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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.

smicer

(adj.)
Grammar
smicer, adj.
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Windan manigne smicerne wǽn and manig ǽnlic hús settan and fegerne tún timbrian. Shrn. 163, 16. Hió bit ð æt hí findon twá smicere scencingcuppan intó beódern she asks them to provide two fair goblets for the refectory, Ch. Th. 536, 7.

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, l. ge-losian,
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To be lost, perish Gif ic forléto hiá fæstende in hús hiora, hiá gelosað (giloesigas, R., deficient) on woeg, Mk. L. 8, 3. Sunu mín gelosade (perierat) and gemoeted is, Lk.

heáh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-stede, es; m.
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A high place Ðenden ðǽr wunaþ on heáhstede húsa sélest whilst there in its lofty place the best of houses continues, Beo. Th. 575; B. 285

brigd

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Þæs deóres (the panther) híw blǽc brigda gehwæs beorhtra and scýnra the beast's hue, splendid with every bright and beauteous variety of colour, Pa. 26. Substitute

sáwel-leás

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Add Hé eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33

þrýþ-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-ærn, es; n.

A splendid hoitsea palace

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Hafa nú húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1318; B. 657

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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add: a visible display Twégen munecas bǽdon æt Gode sume swutelunge be ðám hálgan húsle ... Ðá gesáwon hí licgan án cild on ðám weófode ... hí þæt húsl ðygedon Gode ðancigende þsére swutelunge, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 14-22.

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.
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He hit [hús] gemét mid besmum afeormod invenit eam [domum] scopis mundatam, Lk. Bos. 11, 25; he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc.

Linked entries: bysm besema bisme

bígels

an archinclination

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Wyrcan twelf hús mid gódum bígelsum, Hml. S. 36, 99. Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2. inclination Bóh mid wógum áhyldne bígelse stipitem obliqua reclinem curvatura, An. Ox. 2228

cealf

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Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. v. cú-, hind-cealf; cealfa hús in Dict. Add

hrædlicness

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Cóm sum wíf mid miccle rædlicnysse yrnan of þám húse and cleopode ex aula mulier immenia velocitate currens clamabat, Guth. Gr. 105, 27. Add

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.
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What is wrapped about an object, a covering, husk. v. wríþan; : ge-wríþan; Gewrid glumula (cf. eára scalu spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man, 31, 1132. Manega hús hetelíce feóllon many houses fell with great violence, 15, 94. Þá fýnd hine úp geond þá lyft sume hwíle feredon, þæt hé on his fylle þý hetelícor hreósan sceolde, Hml.

tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon ; pp. -slegen
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Voc. ii. 136, 16. of material objects, to demolish, knock down a building þunor tóslóg heora hiéhstan godes hús aedes salutis ictu fulminis disfoluta est, Ors. 4, 2 ; Swt. 160, 18 : 6, 14; Swt. 268, 29.

ge-lóme

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Swá hé geornor and gelómor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. ¶ combined with oft :-- Sind freólsbricas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 164, 9 : Gen. 1670: Bl. H. 209, 14. Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add

brigd

(n.)
Grammar
brigd, es; n. [bregdan to change]
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A change, variety; varietas Ðæs deóres hiw brigda gehwæs wundrum lixeþ the animal's hue of every variety wondrously shines, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 9; Pa. 26

þeóh-seax

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-seax, es; n.
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Cf. hup-seax

windwig-ceaf

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-ceaf, es; n.
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A husk winnowed from the grain Windwig*-*ceafum paleis (the passage is : Non te hordeo alam, sed paleis et fame conficiam, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 464, 3

Linked entry: ceaf

for-lǽran

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Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4.