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ge-lást

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Wé tellan .x. menn tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene tó ǽlcum geláste þára þe wé ealle gecwǽdon, 220, 15-23

ge-sundful

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S. 3, 315. Hé gesundful síðode on fótum, ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 14: 136, 5. Ysle gesundfullum asello sospite, i. sano, An. Ox. 3664. of things. Cf. ge-sund; 2 His swíðre hand is gesundful oð þis, Hml.

Iudéas

Grammar
Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
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Hé hét út ádrífan ealle þá Iúdan, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 21. Cóm Godes wracu ofer Iúþan, 6, 3; S. 256, 34. ena, ana

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída swelcra broca swá wel hergeað I know not why you praise so much the times of such calamities, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 3. Þonne mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Skt. Rush. 2, 4. Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31. Unwreóh (revela) Drihtne weg ðínne, Ps. Spl. 36, 5. Nǽnig gedégled ðæt ne eft unwrigen (nihil opertum quod non revelabitur), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 26.

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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A guard, watchman, keeper Nyte wé hweþer se weardmann wǽre ǽfre gefullod, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 293. Ealle ða weardmenn wǽron geswefode búton heora ánum, 11, 200: 4, 419. Ða weardmenn ðe bewiston Cristes líc, Homl. Ass. 79, 175.

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Sca hylda wæs xxxiii geára on lǽwedum háde and xxxiii geára under háligryfte St. Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

hátian

(v.)
Grammar
hátian, p. ode; pp. od

To become or get hot, to be hotfervere

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Spl. C. 38, 4. Óþ ðæt se clam hátige till the paste gets hot, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 19. Ðonne byþ heó sóna hátigende it will at once be getting hot, Herb. 90, 8; Lchdm. i. 196, 4

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, pres. and p. hátte, pl. hátton

To be called or named, have for a nameI am called

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Saga hwæt ic hátte say what I am called, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 13; Rä. 24, 16. Hú ne hátte hys módor Maria nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Ðe swá hátte that was thus called, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 17: Dan. 172: Bt. Met.

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant Healm culmus, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 127; Wrt. Voc. 38, 49. Healmes láf stipulæ, Som. 67, 129; Wrt. Voc. 38, 51.

Linked entry: halm

wín-berige

(n.)
Grammar
wín-berige, -berie, -berge, an; f.

A grape

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Skt. 6, 44. Gesoden[e] wínberigan (-en, MS.) fecula, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 63. Hit wæs ðá se tíma, ðæt wínberian rípodon erat autem tempus, quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt Num. 13, 21: Scint. 154, 2. Winberigena bacciniorum Hpt. Gl. 524, 21.

wine-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
wine-dryhten, es; m.

A friendly, gracious lord.

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Se ðe sceal his winedryhtnes leófes lárcwidum forþolian, 288, 27 ; Wand. 37. Ongon hé tó his winedryhtne mæðlan : "Ic ðec hálsige, hæleða leófost, 174, 9; Gú. 1175. Winedrihtne, Beo. Th. 726; B. 360.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre, 2, 22. to feel pity Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse, Homl. Th. i. 66, 21

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

ge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]

Mindwillopinionthoughtmensanimuscogitatio

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Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde the same thought I have told thee before, Blickl. Homl. 179, 28. Geþanges mentis, Ps. Spl. 67, 29

Linked entries: ge-þang ge-þonc

ge-þýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýdan, p. de; pp. ed

To joinassociatesŏciāre

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To join, associate; sŏciāre Monige to ðære ánnesse hí geþýddan þurh geleáfan ðære hálgan Cristes cyrican plūres ūnĭtāti se sanctæ Christi ecclēsiæ crēdendo sŏciare, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 12.

Linked entry: ge-þeódan

hlyn

(n.)
Grammar
hlyn, hlynn, hlin, es; m.

A sound, noise, clamour, din

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augeret, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 25.

stípan

(v.)

to raise, build high, erectto exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble

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Se feónd (Nero) his diórlingas duguþum stépte (cf. hé weorþode his deorlingas mid miclum welum, Bt. 28 ; Fox 100, 29) dabat improbus verendis patribus indecores curules, Met. 15, 8.

weoloc

(n.)
Grammar
weoloc, es; m.

A kind of shell-fisha whelk cockle also the dye obtained from such fish

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Hér beóþ swýþe genihtsume weolocas, of ðám biþ geweorht se weolocreáda tælhg sunt et cochleae satis superque abundantes, quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur, Bd. 1. 1 ; S. 473, 19. Uuiolocas, uuylocas cocleas, Txts. 53, 542. Wilocas Wrt.

Linked entries: wulluc weluc weolc

em-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
em-leóf, adj.

Equally dear æque cārus

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Equally dear; æque cārus -Him wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc it was equally dear to them to see man's blood shed, as it was [to see] the milk of their cattle, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 26, 32