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HEORÞ

(n.)
Grammar
HEORÞ, es; m.

A HEARTHfire-placea house

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Hé sceolde bebeódan ðæt hí náman æt ǽlcum heorþe ánes geáres lamb he was to command them to take a yearling lamb for every house, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 27: Chart. Th. 609, 7, 11, 30. Of ǽlcum heorþe, 27. Be ǽlcum frigan heorþe, L.

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times for a timesometimeswhilome

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Ða hálgan láreówas hwílon sprecaþ be ðam Ælmihtigan Fæder and his Sunu, hwílon swutollíce embe ðære Hálgan Ðrynnesse, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 26: Cd. 216; Th. 273, 7-12; Sat. 132-5

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

hyse

(n.)
Grammar
hyse, es; m.

A young manwarrior

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Ðissum hysse hold gracious to this man, Andr. Kmbl. 1099; An. 550. Hysas, Byrht. Th. 135, 24; By. 123. Beornas feóllon, hyssas lágon, 135, 2; By. 112.

Linked entries: hós hese hise

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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Íles byrsta, Homl. Skt. 5, 428. Stán is gener iglum [Blickl. Gl. ílum] petra est refugium erinaceis, Ps. Lamb. 103, 18

Linked entry: iil

in-tó

(prep.)
Grammar
in-tó, prep.

Into

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Homl. 79, 23. with inst Ðá ongeáton hie ðæt se eádiga Michael him sylfa ðæt tácn ðæs siges gecýðde intó ðý swíðan slǽpe then they perceived that the blessed Michael had himself made known that token of victory in the deep sleep, 205, 4

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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I. 11; Th. i. 520, 18-20 reliquum in duas partes dividant, dimidium habeat dominus, dimidium habeat episcopus, sit homo regis vel alterius], L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 264, 3: L. Eth. ix. 8; Th. i. 342, 19: L. C. E. 8; Th. i. 366, 9.

Linked entry: hláford

mán-full

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-full, adj.

Evilwickedflagitiousproducing an evil effectdire

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Homl. 31, 7. Mánfulles fanaticae, Hpt. Gl. 467, 61. Mánfulles scínláces fanaticæ superstitionis, nefandæ vanitatis, 488, 40: 509, 38. Becom ðæt tó eáran ðæs mánfullan (nefandi) ealdormannes, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6. Ðone mánfullan flagitiosum, Wrt.

neótan

(v.)
Grammar
neótan, niótan; p. neát, pl. nuton

To enjoyhave the benefit of

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Hwylc is manna ðæt feores neóte quis est homo, qui vivet, Ps. Th. 88, 41 : Exon. Th. 328,14; Vy. 17. Niótan, Cd. Th. 31, 17; Gen. 486 : 26, 4; Gen. 401. Mínes éðelríces eádig neótan, Exon. Th. 89, 25; Cri. 1462 : 223, 18; Ph. 361 : 356, 14; Pa. 11.

níten

(n.)
Grammar
níten, niéten, neáten, nýten, es; n.

An animalbeastcattle

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Ða nýtenu hé lét gán álotene, and hé forgeaf ðám nýtenum gærs, Homl. Th. i. 276, 3-6. Men and nýtenu sweltaþ homines et jumenta morientur, Ex. 9, 19. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Ðú miht blissigan gewisslíce thou mayest certainly rejoice, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 1. Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A. S.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

ge-blissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .

To rejoicebe gladlætārigaudēreTo maie to rejoicegladdenfill with blissblesslætĭficārebenedīcĕre

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Pater Noster hálige geblissaþ the Pater Noster gladdens the holy, Salm. Kmbl. 80; Sal. 40: Ps. Spl. 45, 4. Frófra ðíne geblissodon sáwle míne consōlātiōnes tuæ lætĭfĭcāvērunt anĭmam meam, 93, 19.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fitto behovedecereconvĕnīreit behovesit is becoming or fitoughtdĕcetoportet

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Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton it befits teachers that they salt the minds of believing men with the salt of wisdom, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 16 : L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 32. Me gedæfnaþ me oportet, Jn. Skt.

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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Homl. 241, 5. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon the Hetwaras subdued him in war, Beo. Th. 5825; B. 2916. Ðæt gé wiðerfeohtend gehnǽgan that ye may subdue your adversary, Andr. Kmbl. 2368; An. 1185.

ge-sceáwian

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

To spew, manifest, exhibitexhibere, monstrāre, manifestāreTo see, behold, view, look round uponvidere, perspicere, circumspicereTo see, considervidere, considerare

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Hord ys gesceáwod the hoard has been seen, Beo. Th. 6161; B. 3084. Ðæt ðú ða bisne sweotole gesceáwige that thou mayest clearly view the example, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 15. Him eallum gesceáwodum iis omnibus circumspectis, L. Bos. 6, 10. intrans.

Linked entry: sceáwian

ge-mána

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]

Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunctioncommunio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus

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Homl. 11, 5. Ðonne he wæs mid his ágnum cynne ðonne he wæs on ðare ryhtwísera gemánan he was then with his own kin when he was in the company of the righteous, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 12.

Linked entry: ge-mánna

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, [] ; cpve. síþra ; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest ; adj.
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Ðæt ðæm þeódne wæs síþas[t] sigehwíl ( his last hour of victory ), Beo. Th. 5413 ; B. 2710. On ðæm ǽrestan and on ðæm síþmestan (onwealdum), Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 86, 17. Síþmestan, 6, 1 ; Swt. 254, 1.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Hé wæs gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 2. Hé swíðe stíðlíce leofode, ii. 38, 6. Stíðlíce drohtnigende, 354, 16.

swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽslíce, adv.
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Cóman him tó and hine swǽslíce grétton, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 210.

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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Ben. 67, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19-24. Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híréd áþenedum limum ætforan Godes weófode singe ðone sealm : Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, and preces, and collecta, Wulfst. 181, 26: 171, 14.

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

tyht

(n.)
Grammar
tyht, es; m.
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Homl. i. 247, 32. Cf. For þere ilke tuhtle (þinge, 2nd MS.) cnihtes weoren ohte, Laym. 24675.

Linked entry: ofer-tyht