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sáwel-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-þearf, e; f.
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What is necessary or beneficial for the soul Ic wes smeágende ymb míne sáulþearfe, Chart. Th. 474, 18

útan-landes

(adv.)
Grammar
útan-landes, adv.

Abroad ⬩ in distant countries

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Abroad, in distant countries Þeóda ðe eard nymaþ útanlandes gentes qui habitant fines terrae, Ps. Th. 64, 8

Linked entry: útan-bordes

hálgung-ram

(n.)
Grammar
hálgung-ram, m.

A consecrated ram

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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22

heáh-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdor, es; m.

A chief ruler

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A chief ruler Hí cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38

heald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
heald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Holding, keeping, observance

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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

heaðu-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-steáp, adj.

Standing out prominently in battle

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Standing out prominently in battle [an epithet of the helmet], Beo. Th. 2494; B. 1245: 4312; B. 2153

hiwe

(adj.)
Grammar
hiwe, adj.

Beautiful in form or colour,

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Beautiful in form or colour, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 8; Ph. 291: Th. 219, 4; Ph. 302

tó-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rinnan, p. -rann

To run in different directions ⬩ disperse

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To run in different directions, disperse (intrans.) Suelce hit eall lytlum ríðum tórinne, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 13

Linked entries: rinnan tó-irnan

ge-fær

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On gefere in profectione, Bl. Gl. Oð þára Israhéla bearna gefære of Egyptum, Angl. xi. 9, 8. Add

æl-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódig, æl-þiódig; adj.

Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ exterus ⬩ peregrinus ⬩ barbarus

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Ælþeódigra manna gisthús foreign men's guest house, an inn, Wrt. Voc. 58, 51. Ælþeódige men acwealdon advenam interfecerunt, Ps. Th. 93, 6.

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire

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To devise, search, invent; excogitare, perscrutari, invenire Leóhtor ðonne hit men mǽgen módum ahycgan more clearly than men may in mind devise it, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 20; Cri. 903.

Linked entry: a-hicgan

drig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
drig-nes, dryg-nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

DRYNESS ⬩ siccĭtas

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M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9. God gecígde ða drignysse eorþan vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, 1, 10. On drignysse in inăquōso, Ps, Spl. 77, 20.

Linked entry: dryg-nes

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness ⬩ sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus

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S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17. Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete it is bad that any one, at a lawful fast-time, eat before the time, 47; Th. i, 402, 23: L. Edg. C. 25; Th. ii. 250, 2

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum

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Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-resident ⬩ in aula sĕdens

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Ða ic Freáware fletsīttende nemnan hýrde whom I heard the court-residents call Freaware, 4049; B. 2022.

frox

(n.)
Grammar
frox, es; m.

A frog ⬩ rāna

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Ic sende froxas ofer ealle díne landgemǽro I will send frogs over all thy borders, Ex. 8, 2, 5, 8. Ðæt flód awylþ eall froxum ebulliet flŭvius rānas, 8, 3, 12

Linked entry: FROGGA

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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I. P. 22; Th. i. 332, 29

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage

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Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22.

Linked entry: ge-hæc

þurh-geótan

(v.)

to pour over ⬩ cover by pouring ⬩ to fill ⬩ saturate ⬩ to fill ⬩ imbue ⬩ inspire

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Ic mid ða líffæstan ýþe ðurhgoten wæs vitali unda perfusus sum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 18. to fill, saturate Ðonne se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déð, ðone wyrð ðæt wæter mid ðam hálgan gáste ðurhgoten, Wulfst. 36, 6. to fill, imbue, inspire : -