healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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In Puttan ealh, C. D. iii. 383, 20. compounded with names of animals On nédderheal; of nédderheale, C. D. v. 270, 11: 281, 33. On calfhealas, iii. 385, 31. On horshealgæt, vi. 94, 14. gen. or cpd. of plant-growth On bærheal, of bærheale, C. D.
creópere
A CREEPER ⬩ cripple ⬩ serpens ⬩ clinicus
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A CREEPER, cripple; serpens, clinicus Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum the old church was all hung around with crutches and with cripples' stools Glostr. Frag. 12, 17
feóndulf
A felon ⬩ villain
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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:
in-fród
Very old ⬩ very wise
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Very old or very wise Hé him helpe ne mæg eald and infród ǽnige gefremman old and stricken in years he can afford him no help, Beo. Th. 4889 ; B. 2449. Him wæs wén ealdum infródum, 3752 ; B. 1874
godspell-bodung
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Iúdas Machabéus is eall swá hálig on ðǽre ealdan gecýðnysse swá swá Godes gecorenan on ðǽre godspelbodunge, Hml. S. 25, 682. Wé sceolan mid earfoðnyssum ꝥ éce líf geearnian, and seó earfoðnys ongan on ðǽre godspellbodunge, 16, 241.
slǽp-drenc
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A sleeping-draught Slǽpdrenc; rædic, hymlic, wermód, belone, cnuca ealle þá wyrte, dó in ealað, Lch. iii. 22, 27
geond-wlítan
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Hé his ágen weorc eall geondwlíteþ ( cuncta tuetur ) endemes þurhsyhð ealle gesceafta (cf. hé geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta ændemest, Bt. 41, 1; F. 244, 11), Met. 30, 15. Add
ge-fylledness
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Ben. 4, 24. fulfilment. v. ge-fyllan, (5 b) Seó níwe gecýþnis wæs gefillednys ealra þǽra þinga þe seó ealde gecýþnis getácnode tówearde be Críste, Ælfc. Gen.
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inwidda
Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious
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Swá se inwidda ofer ealne dæg dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne so the evil one [Holofernes] all through the day his men drenched with wine, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 20; Jud. 28. Ealle weleras inwiddæn universa labia dolosa, Ps. Spl. T. 11, 3.
Eorman-ríc
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 25; Deór. 21. Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18. Ic wæs mid Eormanríce I was with Ermanric,
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riht-gemet
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correct measure Wite se ealdor ꝥ hé hæbbe ealoð his rihtgemet habeat de ceruisa quantum de uino debuerat, Chrd. 15, 22
riht-hláfordhyldu
Fidelity justly due to a lord
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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum tó mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27
ge-hola
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Wé beóð þíne geholan, and ealne wæg þíne mid-sprecan, ne wé nellað ðé ámeldian, achit eall stillelǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 590. Add
stellan
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, to stand Ðonne cumaþ upplíce eoredheápas stiþmægen ástyred styllaþ embútan eal engla werod écne behlǽnaþ ðone mǽran Metod (cf. ðonne cumaþ ealle engla þreátas stíðe ástyrode standaþ ábutan eall engla werod écne ymbtrymmaþ ðone mǽran kyning, Wulfst.
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mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7; Som. 9, 9. Ða óðre ealle mǽst almost all the others, 9, 4; Som. 10, 24. Ealle mǽst ðás word, 30; Som. 38, 35. Similar entries v. má, and micel
eorþ-waru
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Add: Grammar eorþ-waru, -waru Eall eorðwaru, s. Grammar eorþ-waru, -ware Forhtiaþ ealle gesceafta, ge heofonware ge eorþware, Bl. H. 11, 4. Heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, 87, 10: Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 20.
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Ben. 22, 17 note. of religious or moral teaching, to preach, a person Scyppend ealra gesceafta, þone ic bodige, Bl. H. 187, 9. a doctrine, belief, & c. Manige men þá godcundan láre gehýrað, and him mon þá oft bodaþ and sægþ, Bl. H. 57, 19.
teón-líg
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Hurtful, destructive flame, of the conflagration at the last day Eall þreó nimeþ fýres wælm . . . teónlég somod bærneþ þreó ( earth, sea, and sky ) eal on án, Exon. Th. 60, 14; Cri. 969. Tiónlég, Elen. Kmbl. 2556; El. 1279
ge-pós
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and add Swá byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig; flegmata ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii. 299, 36