be-hamelian
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Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 127. v. hamelian in Dict
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eám
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Ródbert þæs cynges sunu Willelmes hleóp fram his fæder tó his eáme Rótbryhte ( this Robert was brother of Matilda, William's wife ) on Flandron, Chr. 213, 33. Add
earg-lic
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Cwæð hé earhlicon wordum he said with timid words, Hml. S. 23, 580
ge-rádlíce
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Þá epactas þe wise preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliað, Angl. viii. 300, 45. Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne manega þing gerádlíce átrahtnod, 308, 15. Cf. ge-rǽdelíce
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ge-wésan
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Genim þás wyrte and rosan wós on wíne gewésed, 214, l. Mid ecede gewésede, 200, 9. to dye Flýs deáge gewésan uellera furn inficere, An. Ox. 5196
hecge
an enclosure ⬩ a fence ⬩ hedge
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A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure; a fence (?), hedge On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . tó ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. Tó rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14.
scimrian
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.
hǽren
Made of hair ⬩ cilicius
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Made of hair; cilicius Hé hine ðá gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíðe heardum and unwinsumum he clothed himself then with a garment of hair very hard and unpleasant, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24.
hafoc
A hawk ⬩ accipiter
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Sum sceal wildne fugol átemian heafoc one shall tame the wild bird, the hawk, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 16; Vy. 86
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on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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literally, to unfasten, unclasp Þegn wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede, and his helm onspeón, Beo. Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471.
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á-þracian
to fear ⬩ abhor ⬩ to frighten
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Áþracigende horrens, 142, 32. to frighten Wítu áþraciað þá þe méda ná ingelaþiað poene terreant quos premia non invitant, Scint. 115, 5
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Ða þrý cyningas hæfdon langsume sprǽce wið ðone gedrehtan Job, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 24. Langsume longanimem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52. Tó langsumum wýtum, Homl. Skt. 4, 120.
git
Still ⬩ yet
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Ne wæs ðá giet wiht geworden there was as yet nothing made, 5; Th. 7, 8; Gen. 103. Nǽfre git never yet, Beo. Th. 1171; B. 583. Swýðor gyt yet more, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 11; Jud. 182
geat
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Se sylfa geatweard sceal cýtan ( cellam ) habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 15-19. Beforan gatum forþtíges pro foribus uestibuli, An. Ox. 3827.
godcundnys
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Th. ii. 220, 27. a quality that is consonant with Deity, a godlike quality Ðeós wyrt hæfð sume wundorlice godcundnesse, ꝥ is þonne ꝥ hyre blósman hý æfter þǽre sunnan ryne wendað, Lch. i. 152, 24
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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Wih. 12, 11, 14; Th. i. 40, 5, 2, 10. Gylde man cxx scill. tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were. Healsfang gebyreþ bearnum bróðrum and fæderan ne gebyreþ nánum mǽge ðæt feoh búte ðam ðe sý binnan cneówe. Of ðam dæge ðe ðæt healsfang ágolden sý..., L.
curmealle
the greater centaury ⬩ chlora perfoliata, Lin ⬩ the lesser centaury ⬩ erythræa centaurium, Lin
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Wið útsihtádle; curmealle etc. for diarrhæa; centaury, etc. L. M. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 320, 11: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 76, 20. Curmille centaury, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 21.
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FROM
FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans
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Fromum feohgiftum with rich money gifts, Beo. Th. 41; B. 21. Fromra præstantior, Cot. 154
ge-bǽru
BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo
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Laym. wide me mihte iheren Brutten iberen, iii. 125
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leóran
To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away
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Wið ða hwíle lióres [geleóreþ, Rush.] heofon and eorþo donec transeat cælum et terra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18. Hé leórde ðonan transiit inde, 11, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 247; An. 124. Hé tó drihtne mid sibbe leórde he departed in peace to the Lord, Glostr.
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