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be-limp

(n.)
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be-limp, es; n.
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On horse hwítum sittan belimp gód getácnað, iii. 202, 28. Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 7, 170. Ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs on þæs cyninges belimpum. Hml. A. 95, 124. Belimp (-limpas. An. Ox. 388) eventus (acc. pl. ), Hpt.

be-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-healdan, bi-healdan, ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hylst, he -healdeþ, -hylt, -hilt, pl. -healdaþ; p. ic, he , -heóld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden; v. trans. [be near, healdan to hold, observe] .

to hold by or nearpossessobserveconsiderbewareregardmindtake heedbehaveto meansignifytenereinhabitareservarecuraregerereto BEHOLDseelook onobservareaspicerevidere

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to hold by or near, possess, observe, consider, beware, regard, mind, take heed, behave, to mean, signify; tenere, inhabitare, servare, curare, gerere Heora ǽ to behealdenne to observe their laws Ors. 3, 5 ; Bos. 57, 21. Adam sceal mínne stronglícan

Linked entries: be-held bi-healdan

hræd-lic

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Add: quick, swift. v. hræd; Hyra hors mid swá hrædlicum ryne ( tanto cursu ) oferférdon þá eá swylce . . ., Gr. D. 15, 28. of time, coming soon to an end.

styreness

(n.)
Grammar
styreness, e; f.
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Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum styrenbessum ðara [h]leorna equus cessabat ab insanis membrorum motibus, 3, 9; S. 533, 39. a commotion, agitation, disturbance, perturbation, in a physical sense Styrnise michelo ( motus magnus ) geworden wæs in sae, Mt

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Hé geseah his hors ácyrred fram his wédenheortnesse ( a sua vesania immutatum ), Gr. D. 78, 16. Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

á-cwelan

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Ðá óðre (hors) wǽron hungre ácwolen, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25. Add

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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Swá hwilcne swá þæt hors mihte, hit slát and wundode hiora lima mid bitum, Gr. D. 78, 5. of the effect of cancer :-- Ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, Lch. i. 296, 22. fig. :-- 'Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, and ic beó þín bite ou helle.'

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: to watch Weardude seruauerat (vigil e speculis pernox seruauerat horam, Vit. Cuth. poet. 37, 13), An. Ox. 32, 9. Dele ge-wardod at end

forþ-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gyrd, fór-gyrd, es; m.

A fore-girdlemartingalethe girdle which passes between the fore-legs of a horse from the nose-band to the girthantelacingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur, crassius lōrum quo pectus, partim ad ornāmentum, partim ad firmandam sellam cingĭtur

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A fore-girdle, martingale, the girdle which passes between the fore-legs of a horse from the nose-band to the girth; antela [ab ante et telon, quod est longum, compōnĭtur, Du Cange, sub voce], cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur, crassius lōrum

Linked entries: fór-gyrd for-gyrd

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To alightapproachcome

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To alight, approach, come Gelíht of his horse desiliit ab equo suo, Gr. Dial. 1, 2. Ðá gelíhte se cuma then the stranger alighted, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 34. He gelíhte to ðæm hearge propiabat ad fanum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11.

rempan

(v.)

to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?),be precipitate

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to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), cf. gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastes, ), Wrt.

óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammationserysipelas.

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Wið hómum, nim gate horn . . . dó on ða hóman, i. 350, 17-20. Wið hómum (Óman, MS. O. ), báres scearn . . . ða hóman hyt béteþ, 360, 10-11

Linked entry: hóme

snáw-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
snáw-gebland, es; n.

A snow-storm

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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret

bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
bǽtan, p.te

To spread a coveringto saddle a horse

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To spread a covering, to saddle a horse Bǽttan straverunt (vestimenta sua,)Mt. 21, 8, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 7. Ongan his esolas bætan (stravit asinum suum,) Gen. 22, 3; Gen. 2866. Cf.

deór-fald

(n.)
Grammar
deór-fald, es; m.

A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deercervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus

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A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer; cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: fald

here-toga

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

The leader of an army or of a peoplea generalduxconsul

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Heora heretogan twegen gebroðra Hengest and Horsa duces eorum duo fratres Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 28. Heora heretogena sum ofslægen wearþ one of their leaders was slain, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 21.

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Ðá wearð his hors gesíclod, and feóll wealwigende geond ða eorþan ... Hé begann ðá tó gereccenne hú him on ráde getímode, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 178. Gif mon on mycelre ráde oððe on miclum gangum weorðe geteorad, Lchdm. i. 76, 4.

wyll

(n.)
Grammar
wyll, e; f.

Wool

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Wool Ða wylle and ða horna hý dóð heom tó nytnysse lanam et cornua in usum suum convertunt, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 31

Linked entry: wull

wyrttún-hege

(n.)
Grammar
wyrttún-hege, es;
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m, A garden-hedge Swá ꝥ furðon þǽr án ne beláf binnon þám wyrttúnhege ut ne una quidem intra spatium horti remaneret , Gr. D. 67, 18

ge-hófod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hófod, adj.
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Hoofed, having a hoof Þá þe synd gehófode on horses gelícnysse wǽron unclǽne, Hml. S. 25, 44

Linked entry: -hófod