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hider

to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro

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Ne þec mon hider móse fédeð they won't come hither to feed you, Gú. 245. to the country or region to which the speaker belongs, with a verb expressing movement Þ wæs ymb twá gér þæs þe hié hider ofer sǽ cómon, Chr. 895; P. 89, 1: 937; P. 110, 3: B. 240

Linked entry: hider-cyme

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice

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Hé him forgeaf ðone níþ ðe hé tó him wiste he (Augustus) forgave them (the Germans who had slain Varus) the ill-will he felt towards them, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 15. Hé ne róhte heora eallra níþ, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 32.

æf-werdla

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdla, æf-wyrdla, æ-wyrdla, a-wyrdla, an; m. [æf of, wyrdan to corrupt]

Damage ⬩ injury ⬩ loss ⬩ the amercement for it ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ jactura ⬩ damnum

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Damage, injury, loss, the amercement for it; detrimentum, jactura, damnum Þolie ðone æfwerdlan [æfwyrdlan MS. H.] let him bear the damage, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 16: R. Ben. 2 : Cot. 104

æt-níman

(v.)
Grammar
æt-níman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen

To take from ⬩ to take away ⬩ demere ⬩ adimere

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To take from, to take away; demere, adimere Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætníman the glorious father would not take the child away from him. Cd. 162 ; Th. 204, 5 ; Exod. 414

ceaster-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-hlid, es; n. [hlid a cover; tegmen]

Cover of a city, gate ⬩ urbis tegmen, porta

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Cover of a city, gate; urbis tegmen, porta Ðæt ǽnig meahte ðæs ceasterhlides clustor unlúcan that any one might unlock the inclosure of the city-gate, Exon. 12a; Th. 20, 7; Cri. 314

fyrclian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrclian, p. ode; pp. od

To flash ⬩ flicker ⬩ fulgēre

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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34

gást-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
gást-cyning, es; m.

A spirit-king ⬩ God ⬩ spīrĭtālis rex ⬩ Deus

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A spirit-king, God; spīrĭtālis rex, Deus Siððan wit ǽrende gástcyninge agifen habbaþ after we two have performed the errand to the king of spirits [God], Cd. 139; Th. 174, 24; Gen. 2883

Eádes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury]

EDDESBURY, Cheshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cestriensi

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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2

ísen-hyrst

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen-hyrst, adj.
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Fitted with iron Ǽrest of ísenhyrste gate ... eft in on ísenhyrsten geat first, from the gate fitted up with iron ... back to the same gate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27 ... 131, 19

ge-frédnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frédnes, -ness, e; f.

A feeling ⬩ sense ⬩ perception ⬩ sensus

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A feeling, sense, perception; sensus Gesiht, and gehérnes, and gefrédnes ongitaþ ðone líchoman ðæs monnes sight, and hearing, and feeling perceive the body of the man, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 7, 10

Linked entry: frédnes

þreá-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-weorc, es; n.

Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell

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Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell, as in O. Sax. the phrase thrá-werk tholón Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, and þýstre land, Cd. Th. 45, 35; Gen. 737

heáh-sunne

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sunne, (?), an; f.
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The arch-sun, the Deity Wǽre þú forinwordlíce dysig ðá þú wilnodest þæt þú scoldest myd swilcum æágum þá heáhsunnan (heán sunnan ?) and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, to see.
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Add: 2 a. with an infinitive that has no subject Ic seah rǽpingas in ræced fergan, Rä. 53, 1. add: the imperative used exclamatorily Seh þé ecce (Lanc. sithee ), Ps. Vos. 7, 15

bulentse

(n.)
Grammar
bulentse, an; f.

The name of a plant

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The name of a plant, which, from not knowing its Latin or English name, I call bulentse Nime bulentsan ða smalan take the small bulentse, L. M. l, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1

ge-ánlícian

(v.)

to join together

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But perhaps the form is geanlícude. v. Hpt. Gl. 426, 71 where the Latin is conspirati, consimilati), An. Ox. 863

Linked entry: án-lícian

hát-heort

(n.)
Grammar
hát-heort, es; n.

Fury, anger, wrath ⬩ iracundia

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Fury, anger, wrath; iracundia Nú is gefylled ðæt mycelle hátheort and ðæt mycelle yrre ðyses ealdermannes now is completed the great fury and the great wrath of this ruler, Blickl. Homl. 151, 10

sweor-hnitu

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-hnitu, e; f.

A neck-nit, a nit that breeds at the back of the neck

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A neck-nit, a nit that breeds at the back of the neck Sweorhnitu ursie, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 48. Suernit ( = sweorhnitu?) usia (cf. swínes lús usia, 122, 26), Wülck. Gl. 54, 34

frum-rípa

Grammar
frum-rípa, l. -ripa.
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Add: The verses on which the passage is based are Decimas tuas et primitias tuas non tardabis reddere; primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi. De bobus et ovibus similiter facies, Ex. 22, 29-30

Byr-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Byr-tún, es; m. [Hovd. Burhtun: Brom. Burton super Trent: Stub. Kni. Burton]

BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire ⬩ oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi

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BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre

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Hí forhergode wǽron they were plundered, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 19

Linked entry: hergian