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sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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A hall Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan under hrófsales Exon. Th. 435, 3; Rä. 53, 2. Gæst yrre cwom, ðǽr wé sæl weardodon, Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075. Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ, 4520; B. 2264.

Linked entries: sel sales salor

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Hí héton mé ( the cross ) heora wergas hebban, Rood Kmbl. 62; Kr. 31. of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit Under ðæm stáne wæs niccra eardung and wearga, Blickl. Homl. 209, 34. Wé sceolun þrowian weán 7 (and; prep. ?

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn,es; n.

A store-house, store-room, treasury

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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.

ǽr-morgen

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From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. From ǽrmergenne (-morgene, MS. E.), Chr. 538; P. 16, 12. Ǽrmergen mane, Wrt. Voc. Ii. 58, 65. On ǽrmergen, Ps. Th. 5, 3. On ǽrmorgenum in matutinis, Ps. L. 72, 14. Add:

médum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
médum-ness, e: f.

worthdignitykindnesscondescensionappreciation of worth in others

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Gé underþiódaþ eówre héhstan medemnesse under ða eallra nyðemestan gesceafta vos dignitatem vestram infra infima quæque detruditis, 14, 2; Fox 44, 34. Ðæt gé nǽfre swá heálíce medumnesse ( the priestly office ) ne forwyrcen, L. E.

sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorcan, p. swearc, pl. swurcon; pp. sworcen.
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Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum, woruld miste oferteáh, Exon.

be-helian

(v.)
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Ðæt hié hié gehýden and beheligen under ðǽm ryfte ðǽre leásunga, 239, 25. Behýd and behelod mid ðǽre eorþan, Bt. 15; F. 48, 25. Ðá triówa ðe ðé sindon opene, hí sindon git mid manegum óþrum behelede, 7, 2; F. 18, 4.

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Dict. under hrafn ], Chr. 878; Erl. 81, 3. Hrefnes briddum pullis corvorum, Ps. Th. 146, 10. His sunu hangaþ hrefne tó hróðre his son hangs a solace for the raven, Beo. Th. 4887; B. 2448.

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

seawater

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Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630. Lagu lácende the tossing water, Andr. Kmbl. 873; An. 437. Lyft and lagu [cf.

á-beran

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Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c. Ábere se borh ðæt hé áberan scolde, L. Edg. ii. 6; Th. i. 268, 9

hæleþ

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Tírfæst hæleð. . . bisceop se góda . . . ðám wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 9. expressing courtesy in address Nú þú miht gehýran, hæleð mín se leófa, Kr. 78 : 95 : El. 511. a man Nǽnig manna wát, hæleða under heofenum, Sal. 60.

nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
nǽdl, e; f.

A needle

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Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1.

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Lamenting, complaining, complaint Hwí biþ elles swelc seófung and swelce dómas unde forenses querimoniae ? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 16. Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25.

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Gé underþiódaþ eówre héhstan medemnesse under ða eallra nyþemestan gesceafta, 14, 2; Fox 44, 34. On ða neoþemestan helle wítu, Blickl. Homl. 185, 6

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

rand-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
rand-beáh, -beág, es; m.
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Under þiccum randbeáge subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Randbeág testudinem, Hpt. Gl. 423, 58. Randbeágum umbonibus, 424, 6 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 45

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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For the teóðung of a hide, see the last passage given under teóðung, <b>I b.</b>

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástwerd ongeán ða heofenan ; ac seó heofen[e] is strengre and ábrét hí ealle under*-*bæc westweard mid hire ryne; and is for ðí mannum geþúht swilce séo sunne and ða foresǽdan tunglan gangon westweard.

Linked entry: eást-weard

cyning

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S. 25, 729. v. æfter-, eást-, under-cyning, and cyneg in Dict

sál

(n.)
Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)

a rope, cord, line, bonda reinthe loop which forms the handle of a vesselthe fastening of a doora necklace, collar

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The word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 11. the fastening of a door Repagulum sál[-panra?], Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 3. Sále repagula, ii. 119,4 . a necklace, collar Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég vel [sweor?]sál collarium, 134, 49.

Linked entries: sweor-sál salpanra

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captiveone taken and enslaved, a slave, servanta prisoner, bondmanjoinedvinctus, captivus

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Under hæftum amid the captives, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 9; Sat. 319. one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant Ðá bebohtan bearn Iacobes Ioseph ðǽr hine grame hæfdon tó hæfte in servum venumdatus est Ioseph, Ps. Th. 104, 15.

Linked entry: hæftan