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cniht-hád

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Sum cild hál geboren . . . ðiónde on cræftum þá hwíle þe hit on cnihtháde bið, and swá forþ eallne ðone giogoðhád, Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 23. Fram cnihtháde a pueritia, Kent. Gl. 1066. Of his cnihtháde ab annis puerilibus, Gr. D. 11, 6.

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Th. ii. 430) 6. with the idea of feasting Ealle þá hwíle þe þæt líc bið inne þǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega. . . his feoh þæt tó láfe bið æfter þǽm gedrynce and þǽm plegan, Ors. I. l; S. 20, 25-28. Mislice blissa hié hæfdon on hiora gedrynce, Bl.

leáf

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Lytle hwíle leáf beóð gréne, Sal. 312. Hleófa (leáf, R.) folia Mt. L. 24, 32. Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest, Bt. 4; F. 8, 4-7. Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845.

strengþu

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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland hé him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, l. ge-anbidian, geandbidian,

to wait to wait for.to wait for the comingreturnto wait for the coming to passto wait

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add: absolute, to wait Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, Bt. 22, I; F. 7625. ꝥ folc stód geanbidiende, Lk. 23, 35. to wait for. to wait for the coming or return of a person (gen. ) Ðá bed heó þá cwelleras ðæt hí hire geanbidedan medmicle hwíle

ge-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, es; n.
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'Ic wondrie þín, hwí þú secge þæt þú Gode náwiht gelíces nyte (nihil te nosse Deo simile )'. . . Gyf ic wiht him gelíces wiste, ic wolde þat lufian, Solil. H. 15, 13-19. Næfð hé náht men gelíces de homine nihil habet, Gr. D. 46, 28.

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Scyrtest, Anglia viii. 306, 8. marking duration, short-lived, brief Ðeáh se hlísa ðara foremǽrena monna hwílum lang sié, hé biþ ðeáh swíðe scort tó metanne wið ðone ðe nǽfre ne geendaþ. Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, 18.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

BÁR

(n.)
Grammar
BÁR, es; m.

A BOARaper

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Ic gefeó heortas, and báras, and rann, and rægan, and hwílon haran capio cervos, et apros, et damas, et capreas, et aliquando lepores, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 14: Ps. Lamb. 79, 14

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðǽr bið man deád, ðæt hé líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt hí beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24.

Linked entry: for-bærnan

un-gestæððiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gestæððiglíce, adv.

Unsteadilywithout stability

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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,

hwósan

(v.)
Grammar
hwósan, p. hweós
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Þá men hwósað gelóme, hwílum blóde hrǽcaþ, ii. 258, 7. Hé egeslíce hweós and angsumlíce siccetunga teáh, swá þæt hé earfoðlíce orðian mihte, Hml. Th. i. 86, 7

hár-hune

(n.)
Grammar
hár-hune, [and hár hune], an; f.

Horehoundmarrubium vulgare

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Genim hwíte hare hunan take white horehound, Lchdm. i. 374, 18

Linked entry: hune

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Æges hwíte white of an egg. Æmettan ægru gením take emmet's eggs, L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 156, 6

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

Cwénas

(n.)
Grammar
Cwénas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Quaines

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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwēnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen.

Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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Add: p. stóp; pp. ge-stapen. of living creatures For hwí gesteppe ic ł gá ic quare incedo, Ps. L. 41, 10. Þá gestóp hé tó ánes wealles byge, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 19. Tó ðé gistepe ué ad te gradiamur. Rtl. 51, 9. <b>I a.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruellyhorriblyatrociously

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Hí áxodon, hwí hí swá wælbreówlíce dydon, ðæt hí freónda ne róhton, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 44. horribly, atrociously Ðæt cild wolde wyrian wælhreáwlíce Drihten, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 10

hláford-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-scipe, es; m.

Lordship, rule;dominatio

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Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden ðá ðá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford ? To ðan ðæt hé hine ne onhófe on swá micclum hláfordscipe why was one tree forbidden to Adam, when he was lord of every other?

lang

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Wås seó hwíl þæs lang, Gen. 584. ¶ in adverbial phrases :-- Tó langre hwíle, Gen. 489. Hí swá langne fyrst hafað leáf yfel tó dónne, Bt. 38, 4; F. 204,13. Hé lange hwíle on þǽm gebede wæs, Bl. H. 217, 28.

rift

(n.)
Grammar
rift, riftees;n.

a veil, curtain, cloak

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Hwítel ł ryft sagum pallium i. 284, 62: Ps. Surt. 103, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Hé nywolnessa swá swá ryfte him tó gewǽde woruhte, pallium Ps. Th. 103, 7. Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft velum Lev. 4, 17

Linked entries: ryft bán-rift

hasu

(adj.)
Grammar
hasu, heasu; adj.

Grey, ash-coloured, tawnycinereus, fulvo-cinereusgrey

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Hwílum ic onhyrge ðone haswan earn sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 21; Rä. 25, 4. Se haswa fugel, 57 b; Th. 206, 4; Ph. 121. Récas stígaþ haswe ofer hrófum grey smoke mounts o'er the roofs, 101 a; Th. 381, 6; Rä. 2, 7