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æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtakemovetangereapprehenderemovere

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He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4

Linked entry: et-hrínan

æt-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-rihte, adv. [æt at, rihte rightly, justly, well]

Rightly or justly atnearat handalmostpænehaud multum abest quin

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Rightly or justly at, near, at hand, almost; pæne, haud multum abest quin Ætrihte wæs gúþ getwǽfed, nymþe mec God scylde, the contest had almost been finished, had not God shielded me, Beo. Th. 3319; B. 1657.

Linked entries: æt-rihtost æt-ryhte

forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Brokenfracturedworn outdecayedfractuscontrītus

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Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS.

hind

Grammar
hind, v hynd.
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See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England i. 113, where hind is taken as hynd, and so connected with numeral hand. Substitute:

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hrisian

(v.)
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Ðonne þú sealt habban wylle, þonne geþeóddum þínum þrím fingrum hryse þíne hand swylce þú hwæt seltan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 4. intrans. Syrcan hrysedon, B. 226. Gúðsearo gullon, gáras hrysedon, An. 127

heáh-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cyning, es; m.

A chief, great king, God

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On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the war-seat [saddle] of the great king [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 2083; B. 1039

ofer-sécan

(v.)

to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard

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to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard Wæs sió hond tó strong seó (MS. se) ðe méca gehwane swenge ofersóhte the hand was too strong, which with its stroke put every blade to too severe a trial, i. e.

gráp

(n.)
Grammar
gráp, e; f.
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Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836. On grápum in the clutches, 1534; B. 765: 3088; B. 1542: Andr. Kmbl. 2671; An. 1337: Exon. 38 b; Th. 126, 28: 47 a; Th. 162, 1

Linked entry: nearu-gráp

un-besmiten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besmiten, adj.

Undefiledunpollutedunsulliedpure

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Healdaþ eówre handa unbesmitene ( innoxias ), Gen. 37, 22

Linked entry: be-smítan

ymener

(n.)
Grammar
ymener, (ymnere?), es; m.
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Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras, and se saltere swá man singð on Róme, and .ii. ymneras, Chart. Th. 430, 13

Linked entry: hymener

borian

(v.)

to perforateTo bore into

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To bore into : Dó þú mid þínum fingre swilce þú borige inn on þíne hand, Tech. ii. 123, 11

butere

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Gif þú buteran habban wylle, þonne stríc þú mid þrím fingrum on þíne innewearde hand, Tech. ii. 123, 22. Hi ðicgað on ðám earde (Italy) ele on heora bigleofum, swá swá we dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 18. Add

ge-þancol

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Lch. iii. 438, 8. with gen. mindful of something Hí ná synd gemyndige ł geþancule handa his non sunt recordati manus eius, Ps. Rdr. 77, 42. Utan beón geþancole úre ágenre þearfe. Wlfst. 127, 27

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25. figurative, to fall into sin, into the hands of a person, Mé is leófre ꝥ ic on Godes handa befealle, þonne ic on mannes handa befealle, Hml. S. 13, 248.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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Hé his handa ðwehþ (ðwéð, Surt.), Ps. Th. 57. 9. Ne þweáð (ðwés, Lind.: thuáð, Rush.) hí hyra handa, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2. Gif ic þwóh (geðuóg, Lind.: ðwóg, Rush.) eówre fét, Jn. Skt. 13, 14. Ic þwóh (ðwóg, Surt.), Ps. Th. 72, 11.

bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnarecomprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capereto surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceivecircumdare, amplecti, capere, cingeretegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

arodlíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwæt swá þín hand mage wyrcan, wyrce arudlíce (ard-, v. l.) (instanter ), Gr. D. 327, 26. Ongunnon þá wyrhtan ardlíce ( instanter ) biddan heom metes, 251, 18. Hé cwæð swíðe ardlíce constanter ait, 254, 4.

hamer-wyrt

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Nim hamorwyrte hand fulle, 6, 27. With heáfodwræce; genim hamorwyrt, 2, l. Cnúwa niðewearde hamorwyrt and secg, ii. 74, 30

pyle

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Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6. Bið se elnboga underléd mid pyle, Past. 143, 18.

sápe

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Ðonne þú sápan abban wille, þonne gníd þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech. ii. 126, 25. Mængc wiþ þá sápan and wiþ þæs æpples gor, Lch. iii. 36, 31. Add