feax
a bush
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Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2. Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt.
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ge-leáfa
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Þá men þá þe Godes ríces geleáfan habbað the men who believe in God's kingdom, Bl. H. 55, 17; 77, 4.
ge-rihtan
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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.
byrgen
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Heó þǽm apostolum æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 29-36. Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14
cist
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Man sceal habban piperhorn, cyste, mydercan, bearmteáge, Angl. ix. 264, 19. Funde mon on his máðmhúse twá cista (arcas), Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 13. <b>I a.</b> a coffin. v. cistian :-- Cest arca funeris, sarcofagum, Txts. 109, 1146.
eád
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Hié eád bryttedon, oð þæt hié ne meahton leng somed ... heora bégra þǽr ǽhte habban, 1891. His aferan eád bryttedon, welan, wunden gold, Dan. 672. Hé lét weaxan heora eád and ǽhta, Gen. 2756. Frumbearnes riht, eád and æþéla, Exod. 339.
lengu
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Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille . . . sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 15. (l a) cf. lang; 2 a Lencge, híh[þe] proceritate, summitate, An. Ox. 1640. of time relations.
ge-mǽne
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ꝥ wé móton habban mid englum gemǽne, Bl.
CLOM
A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prison ⬩ vinculum, carcer
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A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prison; vinculum, carcer Habbaþ me swá helle clommas fæste befangen the clasps of hell have so firmly grasped me, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 6; Gen. 373. Ðes wítes clom this bond of torture, 215; Th. 271, 10; Sat. 103.
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weorold-wlencu
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Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.
irfe-weard
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Wé úre cildru tiochiað ús tó ierfeweardum tó habbanne. Past. 391, 29. Add
sanct
A saint
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Ðǽr habbaþ englas eádigne dreám, sanctas singaþ. Cd. Th. 286,20; Sat. 355: 279, 18; Sat. 240. Ðý ylcan dæge ealra wé healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 200.
gímen
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Ealle ðá ðe for beón sculon sculon habban giémenne ðissa uterrena ðinga ( habere sollici-tudines exteriores debent ), ond ðeáh ne sién hí tó fæste tó gebundene, 139, 23.
hand-gewrit
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D. hand-writ) Sóðne geleáfan hé wæs andettende and mid his handgewrite ( cum subscriptione sua ) getrymede, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 667, 9. a document in a person's own handwriting ' Þá deóflu habbað him on hande mín ágen handgewryt'
hwætlíce
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Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden actiuum opus, Angl. viii. 330, 35. of the operation of things, e.g. diseases Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus perniciter prostraverat), An.
beard
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Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów síde, Nar. 35, 2: 38, 1. ¶ beardas (used of a single person) beard and whiskers :-- Ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan on þám andwlitan, Gr. D. 279, 10. Hé hæfð síde beardas, hwón hárwencge, Hml. Th. i. 456, 18. Add
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh hí his unwyrþe sién, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 26.
húðe
Prey ⬩ spoil ⬩ booty
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Habbaþ nú ða húðe and ðæt orf eów gemǽne prædam vero et omnia animantia diripiens vobis, Jos. 8, 2: Cd. 97; Th. 127, 19; Gen. 2113: 98; Th. 129, 24; Gen. 2149. Húða mǽste greatest of spoils, Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 35; Cri. 568
níd-behéfe
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Wé habbaþ ða nýdbehéfestan ánunga áwritene, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 12
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nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte, Lchdm. i. 204, 11. Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works, iii. 184, 28.