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hacod

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The word translates both lucius and mugil Haecid lucius, Txts. 74, 587. Haecid, hecid, haeced mugil, 78, 660. Hacod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 81.

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12. Lustfulliende þǽre stówe swétnesse and wlite delectatus suauitate ac decore loci illius, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 12

cæle

(n.)
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A KEEL or bottom of a ship; carina, Som. Ben. Lye

a-weg

(adv.)
Grammar
a-weg, adv.

AWAYoutauferendi vim habet

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AWAY, out; (this is its meaning both in and out of composition) ; auferendi vim habet Ðá éode he aweg autem abiit, Mt. Bos. 19, 22. Ge drehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain the gnat out; excolantes [ex out, colare to filter, strain ] culicem, Mt.

Linked entry: aweg-weorpan

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spaciousvallis, locus silvestrisBREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshiresilvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames, and took, both

Linked entry: Brǽden

for-geat

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-geat, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton

forgothast forgotten

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forgot, hast forgotten, Gen. 24, 67: Ps. Lamb. 41, 10: Jud. 3, 7;

cwýst ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cwýst ðú, cwýst ðú lá, cwýst tú lá sayest thou? used in questions, as interrog. adv. numquid? — Cwýst ðú eom ic hyt? Mt. Bos. 26, 22

whether it am I? numquid ego sum?

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whether it am I? Wyc. note rr; numquid ego sum? Vulg: Ps. Spl. 29, 12: 7, 12

ǽg-hwæþer

(and) both . . . and

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Ǽghwæþer ge . . . ge (and) both . . . and:-- Hí ǽghwæðer ge an farað ge eft cumað, Met. 20, 12. Ǽghweþer, Bl. H. 125, 8: 215, 13. Forwyrnednesse ǽghweðer ge on mete, ge on hrægle, ge on ǽghwylcum þinge, 219, 29.

Linked entry: ǽg-þer

mere-grund

(n.)
Grammar
mere-grund, es; m.

The bottom of a sea or lake

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The bottom of a sea or lake, Beo. Th. 2902; B. 1449: 4207; B. 2100

searwian

(v.)
Grammar
searwian, p. ode
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Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót.' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal, let him make 'bót,' L. N. P.

hreóh

(n.)
Grammar
hreóh, hréh; n.

stormtempest

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Ic bíde ðæs beornes ðe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh expectabam eum, qui me salvum faceret a pusillo animo et tempestate, Ps. Th. 54, 7

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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Cf. botl, ge-bytlu

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Everalwayssemper

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Ever, always; semper:

hwæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hwæcce, an; f.
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[Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]

Linked entry: corn-hwicce

for-gryndan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gryndan, p. de

destroy

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To send to the bottom, destroy Hit eall se gífra flód forswealh and forgrinde, Angl. xi. 2, 40

wæter-grund

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-grund, es; m.

The bottom of the sea, the depth of the sea

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The bottom of the sea, the depth of the sea On wætergrundum in profundo, Ps. Th. 106, 23

twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte

Linked entry: -béte

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsureuncutuntrimmedneglectedintonsusincultusneglectus

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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

BEADO

(n.)
Grammar
BEADO, beadu; g. d. beadowe, beadwe, beaduwe; f.

Battlewarslaughtercrueltypugnastrages

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Wit ðære beadwo begen ne onþungan we both prospered not in the war, Exon. 129b; Th. 497, 2; Rä. 85, 23. Beorn beaduwe heard a man brave in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 1963; An. 984.

Linked entry: beadu

geárlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geárlíc, adj.

Yearlyannualannuus

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Ge ðæs libbendes yrfes, ge ðæs geárlíces westmes both of live stock and of yearly fruit, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 194, 17. Geárlícne tíman annuum tempus, Hymn. Surt. 106, 33. Geárlíc wuldor annuam glōriam, 79, 34.