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ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
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Se geleáfa æfter gewunnenum sige gewuldorbeágað (coronat) ðá mihta, Prud. 10 b. Cynehelmas óþre gewuldorbeágiað serta alios coronant, Hy. S. 104, 23. Gewuldorbeágod on wurþmente decoratus honore, 47, 16. Ꝥ hé wǽre áfandod and gerihtwísod and gewuldorbeágod

hláfording

(n.)
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hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and

hleomoc

(n.)
Grammar
hleomoc, hleomoc, es; m. : hleomoce, an; f.

Brook-lime

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Brook-lime Hleomoc fafida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 3. Hleomoce hátte wyrt, seó weáxeð on bróce . . . gecnúwa þá hleomocan, Lch. ii. 92, 13-16. Nim lilian and hleomoc, 324, 13: 320, 14: 330, 5, 14, 3. Genim wád and hleomocan . . . wyl hleomoc and gearwan, 36

hécen

(n.)
Grammar
hécen, es; n.

A kid

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A kid: Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb . . . æfter þám ylcan gewunan nymað ꝥ hécyn, Angl. viii. 322, 10. Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant

hól

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Sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10. Stalu and cwalu, hól and hete, 129, 3: 268, 23. Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396. Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol

líc-þrúh

(n.)
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a tomb, sepulchre Þá eóde hé and his lícþrúh (sepulcrum) gegearwode . . . ' Seó þín lícþrúh eáðe unc bégen ymbféhð . . . þá on-týndon hí þá þrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þæs abbodes líchama hæfde áíylled ealle þá lícþrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þá fǽringa

mǽþ

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mǽþ, mowing.
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. hé máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,

sac-leás

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Add Æilsig, ðe ðá men bohte, nam hig and freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés, C. D. iv. 313, 11. Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, 314, 8. Her kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Gesfræg gebohte Gidið . . . tó .x. sciłł freoh and saclés

sand

Grammar
sand, sand.
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Add Sand sablum, An. Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande oþ norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 7, 162. of deserts Ðá férde wé þurh þá weallendan sond and þurh þá wǽdlan stówe wætres per feruentes arenas et

sárgian

(v.)
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Add Hé heom getǽhte swýðe smealíce (subtiliter) on gehwilcum stówum hwæt hí þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr. D. 148, 18. Hé nát hú smeálíce his dǽde sceolon beón gedémde beforan Godes eágum facta illius quam subtiliter judicentur ignorat, 337, 16. subtlely

tó-licgan

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Add Tó stybban snáde ðǽr ðá twégen wegas tólicgað, C.D. vi. 26, 31. On streám oþ þá laca tólicgaþ, Cht. Crw. 3, 12. Swá wíde swá wegas tólágon, An. 1236. Add Seó geogoð ná getanglíce né licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta

þorn

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Add: — Man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, Lch. ii. 106, 5. Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan

wíde

Grammar
wíde, <b>.
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III.</b> add Tóferdon þá apostolas wíde landes geond ealle þás world, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 6. <b>IVa.</b> add :-- Swá myccle má hit byþ beswicen in hwylcumhugu ánum þinge, swá myccle hit rúmor and wíddor byþ ábysgod on manegum wísum (quanto

wód

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Add: (l b) mad with anger, enraged Hé suwode ǽfre swilce hé ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, and hí þæs þe wóddran wǽron him tógeánes, Hml. S. 31, 978. Þá cóm þǽr fǽrlíce yrnan án þearle wód cú . . . þá geseah se hálga wer ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol

sceamleáslíce

(adv.)
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sceamleáslíce, adv.

Shamelessly, impudently

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Shamelessly, impudently Be ðám Sodomitiscum þe ongeán gecynd sceamleáslíce syngodon, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 38. Hí swíðe grǽdilíce eorþcundum lustum filigaþ and oft swíðesceamleáslíce on manna gesyhþe, R. Ben. 139, 28. Hié scamleáslícegielpaþ ðisses hwílendlícan

sceóness

(n.)
Grammar
sceóness, sciéness, scinness, scýness, scynness, e ; f.

Suggestion , persuasion, incitement

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Suggestion persuasion, incitement: — Seó scynnes biþ þurh deófol suggestio fit per diabolum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 13. On scynnesse, S. 497, 24. Mid scýnesse, S. 497, 10. Deófol mid hire (the serpent's) ðære yfelan sceónesse and fácne beswác ðone ǽrestan

Linked entries: sciéness scýan

wamm-dǽd

(n.)
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wamm-dǽd, e; f.

An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime

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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25. Him (David) sáwla Neriend secgan hét ymb his womdǽda Waldendes

wéde-hund

(n.)
Grammar
wéde-hund, es; m.

A mad dog

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A mad dog Gif wédehund man tóslíte, Lchdm. i. 86, 13. Wið wédehundes (cf. wódes [printed woden] hundes, 4, 8) slite, 78, 17 : 92, 12 : 138, 13: 198, 8: 370, 12, 15 : ii. 144, 9. Hé réþigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde (printed reðe hunde, but cf. wédende

hand-plega

(n.)
Grammar
hand-plega, an; m.

Fighting

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Fighting Heard handplega hard fighting, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 23; Exod. 327: 95; Th. 124, 3; Gen. 2057: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 25. Hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton ðonne Ulfcytel him tóbrohte they had never had more disastrous fighting in