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letting

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Add: [In the passages from Lch. iii. letting glosses impeditio] : hindering, hinderance, impediment Hí ealle þyder inn onfangene wǽron bútan ǽlcere lettinge, þá wæs ic ána út ásceofen, Hml. S. 23 b, 414. Lættinge, 407.

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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Skt. i. 23, 102. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse (later MS. sárignesse) dormientes prae tristitiam, Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 22.

wel-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
wel-hwǽr, adv.

Everywheregenerallycommonly

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Voc. ii. 67, 22: vulgo 79, 36. Unriht gewuna welhwǽr is árisen Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 33. Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11.

Linked entry: wel-gehwǽr

hand-seax

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seax, es; n.

A short sword, daggera short sword, dirk

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Hæfdon handseax on heora handa habentes in manibus vomeres, 5, 13; S. 633, 16. Godes engel stód mid handsexe God's angel stood with a dagger, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 17.

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Chief town, capital, metropolis Forgeaf him wununge on Cantwarebyrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces heáfodburh he gave him a dwelling in Canterbury, that was the chief town of all his kingdom, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 31.

heáfod-panne

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-panne, an; f.

A skull

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Golgotha ðæt is heáfodpannan stów Golgotha quod est calvariæ locus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33: Jn. Skt. 19, 17. Heáfodpannena, stów, Mk. Skt. 15, 22. Hundes heáfodpanne a dog's skull, L. M. ex Quad. 13, 3; Lchdm. i. 370, 3: L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4

hosp-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hosp-sprǽc, e; f.

Contemptuous, insulting language

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Th. ii. 514, 11

sníwan

(v.)
Grammar
sníwan, p. de

To snow

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To snow Ic sníwe ninguo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 174, 8. Hit sníwþ ningit 22; Zup. 128, 17. Sníuuith, sníuidh ninguit Txts. 78, 669. Sníweþ Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 14. Ðá cwom ðǽr micel snáw and swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feoll Nar. 23, 13.

framlíce

(adv.)
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Take here fromlíce in Dict., and add Framlícae, fromlícae strenue, Txts. 96, 946. Fromlíce efficaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 2: 29, 12: perstrenue, 116, 62. Framlíce, 67, 71. Fromlíce nauiter,i. uiriliter ł fortiter, An. Ox. 738.

frum-cenned

first-bornprimitive

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Voc. ii. 68, 72. Similar entries v. next word

á-solcennys

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is ásolcennyss oþþe slǽwð on Accidia Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 296. Hí ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Voc. ii. 72, 35. Ic út gange ofer mínre burge weall transgrediar murum, Ps. Th. 17, 28 : Cd. Th. 90, 12; Gen. 1494. Ic cume ofer langne weg, 35, 13; Gen. 554.

on-drǽdan

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Hé ná syþþan ǽnige hyre yfelan weorc ondréd (-drǽd, v. l. ), Lch. i. 176, 2. Hit is ungecyndelicu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde, and suáðeáh hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, Past. 109, 11-13.

for-habban

(v.)
Grammar
for-habban, part, -hæbbende; p. -hæfde, pl. -hæfdon; impert. -hafa, pl. -habbaþ; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd; v. trans.

To hold inrestrainretainabstainrefraintĕnērecontĭnērecŏhĭbēreprŏhĭbēreabstĭnēre

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To hold in, restrain, retain, abstain, refrain; tĕnēre, contĭnēre, cŏhĭbēre, prŏhĭbēre, abstĭnēre Ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreðre he might not retain his wavering courage in his heart, Beo. Th. 2306; B. 1151: 5211; B. 2609.

cirm

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 150, 26: clangor, tubarum sonus vel vox tubae, 131, 52: clamor tubis, 126, 49: clangor (salpicum ), An. Ox. 1642. Ceorm, Hpt. Gl. 445, 12. Þǽra býmena cyrm, Hml. Th. ii. 202, 29. Se dæg is býman dæg and cyrmes, i. 618, 17.

eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m. n. (?).
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D. ii. 30, 33-36, 9. Cf.

geard

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Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1. an enclosure Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, C. D. iii. 400, 2. ¶ in the following either sense might be taken :-- On ðone mór; of ðám móre ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat, C. D. iii. 180, 27: vi. 219, 7.

holt

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B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt. wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?). v. gár-holt Holt capulus (armet dextram capulus ceu parma sinistram, Ald. 214, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 33: 20, 17

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówer heortan mid oferǽte in crapula 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19. Ða téþ ðe nú on oferǽte blissiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 530, 32. Hine wið oferǽt beorge, L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3. Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess.

Coludes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Coludes burh, burhg; gen. burge; dat. byrig; f.

Colud's cityColdinghamBerwickshireScotlandColudi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici

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Colud's city, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland; Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici Eóde Æðeldryþ on Æbban mynstre ðære Abbudissan, seó wæs Ecfriþes faðu ðæs cyninges, ðæt is geseted on ðære stówe ðe mon nemneþ Coludes burh Ædilthryda