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holt

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Add: a wood, copse Hár holtes feónd, Rä. 22, 3. For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml.

Linked entry: scóm-hylt

heoru-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
heoru-grim, adj.

Very fierce or cruel, ⬩ savage

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Very fierce or cruel, savage, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 10; Cri. 1524: 31 b; Th. 98, 25; Cri. 1613: 47 a; Th. 161, 1; Gú. 952: 53 a; Th. 186, 29; Az. 27: 111 a; Th. 425, 12: Rä. 41, 55: Beo. Th. 3132; B. 1564: 3698; B. 1847: Elen.

hrung

(n.)
Grammar
hrung, e; f.

A rung ⬩ staff ⬩ rod ⬩ beam ⬩ pole

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; then the wain bore the horses to land, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 19; Rä. 23, 10

hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
hwearft, es; m.

A circuit ⬩ circle ⬩ revolution

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Under heofones hwearfte under heaven's circuit, 110 b; Th. 424, 3; Rä. 41, 33. Brádne hwearft the broad expanse [of the sky ], 53 b; Th. 187, 29; Az. 38. Ymb wintra hwearft after years have rolled on, Th. 188, 5; Az. 41

Linked entry: hwyrft

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample upon ⬩ crush ⬩ subdue

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Th. 389, 7; Rä. 7. 4. Hé sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27

ge-fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fælsian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ expiate ⬩ lustrāre ⬩ pūrĭfĭcāre ⬩ expiāre

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Fýre gefælsad purified with fire, Exon. 127 b; Th. 490, 21; Rä. 80, 5

Linked entry: ge-felsode

geond-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-sprengan, p. de; pp. ed

To sprinkle over ⬩ perspergere, perfudere

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Me fugles wyn geond [-sprengde] spéd-dropum the bird's delight [feather] sprinkled me over with copious drops, Rä. 27, 8

Linked entry: sped-dropa

wuldor-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-gesteald, pl. n.

glorious possessions ⬩ glorious mansions

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Th. 408, 22; Rä. 27, 16. glorious mansions Fæder and Sunu and frófre Gást on þrinnesse wealdeþ wuldorgestealda, Andr. Kmbl. 3369; An. 1688. God bescyrede his wiðerbrecan wuldorgestealdum, Cd. Th. 4, 36; Gen. 64

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to do ⬩ to dare to do ⬩ to venture

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Kmbl. 343, 21; Rún. 21. In nearowe néðan, Exon. Th. 436, 13; Rä. 54, 23

Linked entry: ge-néðan

spillan

(v.)
Grammar
spillan, p. de

To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil

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Swil[g]ra, gliw[e]ra [in margin spil-lendra (spiliendra ?); but see onspillendra parasitorum, Anglia xiii. 28, 29] parasitorum, Hpt. Gl. 422, 37

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued ⬩ augēri, increscĕre

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Is dóhtor mín eácen, upliden my daughter is magnified, exalted, Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11

Linked entry: ǽcen

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care for ⬩ maintain ⬩ cherish ⬩ protect ⬩ keep ⬩ observe ⬩ consŭlĕre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ observāre

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Ðæt mínes freán módwén freoðaþ what my master's mind's thought will maintain, Exon. 129 b; Th. 498, 3; Rä. 87, 7. God mín feorg freoðaþ God will protect my life, Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 28; Gú. 214.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.

A track, trace, footstep, vestige; left in swathe a row of mown grass

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Th. 397, 25; Rä. 16, 25: 487, 23; Rä. 74. Hæleð lágon, on swaðe sǽton sat in the track, were left dead in the track of the retreating force. Cd. Th. 125, 10; Gen. 2077: 127, 21; Gen. 2114: Andr. Kmbl. 2844; An. 1424.

be-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
be-leósan, bi-leósan; p. -leás, pl. -luron; pp. -loren [be, leósan to loose]

To let go ⬩ to deprive of ⬩ to be deprived of ⬩ lose ⬩ privare ⬩ orbare ⬩ privari ⬩ amittere

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Ðǽr is swíðe beleás hérum, ðám ðe ic hæfde there I was much deprived of the hairs, which I had Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 35; Rä. 27, 4

Linked entries: bi-leósan bi-loren

bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare ⬩ comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere ⬩ to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceive ⬩ circumdare, amplecti, capere, cingere ⬩ tegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not related ⬩ strange ⬩ not at peace at variance

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Th. 391, 20; Rä. l0, 8. not at peace at variance Ða twá mǽgþa ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 32: Blickl. Homl. 225, 6

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre tilia, and later linn. v. N. E. D. linn, a linden or lime ?)

hwelp

(n.)
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Gif þú wille ꝥ wíf cild hæbbe, oþþe tife hwelp, ii. 172, 21 : Rä. 1, 16. Huoelpas (welpas, R. ), Mt. L. 15, 27. Beran ongeányrnan gegripenum hwealpum urso occurrere raptis foetibus, Scint. 95, 5. Hwelpum, Kent. Gl. 607

up-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
up-cyme, es; m.

Up-coming ⬩ rising ⬩ up-springing

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Th. 413, 3; Rä. 31, 9

hláford-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-leás, adj.

Lordless, ⬩ not having a lord

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Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405. Be hláfordleásum mannum concerning men who have no lord, L. Ath. 1. 2; Th. i. 200, 4

Linked entry: þeóden-leás