽr sceal ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan then must slaughter of men take place afterwards, 364; An. 182.

Linked entry: æftera

tó-hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hlídan, p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden

To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder

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Tóhlád seó eorþe and wæs bymende fýr up of ðære eorþan flamma scisso terrae hiatu eructata, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 24: Lchdm. iii. 428, 3. Se beorg tóhlád eorðscræf egeslíc the hill yawned, an awful cave it grew, Andr. Kmbl. 3173; An. 1589.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Ic gefrægn ánne mannan him on bearm hládan bunan and discas I heard that one man loaded in his bosom cups and dishes, 5544; B. 2775. Ge clǽnsiaþ ðæt wiðútan ys, caliceas and discas mundātis quod deforis est călĭcis et paropsĭdis, Mt. Bos. 23, 25

æhte man

(n.)
Grammar
æhte man, mann, es; pl. men; m.

A husbandman ⬩ a farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ colonus

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A husbandman, a farmer, ploughman; colonus Laboratores sind yrþlingas and ǽhte men labourers are ploughmen and husbandmen, Ælfc. T. 40, 20

beón-broþ

(n.)
Grammar
beón-broþ, es; n.

mead ⬩ a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together ⬩ melicratum

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Perhaps mead, a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together; melicratum L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 12

Linked entry: broþ

fýr-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
fýr-heard, adj.

Fire-hard ⬩ igne dūrātus

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Fire-hard; igne dūrātus Eoforlíc scionon fáh and fýrheard boar's likenesses shone variegated and fire-hard, Beo. Th. 615; B. 305

blencan

(v.)
Grammar
blencan, p. blencte; pp. blenced

To deceive, cheat ⬩ decipere, fallere ⬩ to impose upon

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To deceive, cheat; decipere, fallere He wrenceþ and blenceþ he deceives and cheats, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 18; Mód. 33

un-áwemmedness

(n.)
Grammar
un-áwemmedness, e; f.

Incorruption

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Incorruption Crist gewát of deáðe tó lífe, and of brosnunga tó unáwemmednysse, and of wíte tó wuldre, Anglia viii. 330, 10

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Actively, zealously Ðonne hé wel þénaþ and úres Drihtnes heorde cwiferlíce gealgað and tó rihte manað, R. Ben. 122, 2

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, to divulge.
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Wæs þis geworden on Beornica mǽgðe, and feor and wíde gemǽred (longe lateque diffamatum), Bd. 5, 14 ; Sch. 647, 16. Add

hreóh-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-lic, adj.
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Stormy, full of trouble Hú feallendlic and hú lǽnendlic and hú hreóhlic þeós woruld ys, Wlfst. 136, 27. See preceding word

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.
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Dele, and see <b>hild, es;</b> m. and <b>hyldu;</b> f

munuc-regol

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Add: monastic rule or mode of life Hí munucregol myrdon, and mynstra tóstæncton, and munecas tódrǽfdon, Chr. 975; P. 121, 26

þeów-lic

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Se deáð is freólic and ðeówlic ( printed deoplic), for þan cyningas sweltaþ and eác þeówe men, Verc. Först. 103, 21. Add

un-rihtwís

Grammar
un-rihtwís, un-rihtwísu.
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Se cyning and se biscop sceoldon beón Crístenra folca hyrdas, and hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26. Add

un-timber

(n.)
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Hié hira godu hæfdon geworhte of treówum and of stánum and of óðrum untimbrum (antimbrum ?) missenlicum, Verc. Först. 176

friþ-stól

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Wé wǽron gelaðede tó ðám hálgan hám and tó ðám cynelican friðstóle þǽr Críst wunað and ríxað, Wlfst. 265, 18. Add