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higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Is ǽlcum þearf ꝥ hé hígie eallan mægne æfter þǽre méde, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 16. on Ne hîgion hî on feohgafole usuris nequaquam incumbant, Chrd. 76, 32. tó. of movement Hé hîgode tó þǽre stówe ad locum tetendit, Gr.

hreód

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. ¶ the word forms part of many compounds in local names, e. g. hreód-bróc, C. D. iii. 79, 26: hreód-burne, 25, 18: hreód- íg, v. 121, 30: hreód-leáh, iii. 246, 19: hreód-mǽd, vi. 153, 9: hreód-mór, C. D. B. ii. 433, 29: hreód-pól, C.

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extentclear space, roomextension, clearance

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Eall ðæt rýmet ðe eówer fótswaþu on bestæpþ ic eów forgife omnem locum, quem calcaverit vestigium pedis vestri, vobis tradam, Jos. 1, 3. clear space, room Ðǽr næs nán rýmet on ðam gesthúse, Homl. Th. i. 30, 14.

Linked entry: rýmetleást

æt

(prep.)
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(cf. similar use in Gothic and Icelandic) :-- Æt þám gewordenan ǽfne, Nic. 10, 36. local where there is motion to an object Hié héton Ióhannes æt his mynstre gebrengan, Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 21: Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 1.

on-findan

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</b> to find that to which one is directed :-- Eftgeiorn tó bócum and . . . onfindes stówa recurres ad volumina et. . . reperies loca, Mt. p. 4, 7. Ðene fisc nim . . . and ðú onfindes. . . Mt. L. 17, 27.

níd

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mæssesanges, gif þæt nýd (néd, v. l.) ábǽdeð oððe symbeldæg gelimpeð oððe óðer sácerd in þǽre stówe ne bið non usque ad prohibitionem missarum sollemnia celebrandi, cum fortasse aut festus dies exigit, aut exhiberi mysterium (pro eo quod sacerdos alius in loco

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðæt fǽmna mynster on Brytene ꝥ is nemned on Bercingum (on Byrcingum, in Bercingum in loco qui nuncupatur in Berecingum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 383, 19), Shrn. 138, 2 Is swá þeáh gód weorc on þám gódan wordum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 25.

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S.

hwón

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Lch. ii. 32, 3: 124, 22 (in Dict.). adverbial, local, a little way Hine from eorða eft-lǽda huón eum a terra reducere pusillum, Lk. L. 5, 3. (1 a) in a phrase :-- Foerde þonan lytel hwón progressus inde pusillum Mk. R.

stán

(n.)
Grammar
stán, es; m.
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Lóca hwylce stánas hér synt, Mk. Skt. 13, 1. Holum stánum fornicibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 5. Ne tymbra ðú ðæt of gesnidenum stánum, Ex. 20, 25. <b>II b.

Linked entry: stán-weorþung

grówan

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Geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre (grówenre, v. l.) uidit unius loci spatium cetero campo uiridius, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. <b>II a.

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 10. local, at or i-s/>to a greater height Seó sunne stígþ ufor and ufor, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Saturnus wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Seó sunne is micle ufor (furþor, MS.

Linked entries: yfemest uferor

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15. Is sǽd ðæt ðæt land wéste ( desertus ) wunige, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27. Ball ( all of the earth ) ðæt on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 15. On wéstere (wéstre, v. l. ) stówe, Lk.

ge-tenge

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., and add: of local relations, close against. lying on or by, in contact with Eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon lichoman on eorþan, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 25) alia exiento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt, Met. 31, 7 þonne ic (a swan

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Voc. ii. 112, ii. local. to the place where the speaker is. with a verb expressing movement Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. Hú eódest þú hider (hidir, L.) inn? quomodo huc intrasti ?, Mt. R. 22, 12. Þæt ic ne cymo hider (hidder, L.), Jn.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Be ðære stówe staðole secundum positionem loci, R. Ben. 59, 1. Staðele, 88, 4. Se wyrtruma stille wæs on staðole, Cd. Th. 252, 21; Dan. 582: 251, 9; Dan. 561. Wé stódon on staðole, Rood Kmbl. 141; Kr. 71.

Linked entry: scaþel

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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On egeslícere stówe and on wídum wéstene in loco horroris et vastae solitudinis, Deut. 32, 10. Ofer wídne holm, Exon. Th. 296, 23; Crä. 55. Ofer wíd wæter, Beo. Th. 4937 ; B. 2473. Geond ðás wídan weoruld, Met. 8, 41. Ic hæbbe wíde wombe, Exon.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Martha in illo loco ubi occurrerat ei Martha, Jn. L. 11, 30. Geurnon him tuoege occurrerunt ei duo, Mt. L. 8, 28. Giurnon (gwurnun, L.) tógægnes him, Jn. R. 4, 51.

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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He gǽþ geond drige stówa ambŭlat per loca arĭda, Mt. Bos. 12, 43: Ps. Th. 65, 5. Se wyrcþ drige [dríe MSS. P. L.] wolcnu it makes dry clouds, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 2; Lchdm. iii. 274, 24.

heáfod

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hit swá be þínum heáfde and fóre hafað árǽded fata ita de tuo capite statuerunt, Nar. 29, 13. the head in reference to hair Eówres heafudes loccas, Mt. 10, 30. Heáfdes (heófdes, R.), Lk. 12, 7. Loc of heáfde, An. 1425. Of heófde iówrum, Lk.