cníf
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Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealan stáne, Lch. i. 395, 3. Add
wróht-stafas
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O.H.Ger. ruog-stab accusatio] : <b>wudiht.</b> l. wudiht[e]
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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Twegen steorran synd gehátene axis, ðæt is ex, forðamðe se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran, swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, and forðí hi standaþ symle stille two stars are called axis, that is axle-tree, because the firmament turns on the two stars
timbrung
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Þá læg þǽr án stán þone hí mynton hebban upp on þæs húses timbrunge lapis jacebat, quem in aedificium levare dicreverant, 123, 1. Add
riht-ryne
A right course
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A right course Se bróc ðeáh hé swíðe of his rihtryne ðonne ðǽr micel stán of ðam heáhan munte oninnan fealþ and hine tódǽlþ and him his rihtrynes wiðstent, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 27-30 : Met. 5, 20. Oncerran ðisne swiftan rodor of his rihtryne 10, 41
be-hlídan
To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ close ⬩ tegere ⬩ claudere
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To cover over, to cover, close; tegere, claudere Híg awylton ðone stán, and ðone pytt eft behlidon thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and thei schulden put. it eft on the pit Wyc; Gen. 29, 3.
Linked entry: hlídan
brægen
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Án stán hine slóh inn oð þæt brægen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Add
hlífan
tower up
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To stand out prominently, tower up Hlíbendri minaci Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 12. Hlífendre miniaci 55, 71
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inn
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Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280. Hí heom in gecuron mid hyra méder, Hml. S. 30, 317. Add
stǽnen
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Hæfdon heortan stǽn[e]ne, Exon. Th. 40, 20; Cri. 641. stone, made of stone, built of stone Stǽnen elefæt alabastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 40. Stǽnen cyrice ecclesia de lapide facta, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 12. Stǽnen bedd, Shrn. 69, 4.
rodor-tungol
A star of heaven
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A star of heaven Torr árǽrde tó rodortunglum, Cd. Th. 100, 21; Gen. 1667
asterion
The herb pellitory, so called from its star-like form ⬩ astericum
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The herb pellitory, so called from its star-like form; astericum, Herb. 61; Lchdm. i. 164, 1, 10
swóte
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Se líchoma stanc swóte, Shrn. 143, 29
tungol-gimm
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A starry gem, a star Heofon ongeat, hwá hine torhtne getremede tungolgimmum, Exon. Th. 71, 6; Cri. 1151
hróþ-girela
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Splendid dress, a crown Ðú settest on heáfde his hróðgirelan ( coronam ) of stáne deórwyrðum, Ps. Rdr. 20, 4
ofer-gestandan
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to stand above Ofer his reliquias ꝥ heofonleóht wæs ofergestondonde and scínende, Bd. 3, 11 ; Sch. 235, 9
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réc
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Wiþ lungenádle, genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 11. Hóh ðá wyrte on feówer healfe . . . bærn, dó récels tó, lǽt yrnan ofer þone réc, iii. 56, 30. Add
gagátes
jet,
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., and add Hér bið geméted gagates stán; sé bið swylce blæc gim, gif mon déð on fyr, nǽdran fleógaþ áweg ðone stenc gignit lapidem gagatem; est nigrogemmeus, et ardens igni admotus incensus serpentes fugat, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9. 5
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Hálge gimmas heofontungol sunne and móna holy gems, stars of heaven, sun and moon, Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 22, 27; Cri. 692, 695