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ge-þoftian

(v.)
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Seleucus and Demetrias hí (him, Bos. 75, 14) tógædere geþoftedan Seleucus Demetrio jungitur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 29. to league with (wiꝥ) a person Cassander geþoftade wið Ptholomeus and wið Lisimachus and wið Seleucus, and hié ealle winnende wǽron wið

Indisc

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Th. ii. 484, 6. on Indisc in Indian language Þá wǽron wunderlicum nomum on Indisc gecéged Indica lingua erant uocitate, Nar. 26, 11

wén

(n.)
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add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

réwet

(n.)
Grammar
réwet, réwett, es; m. n. (?)

Rowinga shipnavigium

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wǽron on réwute, Homl. Th. i. 162, 10. On ðǽre sǽ swuncon on nihtlícum réwette, ii. 384, 25. Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige, Lchdm. i. 302, 5. a ship; navigium Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe ðæs réwettes ( nauigii) Jn.

Linked entry: rówet

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Ǽr hé forðférde hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.

hálig-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-mónaþ, -mónþ, es; m.

Holy month, September

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Holy month, September On ðæm nigoþan mónþe on geáre biþ xxx daga se mónaþ hátte on léden septembris and on úre geþeóde háligmónaþ for ðon ðe úre yldran ðá ðá hí hǽðene wǽron on ðam mónþe hí guldon hiora deófolgeldum in the ninth month in the year there

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, hýdd-ern, es; n.

A storehouse

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Swá swá mon héddern ontýnde ðara swétestena wyrta ðe on middangearde wǽron quasi opobalsami cellaria esse viderentur aperta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19.

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tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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Ðá wǽron ðǽr manige men ðe . . . hine bismrodan, ðæt hé his gegyrelan tó-sníðan sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 215, 5-10. Tósnidenre hreáþemúse blód. Lchdm. ii. 236, 17. Uppan ðám sticceon ðe ðǽr tósnidene beóþ membra quae sunt caesa.

Athéniense

(n.)
Grammar
Athéniense, pl.

The Athenians

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Latin forms are also used: -- Pelopensium and Athéniensium, Gréca þeóda him betweónum winnende wǽron Peloponnensium Atheniensiumque bellum commissum est, l, 13; S. 56, 7. Wið þǽm Athénienses, 2, 7; S. 90, II. Wið Athénienses, 2, 5; S. 78, 21.

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ylcan ðe sió hlúde ýð déð hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella saeviens, Past. 57; Swt. 437, 14.

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hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Breast, bosom Hreðor innan wæs wynnum áwelled the breast within was joyously agitated, Andr. Kmbl. 2036; An. 1020. Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: 46 b; Th. 158, 15; Gú. 910: Beo.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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Hé wurðlíc lác geoffrode; ðæt wæs án gylden calic on fif marcon swíðe wundorlices geworces, Chr. 1058 ; Erl. 193, 21. Cumaþ wæstm on wangas weorðlíc on hwǽtum convalles abundabunt frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14.

inne

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(ii) relative :-- Hé eóde intó ðám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, Ap. Th. 22, 18: Jud. 45: Bl. H. 217, 25.

fæðmian

(v.)
Grammar
fæðmian, fæðman; p. ade, ede; pp. ad, ed

FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devouramplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre

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Wæter fæðmedon the waters enveloped them, Andr. Kmbl. 3143; An. 1574. Ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie that fire should clasp my body, Beo. Th. 5298; B. 2652. Heora geóguþe fýr fæðmade jŭvĕnes eōrum comēdit ignis, Ps. Th. 77, 63

FERSC

(adj.)
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FERSC, adj.

FRESHpuresweetdulcis

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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3

hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellishinfernal

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wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19. Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27

Linked entry: helle-líc

heófung

(n.)
Grammar
heófung, e; f.

Mourninglamentationgrieving

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On ðære wǽron áwritene heófunga scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 8, 9. Ǽr he tó heófungum sóðre behreówsunge gecyrran mǽge before he can turn to the lamentations of true repentance, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 13

Linked entry: heófing

mann-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeóf, es; m.

A man-stealer

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A man-stealer Manigu wítu [wǽron] máran ðonne óðru; nú sint ealle gelíce bútan manþeófe, cxx sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7. Cf. Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 16. Gif þeówne man man forstǽle, L.

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

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To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned; mergi Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38.

ge-fylce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylce, -filce, es; n.

A collection of peoplearmytroopdivision

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Hie wǽrun on twǽm gefylcum they were in two divisions. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 16, 30 : Nar. 19, 22

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