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HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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Heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran he struck the horse with the spurs [cf. Icel. höggva hest sporum], Elf. T. 36, 25. Ðá heówon hí ðone stán swá swýðe swá hí mihton dolantes lapidem in quantum valebant, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5.

neát

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Gyf man forstele feoðerfót neát, hors oððe hrýðer (animal quadrupes, equum vel bovem). Ll. Th. ii. 140, 33.

líhting

Grammar
líhting, shining.
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Swá micel swá þæs dæges líhting geþafige quantum hora permittit, R. Ben. 67, 8. Ealle þás þing þurh lífes líht-incge gefyllan haec omnia per hanc lucis viam (has vitani been read?), 5, 8. Add

ge-stællan

(v.)

to stall ⬩ stable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

ráre-dumla

(n.)
Grammar
ráre-dumla, -dumle, an; m. f.
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Ger. has horo-túbil, -tumil.]

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

wyrt-tún

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-tún, es; m.

A garden

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Wyrtún viridiarium, 84, 54: hortus, ii. 42, 51: Jn. Skt. 18, 1: 19, 41. On wyrttúne in cucumerario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 24. On wyrtúne (wyrttúne,v. l.) in horto, R. Ben. 71, 18. Syle mé ðínne wíneard mé tó wyrtúne, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 173.

Linked entry: leác-tún

án-hyrne

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., having one horn) Ánhyrne monoceros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 41. Of þám hornum þára ánhyrna (unicornuorum), Ps. Th. 21, 19. Ánhyrnera, Ps. Srt. 21, 22. Ánhyrnra, 28, 6: 77, 69

self-willes

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Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit se . . . pulsaturam, Ald. 69, 15), An. Ox. 4862

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Lǽcedóm . . . spícan wiþ útsihtan, and dracontjan wiþ fúle horas, . . . and balzaman smiring wiþ eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 4

hwistlung

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlung, e; f.

A hissing ⬩ WHISTLING ⬩ piping ⬩ music

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Suá suá mid líðre wisðlunga mon hors gestilleþ suá eác mid ðære illcan wistlunga mon mæg hund ástyrigean lenis sibilus equos mitigat, catulos instigat, Past. 23; Swt. 173, 21

ge-blódegian

(v.)
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A. 68, 62. þá hors mid þám spurum geblódgode wǽron, Gr. D. 15, 4. Add: —

melu

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Genim þás wyrte and meluw, 12. a powdery substance resembling flour Genim heorotes sceafoþan of þám horne, oþþe þæs hornes melo, Lch. ii. 72, 14. v. ác-, beán-, hwǽte-, hwíting-, wyrm-melu

úhtan-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úhtan-tíd, e; f.

The time of early morning

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On úhtan-tíde matutinis horis, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 14. On úhtu-tíd (úhte-, Lind.) galli cantu, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 35

Linked entry: úht-tíd

dæg-ðerlic

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On dægðerlicum tídum diurnis horis, 76, 16. On dægþerlicum dǽdum in diurnis actibus, Hy. S. 9, 6: Angl. viii. 319, 47

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burning ⬩ hot ⬩ Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate ⬩ ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

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Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate; ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus Brandháta níþ weóll on gewitte ardent malice boiled in their mind, Andr. Kmbl. 1536; An. 769. Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th

Linked entries: hát brond-hát

ge-wealcan

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Add: to roll together, press together Heorotes horn gebærned tó ahsan, gegniden on mortere, and þonne ásift and mid hunige gewealcen tó snǽdum, Lch. ii. 238, 2. [O. H.

ge-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen

To leap ⬩ dance ⬩ salire ⬩ saltare

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He gehleóp ðone eoh he leaped upon the horse, Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189

cenning-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
cenning-tíd, e;f.

e ⬩ The time of bringing forth, birth-time ⬩ pariendi tempus, puerperii hora

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The time of bringing forth, birth-time; pariendi tempus, puerperii hora Ðá wæs gefylled Elizabethe cenningtíd, and heó sunu cende Elisabeth autem impletum est tempus pariendi, et peperit filium, Lk. Bos. 1, 57.

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum