helde
Allegiance ⬩ fealty
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Heanrig ofer sǽ fór on ðæs cynges heldan Henry went over sea as liege man of the king, 1095; Erl. 231, 9
BOLCA
The gangway of a ship ⬩ forus navis ⬩ the cargo of a ship
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He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305
dóm-setl
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wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Kmbl. 1259; An. 630. Wrǽtlícra, ǽnlícra and fægerra, Exon. Th. 357, 12; Pa. 27. Heó wæs on sangum wrǽtlícre, ðonne heora ǽnig ǽr wǽre, Homl. Ass. 127, 365
hæleþ
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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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and add Hé hígode oððe tilode nititur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 69. Hîgien wê contendamus, 24, 36.
ǽlc
all ⬩ any
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Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum, Met. 25, 12. adjectival Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. combined with án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6.
setl
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&para; a stall for animals :-- On ðam (in the ark) ðú scealt gerýman rihte setl ǽlcum eorþan tudre, Cd. Th. 79, 1; Gen. 1304. <b>II a.
á-lǽdan
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Álǽd translatus, portatus, An. Ox. 5, 35
folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174.
alýfed-líc
Allowable ⬩ expeditus
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Allowable; expeditus Alýfedlíc þing an allowable thing; fas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 67
awul
an awl ⬩ fuscinula vel tridens,
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an awl; fuscinula vel tridens,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 78; Wrt. Voc. 27, 8
daroþ-æsc
An ash-dart ⬩ jaculum fraxineum
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An ash-dart; jaculum fraxineum Daroþæsc flugon ash-darts flew, Elen. Kmbl. 280; El. 140
earg-faru
A flight or shooting of an arrow
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A flight or shooting of an arrow. Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 26; Jul. 404
efne-cuman
To convene ⬩ convĕnire
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To convene; convĕnire Efne-cómon to him conveniēbant ad eum, Mk. Rush. War. 1, 45
embeht
An office, serving ⬩ ministērium
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An office, serving; ministērium Ymb oft embehte circa frĕquens ministĕrium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 40
Linked entry: ambeht
eorþ-búend
An earth dweller, inhabitant ⬩ terricŏla
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An earth dweller, inhabitant; terricŏla Eorþ-búend. Ps. Th. 65, 1: 101, 13 : 118, 4
-es
Abraham's God
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In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe
fird-cræft
A war design ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio
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A war design, an expedition; expĕdītio Mid hiora firdcræfte by their expedition, Num. 22, 4
Linked entry: fyrd-cræft
for-spreca
one who speaks for another ⬩ an advocate
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one who speaks for another, an advocate, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 5