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BRIDEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRIDEL, gen. bridles; m.

A BRIDLEfrenum

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Mid his bridle with his bridle, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45, 57, 157; Met. 11, 23, 29, 79; 24, 73; Met. 24, 37.

Linked entries: bridels brydel

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae enquirit, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16.

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce a bath for elephantiasis, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 18. Mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde ánra gehwylces líf wið líce meant to part the life of each one from the body, Beo. Th. 1470; B. 733.

fela

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Heó wíde ne féreð, ne fela rídeð, 59, 3

Linked entry: feald

ge-neálǽcan

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., appropinquasset) hé áhsude hine, Lk. 18, 40. with dative Mid ðý ꝥ fýr him geneálǽcte cum ignes cdpropinquassent, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 279, 10. Þá hé geneálǽhte (ge-neolécte, L.) þǽre ceastre gate. Lk. 7, 12. with prep.

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 16. combined with swá, wheresoever, wherever Swá hwǽr swá hold biþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28. Swá hwǽr swá hé on wíc oððe on túnas eode quocunque introibat in vicos vel in villas, Mk. Skt. 6, 56.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Til sceal mid tilum the good shall be associated with the good, 334, 28 ; Gn. Ex. 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

un-gesǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlig, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateunhappysufferingmisfortunecalamitysuffering want of moral goodcausing unhappinessunfortunatecalamitousunprofitableevil

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Ára mé, ungesǽligost ealra wífa, Blickl. Homl. 89, 22. suffering want of moral good Deófol sǽwð unwísdóm and gedéð þurh ðæt, ðæt ungesǽlig man wísdómes ne gýmeþ, Wulfst. 52, 27 note.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlig un-sǽlig

heofone

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Seó heofone ús winð wið þonne heó ús sendeð styrnlice stormas, Wlfst. 92, 16. Þǽre heofenan wæterþeótan wǽron geopenode, Gen. 7, II: 8, 2.

lǽfan

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Hí nymað ǽlc wiht, and uneáðe hí ám þearfiendum lytles hwæt lǽfað, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 11. Hí náman æt heora mágon sceattas genóge . . . and á spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum . . .

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Ne wirc gé eów hearga ne ágrafene godas ... eówre hearga ic tóbrece ye shall make you no idols rear graven image ... I will cut down your images, Lev. 26, 1, 30

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Hláforda wín honorarium vinum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 1; Wrt. Voc. 27, 67. Heó [Hagar] gewát hire hláfordum [Abram and Sara], Cd. 104; Th. 138, 21; Gen. 2295

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

ge-wríþan

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[Twælf swine mid wiðen ywriðen al togadere, Laym. 25974.] with idea of compulsion. the subject a person, to bind with bonds Ic eom gebunden mid fýrenum racenteágum fram Crístes englum . . .; hé úrne ealdor myd fýrenum bendum gewráð, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

hwilc

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(a α) :-- Gefréd hé hwelc sió hǽl tó habbanne wæs salus, quanti sit muneris, sentitur Past. 249, 7. as substantive, which Hí smeádon hwylc (huá ł huelc, L. quis ) hyra yldost wǽre, Mk. 9. 34. with indefinite force. as adjective, some, any, with noun

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Lind. 13, 27. of places, wild, uncultivated, uninhabited Licgaþ wilde móras emnlange ðæm býnum lande, Ors. l, I; Swt. 18, 27.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Gif hé biþ vi nihta eald and hine ádl gestaudeþ se biþ lífes [he will survive], Lchdm. iii. 182, 12. [Icel. lífes alive.] Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not get off with their lives, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 13.

ge-rád

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Ánfealde wíse on fullan geráde, Ll.

ge-þóht

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Sumum hé syleð milde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht, Crä. 109: Sal. 239: Fä. 44. mind (with reference to purpose, intention) Ic ne métte wíf þrístran geþóhtes, Jul. 550.

Linked entry: þóht

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Mid ðæs cynges gewrite with the king's writ, 1048; Erl. 177. 19.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

hǽlu

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Th. 131, 17. with gen. of saver Sæle mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, Ps. C. loo. Ꝥ Geségon égo mín hǽlo ðín (salutare tuum), Lk. L. R. 2, 30. Sæcgeað Drihtnes hǽlu, Ps. Th. 95, 2. with gen. of saved.