dihtan
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Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias, Hml. A. 97, 162
fen
mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen
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Wæs ðæt lond . . . ádrígad and fen (fien, v. l.) and cannon and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Angl. iv. 157, 5. Mid sǽ, mid fænne, Bt. 18, l; F. 62, 23, 26. Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum, 18, 2; F. 62, 35.
feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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Add Feþere pluma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . .
hálsung
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. ¶ of a form of prayer used in the church service :-- Hálsung, þæt is Kyrieleison letania, R. Ben. 37, 1 : 38, 12. Hálsunge bén, þæt is Kyrieleison supplicatio letanie, id est Kyrieleism, 34, 2. (1 a) where the appeal is emphasized by an oath.
grénnes
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Substitute: greenness of grass, foliage, &c. Þǽre stówe grénnes ( uiriditas ) and fægernes, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 5. Grénnesse uiriditate (foliorum ), An.
neáh-lǽcan
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Add: with dat. or tó. of movement in space Hé ána beláf and neálǽhte tó þǽre stówe, Hml. S. 30, 105. Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr.
þencan
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Add Of þám dæge hig þóhton ꝥ hí woldon hyne ofsleán ab illo die cogitauerunt ut interficersnt eum, Jn. ii. 53. Hwilc eówer mæg þencende ( cogitans ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?, Mt. R. 6, 27. 1.
stípel
A tower
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Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende ðam stýple (stýpele, MS. D.) fut gehende he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 38.
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lygen
A lie ⬩ falsehood
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A lie, falsehood Ðǽr lyt geháta biþ ðǽr biþ lyt lygena where there are few promises, there are few lies, Prov. Kmbl. 7. Mid ligenum with lies, Cd. 25; Th. 31, 36; Gen. 496: 26; Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531: 28; Th. 37, 11; Gen. 588.
-mód
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v. ácol-, an-, án-, ǽttren-, ǽwisc-, blíðe-, deór-, dreórig-, eád-, eáð-, forht-, freórig-, gál-, gealg-, geómor-, gewealden-, glæd-, gleáw-, gúþ-, heáh-, heán-, heard-, hreóh-, hreówig-, hwæt-, irre-, láðwende-, leóht-, meagol-, meaht-, micel-, ofer-
gleng
An ornament ⬩ honour ⬩ ornamentum ⬩ decus
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An ornament, honour; ornamentum, decus Gifu gumena byþ gleng gift is an ornament of men, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 24; Run. 7. Alege nú ðíne glenga now put off thine ornaments, Ex. 33, 5, 6.
ge-lád
A way ⬩ path ⬩ road ⬩ course ⬩ via ⬩ trāmes
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Kmbl. 380; An. 190 : Exon. 51 b; Th. 179, 23; Gú. 1266
úht-líc
of early morning ⬩ matutinus ⬩ of matins
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Tó úhtlícum lofsangum ad matutinales laudes, Anglia xiii. 382, 243
west-ende
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Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30
wræc-full
Wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wretched, miserable Ðæt án líf is wræcful, ðæt óðer is eádig; án hwílwéndlíc, óðer éce, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 4. Besceáwiaþ hú wræcfull ðis andwyrde líf is, i. 488, 21. Fram ðisum wræcfullum lífe, 84, I: ii. 370, 19.
word-hord
A word-hoard ⬩ store of words
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A word-hoard, store of words Him Andreas þurh andsware wordhord onleác, Andr. Kmbl. 632; An. 316. Weges weard wordhord onleác, beald reordade, 1202; An. 601 : Beo. Th. 524; B. 259: Met. 6, l: Exon. Th. 318, 20; Víd. I.
hrycg
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Add: the spine of man or animal Hryg dorsum, bæc terga, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 43. Hricges spinę (draconis ), An. Ox. 2467. Geseah hé ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml.
tó-swellan
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Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod ei caput ac faciem tutudit totumque illius vultum tumentem ac lividum reddidit, 20, 31: 22, 19
wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Kmbl. 870; An. 435. Wæteregsa, 750; An. 375. Grendles módor wæteregesan wunian sceolde, cealde streámas Grendel's mother must live among the dreadful waters, the cold streams. Beo. Th. 2524; B. 1260. Cf. wæter-bróga
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on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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Onspeón, 1342; An. 671: Elen. 172; El. 86: Exon. Th. 247, 16; Jul. 79
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