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hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
hýðan, p. de

To despoilplunderlay wastepillageravage

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To despoil, plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage Híðeþ and tó hám týhþ it plunders and brings home, Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 25; Rä. 35. 4. Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044. Hit feor and wíde hýððe

Linked entry: hýð-scip

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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To lease [ = glean dialect.], gather, collect Se eorþlíca anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ cræftas ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas earthly power never sows virtues, but collects and gathers vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 25. Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather

ge-wesan

(v.)

to be togetherconversediscuss

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to be together, converse, discuss Ic flítan gefrægn módgleáwe men gewesan ymbe hyra wísdóm I have learnt that wise men had disputes and discussions about their wisdom, Salm. Kmbl. 363; Sal. 181. Grein writes 'gewésan; p. -weós,' and compares

bisceop-setl

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-setl, biscop-setl, biscep-setl, es; n.

a bishop's seat or residencesedes episcopalis a bishopricepiscopatus

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[bisceop a bishop, setl a seat]. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen

Linked entries: biscep-setl biscop-setl

wlitigian

(v.)
Grammar
wlitigian, p. ode.

to make beautifulto grow beautiful

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to make beautiful Ða hé geðwǽraþ and wlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrurn híwe gebrengþ, Bt. 39, 8 ; Fox 224, 9. Simle ðæt unwlitige wlitigaþ ðæt wlitige ever the beautiful beautifies the unbeautiful, Shrn. 165, 35. Hit worulde wlitigaþ, Exon

ge-hírness

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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6. Healte men onféngon heora gouge, and deáfe gehýrnesse, Shrn. 137

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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Sorely, grievously, bitterly Wǽron earme men sáre beswicene (sorely deceived ) and hreówlíce besyrwde, Wulfst. 158, 11 note. Hrinon hearmtánas hearde and sáre drihta bearnum, Cd. Th. 61, 5; Gen. 992. Mé ðæt cynn hafaþ sáre ábolgen that race hath angered

a-bád

expectedwaited

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expected, waited And abád swá ðeáh seofon dagas expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies, Gen. 8, 12

fore-þýstrian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þýstrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To darkenobscūrāre

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To darken; obscūrāre He sende þýstru and foreþýstrede mīsit tĕnebras et obscūrāvit, Ps. Spl. 104, 26

for-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
for-heardian, p. ode; pp. od

To hardenbecome hardindūrăre

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To harden, become hard; indūrăre He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6

hundeahtatig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hundeahtatig-wintre, adj.

Eighty years old

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Eighty years old Hundeahtatigwintre and sixwintre wæs Abram ðá ðá Ager ácende Ysmael, Gen. 16, 16

íren-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
íren-byrne, an; f.
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An iron byrnie Námon írenbyrnan, heard swyrd hilted, and his helm, Beo. Th. 5965; B. 2986

Linked entry: ísern-byrne

mán-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
mán-sceatt, es; m.

Usuryunjust gain

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Usury, unjust gain Of mánsceatte and of máne ex usuris et iniquitate, Ps. Th. 71, 14

meolc-teónd

(n.)
Grammar
meolc-teónd, es; m.

A suckling

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A suckling Of múðe cilda and milcdeóndra ex ore infantium et lactentium, Ps. Surt. 8, 3

mis-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-scrence, adj.

Shrivelled updistorted

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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1

god-sprǽce

(n.)
Grammar
god-sprǽce, es; n.
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An oracle Wæs sum godsprǽce and heofonlíc onwrigenes oraculum cæleste, Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 23

bilgst

(v.)
Grammar
bilgst, bilhst, he bilgþ, bilhþ

art angry, is angry

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art angry, is angry; Similar entries 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of belgan to be angry

bóc-léden

(n.)

book-language, and as most books were written in Latin, hence Latin

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book-language, and as most books were written in Latin, hence Latin, Chr. Erl. 3, 3

ge-fellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fellan, p. -felde; pp. -felled

To fillfulfil

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To fill, fulfil Se gefelde xx daga he had fulfilled twenty days, St. And. 4, 23

ge-hǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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To stone Ic gemétte ðǽr Archelaus gehǽnedne I found there Archelaus stoned, St. And. 44, 18