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on-ǽlan

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Add Hét gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan, Hml. S. 30, 421. Is þes atola hám fýre onǽled, Sat. 97. <b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40.

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Héra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 24. Gif Gode wile rihtlíce hýran, L. Edg. C. 60, note; Th. ii. 256, 36. Him ǽghwilc hýran scolde gomban gyldan him each one had to obey, to him pay tribute, Beo. Th. 20; B. 10. Héran, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 61; Met. 1, 31.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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On ðam wange, ðǽr sorge gefremede on the scene of his wrong-doings, Beo. Th. 4010; B. 2003. geségon wyrm on wonge licgean he saw the serpent lying on the ground, 6070; 3039. On wonge, wæterýðum neáh, 4476; B. 2242. Cd.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

sám-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-wís, adj.

Dull, foolish

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Dull, foolish Wénaþ sámwíse (cf. ða dysegan men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 22) ðæt on ðís lǽnan mǽgen lífe findan sóþa gesǽlþa. Met. 19, 34. Ða sámwísan (hebetes) sint tó manianne ðæt hié wilnien tó wiotonne ðæt ðæt hié nyton, Past. 30, l ; Swt. 201, 7

Linked entry: sár-wís

ramm

(n.)
Grammar
ramm, es (a wk. gen. pl. occurs); m.
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bierþ rammas ymbútan ðæt mód his hiéremonna, ðonne him gecýð mid scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde, and se weall úres mægenes þurhþyrelað mid ðan scearpan ramman (ðǽm scearpan rammum, Cott.

Linked entry: ram

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To writeto give or bestow by writingto write along with othersconscribere

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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10.

ge-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówe, -trýwe, -trúwe, -tréwe; def. se -treówa; comp. -treówra; superl. -treówest; adj.

Truetrustyfaithfulfīdusfīdēlis

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Ðe he, getreóweste, gelufade whom, most faithful, he loved, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 21; Gú. 681

an-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
an-bídian, l. an-bidian (and-),
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and add: to wait His wíte andbidað on ðǽre tóweardan worulde his punishment waits in the world to come, Hml. S. 16, 305. Andbidað (an-, v. l. ), se déma, Hml. A. 8, 202.

earnung

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For his hálgena earnunge, Hml. S. 23, 314: Solil. H. 1, 21. Earnunga meritorum, Rtl. 39, 32. Edleán heora geearnunga (earnunga, v. i. ), Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 1.

hátian

(v.)
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot.

god-fæder

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Mark's ) godfæder and hine Gode gestrýnde, and lange folgode his fulluhtfædere Petre, Hml. S. 15, 143. Ic eom þín godfæder and þú mín goddohtor, Hml. A. 178, 297.

mist

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Add: a cloud of minute particles of water, vapour of water, cloud hét his cnapan háwian tó ðǽre sǽ gif ǽnig mist árise of ðám mycclum brymme. Hml. S. 18, 146.

nyten-ness

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on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788. Þý lǽs þe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid his nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lch. iii. 442, 2.

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)

to do an erranda businessto obtain by negotiationintercessionto goand obtainapplyand obtain

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.), apply to a person and obtain Englas mé geǽrndo-don tó þám Hǣlende, þ ic gebicgan mōste, Hml. S. 36, 176. Nán man ne mæg him sylfum rihtlíce tó his Drihtne his þearfe geǽrndian, bútan . . . Wlfst. 136, 15

heáhþu

(n.)
Grammar
heáhþu, héhþo, hiéhþo; generally indecl; f.

Height, high place, gloryheight, loftiness, exaltationaltitudo, culmen

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Height, high place, glory his áras of heáhþu hider onsendeþ he will send his messengers hither from above, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 24; Cri. 760: 19 b; Th. 49, 21; Cri. 789: 69 b; Th. 258, 10; Jul. 263. On héhþo on high, Andr.

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Ne ylde hit ðá leng nec exinde distulit, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 512, 34. ylde ðá gyt distulit, Ps. Th. 77, 23. Ne yld ðæt ðú mé árie ne tardaveris, 39, 21.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Ðá æteówde Benedictus on swefne hine sylfne ðam munece ðe tó ealdre genet hæfde ofer ðam mynstre, and his prófoste samod, Homl. Th. ii. 172, 15.

Linked entry: prófast

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hét behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 1. healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Ǽghwylc dæg hæfð genóh on hys ágenum ymbhogan sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34. Ðæt forlǽte ǽlcne ymbhogan, ðe him unnet sié, Met. 22, 10.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Wæterscipes hús colimbus, i. aquaeductus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 56. Ðá cwómon ðǽr scorpiones swá hié ǽr gewunelíce wǽron ðæs wæterscipes scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem, Nar. 13, 11.