scilling
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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.
ge-wurþian
To distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ adorn ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Hæfde he gewurþodne werodes aldor he had honoured the prince of the multitude, Cd. 143; Th. 179, 19; Exod. 31. Wæs ðis eálond gewurþad mid ðám æðelestum ceastrum insŭla ĕrat civitātĭbus nobilissĭmis insignīta, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 26
god-fyrht
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'Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht, ac þú hæfdest deófles geþanc, Wlfst. 240, 27. Add
óþ-swerian
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B. ) hæfde, and æft óþswerian wille, ðþswerige (æt-, MS. B. ) be ðam wíte . . . Gif hé óþswerian nylle . . . . L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10-12
bildu
Boldness ⬩ confidence
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Hé hæfde mid him myccle bælde (fiduciam) híwcúþnesse, Gr. D. 140, 7. Baeldo, Rtl. 89, 3. Byldum fiducia, i. confidentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 74
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
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Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30
ge-lystan
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Hé hæfde hí þá hwíle þe him geliste, Chr. 1046 ; P. 164, 30
geómrian
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Ðá ic þá ðis leóþ geómriende ásungen hæfde haec dum querimoniam lacrymabilem styli officio designarem, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 16. Ǽfre ic wurðe syððan geómriende deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos, Gen. 42, 38.
hæppan
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]
heals
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(an ox) beáh hæfde on healse, 71, 11. as part of a thing. Similar entries Cf. fámig-, wunden-heals as epithets of a ship: Heo (bagpipes) hafað hyre on healse bróðor síne, Rä. 32, 21
windel
A basket
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Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ys, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas (canistra) ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle (canistro) wǽre manegra cynna gebæc, Gen. 40, 17.
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drý-man
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Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen, Wlfst. 194, 17; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14
fiscian
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Ælcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf . . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Ic gǽ fisciga uado piscari, Jn. L. R. 21, 3. Add
Bedan ford-scír
BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen
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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1
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weaxung
waxing, growing, increase ⬩ increase of prosperity
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Nú hæfð se eádiga wer ús geopenod ymbe ðæs saltus weaxunge, 308, 40. increase of prosperity Eormas strange habban wexinge hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 198, 32. On húse his offrian wexingce oððe blisse hit getácnaþ, 202, 21: 210, 4
weolcen-reád
Scarlet ⬩ purple
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Ðeós wyrt hæfð wolcenreáde blóstman. Lchdm. i. 244, 5. v. weoloc-reád
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for-healdan
to withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ detinēre ⬩ neglīgĕre ⬩ contemnĕre
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to withhold, keep back, disregard; detinēre, neglīgĕre, contemnĕre Hæfdon hý forhealden helm Scylfinga they had disregarded the helm of the Scylfings [had deserted him ], Beo. Th. 4751; B. 2381: Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 17
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féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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Srt. ii. p. 187, 16. of soldiers. a foot-soldier (perhaps some of the passages might be put under 2) Hé hæfde III C þúsenda féðena and án hund þúsenda gehorsedra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 34: Nar. 9, 9.
ge-laþian
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Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, 29, 20. to summon for a purpose Hé hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe hé fore gelaðod wæs, Ælfc. T.
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tictator
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The Anglicized form of Latin dictator Hié him gesetton hír[r]an ládteów ðonne hiera consul wǽre, ðone ðe hié tictatores héton, and hié mid ðæm tictatore micelne sige hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 3