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wíg-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-haga, an; m.

A phalanx

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A phalanx Hé mid bordum hét wyrcan ðone wíhagan, and ðæt werod healdan fæste wið feóndum. Byrht. Th. 134, 50 ; By. 102

á-súgan

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Ic hét hié gebindan ðæt hié on niht wǽron from þǽm wyrmum ásogone ut nocte a serpentibus consumerentur, Nor. 16, 26. Add

hengen

a crossa rack

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Laurence) hét áþenian on írenum bedde. Shrn. 116, 2) hét álýsan hine of ðǽre hengene, Hml. Th. i. 426, 21-35. here add Hengen ergastulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 60: 70, 15.

blysa

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hét ontendan blysan (blasan v. l.) æt his sídum, 14, 44. Add

wǽpen-leás

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Þá hét se árleáse healdan þone hálgan ꝥ hé wurde wǽpnlǽs (ungewǽpnod. Hml. Th. ii. 502, 14) þám hæðenum. Hml. S. 31, 117. Add

býdel

Grammar
býdel, l. bydel,
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Héte þú (Pilate) þýnne býdel hym swá ongeán cuman ?, Nic. 2, 15. Bydelum exactoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 43. Sende se cásere his bydelas and beád ꝥ man sceolde cépan crístenra manna, Hml. S. 23, 47

á-loccian

(v.)
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Hét hé sum his folc feohtan on þæt fæsten þæt hié mid þǽm þæt folc út áloccoden, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 3. Add

Linked entry: loccian

feccan

(v.)
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hét hí ardlíce feccan, Hml. S. 8, 39. Men gesóhton þone stede heora hǽle feccende, 26, 238. Dele: "p. feahte . . . feht," and add

lang-scip

(n.)
Grammar
lang-scip, es; n.
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11

timbran

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Add Hér hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande ... Þá fór Cradoc tó ... and ꝥ folc eall mǽst ofslóh þe þǽr timbrode, Chr. 1065; P. 191, 27

wín-fæt

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Hét hé Constantium . . . ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu (vini vascula) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 27. Add

tindiht

(adj.)
Grammar
tindiht, adj.

Having spikes or teeth,beaked

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Romanus) hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum tyndehtum, Shrn. 115, 25

Linked entries: tyndeht tindect tindig

ed-cenning

Grammar
ed-cenning, -cynning.
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Edcynninge hé hét þæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, on ðám beóð úre líchaman geed*-*cynnede tó unbrosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 23-27. Add

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]

A woman who bakespistrixa bakerpistor

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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford

Linked entry: bæcystre

balewa

(n.)
Grammar
balewa, an; m.

The baleful or wicked oneSatanSatanasDiabolus

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The baleful or wicked one, Satan; Satanas, Diabolus Swá inc se balewa hét as the baleful one desired you, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 11; Sat. 484

feárlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
feárlíce, adv.

Suddenly, quickly sŭbĭto

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Suddenly, quickly; sŭbĭto He óðre fyrde hét feárlíce abannan he commanded another army to be quickly summoned, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 6: 1120; Erl. 248, 12

iren-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
iren-smiþ, es; m.
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A blacksmith ' Hét ic hider lǽdan Stephanum þone írensmið (ferrarium )'. . . Stephanus se írensmið wæs forðféred . . . seó gefremednes Stephanes deáðes þæs írensmiðes, Gr. D. 318, 10-15

wód-lic

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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add

ge-langian

(v.)
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hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11. following the dat. Gelangode hé him tó his ercediácon, Hml. S. 31, 1387. Hé hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó, 3, 94.

ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór
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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2. 5; Swt. 80, 26