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spátl

Grammar
spátl, [El. 300. The MS. has spald.]
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Se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle þæs mannes nose and eáran, Wlfst. 35, 12. Add

Esau

(n.)
Grammar
Esau, gen. Esawes [Esaues]; dat. Esawe; m. [Esau ושָׂעֵ hairy, from השָׂעָ to be hairy]

Esau

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Alīse me of Esawes handa mínes bróður ērue me de mănu fratris mei Esau, 32, 11. Ða handa synd Esaues handa the hands are the hands of Esau, 27, 22. Esauwe to Esaa, 32, 18. Esau, 32, 17, acc. Esauw, 33, 1, acc

FOLM

(n.)
Grammar
FOLM, gen. dat. folme; acc. folm, folme; pl. nom. acc. folme, folma; f: folme, an; f.

The palm of the hand ⬩ the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ mănus

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The palm of the hand, the hand; palma, mănus Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52: Ps. Th. 79, 15. Of sceaðan folme from the hand of the foe, Andr. Kmbl. 2268; An. 1135.

Linked entry: folme

scǽnan

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Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 14. Add

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To hold ⬩ be [ill] ⬩ habere ⬩ tenere

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To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS. Æfter

Linked entry: ge-hafa

lencten-hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-hǽte, an : <b>lencten-hǽt lencten-hǽtu,</b> e; f.
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22

Linked entry: hǽte

ostre

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Add: — Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 12-14

á-windan

Grammar
á-windan, <b>. II</b> 2.
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Cf. ge-windan, ge-wind Þá handa áwindaþ the hands get cramped

Linked entry: windan

sám-locen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-locen, adj.
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Half-closed Hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, Tech. ii. 125, 7: 120, 19. Mid bám sámlocone handum, 128, 4

Linked entry: lúcan

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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stagan wyle the sign for an eel is to waggle the right hand, and then to put it over the left arm, and then, the left hand being extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is

Linked entry: stǽcan

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his heáfde... Eft wæs gecueden ðætte on his winestran handa wǽre wela...

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.

brád

(adj.)

broad ⬩ open ⬩ spacious ⬩ flat

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Innewerdre (printed -ne) handa brádnæ hláf a loaf as big as the flat of the hand. Lch. i. 404, 6. of the hand, open Similar entries (v. brádlinga) Brád hand palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 14. Wé hors ðacciað and stráciað mid brádre handa, Past. 303, 11.

Linked entry: brádlinga

ge-þaccian

(v.)
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; p. ode. to strike gently with the open hand, pat, clap Hé lufode mid his brádre handa þá nunnan and ofer þa sculdru geþaccode in tergo sanclimonialis feminae blandiens alapam dabat, Gr. D. 189, 22. to soothe by patting (?)

glisnian

(v.)
Grammar
glisnian, p. ode; pp. od

To glisten ⬩ shine

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Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

helan

to conceal from

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Add: to prevent something becoming known Hí lǽrdon hira synna, and hí hí nánwuht ne hǽlon (absconderunt), Past. 427, 29. Strengre is ꝥ ic morðor hele, scyle mánswara lifian, Cri 193, with dat. of person to whom something is not made known: Míne scylde

ge-lǽred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽred, part. p.

Learned ⬩ doctus

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Mid gelǽredre handa he swang ðone top with skilful hand he whipped the top, Th. Apol. 13, 13

be-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fealdan, bi-fealdan ; p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden, -falden

To fold ⬩ infold ⬩ clasp ⬩ involve ⬩ surround ⬩ inwrap ⬩ cover ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ implicare ⬩ involvere ⬩ amplecti ⬩ circumdare

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To fold, infold, clasp, involve, surround, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, amplecti, circumdare Ðú miht on ánre hand eáðe befealdan ealne middaneard thou canst easily infold in one hand all the midearth, Hy. 7, 119; Hy.

Linked entries: be-feóld bi-fealdan

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta

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ADART, spear, javelin, weapon ; telum, jaculum, hasta Daroþ sceal on handa the spear shall be in the hand, Menol. Fox 502; Gn. C. 21. Forlét daroþ of handa fleógan let a dart fly from the hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 11; By. 149: 139, 17; By. 255.

Linked entry: daraþ