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hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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Hie habbaþ suá micle méde óðerra monna gódra weorca suá wé habbaþ ðæs hleahtres ðonne wé hliehaþ gligmonna unnyttes cræftes sic eis virtutum sanctitas, sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium valutas placet, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 6.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of

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Hé besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml. S. 25, 476. þ æsmannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne. Lch. ii. 210, 19. Besceáwiende considerans (medicus cicatrices], An.

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Gelóme wé habbað gehrepod ymbe þæs mónan ryne, and wé wénað ꝥ wé gegremion iunge men, Angl. viii. 328, 13. Se wísa ne wilnað ná tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15.

stede

(adv.)
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Smeága gehwá on his móde, gif ðás beboda habbað ǽnigne stede on his heortan, ii. 228, 21. <b>II c.</b> official position :-- On his styde se ðe is wyrðe efterfylige in loco eius (decanus) qui dignus est succedat, R. Ben. I. 54, 9.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

godcundnys

(n.)
Grammar
godcundnys, se; f.

Divine nature ⬩ Deity ⬩ Divinity ⬩ Godhead ⬩ divine service

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Ond Wærferþ bisceop and se heóréd habbaþ geseted ðas godcundnysse and bishop Werferth and the convent have established this divine office, Chart. Th. 137, 28: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 218, 32

lang

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Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod Waldend sende on langne síð, 68. of a material object Hafað tungan lange, Rä. 59, 8. Gyrde lange, Sal. 90. Habbað leóht speru, lange sceaftas, 120.

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.

Service ⬩ servitude ⬩ slavery ⬩ bondage ⬩ thraldom ⬩ service of the church ⬩ divine service

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Nú habbaþ hig ðæt mynster gesett mid preóstan, and willaþ ðǽr habban þeówdóm eall swá man hæfþ on Paules byrig on Lundene, Chart.

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere

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.: Kyning sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse, hlúttre habban rex laetabitur in Domino, Ps. Th. 62, 9.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

weþer

(n.)
Grammar
weþer, es; m.
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Ða habbaþ swá micle hornas swá weðeras habentes cornua similia arietibus, Nar. 34, 19. Tú eald hríðeru oððe .x. weðeras, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18: Chart. Th. 40, 7. Weðras, 468, 25.

ge-sceádwísness

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Ðá men habbaþ eall ꝥ wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon, and eác tó eácon ðǽm micle gife gesceádwísnesse, 41, 5 ; F. 252, 29: 18, 4 ; F. 66, 24.

Linked entry: sceádwísness

ge-ceósan

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Sce Eádweardes mæssedæg witan habbað gecoren ꝥ man freólsian sceal on .xv. kal. Aprilis, 308, 20.

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus

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Nolde ic hiora andgit ǽnig habban non agnoscebam eos, Ps. Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness

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Langunga habban æfter ðám freóndum to think with grief of dead friends, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn

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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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I. 112, 7) habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 18. Gangende in þá cýtan (cellam) Benedictes, Gr. D. 140, 10. in a local name, Cétwudu Chetwood, C. D. i. 292, 20

Linked entry: céte

of-settan

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Add: to press one object with another Ðonne þú candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, Tech. ii. 120, 23. to oppress. the agent a person, of physical ill-treatment Hí his ǽrran wunda mid wundum

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es; m.: e; f.

a settlement ⬩ an agreement ⬩ terms arranged between two parties by an umpire ⬩ a peace between two powers ⬩ peace ⬩ friendship

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Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086; Erl. 222, 35

eá-land

(n.)
Grammar
eá-land, -lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla

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Ðæs fægerne gefeán habbaþ eálanda mænig latentur insŭlæ multæ, Ps. Th. 96, 1. Cumaþ hí of eálandum útan they shall come forth from the islands, 71, 10.

Linked entries: eálond íg-land

nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

A nest ⬩ the young birds in the nest ⬩ nidus

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Heofones fuglas habbaþ nestþ (MS. A. nest : Lind. nesto) volucres coeli habent nidos, 9, 58. Nest (Lind. nestas ł nesto), Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 160, 34

ge-heald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald, -hæld, es; m. [?] n. [?]

a holding ⬩ keeping ⬩ guard ⬩ observing ⬩ observantia ⬩ a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ custos ⬩ tūtēla

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Habbaþ gé gehæld habetis custodiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 65 : Rtl. 123, 31 : Shrn. 36, 30. a keeper, guardian, protection; custos, tūtēla Willelm eorl sceolde beón [MS. ben] his geheald earl William was to be his guardian, Chr. 1070; Th. 347, 7.