hǽst
Violent, vehement, impetuous
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Th. 2674; B. 1335 Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast þurh hǽstne níþ ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa never shalt thou, through vehement hate, pain so violent prepare as to turn me from these words, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 3; Jul. 56.
hríðer
ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer
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Se hláford geáhsode ðæt ðæt hrýðer [cf. fear, 7] geond ðæt wésten férde the master learned that the bull was going through the desert, Blickl. Homl. 199, 9, 11, 14, 19, 26. Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl.
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Kmbl. 593 ; An. 297. as the name of an English coin the word is found in the form scætt in the laws of Ethelbert of Kent. It is inferred from a comparison of passages in these that the value of the scætt in Kent was one-twentieth of a shilling, v.
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hangra
A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,
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'A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxix Of ðam hangran súþ tó ðære strǽt from the meadow south to the road, 229, 27: V. 374, 29.
Linked entries: æsp-hangra sealh-hangra
tó-gædere
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Kmbl. 2875; An. 1440. marking hostile meeting Ðá hí tógædere gán sceoldon ðá onstealdan ða heretogan ǽrest ðone fleám when the battle should have been joined, the leaders were the first to fly, Chr. 993 ; Erl. 132, 15 : 998; Erl. 134, 18 : Beo.
a-drífan
To drive ⬩ stake ⬩ expel ⬩ pursue ⬩ follow up ⬩ agere ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi
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within the water, Chr.
Linked entries: æ-drífan aweg-adrífan
sprecan
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Th. 1290; B. 643. where the object of the verb is a word denoting the matter expressed in the words spoken Ic rǽd sprece I give counsel in my words, Cd. Th. 115, 2; Gen. 1913. Ðú bysmor spycst blasphemas, Jn. Skt. 10, 36. Tunga his sprecþ dóm, Ps.
Linked entries: specan on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende
á-ídan
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[The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the same passage in Aldhelm), and the fact that eliminare is elsewhere glossed by á-nídan, á-ýtan (q. v.) may suggest a doubt as to the genuineness of á-ídan.]
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án-genga
A lone-goer ⬩ a solitary ⬩ solivagus ⬩ solitarius
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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165
eorþ-draca
An earth-dragon ⬩ drăco in antro dēgens
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An earth-dragon; drăco in antro dēgens Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorþdraca geworhte, swelan and swellan the wound, which the earth-dragon had made in him, began to burn and swell, Beo. Th. 5417; B. 2712: 5642; B. 2825
fæder-feoh
A father-fee, - the marriage portion which reverted to the father, if his daughter became a widow, and returned home
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A father-fee, - the marriage portion which reverted to the father, if his daughter became a widow, and returned home, Fæder-feum, dos a patre accepta, L. Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 1, note a. v. Du Cange in voce
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hlówan
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Hleówon hornboran the trumpeters sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 107; El. 54. Hlówendra fearras flǽsc the flesh of lowing oxen, Homl. Th. i. 590, 15
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seolh-ýða
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The waves where the seal swims Oferswam ðá sioleða (siolýða ? cf. flóda, holma begang. Or (?) sioleþ still water. Cf. Goth. ana-silan : Swed. dial. sil still water. v. Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367
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stán-boga
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Th. 5083; B. 2545. Seah on enta geweorc hú ða stánbogan ( of the cave within the rock ) stapulum fæste éce eorðreced innan healde, 5429; B. 2718
fǽrlíce
Suddenly, immediately, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte
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Th. 22, 17
leahter-leás
Faultless ⬩ innocent
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P. i. 9; Th. ii. 176, 16. Ðonne ðú óðerne man tǽle, ðonne geþenc ðú ðæt nán man ne byþ leahterleás, Prov. Kmbl. 3. Ic ða meorde wát leahtorleáse I know the reward to be faultless, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 14; Gú. 1060.
weoroldlíce
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Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 340, 26. after the manner of this world Weoroldlíce and wíslíce gé dyde ðætte mannum bedígled wæs on eorðan ðæt gé ðæt on heofenas tó Gode sóhtan ye acted with worldly wisdom in seeking in heaven of God what was hidden from men on
be-warian
to guard ⬩ protect
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Th. i. 374, 29: Wlfst. 191, 15
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dwola
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Þone dwolan þára manna [þe wénaþ þæt] sáwle næbben nán edleán æfter þisse worulde heora gearnunge eorum errorem, qui animarum merita nulla esse apud te putant, Shrn. 167, 27. [v. N. E. D. dwele; sb. ]
lytig
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Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne ? Nese, nese. Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10