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hláford-searu

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-searu, f. n.

Plotting against the life of a king or lord

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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie, síe his feores scyldig and ealles ðæs ðe áge of plotting against a lord. If any one plot against the king's life, let him forfeit his life and all that he owns, L.

Linked entry: hláford-swice

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Iudas cwæþ ðæt wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.

A kind of treewooda treea woodAbies

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ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt com tó ðære lytlan ysopan he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall (l Kings4, 33); Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.

Denisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Denisc, def; se Denisca; adj.

DANISH Dānĭcus

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Nǽron náwðer ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th 177, 3, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A.

Linked entry: Deniscan

Élíg

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg, e; f. [él = ǽl an eel, íg an island]

The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum

for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silencekeep silentsĭlentio prætĕrīretăcēreretĭcēre

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Ǽlc cræft biþ forsúgod, gif he biþ bútan wisdóme every craft it passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10, MS. Cot

hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
hefigian, p. ode.

to make heavyoppressgrieveafflictvexto become heavyto be aggravated or increasedto be burdened or oppressed

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Ðone mete ðe hine hefegaþ on his breóstum cibum, qui pectus deprimebat, 54, 1; Swt. 419, 29. Ða ðe mé hefigiaþ those who vex me, Ps. Th. 37, 12. Wæs heó eft hefigod mid ðám ǽrran sárum erat prioribus aggravata doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5.

Linked entry: a-hefigian

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Him is tó sellanne lactucas lettuce is to be given him, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 212, 7. Him is nyt ðæt hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.
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wunnon on Sicilie ( adversus Siculos ), 4, 5 ; Swt. 168, i9. gefór mid firde an Sicilie cum in Sicilia bellum gereret, Swt. 166, 6: 4, 10; Swt. 194, 3

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Áscuton þá gástas of ðǽre niwelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220.

cáfer-tún

Grammar
cáfer-tún, l. cafer-tún, dele 'DER. cífan,'
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Se biscop on his cafortúne hét him medmicel hús gewyrcan episcopus ei in conseptis ejusdem mansionis paruum tugurium fieri praecipit, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 21.

gladian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to be bright, shine, gleam (of polished metal) On him gladiað gomelra láfe, B. 2036. to be glad, rejoice Hwílon heó besárgað hyre líchoman sárnissa, hwílon heó gladað on gódum gelimpum, Hml.

on-bryrdness

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Gebǽd heó tó Gode mid mycelre onbryrdnesse, Hml. S. 7, 320: 26, 116. him mynster árǽrde mid munuclicere onbryrdnesse (with all the fervour of a monk), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 20. <b>II a.

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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ða lifre wǽten, Lchdm. i. 346, 23. wylle mid ðam seáwe his eágan hreppan and wǽtan, 128, 13. Wǽtan rigare, humectare, Hpt. Gl. 421, 54. Wǽtende humectans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 28: Lchdm. ii. 156, 20. Wǽtendum rorantibus, tingentibus, Hpt.

Linked entry: wǽtian

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.

ward, guard, watcha watch, a body of men keeping watchguardianship, protection, keeping

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Wærda excubias, Hpt. Gl. 476, 29. a watch, a body of men keeping watch besetton his birgene mid wearde, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 12. guardianship, protection, keeping Heora feorh generede mihtig Metodes weard, Cd. Th. 230, 18; Dan. 235.

bred

(n.)
Grammar
bred, es; pl. nom. acc. bredu; n.

A surface, plank, board, table, tabletsuperficies, tabula, tabella

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Lytle hus of bredan [ = bredum] small houses with tables, eating-houses, taverns; tabernæ vel gurgustia, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 12; Wrt. Voc. 37, 7.

Linked entry: brega

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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gesette þone gársecg on his goldhorde, Ps. Th. 32, 6. Þone wídgyllan gársecg. Hml.

twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatepartto prevent the joining of objevteto part what has been joinedto dividecause dissension aminy

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Man wite, ðæt þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibreden, (cf. (William and his wife) Chr. 1127; Erl. 255, 20), L.

á-secgan

to speak oututter a wordto tellnarrateto offer

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Hié bismra on hié selfe ásǽdon, Ors. 4, 4;S. 164, 5. Se man wandaþ þæt þá synna ǽfre ásecgge, Bl. H. 43, 18. Ásecggan þá lufan, 103, 19. Ðá yfel ásecgean oððe áreccean, Ors. 1, 8;S. 42, 7. with prep.