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þerscan

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Hí ealle ongunnon heora hors mid heora sceftum þerscan ( tundere ) 14, 28. Þá ongan heó þerscan (beátan, v.l. tundere ) heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum, 68, 27.

án-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
án-tíd, e; f.

The first hour ⬩ hora prima

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The first hour; hora prima Ymb án-tíd óðres dógores about the first hour of the second day, Beo. Th. 443; B. 219

blódgian

(v.)
Grammar
blódgian, p. ode.
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Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora spurum blódgian, Gr. D. 14, 28. to become bloody Reáwde vel blódgade crudescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 17

Linked entry: blódegian

ǽfen-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-tíma, an; m.

Evening time ⬩ eventide ⬩ vespertinum tempus

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Evening time, eventide; vespertinum tempus Ðá ǽfentíma wæs, he férde to Bethaníam cum jam vespera esset hora, exiit in Bethaniam, Mk. Bos. 11, 11

Linked entry: tíma

on-rid

(n.)
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a riding horse, steed, mount Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 25. See p. 132. [Dauid . . .. Cf. P. 38.]

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, (?), sceáþ (?)

a nail

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Similar entries v. horn-sceaþa

ýr

(n.)
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a horn. (? For this explanation of the word see Anglia xxxv. 175. )

tíd-sceáwere

(n.)
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tíd-sceáwere, es; m.
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An observer of times and seasons, an astrologem Tídsceáwere horoscopus (horoscopus astrologus, qui horas, maxime natales, inquirit vel considerat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 18

þunrian

(v.)
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Gif hit þunrað on ǽfentíde, hit getácnað ácennednysse sumes miceles si tonitruauerit hora uespertina, significat natiuitatem cuiusdam magni, Archiv cxx. 50, l [see þunor]. Add

wír-boga

(n.)
Grammar
wír-boga, an; m.

Bent wire used in ornamenting an object

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Bent wire used in ornamenting an object Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3

ge-yferian

(v.)
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to exalt Drihten geyferað ( sublimabit ) horn Xrístes his, Ps. L. fol. 186b, 4

Linked entry: yferian

ofer-hyrned

(adj.)
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ofer-hyrned, adj.

Having horns above

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Having horns above Úr býþ oferhyrned, Runic pm. Kmbl. 339, 8; Rún. 2

hwistlung

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Add: hissing, whistling Leóhtlic hwyslung (sibilus) mæg hors tamcyan, Chrd. 96, 18. ꝥ;;]istlunge sibilabat tota regio Nar. 13, 22. Mislice fugela hwistlunge, Guth. 48, 5. Nǽddrena hwistlunge sibilos serpentium Gr.

hand-hwíl

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Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5

sǽ-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hengest, es; m.

a sea-horse ⬩ hippopotamus ⬩ a sea-steed, ship

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a sea-horse, hippopotamus Sǽhengest ipotamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 30 . a sea-steed, ship Hú ðú wǽgflotan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, Andr. Kmbl. 975; An. 488

Linked entry: sǽ-mearh

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.

beáw-hyrnet

(n.)
Grammar
beáw-hyrnet, = beó-hyrnet, -hyrnett, e; f.

A bee-hornet ⬩ gad-fly ⬩ horse-fly ⬩ œstrus ⬩ oίττρos

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A bee-hornet, gad-fly, horse-fly; œstrus = oίττρos Beáw-hyrnet œstrus [MS. beáw-hyrnette œstrum, acc? ], Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 108; Wrt. Voc. 23, 64

hyrsudon

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>hyrsian</b> (v. hors ?); p. ode. To go on horseback (?)

ciric-lec

Grammar
ciric-lec, -lic.
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Cyrclice tídsang[as] canonicas horas, 56, 317. Add

ofer-micel

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Be þǽre ofermiclan friclo, þonne . . . sió ofermiclo friclo and gífernes áríst of þæs hores wǽtan, Lch. ii. 196, 1-3. Ofermi[cle] magna, An. Ox. 46, 24. Add