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HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, 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

BLÍCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.

to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinklelucere, fulgere, coruscare, micareto shine by exposure, as the bonesdenudando in conspectum dariapparerepallescerefulgerepallescereI shineto shine

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Móna swá seó Godes circe beorhte blíceþ the church of God shines brightly like the moon, 18 a; Th. 44, 11; Cri. 701: 58 b; Th. 210, 16; Ph. 186.

Linked entry: BLÆC

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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Ꝥ hé his synna ne forhogige andettanne ut non negligat peccata sua confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 12

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Th. 106, 19. Hwearf hé þá hrædlíce, B. 356.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Ath. iv. pref.; Th. i. 220, 12. Eác is mæssepreóstum micel þearf ðæt hig hyra mannum cýðen, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 422, 34. the name of the Rune for M, which is sometimes used instead of writing the word man, e.g. ǽnig RUNE quis, Rtl. 11, 41.

Linked entry: manna

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribenegotiari, emere, comparāre

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To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe; negotiari, emere, comparāre Ceápiaþ óþ-ðæt ic cume negotiamini dum venio, Lk. Bos. 19, 13.

Linked entry: a-ceápian

maðelian

(v.)
Grammar
maðelian, p. ode

To speakharanguemake a speechdeclaim

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Abraham maðelode .. ongan his brýd wordum lǽran, 86; Th. 109, 9; Gen. 1820: Beo. Th. 701; B. 348: 747; B. 371. Byrhtnoþ maðelode, wordum mǽlde, Byrht. Th. 132, 66; By. 42. Byrhtwold maðelode, hé ful baldlíce beornas lǽrde, 140, 60.

Linked entry: mæðlan

ge-nearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nearwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ot

To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict

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Mid weres egsan hearde genearwod with the fear of man sorely oppressed, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 32; Gen. 921: 123; Th. 157, 9; Gen. 2603. Genearwad biþ heorte mín anxiaretur cor meum, Ps. Spl. 60, 2

Linked entry: nearwian

regollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
regollíce, adv.

Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)

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Ðæt biscopas and abbudas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan rihte gebúgan and regollíce libban, L. Eth. v. 4;Th. i. 304, 27. Sacerd ðe régollíce libbe, L. C. E. 5;Th. i. 362, 8.

bere-ærn

Grammar
bere-ærn, (-ern).
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Þ á feówer hyrnan þ æs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28. Bernes flór (berern,L.) area. Lk. 3, 17. Æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2. On hláfordes berne . . . of his áganum berne, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16, 19 : Cht. E. 377, 6, 7. On bærene gebringan, Cht.

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINTa rocksĭlexpetra

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Flinte ic eom heardra I am harder than flint, Exon. 111b; Th. 426, 23; Rä. 41, 78. Ðæt ðú gesomnige flint unbrǽcne that thou unite the unfragile flint, Exon. 8a; Th. 1, 11; Cri. 6: Salm. Kmbl. 202; Sal. 100.

Fróm-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm-múþa, Frómuþa, an; m.

The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole BayFromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat

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To Frómúþan, Th. 277, 13

Linked entry: Fróm

huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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I will that every man have the right to hunt in wood and in open country on his own property. And let every man leave my hunting alone where I wish to have it preserved, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 23-6.

Linked entry: huntaþ

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

ge-sundful

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Þá cwǽdon þá gedwolmen . . . ꝥ his sunu wǽre gesundful þurh hí, Hml. S. 3, 315. Hé gesundful síðode on fótum, sé ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 14: 136, 5. Ysle gesundfullum asello sospite, i. sano, An. Ox. 3664. of things.

samod

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Th. ii. 128, 12.

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spotmarspoildisfigureto defilepolluteprofane

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Th. 370, 24; Seel. 64. to defile, pollute, profane Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ si justitias meas profanaverint Ps. Spl. 88, 31. Gif hé óðres ceorles wíf wemme (maculaverit) L. Ecg. C. 14; Th. ii. 142, 12

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan ðam healme and ðam heorþe ðe se mon on biþ middum wintra ciricsceattum, debet reddere homo a culmine et mansione, ubi residens erit in Natali, L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 13

Linked entry: halm