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feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Add: idolatry, an idolatrous practice Arrianus se gedwolbiscop næfde hús ꝥ hé mihte his feóndgyldes symbelnesse (solemnia sua) inne gedón, Gr. D. 234, 11. Mið fiónd*-*geldum tormentis, Mt.

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

wealh-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-hafoc, es; m.

A foreign hawk a gerfalcon herodius

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Wealhhafoces hús herodii domus, Ps. Spl. 103, 19. Ða fugelas nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes ), Nar. 16, 13. Wealhhafeca falconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23

síþ-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-wíf, es ; n.
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A noble lady On sumes síþwífes (gódes wifes, 2nd MS.) húse in domum inclytae matronae, Nar. 49, 9

ge-sib

Grammar
ge-sib, <b>; I.</b>
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Ne talien gé eówre mágas ( parentes) eów gesibbran (propinquiores ) þonne þá þe mid eów wuniað on Godes húse, Chrd. 89, 20. Add

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, e; f?

FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stableseptum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum

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Fald oððe hús be wege stăbŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 85, 72

Linked entry: falod

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.
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Se fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ, and gewícaþ ðǽr sylf in ðam solere in that upper chamber (its nest ), Exon. Th. 212, 2; Ph. 204

Linked entry: solere

spédlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
spédlíce, adv.
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Successfully, efficaciously, powerfully, in a manner which produces a result Him spédlíce spearuwa hús begyteþ the sparrow succeeds in finding a house for itself, Ps. Th. 83, 3: 105; 2. Dó mé spédlíce cuicne quicken me effectually, 118, 154.

gát

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Gáta hús caprile Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 12. Gáta loc titule, 122, 41, Mid gǽtena (gǽtenum, v. l., with a later gloss gotene) smerwe, Lch. i. 178, 18. Þá gǽt, Wlfst. 288, 4. the word occurs in local names, e. g.

egenu

(n.)
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A husk, chaff Gewrid, egenu oððe scealu glumula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23

hláf-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-weard, es; m.

A stewardmajor-domo

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A steward, major-domo, Hé sette hine on his húse tó hláfwearde (printed hálf-) constituit eum dominum domus suae Ps. Th. 104, 17

Linked entries: healf-weard hláford

hulu

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Prud. ... 439' substitute Hulu siliqua, Germ. 390, 63. Cornbǽrum eára scale, hule, egle granigera spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412. Hulæ, 2, 41

þurh-þráwan

(v.)

to twist through

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to twist through [Se wǽte of húse dropaþ on stán ... and ðane stán þurhþurleþ and þurhþreáwþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 11]

un-gewidere

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Hé ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Gé mín hús dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum, Blickl. Homl. 71. 20. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálíc biscop sitte (cf. ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian, 144, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 146, 28.

of-hreósan

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Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843

tó-sleán

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Syndon hús tóslægene (-slag-) eversae domus, 134, 8. Add Hé tóslóh (tóbræc, v.l.) þá locu þǽre cyste claustra arcae comminuit, Gr. D. 64, 14. Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9.

fretan

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Th. ii. 326, 40.Þá þe freotas (deuorant ) hús widwana. Mk. R. 12, 40. of animals Ðæt ilce ðæt se hund áspáw, hé hit eft frit, Past. 419, 30. Fryt devorat, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 31.

niht-langes

(adv.)
Grammar
niht-langes, adv.

For the night

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For the night Ic bidde eów ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse and ðǽr wunion nihtlanges, Gen. 19, 2. [Ne moste nihtlonges istonden, Laym. 15504.]

un-hálgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálgod, adj.

Unhallowedunconsecrated

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Gif preóst on unhálgodon húse mæssige, L. N. P. L. 13; Th. ii. 292, 16

Linked entry: un-gehálgod