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heah-rún

(n.)
Grammar
heah-rún, e; f.
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The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47. Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne; heago-rún, hægtesse

Linked entry: hell-rún

hræd-mód

(adj.)
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hræd-mód, adj.
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Hasty, quick-tempered Se heofonlica wísdóm cwæð ꝥ ꝥ yrre hæfð wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is þonne hé bið tó hrædmód (cf. ne sis velox ad irascendum: quia ira in sinu stulti requiescit, Eccl. 7, 10), Hml. S. 16, 342

on-wunung

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Th. ii. 316, 6

or-wénness

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Se fífta leahtor is unrótnys ðissere worulde . . . Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47, 11

sceamian

(v.)
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Add Hwá bið gesciended ðæt ic eác ðæs ne scamige?, Past. 101, 5. Hé scamode his wiþ men, gif hé ne eóde intó cyrican in swá hálgan dæge þára eástrena si tanto die non iret ad ecclesiam, erubescebat homines, Gr. D. 308, 23

rynning

(n.)
Grammar
rynning, e; f.

Rennetcoagulum

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Voc. i. 27, 70. [Gloucestershire running rennet, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 4. 'Earning, yearning, cheeserennet, or that which curdles milk,' Brockett. 'Runnet, called in Derbyshire erning; it runs the milk together,' Pegge. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 3.]

wéde-berge

(n.)
Grammar
wéde-berge, an ; f.

A plant that is used against madness, hellebore

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A plant that is used against madness, hellebore Woedeberge, woedibergæ eleborus, Txts. 59, 736. Woidiberge helleborus, 67, 1017. Wédeberge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 21 : 32, 30.

Linked entries: woide-berge berge

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.

The land of Britain, WalesBritannia, Cambria

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The land of Britain, Wales; Britannia, Cambria Ðá fór Harold mid scipum of Brycgstówe abútan Brytland then Harold went with his ships from Bristol about Wales, Chr. 1063; Ing. 251, 21. Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l

Linked entry: Bryt-

hearm-cwidol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidol, adj.

Given to speak evil, calumnious

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Ðá wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole in consequence of noble birth they were haughty and given to speak contemptuously of others, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8

Linked entry: hearm-sprǽcol

ofer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-genga, an; m.

One who goes over or beyond

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One who goes over or beyond Gif hé biþ on .xi. nihta ealdne mónan se biþ landes ofergenga if he is born on the eleventh of the month, he will be a traveller about the land Lchdm. iii. 158, 1 : 160, 30

sóþes

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþes, adv.

Of a truthverilyindeedreally

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Of a truth, verily, indeed, really Sóþes ic secge ðé amen dico tibi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 26. Sóðes ðú eart Godes sunu, Lk. Skt. 4, 41. Ðéh hé sylf his ágenum eágum eal ne gesáwe, ðæt sóðes is geworden, Wulfst. 3, 21

ge-teón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 121, 33. where the movement is up or down, to heave a sigh Getogene siccetunga ducta suspiria, An.

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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Skt. i. 6, 205. raving, blasphemous, Similar entries v. wodlíce, II, wódness, II, and cf. woffian Múð wódne sóðfæstnysse andsware genyþerian os blasphemum veritatis responsione dampnare, Scint. 9, II. of animals Wið wódes hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 4,

gifan

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' Ðá andswarode ic : ' Nát ic nánwuht. . . þe swelc gifan mæge ' 33. 3; F. 126, 23. to allow to have, not to withhold, to release Is giwuna iów ꝥte énne ic gefe ł forléte ( dimittam) iów in eóstro, wallad gé forðon ꝥ ic gefe (

be-tweoh

(prep.)
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be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio; dat. Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him men and beasts have enmity between them, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52. Betweohs him among them; in cujus medio, Ex. 34, 10.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Add: a large room forming part of the residence of a great man, in which the social, public life of the household is carried on Hús domus, heall aulea,cavertún vestibulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 82: ii. 8, 66.

Acsan mynster

(n.)
Grammar
Acsan mynster, Ascan mynster, Axan minster, es; n. [Acsa, an; m? the river Axe; mynster a monastery: Flor. Axanminster: Hunt. Acseminster]

AXMINSTER in Devonshirehodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi

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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf

cann

(n.)
Grammar
cann, e; f.
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E. 16; Th. i. 34, 12. Ðanne is cirican canne riht then is the church clearance right, L. Wih. 21; Th. i. 42, 1

cwiddung

(n.)
Grammar
cwiddung, cwyddung ,e; f.

A saying, tale, report, speechdictum, sermunculus

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Th. i. 366, 7

Linked entry: cwyddung

cwacung

(n.)
Grammar
cwacung, e; f.

QUAKING, trembling tremor

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Th. i. 504, 28. Búton cwacunge without guaking, ii. 32, 18