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yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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For rihtwísnysse hé sceal habban andan tó hira yfele, Past. 12; S. 75, 14. Beó nú on yfele, noldæs ǽr teala, Cd. Th. 310, 26; Sat. 733. Ic syngade and mycel yfel beforan ðé ic gedyde, Blickl. Homl. 87, 30. Leahtra gehwylcne, yfel unclǽne, Exon.

Linked entries: efel eofel

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Hát ðú mé ánne heáhne tor getimbrian order a high tower to be built for me, Blickl. Homl. 183, 3. Hé ásette míne fét on swíðe heánne stán, ðæt ys on swýðe heáh setl statuit super petram pedes meos, Ps. Th. 39, 2.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Hit is for seofon and feówertigum wintrum, þæt ic of ðære hálgan byrig út fór, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 516. where it further explains a noun in the main clause Ðæs gástes wæstmas synd ða gódan ðeáwas, þæt se man lufige God ... and beó gesibsum, Homl.

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick vivus

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Teón ða wæteru forþ swimmende cynn cucu on lífe producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, Gen. 1, 20: Ex. 22,4. Hí cwico nǽron they were not alive, Exon. 24b; Th. 69, 36; Cri. 1131. Cwicu quick [living], pl. nom. n. Ps. Th. 108, 24.

cwéman

(v.)
Grammar
cwéman, part.cwémende ; p.de; pp. ed ; v. a. dat.

To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy placere, satisfacere

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Nǽnig man scile orþances útabredan wǽpnes ecgge, ðeáh ðe him se wlíte cwéme no man should draw forth the weapon's edge without a cause, although its beauty please him, Salm. Kmbl. 332; Sal. 165.

Linked entry: cwǽman

FÝR

(n.)
Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.

FIREa firehearthignisfŏcus

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Him befóran fóron fýr and wolcen fire and cloud journeyed before him, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 18; Exod. 93 : 169; Th. 212, 9; Exod. 536 : 192; Th. 239, 22; Dan. 374. Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr.

Linked entries: fír fýryn

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Hwæðer ðe ðín eáge mánful ys forðam ðe ic gód eom an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum? Mt. Kmbl. 20, 15. Hwæðer cweþe wé ðe úre ðe ðæra engla shall we say ours or the angels? Homl. Th. i. 220, 20. Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí numquid ego sum?

ge-endung

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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr.

hár

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Voc. ii. 128 25. of frost, hoar: — Hwílum hára scóc forst of feax[e], Rä. 88, 7. of stone (cf. ræg-hár Ofer hárne stán, B. 1415 : An. 843. a. the word occurs often as epithet of stones and trees used as boundary-marks Tó ðám háran stáne; of ðám stáne

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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[It is not always possible to distinguish between forms that belong to hol and those that belong to holh ; some of those here given to the former may belong to the latter.] a cave, pit, deep place in water Hool vorago Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 13.

æfterra

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æfterra, æft(e)ra; cpve.: æft(e)resta; spve.

latter hinder, lower latterlastnext, following second

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Hér endað sió forme bóc and onginð sió æfterre, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 12: 1, 7; S. 36, 26. Ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse regenerationis Past. 85, 15. Ðæs æfteran sealmes capitul, Ps. Th. 2, arg. On ðǽre æfteran míle fram Róme, Bl. H. 193, 19

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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Forðam forlǽt se man fæder and móder and geþeót hine to his wífe quamobrem relinquet hŏmo patrem suum et matrem et adhærēbit uxōri suæ, Gen. 2, 24: Mt. Bos. 19, 5.

lecgan

(v.)
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D. lay; 43) on lást lecgan to follow Wesseaxe forð ondlongne dæg on lást legdun láþum þeódum, Chr. 937; P. 108, 3

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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Sió eá forþ mid micle flóde [m. or n.] út on ða sǽ flóweþ the river flows forth out to the sea with a great flow, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 20: Cd. 8; Th. 10, 15; Gen. 157: Andr. Kmbl. 1907; An. 956: Exon. 103b; Th. 392, 3; Rä. 11, 2.

Linked entry: flóde

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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v. trans. generally with a preposition : to draw out or away, pull out, lead out, pluck, draw; abstrahere, extrahere, ejicere, educere, trahere, ducere For ðam ðe he wolde ateón ðé fram Drihtne quia voluit te abstrahere a Domino, Deut. 13, 10.

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Ic nát for hwý gé ða tída swelcra bróca swá wel hergeaþ I know not why ye praise so highly the times of such miseries. Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31. Hergaþ, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375.

Linked entry: hergan

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Wið foredum lime for a broken limb, 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 22, 26. Ne biþ nán tó ðæs lytel liþ on lime áweaxen, Soul Kmbl. 192; Seel. 96. Ic nán lim onstyrian ne mihte I could not stir a limb, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 26.

Linked entry: leomu

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen
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Ia. figurative, to sleep, be inactive, be motionless :-- For hwí slǽpst ðú, Driht-en? Ps. Th. 43, 24. Ðæt mód slǽpþ ðæs ðe hit wacian sceolde, and wacaþ ðæs ðe hit slápan sceolde. Past. 56; Swt. 431, 27.

Linked entry: slápian

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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For ðam wyrðlícan propter dignitosam (innocentiae palmam, Ald. 72), Hpt. Gl. 521, 64. Weorþlícne sige vere laudandum victoriam, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3.