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torr

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H. 207, 20) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. <b>II a.</b> a tor :-- On eofede tor; of eofede torre on heán dúne, Cht. E. 266, 18

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever

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Lyt ðú gemundest tó hwan ðínre sáwle þing siððan wurde little didst thou mind to what thy soul's condition would come, Soul Kmbl. 39; Seel. 20: Beo. Th. 4149; B. 2071.

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape

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To perish, be lost, stray, escape 'Drihten ic losige.' Cweþ 'ic losige' ðý læs ðe ðú losige ' Lord, I perish.' Say 'I perish,' lest thou perish, Homl. Th. ii. 394, 1-2. Hwílum losaþ sió stemn sometimes the voice is lost, L.

Linked entry: lorian

ranc

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Add Tó manege weorðaþ . . . tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines . . . elati, superbi (2 Tim. 3, 2), Wlfst. 81, 15. Rancra proteruorum, An. Ox. 7, 381. <b>II a.</b> showy in appearance, splendid in dress (?)

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Th. i. 166, 18. Seó eádignes ðæs heán heáhengles tíd the blessedness of the festival of the great archangel, Blickl. Homl. 197, 4, 24. From stæþe heáum from the high shore, Exon. 106 a; Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 4.

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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Gehlýde, Job Thw. 165, 2. to refresh Spíw and hit gehlýwð ( refrigerabit ) þé and þú ná tó gelǽd líchaman ðínum untrum-nysse, Scint. 170, 6. in a spiritual sense Sé þe gehýrsumað fæder, hé gehlýwð ( refrigerabit ) mǽder, Scint. 174, 3.

Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan

ge-fæstan

(v.)

to fast. ⬩ to abstain from food ⬩ to fast as discipline,

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Th. ii. 286, 26

agén-gehweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-gehweorfan, p. -gehwearf, pl. -gehwurfon; pp. -gehworfen

To change again ⬩ to return ⬩ redire

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To change again, to return; redire Ðá híg agén-gehwurfon cum redirent. Lk. Bos. 2, 43

circe-wíca

(n.)
Grammar
circe-wíca, an; m.

A church-dwelling, sacristy ⬩ sacrarium

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A church-dwelling, sacristy; sacrarium To ðe circewícan to the sacristy, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 13

be-helman

(v.)
Grammar
be-helman, p. ede; pp. ed

To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ cooperire

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To cover over, to cover; cooperire Heolstre behelmed covered with darkness Salm. Kmbl. 209; Sal. 104

Linked entry: bi-helmian

éd-módian

(v.)
Grammar
éd-módian, -módigan; p. ode; pp. od

To be humble, to obey ⬩ obēdīre

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To be humble, to obey; obēdīre Hi édmódigaþ him obēdiunt ei. Mk. Lind. War. 1. 27

wiþerweardian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerweardian, p. ode

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ða ðe wiþerweardiaþ mé qui adversantur mihi, Ps. Spl. 34, 22

Linked entry: wiþerwirdan

wiþerwirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerwirdan, p. de

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ealle ða ðé wiþerwyrdaþ omnes qui tibi aduersantur, Scint. 165, 4

wrang

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wrang, es; n.

Wrong

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Wrong Unrihtdérnan, ðe wendaþ wrang tó rihte and riht tó wrange, Wulfst. 203, 26: 298, 20

Linked entry: wrong

dúnig

(adj.)
Grammar
dúnig, (?); adj.
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Down, mountain Tó dúnian mere to the mere on the downs (?), C. D. v. 245, 22

slápol

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Ne scealt þú nǽfre beón ne tó slápol ne tó sláw, Angl. xii. 516, 33. Add

smeortan

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: to burn Tó smorcenne (smeortenne? Cf. O. H. Ger. smerzan cremare) arsuros, An. Ox. 1431

on-lúcan

(v.)

literally, to unlock, open ⬩ to open, disclose, reveal

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Th. 524; B. 259. Engla helm tuddorspéd onleác ( revoked the sentence of barrenness ), Cd. Th. 166, 24; Gen. 2752. Hwylc ðæs hordgates, cǽgan cræfte, ða clamme onleác, Exon. Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12.

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEAT ⬩ food

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Gá hyt eft in tó ðam hálegan mynstre mid mete and mid mannum let it revert to the holy monastery with meat and with men, Chart. Th. 379, 21. Wyt ǽton swétne mete ( dulces cibos ), Ps. Th. 54, 13.