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heáwan

(v.)

to hackgashto hewto cut off

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Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 262, 8

óga

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add: fear of a person, fear felt by that person Þá ásprang micel óga and gryre ofer ealle ðá ungeleáffullan, Hml.

Linked entry: on-égan

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Bedígledes secreti .i. occulti, An. Ox. 1442. with clause Hé ne bedíglode ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, Hml. S. 5, 160. I a. to conceal from (dat.):-- Hé bedíglode his dǽda þám cásere, Hml. S. 5, 9. Nán þing Gode bedíglian, Angl. xii, 513, 14.

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Hí wéddon and egeslíce grymetodon, 6, 197. Hí hrýmdon and grimetodon for ðám tintregum, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 12. Þá ongunnon ðá deóflu grimetian and cweðan, 494, 18. Ꝥ folc tealde ꝥ tó drýcræfte grymetende mid gehlýde, Hml.

æ-wén

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-wén, adj. [æ without, wen hope]

Doubtfuluncertaindubius

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Doubtful, uncertain; dubius And eów biþ eówre líf æwéne and your life will be doubtful to you. Deut. 28, 66

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

þurh-þráwan

(v.)

to twist through

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to twist through [Se wǽte of húse dropaþ on stán ... and ðane stán þurhþurleþ and þurhþreáwþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 11]

á-hweorfan

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Se cyning and se biscop sceoldan beón folca hyrdas and hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26. Add

ge-dwollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dwollíce, adv.
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In error, erringly Hí worhton wólíce and ge-dwollíce him hǽþene godas, and þone sóþan God forsáwon, Wlfst. 105, 9

Linked entry: dwol-líce

murnung

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Of þæs magan ádle cumað monige and missenlica ádla . . . micla murnunga and unrótnessa bútan þearfe, Lch. ii. 174, 26. Add

rihtwís-lic

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Ðæs gǽstes wæsðm is lufu and gefeá and ryhtwíslicu sibb fructus spiritus est caritas, gandium, pax, Past. 345, 12. Add

strúdigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
strúdigendlíce, adv.
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Rapaciously, greedily Gif hé ofermódlíce and andiendlíce and strúdgendlíce his líf drohtnað si superbe, si inuidę uiuat, Chrd. 108, 18

á-gælwed

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; but', and add Þá wearþ ic ágelwed (-gaelwed, v.l. ) and swíþe áfǽred, Bt. 34, 5 ; F. 140, 9

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Hí irnaþ hider and ðider dwoligende, 36, 5; F. 180, 12. geond to and fro Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr, Lch. ii. 38, 3

Linked entry: hider-cyme

be-ǽwnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ǽwnian, p. ode; pp. od

To join in marriagemarrywedlegitime despondere

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To join in marriage, marry, wed; legitime despondere Bewedded and beǽwnod wedded and married, Chr. 1052; Th. 314, 38

eall-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-rúh, adj.

All-rough omnīno hirsūtus

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All-rough; omnīno hirsūtus Se wæs reád and eall rúh he was red and all hairy, Gen. 25, 25

neáh-eá

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-eá, f.

A neighbouring river

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A neighbouring river Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum ða hronfiscas up tugon and ða ǽton, Nar. 22, 9

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persoc

(n.)
Grammar
persoc, es; m.
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Æppla and peran and persucas, ii. 176, 18

gebanngeár

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Ðý gére þe ágán wæs dcccc wintra and iiii winter, and ðý vii gebongére, Cht. E. 161, 24. Add

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.

Yond, yonder, thither, beyondillucthere

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Yond, yonder, thither, beyond; illuc Hider and geond hither and thither, Lye. Hyder geond yonder, Mt, Bos. 26, 36