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healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

hefe-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-full, adj.

Grievous

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Grievous Sý ána wuniende mid dǽdbóte and hefefulre hreówesunge solus sit persisiens in poenitentie luctu, R. Ben. 49, 18

níd-níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd-níd, e ; f.
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Absolute, unavoidable necessity Gif ǽnig geþrístlǽse bútan slǽperne tó slǽpenne bútan neádneóde hæbbe (absque causa ineuitabili), Chrd. 61, 9

sǽ-ýþ

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Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cynyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽtrogan ðe (= se sǽ) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13. Add

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, <b>. II a.</b>
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Ðá ongan mid miclum stefnum cleopian and willian fyrstmearce coepit magnis vocibus inductas petere, Gr. D. 325, 31. Add

beód-gereord

(n.)
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a meal, feast symlede æt his beódgereordum ꝥ ic ( the soul ) wæs oft swíðe neáh ofðylmed, Nap. 50, 20

manig-teáw

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wæs smið and mænigteáwa wyrhta, Hml. A. 134, 591

sáwel-dreór

(n.)

life-blood

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life-blood geblódegod wearð sáwuldrióre, Beo. Th. 5379; B. 2693. Besmiten mid sáwldreóre, Cd. Th. 91, 31; Gen. 1520

wæstmbǽru

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽru, (o); indecl. f.

Fertility

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Fertility Ðás eorþan ealle hiere wæstmbǽro gelytlade terra haec sterilitate suorum fructuum castigatur, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 20

ofer-brecan

(v.)

to infringe, violate (an agreement)

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to infringe, violate (an agreement) oferbræc heora gecwedrǽdenne, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 8: 5, 12; Swt. 242, 8

ofer-rícsian

(v.)

to dominate, rule over

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to dominate, rule over: — him geþafode ðæt hit mid anwalde him móste oferrícsian Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 19

Linked entry: rícsian

timple

(n.)
Grammar
timple, an; f.

Some implement used in weaving

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Some implement used in weaving sceal habban fela tówtóla . . . flexlínan, spinle . . . presse, pihten, timplean, wifte, Anglia ix. 263, 12

Linked entry: á-timplian

sweord-freca

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-freca, an; m.

A warrior who uses a sword

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A warrior who uses a sword ðæs wǽpnes (the sword Hrunting) onláh sélran sweordfrecan, Beo. Th. 2940; B. 1468

Éua

(n.)
Grammar
Éua, æ; f.
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Eve; Hēva Éua, ðæt is lí; forðanðe heó is ealra libbendra módor Hēva, id est vīta; eo quod māter esset cunctōrum vīventium, Gen. 3, 30. Be Éuan his gemæccan by Eve [Hēvam] his wife, 4, 1. Éua, Homl. Th. i. 16, 27.

Linked entry: Éfe

FÉGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉGAN, p. de; pp. ed

To joinbindunitefixjungĕrepangĕre

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To join, bind, unite, fix; jungĕre, pangĕre Heó fégeþ mec on fæsten she binds me in a fastness, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 22; Rä. 26, 9. Freóndseipe fegþ it unites friendship, Somn. 128; Lchdm. iii. 206, 4.

firenian

(v.)
Grammar
firenian, firnian, fyrenian, fyrnian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to sinpeccāreto revilecălumniāri

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Ða ðe firnedon beóþ beofigende they who sinned shall be trembling, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 29; Sae. 621. to revile; călumniāri Heó firenaþ mec wordum she reviles me with words, Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 24; Rä. 21, 34

hund-eahtatig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-eahtatig, num.

Eighty

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Heó wæs wudewe óþ feówer and hundeahtatig geára hæc vidua usque annos octoginta quatuor, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2.

Linked entry: eahtatig

sealt-stán

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-stán, es; m.
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rock salt Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe: genim geoluwne stán ( ochre ) and saltstán, Lchdm. i. 374, 14. a stone formed of salt, a pillar of salt Heó on sealtstánes sóna wurde anlícnesse ǽfre siððan, Cd. Th. 154, 31; Gen. 2564.

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, adv.

Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously

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Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously Se cyng hét swýðe gemáhlíce ofer eall ðis land beódan the king very peremptorily ordered it to be proclaimed over all this land, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 22.

under-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten.

to move to a place beneathto interceptto under-propsupport

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R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. to under-prop, support Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 17. Similar entries Cf. under-stingan