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hrægl

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Add: a garment, vestment Þynwefen hrægl levidensis (vestis ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 17. Hrægl peplum, An. Ox. 18 b, 74. Ðæt hrægl superhumerale, Past. 83, 22. Sceolde beón áwriten sió racu ðæs dómes on ðǽm hrægle ðe mon hǽt rationale . . . On ðǽm selfan

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave Weal murus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 35: Exon. Th. 281, 23; Jul. 650. Ofer wealles hróf super muros Ps. Th. 54, 9. Wealles rihtungþréd perpendiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 64. Seó heánnes ðæs walles

stán

(n.)
Grammar
stán, es; m.
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stone as a material Hig hæfdon tygelan for stán, Gen. 11, 3. Genim geoluwne stán take ochre, Lchdm. i. 374, 14. Se ðe ofer ðone stán ( supra petrosa ) ásáwen is, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 20. a stone, a piece of stone Se pitt wæs geheled mid ánum stáne ... Hig

Linked entry: stán-weorþung

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Add: Hoc caelum þeós heofen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 86, ii. the overarching vault of sky, the sky, firmament, Similar entries v. heofon-hróf, -hwealf Hé cwæð, 'Geweorðe heofen', and þǽrrihte wæs heofen geworht (cf. Gen. I. 6, 8),Hml. Th. i. 6, 1-2. Heofon biþ

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Add: of position Wæs feorhbealu fǽgum, sé þe fyrmest læg, B. 2077. Hé on þám folce fyrmest eóde, By. 323. where position marks importance Hí sécað ðæt hié fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum, Past. 27, 7. of rank Þá þe under Alexandre fyrmest wǽron, Ors

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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To sweep, trans, To sweep with a brush (lit. or metaph.) Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps. Spl. 76, 6. to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping Swápeþ sigeméce mid ðære swíðran

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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Take here examples under deóf-lic in Dict., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae

Linked entry: deófel-lic

dreórig

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Substitute: dreary, mournful, sad, sorrowful Dreórig maestus vel maerens, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 2: 83, 38. Se mann ðe bið dreórig, hé behófað sumes frófres, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 20: Wand. 25. Begann se wer dreórig wépan, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 13. Maria stód wið

ge-rím

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Add: number, measurement that determines how many Of geríme geteald (beón) laterculo dinumerari, An. Ox. 3227. Þa hig wǽron on gehríme scortum cum essent numero brevi, Ps. L. 104, 12. Heora tel oferstíhð sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 35. gerímes

hár

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Add: grey-haired with age, old Wæs fród cyning, hár hilderinc, on hreón móde, B. 1307: By. 169: Chr. 937; P. 108, 20. Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be

gár

a weapon with a pointed headan arrowthe heada wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Add: a weapon with a pointed head. where the use is uncertain Gár oft þurhwód fǽges feorhhús, By. 296. Þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan (cf. gripon under sceát werum scearpe gáras, Gen. 2064), An. 187. Gáras spicula, i sagitte, An. Ox. 2098. a weapon that

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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a foundation (lit. or fig.) (cf. staddle the bottom of a hay-stack, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. 15, 19) Staþol fundamen, Wrt. Voc. ii, 152, 15. Se fruma and se staþol eallra góda ðe of him cumaþ, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 4. Biþ Drihten úre se trumesta staþol, Blickl

Linked entry: scaþel

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Dele in Dict. first two passages under <b>I,</b> and the fourth under (v. IV. below), and add: intrans. To strive, contend, fight Gewon conflixit, i. certavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 23. of hostile action against a person Guðlác ána gewon, Gú

eardian

(v.)
Grammar
eardian, eardigan, eardigean, ærdian; part, eardiende, eardigende, eardende; ic eardige, ðú eardast, he eardaþ, pl. eardiaþ, eardigaþ; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

To dwell, live, feed habĭtāre To inhabit inhabĭtāre

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v. intrans. To dwell, live, feed; habĭtāre Heofenes fugelas eardian mágon under his sceade possunt sub umbra ejus aves cœli habĭtāre. Mk. Bos. 4, 32: Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 24; Rä. 85, 19: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Ps. Spl. 2, 4: 5, 5. Eardigan, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130

Linked entries: ærdian eordian

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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hanging Eode and hí sylfe áheng ... Se deóful hí tó hire ágenre hengene gelǽrde she went and hung herself ... The devil persuaded her to her own hanging [to hang herself], Homl. Th, ii. 30, 24. Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade

Linked entry: heng-wíte

mund-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).

protectionpatronageaidthe fine paid for a violation of mund

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protection, patronage, aid Mundbyrd suffragium, Ep. Gl. 24b, 32 : patrocinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 59 : ii. 66, 53 : 116, 3 : Hpt. 497, 59. Hé þancaþ Gode his mundbyrde, ðonne hé hine of hwylcum earfoþum álysed hæfþ, Ps. Th. 17, arg. Se ðe him écean Godes

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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an officer Geréfa oððe práfost prepositus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 67. Valerianus Decies práfest ðæs cáseres Valerian, officer of the emperor Decius, Shrn. 117, 12. Valerianus se práuost, 117, 16. Pharaones þénas swungon ða ðe bewiston Israéla folces ... Ðá

Linked entry: prófast

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Treasure, gold, silver, jewels Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde, sinc on cwéne, Exon. Th. 341, 17 ; Gn. Ex. 127. Sinc, gold on grunde, Beo. Th. 5522 ; B. 2764. Ða ðe seolfres beóþ since gecoste qui probati sunt argento, Ps. 67, 27. Gesáwon ofer since salo

ge-hreósan

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Add: to fall from an upright position, fall to the ground; of a structure, to fall in ruins Monige weallas mid seofon and fíftegum torran gehruronand gefeóllan ( conruerunt ), Bd. I. 13 ; Sch. 37, 13. Seó eorðe wæs ástyred and on manegum stówum gehroren

ge-reord

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food. Add: [n.] and f. ? See first passage under <b>II. food, meat: — Beren hláf wæs his gereorde, Shrn. 110. 6. Be abbodes beódes gereorde. Ðæs abbodes mýse sceal á beón gemǽne þearfum of the food at the abbot's table. The abbot's table must ever