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scild-wyrhta

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On Manléfes gewitnesse, and on Leówerdes Healta, and on Sweignes scyldwirhta, Cht. Th. 638, 21. Add

hǽle

(n.)
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hǽle, an; f.

Health, safety

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Health, safety On gode standeþ mín gearu hǽle in Deo salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 7

Linked entry: ge-hǽle

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
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un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... ná tó ungehealtsume (-heald-, in one MS. ), Homl. Ass. 47, 575

hǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To heal, make whole, cure, make safe, savesanare, salvaresanare, curare, salvare

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To heal, make whole, cure, make safe, save; sanare, salvare Ys hyt álýfed tó hǽlenne on restedagum si licet sabbatis curare, Mt. Bos. 12, 10. Earm heora ne hǽlþ hig brachium eorum non salvavit eos, Ps. Spl. 43, 4.

land-hláford

(n.)
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land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfumhealfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H.

Linked entry: hláford

ge-magian

(v.)
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to become strong, recover health Sé þe gelíð raðe hé hamacgað ( q.v.) (convalescet ), Lch. iii. 184, 21. (?)

Linked entry: hamacgað

wan-hǽle

(adj.)
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wan-hǽle, ; adj.
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31

Linked entry: wan-hál

lǽce-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-cynn, es; n.
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The race of physicians or surgeons Nǽfre [ic] lǽcecynn on folcstede findan meahte ðara ðe mid wyrtum, wunde gehǽlde never could I find on the battlefield the leeches, those who with herbs my wounds would heal, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 20; Rä. 6, 10

bíge

(n.)
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bíge, es; m.

A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a cornerflexus, sinus, angulus

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A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner; flexus, sinus, angulus Se engel eóde into ánum nyrwette, ðe he ne mihte forbúgan on náðere healfe, forðamðe ðǽr nán bíge næs angelus ad locum angustum transivit, ubi nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram poterat

munt

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Chr. 1095 ; P. 231, 23. special, the Alps Tó Longbeardna londe and tó þǽm londum on þá healfe muntes regnum Longobardorum et alias terras quae sunt ultramontana, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 26

hæfen

(n.)
Grammar
hæfen, e; f : hæfene, an; f.

A haven, harbour, port

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A haven, harbour, port Of ǽiðre healfe ðare hæfene from either side of the harbour, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 5. Ic ann ða hæuene on Sandwíc I grant the port of Sandwich, Th. Chart. 317, 21.

wan-hǽþ

(n.)
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wan-hǽþ, e ; f.
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Defective health, weaknes, sickness ]þurh wanhǽlðe per inbecillitatem, Scint. 54, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. wana-heilí debilitas.]

eall

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eall, <b>. I 1 a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Man déle æal healf ꝥ yrue, C.D. iii. 273, 5. <b>I 2.</b> add :-- He hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. <b>II 3 a.</b> dele Nar. 9, 10, and add :-- Him eall þá eágan floterodon, Hml. S. 23, 655. Add

hord-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hord-loca, an; m.

A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind

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Heald hordlocan hyge fæste bind keep thy thought's treasury, fast bind thy mind, 122 a; Th. 469, 16; Hy. 11, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1342; An. 671

feórþa

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Feórðe healf geár se deófles man ríxað, Wlfst. 197, 14. genealogical: Feórþa fæder proavus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 22. Feórþa sunu abnepos, ii. 4, 73. Feówerðe dohter abneptis, i. 51, 74.

hú-hwega

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Nóht feor . . . ꝥ is húhwega (swilce, v. l.) on óþere healfre mile fæc, 5, 2; Sch. 556, 4. (1 a) of extent :-- Þá þá ꝥ weorc húhugu (hwæthwugu, v. l.) healf wæs geworht cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 225, 10. of time measurement

Donua

(n.)
Grammar
Donua, indecl. f.

The river Danube Danŭbius = Δανoύβιos

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On óðre healfe ðære eá Donua on the other side of the river Danube, 1, 1; Bos. 18, 31, 43

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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In juxtaposition, close to an object Sió filmen . . . is on óðre healfe brád, ge hríneð ðǽre sídan, on óðre is ðám innoðe getang, Lch. ii. 243, 21.

sundor-notu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-notu, e ; f.
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-Gif ceorl geþeáh ðæt hé hæfde sundornote on cynges healle, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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He wolde wyrcan þá healle on eástdǽle, and þá óðre gebytla bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... and wynsume búras, 36, 98. a bedchamber Búr þrybeddod triclinium, Wrt.