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be-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
be-leósan, bi-leósan; p. -leás, pl. -luron; pp. -loren [be, leósan to loose]

To let goto deprive ofto be deprived ofloseprivareorbareprivariamittere

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Ðǽr is swíðe beleás hérum, ðám ðe ic hæfde there I was much deprived of the hairs, which I had Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 35; Rä. 27, 4

Linked entries: bi-leósan bi-loren

æmet-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
æmet-hyll, æmett-hyll, es; m.

An EMMET-HILLant-hillformicetum

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An EMMET-HILL, ant-hill; formicetum, Past. 28, 3; Hat. MS. 37 a, 3

a-tæfran

(v.)
Grammar
a-tæfran, -tiefran, -tifran ; p. ede ; pp. ed

To depictpaintdepingere

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To depict, paint; depingere Ic hæbbe atæfred I have depicted, Past. 65 ; Hat. MS

ege-láf

(n.)
Grammar
ege-láf, e; f.

What had escaped horrorhorrōris resĭduum

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What had escaped horror; horrōris resĭduum Ege-láfe [MS. ece-láfe], acc. Exod. 370

hwít-locced

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-locced, adj.
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Fair-haired, having bright hair, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 7; Rä. 78, 4

Linked entries: hwít-loc -locc

stíþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
stíþ-weg, es ; m.
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A hard, rough way Strong on stíðweg. Exon. Th. 384, 29 ; Rä. 4, 35

grana

(n.)
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one who has a moustache (?) Polopis et crinitus, i. grona, Hpt. 33. 251, 18. (?)

Linked entry: granu

mæder

(n.)
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Another version of this prescription has : Ofgeót mid hlúttrum ealaþ, Lch. ii. 354, 19.(?)

of-eten

(adj.)
Grammar
of-eten, adj.
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That has eaten excessively, fat Ofeten (ofer-?) obesus,i. pinguis, An. Ox. 22, 4

Linked entry: of-ǽte

up-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
up-feax, adj.

Having hair at the topbald in front recalvus

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Having hair at the top, bald in front; recalvus,Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 57

hearp-swég

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-swég, es; m.

The sound of the harp

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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss

bród

(n.)
Grammar
bród, e; f.

a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; concretio.a BROOD proles

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a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; concretio. Cot. 55. a BROOD proles, v. bródig ;

Linked entry: bródig

heg-hús

Grammar
heg-hús, hig-hús, es; n.

A hay-housefœnile

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A hay-house; fœnile, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 20; Wrt. Voc. 58, 60

níd-hǽmestre

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽmestre, an; f.

A woman who has been violateda mistress

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A woman who has been violated, a mistress Nédhǽmestran amatricis, Hpt. Gl. 509, 70

Linked entry: hǽmestre

sceþness

(n.)
Grammar
sceþness, e; f.
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Hurt, harm Hé eft férde bútan sceþnysse ǽniges sáres, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 27

-sittende

(adj.; suffix)
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-sitting, -occupying, -inhabiting, v. benc-, burh-, flet-, hám-, heal-, in-, land-, þrym-, ymb-sittende

wiþer-stǽger

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-stǽger, adj.

Hard to mountsteepabrupt

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Hard to mount, steep, abrupt Wiðerstǽgre prerupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 59: 69, 15

Linked entry: stǽger

slíþan

(v.)

to harm, hurt, damage, destroy to injure

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to harm, hurt, damage, destroy Heoro slíþendne Exon. Th. 346, 10; Gn. Ex. 202

heard-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-heortness, e; f.

Hard-heartedness

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Hard-heartedness Hwæt is seó stǽnige eorþe búton heardheortnyss what is the stony ground but hard-heartedness, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 35. Þurh ðone wah seó heardheortnes ðara hiéremonna per parietem duritia subditorum, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 24.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as