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á-bisgian

(v.)
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Ðá hwíle ðe ðá ǽmettan ymbe ðá stédan ábisgode beóð dum formicae circa eos occupatae sunt Nar. 35, 15. wiþ, to employ against Hé wið ðone here ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; P. 37, 8. with acc. of time, to employ time in a pursuit Munecas ðe heora cildhád habbaþ

Linked entry: a-bysgian

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Gif hit on ǽnegum men ǽnige hwíle fæstlíce wunaþ, Bt. 8; F. 26, 4. Hí nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ swelca swelce hí ǽr tó cóman, 11, 1; F. 30, 28: Bl. H. 171, 27. Hé fæstlíce (pertinaciter) wiðsóc, Gr. D. 190, 15.

ge-sund

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eall ꝥ deórwyrþoste þætte þú þé besorgast hæfde si quad in omni fortunae tuae censu pretiosissimum possidebas, id tibi divinitus illaesum atque inviolatam servatur, Bt. 10; F. 28, 9. where danger is escaped, safe, of persons Þ hé hine gemundbyrde þá hwíle

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, e; f.

An ornament a decorationjeweltrappingequipmentarmourimplement

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Hwílum mec áhebbaþ hyrste míne sometimes my trappings [wings] raise me up, 103 a; Th. 390, 1; Rä. 8, 4: 103 b; Th. 392, 16; Rä. 11, 8: Th. 392, 24; Rä. 12, 1.

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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Hwílum mid folmum [hé] mæt weán and wítu, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 22; Sat. 714. to measure out, mark off, assign the bounds of a place Se geleáfa and seó lulu mǽton ðone stede hwǽr hió drihtnes tempel rǽran woldan, Prud. 80.

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.
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Hwílum biþ gód wærlíce tó míðanne his hiéremonna scylda ( vitia ), Past. 21, 1; Swt. 151, 9. a debt, due Ryhtlícor cweðan ðæt wé him gielden scylde ðonne wé him mildheortnesse dón justitiae debitum potius solvimus, quam misericordiae opera implemus,

Linked entry: GYLT

for-wiernan

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Seó wrǽnnes bið ǽlcum men gecynde, and hwílum ðeáh hire biþ forwerned hire gecyndes ðurh þæs monnes willan gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit, interdum coercet voluntas, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 13. (3 a) to hinder, prevent a person (acc.) :-- Búton

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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D. i. 279, 15. the subject an animal Gif him þince ꝥ hé hundas geseó and hí hine grétan, beorge him wið his fýnd, Lch. iii. 172, 21. the subject a thing that has a painful or destructive effect Hwílum cnysseþ ꝥ sár on þá rib ... hwílum becymð on þá

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ðæt is nú hraðost tó secganne, ðæt ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne ða hwíle ðe ic lifede, 17 ; Fox 60, 14. Sægd is, ðæt . . . , Blickl. Homl. 61, 16.

fundian

(v.)
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Gegaderade Phtolomeus micle fird ongeán him þá hwíle þe hié tógædere*-*weard fundedon . . ., Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 5.

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Lightinconsiderablequickreadynimblefickleeasy

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Hwílum ða leóhtan scylda beóþ beteran tó forlǽtenne aliquando leviora vitia relinquenda sunt, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 7. Hý habbaþ swýðe lytle scypa and swíðe leóhte they have very little ships avid very light ones, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 8.

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Gif ... hit ðam abbode rǽd þince, swá hwilcne swá se abbod geceóse mid geþeahte ðara bróðra ðe God ondrǽdaþ, sette ðæne him tó práuoste.

Linked entry: prófast

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Hwílum ýða ic sceal underhnígan, 386, 29; Rä. 4, 69. to submit to what is laborious or painful, be subjected to evil, undergo punishment, etc., Grammar under-hnígan, with acc. of that which is undergone Ðonne hí ða scandlícan lustas ðisses middangeardes

ge-sǽlan

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Th. 166, 20. the subject not expressed Hwílum us on ýðum earfoðlíce gesǽleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515

hreówsian

(v.)
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Hwílum him ðyncð ðæt hé hæbbe fierst genógne tó hreówsianne modo adhuc tempus subsequens ad poenitentiam pollicetur, 415, 35.

hruse

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hruse, l. hrúse,
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the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, earth Hrúsan bið heardra, Rä. 81, 30. earth as one of the four elements Ligeð him behindan hefig hrúsan dǽl (cf. sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12), þeáh hit ( fire ) hwílan

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Hwílum teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne draw at times with a cupping-glass or horn, L. M. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 200, 13. Sete horn on ða openan scearpan put a cupping-horn on the open scarifications, 1, 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 21.

hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Swá hwilcne swá hí tó hospe habban woldon hí cwǽdon be ðam ðæt hé wǽre Samaritanisc whomsoever they wished to hold up to contempt, they said of him that he was a Samaritan, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 32.

Linked entry: hyspan

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Hwílum hleápan léton on geflit faran fealwe mearas at times they made their fallow steeds run, contend on the course, Beo. Th. 1733; B. 864, Hé á wæs gangende and hleápende ambulans et exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 23.

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Hwílum ðæt drige dríft ðone wǽtan sometimes the dry drives away the wet, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 97; Met. 29, 48. Seó sǽ, útflówende, gerýmde þreóra míla dríes færeldes the sea, flowing out, made room for a dry passage of three miles, Homl. Th. i. 564, 18.