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scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

DARU

(n.)
Grammar
DARU, daro, e; f.

Hurt, harm, damage ⬩ damnum, noxa

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Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 17.

Linked entries: dæru daro dere

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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He thinks the form hettian [hættian] has no sense, but may it not be connected with hæt, as it was just that part of the head which the hat covered that was affected? It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind

frum-byrdling

Grammar
frum-byrdling, l. -birdling, and add: A youth, one whose beard has just come [cf. Icel. frum-vaxti just grown to full strength, in one's prime]

earfoþ-fere

Grammar
earfoþ-fere, l. -fére hard to travel, and for 'Scint. 10'
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére

for-lure

(v.)
Grammar
for-lure, 2nd sing. p. of for-leósan: for-lure would lose,
  • Chr. 81
    • ;
  • Erl. 8, 4: Past. 7, 1
    • ;
  • Hat. MS. 12 a. 5
    • ;
p. subj. of for-leósan.

hast lost ⬩ didst lose

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hast lost, didst lose. Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 30; Cri. 1399;

ge-helan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helan, he -heleþ, -hileþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover up ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occŭlere ⬩ tĕgĕre

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde, óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle te sĭlentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, dōnec sciam quid vēlit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 37.

Linked entries: helan ge-hileþ ge-holen

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea

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Ofer ðæt hǽð wið Cyblesweorðiges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 392, 5. Súð tó Ellewurðie, vi. 194, 11. Of ðam ealdan lace on Burhgeardesworðig, iii. 412, 12.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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Swá ða swát (but ii. 56, 15 has spátl), beóþ missenlícu, Lchdm. iii. 72, 28. <b>Ia.</b> that which exudes like sweat :-- Ðanne þeó brǽde geswáte nim ðæt swót when the roast meat sweats, take that which exudes, Lchdm. iii. 98, 17.

Linked entry: swǽtan

be-helan

(v.)
Grammar
be-helan, bi-helan; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ hill ⬩ cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ occultare

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To conceal, hill or cover over, hide; occultare Beo. Th. 833; B. 414 : Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25, note

Linked entry: bi-helan

-full

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-full, forming nouns. v. ceác-, hand-full, and cf. full; adj.

cancer-hæbern

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-hæbern, es; n. [cancer a crab, hæbern = hæb-ærn a place, dwelling-place]
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A crab-hole; caverna, cavernula D

Linked entry: cancer

ge-hǽre

Grammar
ge-hǽre, l. (?) <b>ge-hǽr.</b> Cf. ge-feaxe.

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godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16. Iúdas Machabéus

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The following words have either the same or an analogous meaning, both in English and Anglo-Saxon: Hám home, án one, bán bone, hán hone, stán stone, sár sore, ráp rope, lár lore, gást ghost, wrát wrote.

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
    • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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When the hot iron was used, a weight of one pound or of three pounds, according to the case, had to be carried nine feet.

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

leornesse

(n.)
Grammar
leornesse, [?]
  • Bd. 6, 5
    • ;
  • S. 527, 16
    • ,
other MSS. have geornesse.

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstain ⬩ restrain ⬩ abstinere

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To abstain, restrain; abstinere Ðú ne woldest ðé ahabban fram ðam húse ðæs forlorenan mannes noluisti te continere a domo perditi, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 36. Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab illo se certamine funditus abstineat

-iht

(suffix)
Grammar
-iht, an adjective suffix having much the same meaning as -ig, or as the Latin -osus, e.g. stǽniht : O. H. Ger. steinaht : Ger. steinicht petrosus. Icel. has a suffix -óttr.

a-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreðian, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a. [a, wreðian to support]

To support ⬩ underprop ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustentare

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He, mid his crycce hine awreðiende, hám becom he, with his crutch supporting himself, came home, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 18: Past. 17, 11; Hat. MS. 25 a, 20: Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 27; Gú. 295

Linked entry: wreþian

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