snáw-gebland
A snow-storm
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wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret, in summo Apennino tempestate correptus, nivibus conclusus obriguit; ubi
snás
A spit, skewer ⬩ a skewer ⬩ a score
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Án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga una serta; a number of fish or other things run on to a stick Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 9. Snásum veribus ii. 91, 37: feribus 148, 7
solor
An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum
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Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house
Linked entry: solere
sorh-leás
free from anxiety or care ⬩ secure ⬩ free from sorrow
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Ne sculon wé nǽfre sorhleáse beón, ac symble úrne deáðes dæg beforan úres líchoman eágum settan, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 22. Wé gedóþ eów sorhleáse securos vos faciemus, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14. Þeóf, ðe on þýstre færeþ, sorgleáse hæleð forféhþ, Exon.
speld
- Avow. of Arthur,'
- Halliwell's Dict.
A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet
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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26.
ge-smeágan
To search ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ scrutari ⬩ cogitare
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Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 21; Wrt. Voc. 55, 25
ge-spanan
To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ incite ⬩ persuade ⬩ induce ⬩ draw ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ incitare ⬩ persuadere ⬩ inducere
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Gif he ða cwéne gespanan [gespannan, MS.] and gelǽran mihte, ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes si reginæ posset persuaders ejus uti connubio, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 29. Gespeón persuadebat, 2, 15; S. 518, 26.
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Ðæt ys gereht on úre geþeóde quod est interpretatum, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 23: Mk. Skt. 5, 41: 15, 22: Homl. Th. i. 194, 1: Past. pref; Swt. 5, 13; Hat. MS.
Linked entry: ge-þióde
hilt
Hilt, ⬩ handle
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Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon] Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand, Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677. Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan hylte the sword with the silver hilt. Chart.
hilde-wóma
The crash and rush of battle.
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And. u. El. xxx
Linked entry: wóma
hilde-wrǽsen
A chain used to secure those taken in war [?].
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A chain used to secure those taken in war [?]. Salm. Kmbl. 586; Sal. 292
Linked entry: wrǽsen
híne
domesticos,
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., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound? In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]
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hittan
To hit upon, ⬩ meet with
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To hit upon, meet with Ðá com Harold úre cyng on unwær on ða Normenn and hytte hí begeondan Eoforwíc æt Stemford brygge then our king Harold came upon the Northmen unexpectedly and met with them beyond York at Stamford bridge, Chr. 1066; Erl. 201, 26
hlæd-hweol
A wheel used in drawing water; ⬩ antlia,
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A wheel used in drawing water; antlia, Cot. 9, 101, Lye
hlæd-trendel
A wheel used in drawing water; ⬩ rota hauritoria,
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A wheel used in drawing water; rota hauritoria, Hpt. Gl. 418
Linked entry: hlæd-hweól
hláford-dóm
Dominion, ⬩ lordship
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Se ðe on láreówes onlícnesse ða þénenga ðæs ealdordómes gecierþ tó hláforddóme qui ex simulatione disciplinæ ministerium regiminis vertit in usum dominationis, 17, 9; Swt. 121, 24
Linked entry: hláford
hlinian
To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest
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Án ðæra leorning cnihta hlinode on ðæs hælendes bearme erat recumbens unus ex discipulis ejus in sinu iesu, Jn. Skt. 13, 23. Æt ðæm uferran ende Drihten hlinode Domino desuper innitente, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 20.
hlimme
A torrent
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Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres torrentem pertransivit anima nostra, 123, 4: 125, 4
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Se uncer hláford hlýdde ðǽr úte that master of ours was vociferating without, Shrn. 43, 14. Hlóh and hlýdde he laughed and clamoured, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Ðá hlýddon hig and cwǽdon at illi invaliscebant dicentes, Lk. Skt. 23, 5.
hlyt
A lot, ⬩ portion
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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris, Ps. Th. 15, 6. On handum ðínum hlyt mín in manibus tuis sortes meæ, Ps. Spl. 30, 18.