hwem
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Add: a corner of a building Godes engel fleáh geond ðá feówer hwemmas þæs temples and ágróf mid his fingre róde tácn on þám fyderscýtum stánum, Hml. Th. i. 466, 13. a corner of the earen (north, &c.)
gástende
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[This passage seems in part a continuation of the preface, in part translation of the text.]
hætera
Garments ⬩ rent clothe ⬩ scrutum, pannucia ⬩ pannis, mastrugis ⬩ rag, clout
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Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8. Sume hí cuwon heora hætera some of them chewed their garments, 404, 5.
slúpan
To slip, glide ⬩ to slip, creep
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To slip, glide Sóna swá ús seó sáwl of ðam líchaman slýpþ simul atque anima de corpore se subduxerit L. Ecg. P. iv. 66;Th. ii. 226, 23. Gársecg wédde on sleáp (of the Red Sea coming upon the Egyptians) Cd. Th. 208, 28; Exod. 490.
ge-singan
To sing; ⬩ cănĕre
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Ðætte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen what was sung in the Song of Songs, 11, 15
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Add: to add one's own action or effort to that of another so as to make it more effectual, to further the action or purpose of Hé his mǽges healp, B. 2698. Uton clypian tó heofonum ꝥ God úre helpe and tóbrýte þisne here, Hml. S. 25, 349.
stán-bæþ
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A vapour bath made by the help of heated stones on to which water was poured Dó on troh háte stánas wel gehǽtte, gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, recce hé ða bán, Lchdm. ii. 68, 4-7. Stánbæþ, 10, 13: 60, 9.
íw
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Tó íwes heáfdan ... on íwdene, C. D. iii. 444, 4-6. On Íwwcumb, of Íwwa cumbe, 218, 34. Cf. Tó íwígað, v. 240, 25
weddung
Betrothal, espousal
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[Or men wimman to louerd giue for wedding or for morgengiwe, Gen. and Ex. 1428.]
æ-bléc
Pallid, pale, livid
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Ox. 1868. On plúmfeðerum hé líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. Hé wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode hé mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan his réðan cwelleras, 129.
heáh-mód
Of high, lofty mind, noble, proud, haughty
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Of high, lofty mind, noble, proud, haughty Siððan hine sylfne heáhmód hefeþ on heánne beám afterwards exultant raises itself on to a lofty tree, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 13; Ph. 112.
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tinen
Of tin
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On tinum ( = tinenum) fæte, Lchdm. ii. 236, 5. With tynnen tonges, Pall. 152, 99
hǽlend
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Mín gást wynsumaþ on God mínum hǽlende, Bl. H. 7, 3. with weakening of force and tending to become a mere title (cf. Christ), where it is not definitely applied to the second person of the Trinity Him wæs Hǽlend God wráð geworden, Sat. 281.
betonice
The herb BETONY ⬩ betonĭca officinālis
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This species is the common wood-betony, the betonĭca officinālis of Linnæus. It is a species of the genus Stachys, but it was formerly a species of the genus Betonica. It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly much used in medicine.
ge-dryht
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Add: a band, company; of large numbers, a host Sóðfæste ( the righteous at the day of judgement), eádigra gedryht, El. 1290: Ph. 635. Gǽsta gedryht Hǽlend hergað, 615. Seó æðele gedryht the host of heaven, Sal. 456.
DIHT
a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purpose ⬩ disposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum ⬩ a dictating, direction, order, command ⬩ dictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum
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Hit stent on úrum ágenum dihte hú us biþ æt Gode gedémed it stands by our own conduct how we shall be judged before God, Homl. Th. i. 52, 32.
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lyb-corn
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Wyrc óðerne [spíwdrænc] of beóre and of feówertig lybcorna, 20, 10
heáfod-segn
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It would seem, then, to have been an ensign, which had at the head of its shaft ( hilte ) the figure of a boar. Perhaps the poet of the Exodus had the same kind of ensign in mind where he says that the tribe of Judah, ' '
wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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A case against (in reply to, or (?) by way of accusation), defence, prosecution (?) Man útlagode Swægn eorl, his óðerne sunu.
drohtnian
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Ox. 1446. Drihtelm wunode on ðæs mynstres dígelnysse stíðlíce drohtnigende, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 16. Add