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bearhtm-hwíl

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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.

tó-sígan

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Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add

sǽ-mearh

(n.)

a sea-horse, a ship

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a sea-horse, a ship Ús bær heáhstefn naca, snellíc sǽmearh, Andr. Kmbl. 533; An. 267. Meahte gesión brimwudu myrgan, sǽmearh plegan, Elen. Kmbl. 490; El. 245. Fearoþhengestas, sǽmearas, 455 ; El. 228. Heáhstefn scipu, sǽmearas. Exon.

Linked entry: sǽ-hengest

ge-gifan

(v.)
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to give. to deliver, hand over Þá þám Godes mæn his ágen hors gegifen (ágifen, v. l.) wæs cum servo Dei caballus suus redditur, Gr.

Linked entry: gifan

þearf

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Add Wæs him þearf ꝥ him mon hors funde cui necesse fuit ut equus requiri debuisset, Gr. D. 183, 2. Add Þá sceoldon on siml beón winnende þǽr hit þonne þearf wæs. Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 20.

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944

hyrnetu

(n.)
Grammar
hyrnetu, hyrnet, e; f.

A hornet

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A hornet Hyrnet crabro, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 107; Wrt. Voc. 23, 63. Hyrnetu crabro, ii. 16, 25. Hurnitu, 105, 46. Ic ásende hyrnytta mittam crabrones, Ex. 23, 28

Linked entry: hurnitu

hús-bonda

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bonda, -bunda, an; m.
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Then Eustace got on his horse and his companions on theirs, and went to the man of the house and slew him, in his own home, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 35-40

Linked entry: bonda

middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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De officio sextae horae. Middægsang. On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7

nón-sang

(n.)
Grammar
nón-sang, es; m.

The service held at the ninth hournones

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De officio nonae horae (nónsang), Btwk. 216, 31 : R. Ben. 39, 19 : 40, 7. Nónsang wé singaþ nonam psallimus, Hymn. Surt. 60, 35

tó-brýsan

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His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add

horsian

(v.)
Grammar
horsian, p.ode

To horse, provide with horses

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To horse, provide with horses West Seaxe horsodon ðone here the people of Wessex provided the Danes with horses, Chr. 1015; Erl. 153, 1. Hé beád ðæt man sceolde his here metian and horsian, 1013; Erl. 148. 3: 1014; Erl. 151, 2

snáw-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-hwít, adj.

Snow-white

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Sittende on snáwhwítum horse ii. 134, 27. Snáwhwítne hláf Homl. Skt. i. 2, 405: 18, 164

hlúde

(adv.)
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hlúde, adv.

Loudly

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Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on uhtan ðonne on dægréd gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, Past. 63; Swt. 461, 2

be-háwian

(v.)
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Uton be-háwian be þám óþrum tídum de sequentibus horis videamus, R. Ben. 40, 21

wæter

(n.)
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wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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water Wæter aqua,hlúttor wæter limpha, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 17, 18. Wæter limphale, ii. 52, 19. Ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta. Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5. Blód fléwð ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Blickl. Homl. 237, 6. Byrneþ wæter swá weax, Exon. Th. 61, 23 ; Cri

ge-sceafan

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Hornes sceafoþan swiþe smale gesceaf, Lch. ii. 132, II. Gif hé þæs stánes gesceafenes hwilcne dǽl on wǽtan onféhð, 298, 6. Hýfa gescafenum getreagede telgrum tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, An. Ox. 255. Add

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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</b> :-- Hors wilde yrnan equos solutos currere, Lch. iii. 202, 32. <b>V a.</b> of people, uncivilized, uncultivated :-- Ær hé hét faran tó strǽtum and tó wícum, getácnigende ꝥ Iúdéa folc þe . . . on gehendnysse wǽron.

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6

gorst

(n.)
Grammar
gorst, gost, es; m.
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Ðá hét ualerianus gebindan ðysne ypolitum on wildu hors ðæt hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas then bade Valerian to bind this Hypolitus on wild horses that they might drag him into the brambles and thorns, Shrn. 117, 13.

Linked entries: gost georst