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pere

(n.)
Grammar
pere, peru, an ; f.
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A pear Seó peru hoc pirum, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59. Pere, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 59. Healfreáde peran crustumie vel volemis vel insana vel melimendrum, 39, 25. (Cf. hec volemus ae permayn-tre, 191, col. 2 : hoc volemum ae permayne, 192, col. 2.)

Linked entry: peru

swara

(n.)
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in áþ-swara Ðes áðswara hoc jus jurandum, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 88, 6

Linked entry: áþ-swara

ofer-swógan

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Add: v. swógan; <b>II,</b> and see ofer-hón

for-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽtan, p. te

overheat

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To make too hot, overheat Se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lch. ii. 244, 8

Linked entry: hǽtan

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Homl. Th. i. 50, 35. Hú micele swíðor how much more? 68, 24. On hú manegum wísum is Godes weorc? Boutr. Scrd. 18, 14. Hú fela se hǽlend him dyde quanta sibi fecisset ihesus, Mk. Skt. 5, 20.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ge-þýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýdan, p. de; pp. ed

To joinassociatesŏciāre

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Us is swíðe mycel nédþearf ðæt we us geþýdon to úrum hálgum gebedum there is very great need for us to betake ourselves to our holy prayers, Blickl. Homl. 133, 8. Wit sceoldan beón tosamne geþýdde we had to be joined together, Shrn. 39, 19.

Linked entry: ge-þeódan

ge-reónian

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

To conspire, ordain, frame, deviseconspirare, concinnare

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Æfter manegum dagum gereónodon ða Iudeiscan hú hí done Godes cempan acwellan sceoldon after many days the Jews conspired how they were to kill that champion of God, Homl. Th. i. 388, 5

Linked entry: reónian

nón-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
nón-tíd, e; f.

The ninth hour

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The ninth hour On undern, on midne dæg, on nóntíde, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 9

ge-bícnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bícnung, e; f. [ge-, bícnung a sign]

A presagesignpræsāgium

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A presage, sign; præsāgium Þurh heofenlícere gebícnunge. through a heavenly sign, Hom. Th. ii. 306, 7

Linked entries: ge-beácnung bícnung

ǽ-melle

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-melle, adj.

Insipid

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Insipid Insipidun, quod saporem non habet, hoc est unmeagle sive ǽmelle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 37

Linked entry: -melle

mægen-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-strang, adj.

Strong in power

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Strong in power Hú ðú mǽre eart mihtig and mægenstrang how great thou (Christ) art, how mighty and strong in power, Hy. 3, 21; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 21. Ðú eart se miccla and se mægenstranga, 3, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 38.

weardere

(n.)
Grammar
weardere, es; m.

One who holds a country, an inhabitant

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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.

Linked entry: wærtere

hwanan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; adv.

Whence

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Hwanun wát ic þis unde hoc sciam? Lk. Skt. 1, 18. Hwanone sceoldest ðú specan on Hebréisc how should you speak in Hebrew?

Linked entry: hwonan

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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thereon Hé com tó ðam treówe, sóhte wæstm ðǽron, and nǽnne ne gemétte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 1. Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl.

Linked entry: on

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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a defence Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built, Exon.

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, es; m.
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Passage money Sciptol naulum (cf. a schyppes tolle hoc naulum, 274, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49

Linked entry: toll

in-trepettan

(v.)
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to trip, dance, hop Intrepetan subsaltare, Ld. Gl. H. 37, 197. [O. H. Ger. trepizente quadrupedante.] Cf. treppan

Linked entry: trepettan

preóst-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-gesamnung, e; f.
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29

bi-hongen

(v.; part.)

behung, hung round

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behung, hung round, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 1; Seef. 17; Similar entries pp. of bi-hón

clacu

(n.)
Grammar
clacu, e; f.
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Hurt, harm, injury Sceal áspringan wíde and síde sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10

Linked entry: clæc-leás