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swipu

Grammar
swipu, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende, and eác þá swipan ( Flagellum ) þe hé on his handa hæfde, þá hé þám reáfiendum mannum bróhte þus cweðende: 'Nimað þás swipan ꝥ gé magan þis hors mid drífan,' Gr. D. 14, 18-22. Add

ATOL

(adj.)
Grammar
ATOL, atul, atel, eatol ; adj.

Direterrificterriblehorridfoulloathsomedirusatroxterribilishorridusfœ́dus,teter

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Se atola the horrid one [the devil], Cd. 222; Th. 290, 10; Sat. 413. In ðeossum atolan ǽðele in this horrid country, 215; Th. 271, 20; Sat. 108. Atole gástas horrid ghosts, 214; Th. 268, 7; Sat. 51.

Linked entries: atel atul eatol

sittan

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</b> to sit on an animal, to ride :-- Þá hé on þám horse sæt when he was riding on the horse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6.

a-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
a-hebban, -hæbban; ðú -hefst, he -hefeþ, pl. -hebbaþ; p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; imp. -hefe; pp. -hafen

To heave uplift upraiseelevateexaltfermentlevaretollereelevareerigereexaltareextollerefer-mentare

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To heave up, lift up, raise, elevate, exalt, ferment; levare, tollere, elevare, erigere, exaltare, extollere, fer-mentare Nolde his eágan ahebban up to ðam heofone nolebat oculos ad cælum levare, Lk. Bos. 18, 13. To ahebbanne levare, Gen. 48, 17. Ðú

hlýpa

(n.)
Grammar
hlýpa, hliépa, an; m.

That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block

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That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block Siððan hé wæs ðæm cyninge to ðon geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan hoc

Linked entry: hliépa

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.

strácian

(v.)
Grammar
strácian, p. ode
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17

ǽr-morgenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-morgenlic, (ár-); adj.

Of the early morning

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Ármorgenlicum tídum matutinis horis, 124, 15

ge-hyrned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrned, part.

Hornedcornūtus

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Horned; cornūtus Gehyrned cornūtus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 17 : Ex. 34, 29, 30. Byþ he ymlíce gehyrned he is equally horned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 2; Lchdm. iii. 266, 22

dóm-lic

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Tída dómlice horas canonicas, Angl. xiii. 384, 268. Add

ge-síclian

(v.)
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Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205. Wæs se king þá binnan Oxnaforde swýþe geseócled, C. D. iv. 57, 4

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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[Wiþ muchel sorinesse, Horn. 922]

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

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Nú ic on máðma hord mínne bebohte fróde feorhlege I to the king of glory give thanks that I might for my people ere the day of death so much gain. Now a hoard of treasures have I prudently got as the price of my death, B. 2800. Substitute:

stilness

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Add Se tíma hyra reste and stillnysse hora quietis, Gr.

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.

bubo

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A horned owl; bubo. Wrt. Voc. 63, 19

BUCCA

(n.)
Grammar
BUCCA, an; m.

a buckA he-goat, BUCKcaper, hircus

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Buccan horn a buck's horn, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, Capricorn, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 8; Lchdm. iii. 246, 3. Buccan beard a goat's beard, Wrt. Voc. 289, 10

Linked entry: buc-heort

raggig

(adj.)
Grammar
raggig, adj.
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Shaggy, bristly, ragged as applied to the rough coat of a horse Raggie setosa, Hpt. Gl. 524, 16

eoh

(n.)
Grammar
eoh, nom. acc; gen. eohes = eoes = eðs; m.

A war-horse, charger ĕquus bellātor

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A war-horse, charger; ĕquus bellātor He gehleóp ðone eoh he mounted the charger. Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189. Eorl sceal on eós bóge a chief shall [ride] on horse-back. Exon. 90a; Th. 337, ii; Gn. Ex. 63

Linked entry: eh

lustlíce

(adv.)
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Hé sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh þæt þe lustlícor cræft mínne ic ( the hunter) begancge, Coll. M. 22, 38. Add

bere-græs

(n.)
Grammar
bere-græs, es; n.

BARLEY-GRASSa farragohordei gramen

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BARLEY-GRASS, a farrago; hordei gramen Gréne beregræs green fodder for cattle [farrago], Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 124