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stæþhlíplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stæþhlíplíce, adv.
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At a steep inclination Wæs ðæt hús ... on scræfes onlícnesse...; and gelómlíce ða stánas swá of óðrum clife stæðhlýplíce út sceoredon, Blickl. Homl. 207, 20. v. preceding word

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hú hit [ðæt hús] Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon how the Ring-Danes had occupied it [the house], Beo. Th. 235; B. 117.

Linked entries: ge-búdon ge-bún ge-bógian ge-búgian

cwic-súslen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-súslen, adj.
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12

Linked entry: súslen

þri-flére

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-flére, adj.

Having three floors ⬩ three-storied

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Having three floors, three-storied Ðæt gyftlíce hús wæs ðryflére,for ðan ðe on Godes gelaðunge sind þrý stæpas gecorenra manna, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 17

Linked entry: -flére

weoxian

(v.)
Grammar
weoxian, p. ode
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Hús gódian, rihtan and weoxian, 262, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. wisken tergere.]

sele-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
sele-gescot, -gesceot, es ; n.
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Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange oððe selegesceot si introiero in tabernaculum domus meae, 131, 3, 5, 7. Ðæt selegescot, hús tó wynne ( the body ), Exon. Th. 90, 28 ; Cri. 1481. Selegescotu tabernacula, Ps. Th. 77, 28.

swót

(adj.)
Grammar
swót, adj.
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Sweet Ðæt hús gefylled wæs of suót stenc ðæs smirinese domus impleta est ex odore ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3. Mid swótum wyrtum, Nar. 49, 8

feordian

(v.)
Grammar
feordian, p. ode; pp. od

To be at war ⬩ bellum gĕrĕre

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To be at war; bellum gĕrĕre Hí feordodan wið Ætlan Húna cininge they were at war with Ætla king of the Huns, Chr. 443: Erl. 11, 35

eald-dagas

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Be ðám ðe hit of ealddagum witan gerǽddan, Angl. ix. 259, 6. ꝥ > On ealddagum wæs án hús árǽred Gode tó lofe binnan þǽre byrig Gerusalem, Wlfst. 277, 13. Add

atul

(adj.)
Grammar
atul, adj.

Dire ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid

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Dire, terrible, horrid In ðæt atule hús into that dire house, Exon. 40 b ; Th. 136, 1 ; Gú. 534 : Andr. Kmbl. 106; An. 53 : Ps. Th. 118, 123

ceáp-ealeðel

Grammar
ceáp-ealeðel, l. ceáp-ealo-þelu (?). The passage cited occurs in a section headed 'Ut sacerdos tabernas fugiat.'
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Tabernae is glossed by lytle hús of bredan, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 7; as þel=plank, a word containing a derivative of it might have served to o

ǽrendung

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Th. 446, 3. earn. v. gang-ǽrendung, gemót-ǽrendung, hæf-ǽrendung, hors-ǽrendung, hús-ǽrendung, miltestre-ǽrendung

ceaster-ware

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-ware, -wara; -warum; m.

City-inhabitants, citizens ⬩ cives

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City-inhabitants, citizens; cives Wearþ Húna cyme cúþ ceasterwarum the coming of the Huns was known to the citizens, Elen. Kmbl. 83; El. 42: Andr. Kmbl. 3290; An. 1648

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6

slota

(n.)
Grammar
slota, an ; m.

A bit, morsel

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Gl. 587) drýge mid blisse ðænne hús full mettum mid sace melior est bucella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio, Scint. 153, 12

Linked entry: sloca

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.
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an attack, assault Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl.

ge-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽnan, to grant for a time,
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lend, lease land Wé habbað . . . gelǽned heom ðæt land of ðǽre strǽt ðe úre wæs heore hús on tó rýmende, ðá hwíle ðe hí libbeð . . . and æfter heore dæie hí gyfeð heore hús and heore land and úre Críste and Sancte Petre, C. D. vi. 209, 28-210, 7.

Crecgan ford

(n.)
Grammar
Crecgan ford, Creccan ford, es; m. [Hunt. Creganford: the ford of the river Cray]

CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano

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CRAYFORD, Kent; loci nomen in agro Cantiano Hér Hengest and Æsc fuhton wið Brettas in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Crecgan ford in this year [A. D. 457] Hengest and Æsc fought against the Britons at the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 457; Erl. 12,

Linked entries: Creacan ford Creccan ford

Cwat-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Cwat-brycg, cwat-bricg,e; f. [Ethelw. Cantbricge: Flor. Quatbrig: Hunt. Quadruge: Matt. West. Quantebridge] Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidi nomen in agro Salopiensi
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2. Sǽton hie ðone winter æt Cwatbrycge [Bricge, Th. 174, 10, col. 2; 175, 9, col. 1: Brygcge

Eofor-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wíc, Eofer-wíc, Efer-wíc, Euer-wíc, es; n. [Hunt. Eouerwic, Eouorwic, Euerwic: Dun. Eworwic: Hovd. Eboracum]

YORK ⬩ Ebŏrā*-*cum

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YORK; Ebŏrā*-*cum Seuerus ge-endode on Eoforwíc Severus ended [his days] at York, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 28, col. 1

Linked entries: Efer-wíc Eofer-wíc Euer-wíc

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