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háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

hafe-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hafe-geat, es; n.
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A gate that has to be raised (?) In tó hafegeæte; of hafegeæte, C. D. iv. 157, 11. Cf. tyrn-geat

on-norþan

(prep.)
Grammar
on-norþan, prep.
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On the north side of Ácrind onnorþan treówe be eorþan, Lch. ii. 108, 27. Onnorþan neoþan þán treówe, 126, 5

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

ge-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od

To be silent;tăcēre

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To be silent; tăcēre Gesweógode he áne hwíle he was silent for some time, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 10

hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
hefigian, p. ode.

to make heavyoppressgrieveafflictvexto become heavyto be aggravated or increasedto be burdened or oppressed

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Wolde mé hefigad beón mid sáre mínes sweoran me dolore colli voluit gravari, 589, 28. to become heavy, to be aggravated or increased, to be burdened or oppressed Hú sió byrðen wiexþ and hefegaþ molem crescentis tentationis, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 12.

Linked entry: a-hefigian

drinc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
drinc-fæt, drince-fæt, drync-fæt, drenc-fæt; gen. -fætes ; pl. nom. acc. -fatu; n. [fæt a vessel]

A drinking-vessel, cup pōcŭlum, calix = κύλιξ

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A drinking-vessel, cup; pōcŭlum, calix = κύλιξ Beóþ heora drincfatu gefyldu their drinking-vessels shall be filled, Ps. Th. 10, 7

hweoðerian

(v.)
Grammar
hweoðerian, hwoðerian; p. ode

To roar

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To roar, be tempestuous Se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum the sea roared under his footsteps, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 19

Linked entry: hwoðerian

in-standan

(v.)
Grammar
in-standan, p. -stód

To be nearpresentinstare

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To be near or present; instare Éce instondaþ wuldur perennis instat gloria, Rtl. 165, 7. Instond[end]um instantibus, 69, 11

ge-wemming

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wemming, -wemmincg, e; f.

A corruptionviolationprofanationcorruptio

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A corruption, violation, profanation; corruptio Be reste daga gewemminge with regard to the profanation of sabbaths, Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 22

Linked entry: wemming

stapol-weg

(n.)
Grammar
stapol-weg, es; m.
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From túnweges ende ford be efise tó stapolwege ufeweardan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 23

un-ádwæsced

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádwæsced, adj.

Unquenchedunextinguishednever extinguished

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Unquenched, unextinguished, never extinguished Þár bið unádwæsced fýr there shall be fire that is not quenched, Homl. Ass. 168, 115, 129

for-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-styltan, p. te
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To be overcome with astonishment Forstyltun (forestyldton, L.) obstupuerunt, Mk. R. 5, 42: (forstyldton, L.), 10, 24: (forestylton, L.), 16, 5

Linked entry: fore-styltan

fugel-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which poultry might be eaten Gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit þonne festendæg sié, Cht. Th. 460, 20

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

nyhtsumian

(v.)
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to be sufficient Ðý lés ne nyhtsumigæ ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Mt. R. 25, 9

ofer-mód

Grammar
ofer-mód, pride.
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Add Ofermód witan to feel pride, be proud; altum sapere (Rom. 11, 20), Scint. 8, 29. Dele and see next word

on-wemmend

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Wegas onwemmendra (inmaculatorum, the translator seems to have taken this word to be gen. pl. of inmaculator), Ps. Rdr. 36, 18. (?)

Tína

(n.)
Grammar
Tína, Tíne?, an

the river Tyne

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the river Tyne Be Tínan ðære eá juxta amnem Tinam, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 36: Chr. 875; Erl. 76, 35

Linked entry: Tíne

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fiercesævusmæstus

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In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.