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for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.

hreówsian

(v.)
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</b> of penitence in an ecclesiastical sense, to do penance :-- Hí sceolon seofon geár mid micelre angsumnysse hreówsian, Hml. A. 149, 125

rǽd

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Ealle ðá ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde, Angl. ix. 259, 19. Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041. <b>V a.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.

Linked entry: sócn

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Se ðe wille wyrcan wæstmbǽre lond, átió of ðæm æcere ǽrest sóna (first of all; cf. ǽrest, Bt. Fox 78, 22) fearn and þornas Met. 12, 2, 25. Eft sóna again Soul Kmbl. 134; Seel. 67.

Linked entry: be-sóne

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Hér Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon on wuda and feldon in this year earl Edwin and earl Morcere fled away and went different ways through wood and open country, 1072; Erl. 210, 26.

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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here, A.

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

ge-

(prefix)

with

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a preposition, originally meaning with, but found only as a prefix. v. Schleicher, Die Deutsche Sprache, p. 224.

æf-dæl

(n.)
Grammar
æf-dæl, g. -dæles; pl. nom. -dalu; n. [æf, dæl a vale]

A descentdescensus

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A descent; descensus To æfdæle ad descensum, Lk. Lind. War. 19, 37

æfter-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ráp, es; m.

An AFTER-ROPEa crupperpostilena

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An AFTER-ROPE, a crupper; postilena, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 54

Linked entry: æfter-rǽpe

æmtegian

(v.)

to be at leisure

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to be at leisure, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 16

altar

(n.)
Grammar
altar, es; m.

An altaraltare

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An altar; altare Befóran ðam altare ante altare, Mt. Bos. 5, 24

ǽwen-bróðor

(n.; adj.)

a brother of the same marriagean own brothergermanus

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a brother of the same marriage, an own brother; germanus,Cot. 97

byrðen-meto

(n.)
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An excessive burden; oneris excessus, onerosa mensura, Prov. 27, Ettm

Cyring-ceaster

(n.)

Cirencester

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Cirencester Æt Cyringceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 13, col. 1

cum-líðian

(v.)
Grammar
cum-líðian, [cuma a guest, líðian to nourish]

To lodge, to receive as a guest hospitari

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To lodge, to receive as a guest ; hospitari R. Ben. Interl. 1

démere

(n.)
Grammar
démere, es; m.

DEEMER, judgejūdex

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A DEEMER, judge; jūdex, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, note 38

efn-ling

(n.)
Grammar
efn-ling, es; m.

A consort, an equal, a fellow consors

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A consort, an equal, a fellow; consors. Ps. Spl. T. 44, 9

Linked entry: efen-ling

eorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-líce, adv.

In an earthly manner terrŭlenter

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In an earthly manner; terrŭlenter Eorþlíce terrŭlenter, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 20

eosul-cwearn

(n.)
Grammar
eosul-cwearn, e; f.

An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses ăsĭnāria mŏla

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An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses; ăsĭnāria mŏla, Cot. 16