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hræd-ness

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Hé mid ealre hrædnysse onféng his ǽrran hǽle salutem pristinam citius recepit, 157, 14.

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink

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Hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. Hé fæste, swá ðæt hé ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste, 166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1. Nán ðing tó ðigenne ne on ǽte ne on wǽte nec quicquam cibi aut potus presumere, R.

spíwan

(v.)
Grammar
spíwan, p. spáw, pl.spiwon.

to spew, vomit, spit up ⬩ to spit ⬩ to spit

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Hé spáw blód, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Hé spáw his innoð út þurh his múð, Shrn. 66, 33. Ðonne man ða cild cwalde, ðonne spiwon hí ða meoloc, 33, 1. Hit eft spíwende, Blickl. Homl. 57, 7. with dat.

Linked entry: spiwian

dóm-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dóm-leás, adj.

Inglorious, powerless, hapless ⬩ inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus

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Inglorious, powerless, hapless; inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus Æðelingas gefricgean dómleásan dǽd nobles shall hear of your inglorious deed, Beo. Th. 5772; B. 2890.

dóm-setl

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-setl, es; n. [dóm judgment, setl a seat]

A judgment-seat, tribunal ⬩ trĭbūnal

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Se gerefa hét Iulianan út gelǽdan to his dómsetle the count bade Juliana be led out to his judgment-seat, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 16; Jul. 534: 68 a; Th. 252, 12; Jul. 162. On his dómsetle pro trĭbūnāli, Mt. Bos. 27, 19

huntung

(n.)
Grammar
huntung, e; f.

Hunting

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Gyrstandæg ic wæs on huntunge heri fui in venatione, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 3. Hwæt ðést ðú be ðínre huntunge? Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó quid facis de tua vexatione? Ego do regi quicquid capio, 25-7. Of huntungum de venationibus, Rtl. 118, 39

un-besmiten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besmiten, adj.

Undefiled ⬩ unpolluted ⬩ unsullied ⬩ pure

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Gif heó unbesmiten ( impolluta ) tó him cyrre, L. Ecg. Addit. 12; Th. ii. 234, 6: Nar. 41, 11. Ðæs unbesmitenan líchaman úres Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 113: Blickl. Homl. 155, 32: 3, 15: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 69: 23 b, 503.

Linked entry: be-smítan

wíd-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-síþ, es; m.
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A far journey, long travel Módor ne rǽdaþ, ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld wídsíð sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Wérig winneþ, wídsíð onginneþ, Exon.

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.

ofer-lǽfan

(v.)
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[ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick. Lev. 25, 46.] to be left over Ꝥte oferhlǽfeð quod superest, Lk. L. 11, 41. [There ouerlafte not con non superfuit ne una quidem, Wick. Ex. 8, 31.]

hæle

(n.)
Grammar
hæle, es; m.

A man, brave man, hero ⬩ a man

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A man, brave man, hero [a word occurring only in poetry] Fród hæle the aged man, Cd. 62; Th. 74,14; Gen. 1222. Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met.

of-wundrod

(n.; adj.; part.)

astonished

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Seó cwén wæs tó ðan swíðe ofwundrod, ðæt heó næfde furþor nǽnne gást, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 18. Maria and Ioseph wǽron ofwundrode ðæra worda, i. 144, 15. [Wurþen men swíðe ofwundred and ofdréd, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, I.]

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.

fræfel-líce

(adv.)

Cunningly ⬩ craftily ⬩ wantonly

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Gl. 405, 50) sollerter, curiose, Frefelíce hiene gesóhte seó cwén mid þrím hund wífmonna tó þon þæt heó woldon wið Alexander ... bearna striénan regina, excitata suscipiendae ab eo subolis gratia, cum trecentis mulieribus procax invenit.

frum-cirr

Grammar
frum-cirr, -cerr, -cyrr.

first time ⬩ at once

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Take here frum-cyrr and Add: definite, first time as opposed to second, third, c. Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll.

GÁT

(n.)
Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOAT ⬩ capra

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He asyndrode twáhund gáta sepărāvit capras ducentas, Gen. 32, 14. Gáta hús a goat-house; caprīle, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 112; Wrt. Voc. 58, 27. Gáta loc an enclosure for goats, Wrt. Voc. 288, 20. Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21.

georn-full

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Martha wæs geornful þæt heó þon Hǽlende tó gecwémnesse þegnode, Bl. H. 67, 28. <b>II a.

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean

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Hé ðyder folc samnode, Cd. Th. 230, 5 ; Dan. 228 Hié here samnodon, Andr. Kmbl. 2250 ; An. 1126. Wé somnadon ł geadredon ða colligimus ea, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 28. Sommas (somnigas, Rush. ) ða ðe hiá gelǽfdon. Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 12.

Linked entry: samode

ge-efenlǽcan

to imitate, ⬩ To act as another has done ⬩ to do what another has done ⬩ to act in accordance with a rule followed by another ⬩ to be like, resemble ⬩ to put on a level with, compare

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Þæt hé mid dǽdum úres Drihtnes stefne geefenlǽce þe þus be him sylfum cwyð, 26, 6. of a thing, to be like, resemble Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðǽre misenlicnysse hyre blóstmena for þý þe is geðúht ꝥ heó þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleó

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy

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Hí on God ǽnne heora hyht gesetton they placed their hope on God only, 185, 15: Ps. Th. 113, 20.

Linked entry: hiht