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hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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[The second passage in Dict., and all but the first here refer to the same incident.]

ildian

(v.)
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Th. i. 350, 14 (in Dict.). with (negative) clause Se munuc gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hwæþre hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde monachus audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr.

locc

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Þá tær hé his loccas heófende and wolde hine sylfne ádrencan, Hml. S. 30, 180. Add

luflíce

(adv.)
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Gr. 158, 9. of specen Mid þám þe luflíce sprecað heora nýhstum cum his qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo, Ps. Th. 27, 4. Ðá munecas hit mǽndon lufelíce ( complained in courteous terms) him, Chr. 1083; P. 214, 18

on-cunnan

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For the last passage substitute: oncunnanne oncunnessa, Ps. Vos. 140, 4, and add Hí ealle bǽdon heora wóhnyssa forgyfennyssa, þæs þe hí þæs unrihtes hý oncúðan, Hml. A. 136, 670.

sam-wist

(n.)
Grammar
sam-wist, e; f.

A living together, cohabitation, matrimony

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Th. 137, 27; Gen. 2280. Þeáh his líc and gǽst hyra somwiste, sinhíwan , gedǽled (-de?), Exon. Th. 160, 9; Gú. 941. Somwist, 172,28 ; Gú. 1150. Samwista contubernia, Hpt. Gl. 416, 27: 520, 54

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolfa fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas ábrecan Jóhton, tólýsan líc and sáwle, and ðonne tódǽlan werum wiste fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 297; An. 149

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Th. 118, 134. applied to a thing personified: Hió (day) sceal wreccan láste hámleás hweorfan, nó þý heánre bið, Rä. 40, 9. reduced to a low position or condition, brought low, rendered abject, humbled Ic sceal heán and earm wadan wræclástas wuldre benémed

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(a β) where the verb on which the clause depends has an object, to which the clause is in apposition :-- Árece ús þæt gerýne, hú þú eácnunge onfénge, Cri. 75.

ge-bringan

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</b> where the point reached is given by an abstract noun :-- Hú hé ꝥ Hú hí mihton hine deáþe gebringan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 32. to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c., cause to be in such and such a state, &amp;c.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggonwaincarriagevehicleCharles' wain

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Ðæt hig nymon wǽnas (plaustra), Gen. 45, 19, 27. with special reference to what is carried, in the phrase wægnes, wægna gang, the going to fetch wood, v.

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Th. 70, 20: Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 1; Víd. 105. Ne biþ him hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostilitya place where hostility is shewn

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Ðú hafast þurh ðín orlegu ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen, wiðsæcest swíðe ðínum brýdguman thou hast by thy hostile proceedings acted contrary to the judgement of wise men, dost reject too violently thy suitor, 248, 17; Jul. 97. a place where hostility

Linked entry: or-læg

cyne-stól

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-stól, es; m. [cyne royal, seól a seat, stool]

A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capitalthronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis

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We becórnon to ðam cynestóle, ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes we came to the royal city, where the temple of the Lord was built, Andr. Kmbl. 1332; An. 666.

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Dúnsétan] gesetton this is the ordinance which the witan of the English race and the counsellors of the Welsh nation established among the inhabitants of the mountains of Wales, L. O. D. pref; Th. i. 352, 2. Be Wentsǽtum and Dúnsǽtum.

hynden

(n.)
Grammar
hynden, e; f.
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groups of ten tithings and [in each such group] one chief man [hyndenman] who may admonish the ten [chiefs of tithings] to the common benefit of us all; and let these eleven keep the money of the hynden to which they belong, L.

Linked entry: hynden-mann

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Þrowigean þreániéd micel fýres wylm to suffer much torturing violence, the fervor of fire, Cd. Th. 229, 7; Dan. 213. Þreánýd þolian, Beo. Th. 573; B. 284: Exon. Th. 187, 1; Az. 28. Þreánéd, 270, 12; Jul. 464.

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonnesslicentiousnesslasciviousnesslust

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L 32 ; Th. ii. 428, 33. Nýtena willa nánum óþrum þingum nis áðenod bútan gífernesse and wrannesse pecudum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio, Bt. 31; Fox 112, 8

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.