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cnidest

(v.)
Grammar
cnidest, cnist, he cnit

kneadest,kneads

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kneadest, kneads; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of cnedan

stæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-here, g. -her(i)ges; m.

A marauding bandpredatory army

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A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Héh[þe] verticem, i. cacumen, 384. Heáhðo culmina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 2.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrdan, herdan, hierdan; p. de

to emboldenencouragebrace

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Tó ðam wáge geság heafelan onhylde hyrde ðá géna ellen on innan to the wall he sank, bowed his head, yet within did he brace up his strength, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 15; Gú. 1244. Hyrde hine georne diligently encouraged him, Wald. 1; Vald. 1, 1.

climan

(v.)
Grammar
climan, ðú climst, he climþ; clomm

to climb

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to climb

ifig

Grammar
ifig, l. ífig, and add: [íf-ig if-hég. Cf. O. H. Ger. eba-hęwi]
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Ífeg edera, Txts. 60, 392. Ibæi hederam 112, 44. Ífig eder, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 3. Þæs blacan ífiges croppan, Lch. ii. 248, 21: 268, 3. Hifia crop hederarum corimbos, An. Ox. 115. Íuia, 7, 17

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

gracesafe keepingpreservationsafety

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Substitute: watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to persons Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481.

for-fón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surpriseclutcharrestseizevehementer căpĕreimprōviso adventu căpĕreprehendĕreapprehendĕredeprehendĕre

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Næbbe his ágne forfongen [hæbbe his ágen forfangen MS. H.] let him not have forfeited his own [let him have forfeited his own, MS. H.], L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 6. to take violently or by surprise, clutch, arrest, seize; vehementer căpĕre, imprōviso

Linked entry: fore-fón

here-nes

(n.)
Grammar
here-nes, -nis, -ness, e; f.

Praise

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geearnode ðæt ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit audire, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 35

Linked entries: here-word hærenes

dripest

(v.)
Grammar
dripest, dripst, he dripeþ, dripþ

strikest, strikes

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strikest, strikes; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of drepan

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Ða ðe ðǽr hínþ those whom he subjects there, 33, 2; Swt. 218, 19. hermcweðend hýneþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5.

Linked entry: hénan

here-téma

(n.)
Grammar
here-téma, -týma, an; m.

A leader of an army, of a peoplea rulergeneral

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Ðá cwæþ hwæs sunu is hit ðá cwæþ se bisceop mínes heretéman then said he 'whose son is it ?' Then said the bishop 'my prince's' [?], Shrn. 130, 9. wearþ tó heretéman he became general, Elen. Kmbl. 20; El. 10

Linked entry: -tíma

capian

(v.)
Grammar
capian, he capaþ; p. ode; pp. od
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To turn, incline oneself; vertere, se inclinare Capaþ he up he turns upwards, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 3; Lchdm. iii. 266, 23

byrst

(v.)
Grammar
byrst, he byrþ bearest, he bears, produces; facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran

sporu

(n.)
Grammar
sporu, a heel.
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and add spearn hine mid his spuran hunc calce pulsavit, Gr. D. 254, 27

féhan

(v.)
Grammar
féhan, ðú féhst, he féhþ

to takeseizecaptāre

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to take, seize; captāre, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 16: Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 1; Rä. 28, 9

Linked entry: a-féhþ

Aldhelm

(n.)
Grammar
Aldhelm, Ealdhelm, es; m. [aid=eald old; helm an helmet i]

ALDHELM bishop of SherborneAldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus

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ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne; Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus Hér Aldhelm be westan Selewuda bisceop forþférde here [A. D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2

Linked entry: Ealdhelm

heóp-bremel

Grammar
heóp-bremel, l. heóp-brémel,
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here-býme

Grammar
here-býme, l. here-bíme,
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Herebýme classica, tubas, An. Ox. 50, 21. Herebýmum classibus, 2602. and add

here-toga

(n.)
Grammar
here-toga, -toha, an; m.

The leader of an army or of a peoplea generalduxconsul

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Twelf heretogan gestrínþ twelve princes shall he beget, Gen. 17, 20. De heretochiis, L. Ed. C; Th. i. 456, note a