se
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Nim ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié hrýþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22. Hrín him mid þý snidísene, 208, 16. 7. one . . . one, one . . . other. Cf. 4 Hió hiere folc on tú tódǽle . . .
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Qui ait: "Homo ille longe fuit ab istis hominibus," Gr.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Gyf hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó, Lch. i. 248, 11. Sace hefige litem gravem (Archiv cxxv. 49, 47), Lch. iii. 198, 24 (in Dict.). Sint folces firena hefige, Gen. 2410.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
ge-býrian
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Eorles swá þǽrtó gebyrige, ꝥ syndon eahta hors ..., 414, 5. to be appropriate, suitable, convenient. in physical sense Ðætte hé ǽghwelcum men finde ðone lǽcedóm ðe him tó gebyrge ut congrua singulorum vulneribus medicamina opponat.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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D. 990, — 'Historia Anglorum' ða ðe Ælfréd cyning of Lédene on Englisc awende Historia Anglorum, which king Alfred turned from Latin into English, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 30-118, 1. The third book which Alfred translated, about A.
friþ
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Ic mé frið wille æt Gode gegyrnan . . . mec Dryhtnes hond mundað, Gú. 228.
ge-bétan
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Hé gebétte balaníða hord mid eáðméde higeþance, Ps. C. 151. Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon . . . ꝥ hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 248, 14. Hyra unlustas hí sceolan gebétan sylfwylles on þyssum lífe, Hml.
ge-wunian
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Hér is nédran swég, wyrmas gewunade adders have their home here Sat. 103. of things Yrre ne scealt þú tó lange on þínre heortan gewunian (perhaps lǽtan should be supplied) thou shall not loo long give place to anger in thine heart Angl. xii. 516, 25.
hwilc
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Swá hwilcne swá hí tó hospe habban wolde, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 31: Bl. H. 49, 15. Swá hwylce swá ( quaecumque ) gé gebindað ofer eorðan . . . swá hwylce (hwælc, R.) swá gé ofer eorðan unbindað, Mt. 18, 18.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ðas fúlan wuhta (wizards) ðú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 488, 12. a whit, thing; ǽnig wiht aught, anything, without a negative Ðǽr hí ǽnige wuht ágnes gódes an heora anwealde hæfden, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4.
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hé
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(α α) alone Swá man spricð wið his freónd sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum, Ex. 33, 11. Gif hwá fare fram his hláforde, Ll. Th. i. 126, 9. Ꝥ hé beó his feóres scyldig, 202, 2.
irnan
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Ðá wildan hors scealden iornan on hearde wegas and him ðá limo tóbrecan, Shrn. 72, l. Se hrefn mid áþenedun fiðerum ongann yrnan hoppetende ymbútan þone hláf coruus expansis alis circa panem coepit discurrere, Gr. D. 118, 24. Iornende currens, Mt.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, and ne gylde his hláforde, 118, 7. the male head of a household, the master of domestics Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his híredmen on his ágenum borge. Ll. Th. i. 394, 27.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Gif hit folces man sig . . . gif hit mynsterman sig si secularis homo sit . . . si monaslicus sit (cf. 42, 5, 7 where saecularis and laicus are in contrast with clericus), Ll. Th. ii. 166, 9.
gifu
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H. 31, 29. a power or quality miracu-lously bestowed, a Christian virtue emanating from the Holy Ghost Wæs sum bróðor þám godcundlíce forgifen wæs seó gyfu tó singanne. Bd. 4, 24 ; Sch. 480, 19. Gyfe munus (virginale ), An. Ox. 4210.
healf
a half
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Ðonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 15. Þyringas and Begware healfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 11. following a pronoun: Gif hió (the hand) healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 9. Sié hit healf forgifen, 64, 22.
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æt
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(i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, i. 286, 16: Gen. 43, 18: Ex. 32, 25.
fram
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Lyt eft becwóm fram þám hildfrecan hámes niósan few escaped from him and saw home again, B. 2366. indicating an object from which another turns aside or away Sceoldon Crístenra folca hyrdas hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26.
ge-hwilc
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Syndrige stówe gehwylce singula quaeque loca 5, II; Sch. 607, 4. with ánra Ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce .xii. feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðer-homa hæbbe .xii. windas, and ánra gehwilc wind twelf sigefæstnissa, Sal. K. 152, 1-3.
híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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'Nú þú lungre geong hord sceáwian'. . .þá ic gefrægn hine dryhtne hýran, B. 2754. to obey an order: Héred pareat (praecepto). Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 48. Ealla gesceafta hýrað (heórsumiaþ. Bt. 4; F. 8, 8) þ ínre hǽse, Met. 4, 26.