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hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode

To sound, make a sound [with the voice], to speak, sing, cry, exclaim, resound

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Ðonne hleóðriaþ hálge gǽstas sáwla sóþfæste song áhebbaþ when holy spirits shall lift up their voices, just souls raise a song, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 12; Ph. 539. Ðá hleóðrade hlúdan stefne then cried with a loud voice, Andr.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Gif ðú ðin tól (cultrum) áhefst ofer hyt if thou lift up thy tool upon it (A. V.), Ex. 20, 25. Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðam snǽde into ánum deópan seáðe. Benedictus wolde gefréfrian ðone wyrhtan ðe ðæt tól ámyrde, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 12.

Linked entry: tohl

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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</b> service rendered by things, use :-- Hé wæs lama and eallra his lima ðénunge benumen deficiente omni membrorum officio, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38. In ðegnunge in use; in procinctu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 16.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Se cásere is nú gyt smeágende hwæt wé gefaran habban ( what has happened to us ), Hml. S. 23, 452.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Hié getrúwedon on twá healfe frioðuwǽre, B. 1095: 1305: 2063. behalf, account Swá oft swá þá óþre hergas út fóron, þonne fóron hié oþþe mid oþþe on heora healfe on, Chr. 894; P. 84, 22. side, quarter, direction Ðæt hé ne ðyrfe an náne healfe anbúgan

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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up, 7; Th. ii. 312, 35-37.

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Ús Godes yrre hetelíce on sit. Wulfst. 162, 2. Ða yrmþa ðe ús on sittaþ, 157, 5- Swá sæt seó byrþen synna on ðissum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 75, 9. For ðæm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton for the miseries that sat heavy on them, Met. 26, 97.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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Nalas ðæt wolcn ðý forþ comðe úre Drihten ðæs wolcnes fultomes þearfe hæfde, oþþe ðæt wolcn hiene up áhófe, ac hé ðæt wolcn him beforan nam, and hé on ðæm wolcne from heora gesihþe gewát, 121, 11-17. Regn wolcen brincgeþ. Ps. Th. 67, 10.

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Ðú eart se æðela, ðe on ǽrdagum ealra fǽmnena wyn (the Virgin Mary) ákende, Hy. 3, 26. the name of the w-rune ᚹ (uu) uyn, Archæologia, vol. 28, plate 15, fig. 7.

Linked entry: mód-wén

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Úre Áliésend, ðe mára is and mǽrra eallum gesceaftum, hé hine gemedomode tó biónne betwiux ðǽm lǽsðum (lǽstum, v. l.) and ðǽm gingestum monnum, Past. 301, 13. <b>VI a.

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ús is nédþearf ðæt wé sécan ðone lǽcedóm úre sáuwle, Blickl. Homl. 97, 31. Biddon wé Drihten ðæs leóhtes ðe nǽfre ne geendaþ . . . ðæt leóht wé sceolan sécan, ðæt wé mótan habban mid englum gemǽne, 21, 14.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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The interment, therefore, consists of an urn filled with the burnt bones.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Bringð tiida lange ǽrra Líða ús tó túne, Iunius on geard, 214; Men. 108. Oft mon féreþ feor bí túne (cf.

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gildan

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Ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12. Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum, Chr. 991; P. 127, 3. Geldas ðá ðe sint cæseres ðǽm cásere, Mk. L. R. 12, 17. Hié geniéddon ꝥ hié him gafol guidon, Ors. 10; S. 14, 19.

feónd

(n.)
Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]

FIENDenemyfoethe devilōsorinĭmīcushostisdiabŏlusδιάβoλos

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Hý fæder ageaf on feónda geweald her father delivered her up into her foes power, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 7; Jul. 159: Elen. Kmbl. 135; El. 68. Ic agilde wrace mínum feóndum reddam ultiōnem hostĭbus meis, Deut, 32, 41, 43: Jos. 10, 25.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Gl. 257, 17. of persons in respect to either physical or moral growth. absolute Se his yldrum ðáh tó frófre he grew up a comfort to his parents, Cd. Th. 67, 28; Gen. 1107. Sunu weóx and ðáh, 138, 30; Gen. 2299. Þág, 167, 25; Gen. 2771.

eard

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Úre ealra bliss eard hæbbendra on ánum þé éce standeð the joy of us all having habitation in thee alone stands for ever; laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio est in te, Ps.

ge-sprǽc

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Þæs þe ús cýþað þá hálgan gespræcu (-sprecu, v.l.) quod sacra testantur eloquia, Gr. D. 294, 21 : Hml. S. 23 b, 92. Gespræca uerborum, i. sermonum, An. Ox. 2, 169. On þæs hálgan gewrites gesprecum (eloquiis), Gr. D. 138. 35.

ge-þolian

(v.)
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Þý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá ús on becóme, Bt. 10; F. 30, 12: 7, 2; F. 18, 25.

ge-bǽru

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H. 203, 1. movement, gesture, action Gif þú þone mon lácnian wille, þænc his gebǽra, and wite hwilces hádes hé sié; gif hit biþ wǽpnedman and lócað úp ... gif hit biþ wíf and lócað niþer ..., Lch. ii. 348, 13-18.