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HÉLA

(n.)
Grammar
HÉLA, hǽla, an; m.

The HEEL

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Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6.

Linked entry: hǽla

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Motion, disturbance, agitation, commotion, storm Hroernis michelo geworden wæs in sǽ motus magnus factus est in mari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Gást hrýrenesse ł stormes spiritus procellæ, Ps.Lamb. 106, 25. Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54.

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde lest any man say that I wrongfully decided against my kinsmen (nephews), Chart. Th. 486, 27

meolcian

(v.)
Grammar
meolcian, p. ode.

to milktake milk from an animalto give milkto suckle

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to milk, take milk from an animal Se geþyrsta men meolcode ða hinde and dranc ða meolc, Shrn. 130, 4. Nán wíf hire yrfe ne meolcige, bútan heó ða meolc for Godes lufan syllan, Wulfst. 227, 10.

Linked entries: melcan milcian

mid-winter

(n.)
Grammar
mid-winter, es; m.

Mid-winterChristmas

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Mid-winter, Christmas Gif se (seo, MS.) mid-winter biþ on Wódnesdæg, ðonne biþ heard winter and grim ... Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ...

Linked entry: winter

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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A bed for a corpse Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse ' I shall die in my nest ' (A. V.), Exon. Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf.

Linked entry: nió-bedd

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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Hwǽr synt ða nigone (nygene, MS. A : nigona, Lind. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18.

óþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-scúfan, to push (intrans.)
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away, move away Hé geséceþ (-aþ, MS. ) Syrwara lond corðra mǽste.

be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, goinjicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.

Linked entries: be-scuton be-scýt

ge-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorh, gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n.

A defenceprotectionrefugetuĭtiorefŭgium

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Wolde he ðám gebeorh gewarnian ðe he heora láre onféng vŏlens scīlĭcet tuĭtiōnem eis, quos et quōrum doctrīnam suscēpĕrat, præstāre, 2, 5; S. 506, 30, MS. B

gehát

(n.)
Grammar
gehát, es; n.

A promisevowpromissumvotum

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Ðæt ic mín gehát hér agylde ut reddam vota mea, Ps. Th. 60, 6. Gehát gehét votum vovit, 131, 2 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 8

ge-leógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leógan, p. -leáh, pl. -lugon; pp. -logen

To liebeliedeceivementīrefallĕre

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In. 13; Th. i. 110, 10, MS. B. Him seó wén geleáh hope deceived him, Beo. Th. 4636; B. 2323 : Andr. Kmbl, 2150; An. 1076. Gelugon hý him they deceived themselves, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 27; Hy. 4, 56

Linked entry: ge-leáh

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, p. ode; pp. od

To rob, steal, spoil

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To rob, steal, spoil Gereófage diripere, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 27. Secgaþ ðæt his ðegnas gereáfodan his líc on us and forstǽlan say that his disciples robbed his body from us and stole it away, Blickl. Homl. 177, 29. Gereáfydon diripiebant, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: -reáfian gereófage

setlung

(n.)
Grammar
setlung, e; f.
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a taking of a seat, a sitting down Ðú understóde setlunge míne and ǽriste míne tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam, Ps.

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.

wiþ-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon

To be obstructiveobjectoppose

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Similar entries Cf. wiþ-standan Behét man him ðæt hé móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe hé ǽr áhte. Ðá wiðlæg (wiðcwæð, MS. D.) Harold, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 2.

yfera

(adj.)
Grammar
yfera, cpve.: yfemest; spve, adj. Upper, higher; of time,
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MS.) tó ðǽm nieðemestan, Past. 18; Swt. 134, 24

Linked entry: ufera

á-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
á-mǽran, -mǽrian; p. de
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To exterminate Ne wæs ǽnig cyninga ꝥ hiora landa út (úte v. l.) ámǽrde and him tó gewealde underþeódde nemo in regibus plures eorum terras, exterminatis indigenis, tributarias fecit, Bd. 1, 34; Sch. 104, 3.

feorh-ádl

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Full oft þá sweltendan men on heora feorhádle secgað beforan fela þinga swá hit æfter ágǽþ plerumque morientes multa praedicunt, Gr. D. 296, 21. Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:

ge-sibling

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Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33. Gesiblingum contribulium, amicorum, An. Ox. 3, 3.