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BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, goresanguis, cruor

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Meotud ðé gebohte blóde ðý hálgan the Lord bought thee with his holy blood, Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 26; Seel. 30: Rood Kmbl. 96; Kr. 48. Blóde fáh stained with blood, Beo. Th. 1873; B. 934: 3192; B. 1594: 5940; B. 2974.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Þá hálgan weras . . . heora gemynd þurhwunað . . . þá gímeleásan men þe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse, heora gemynd is forgiten, Ælfc. T. Grn. I. 12. Sume ic funde bútan Godes tácne gýmeleúse ungebletsade, Jul. 491.

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperoussecure from danger, safe

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Ða hálgan martyras orsorge becómon tó wulderbeáge ðæs écan lífes, Homl. Th. i. 416, 9. Wit begra ǽr wǽron orsorge we before were safe from both (hunger and thirst). Cd. Th. 50, 5 ; Gen. 804.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Th. 138, 57; By. 241. where the object is abstract Beó dám hálgan tídan eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed let every cause of strife be removed, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 29: L. C.

nama

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</b> a title of rank or dignity :-- Ðá ðe ðone noman underfóð and ðá endebyrdnesse ðæs hálgan hádes, Past. 31, 11.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Ðǽr sitt nú ðá mid his hálgum, Homl. Th. i. 182, 30 : Beo. Th. 857; B. 426 : Cd. Th. 51, 24; Gen. 831. Grammar nú, conj.

ge-wita

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Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðám hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Solil.

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Swá hwilce men swá willnadon ðæt hí on hálgum leornungum týde wǽron hí hæfdon gearuwe magistras ða ðe hig lǽrdon and tyddon quicumque lectionibus sacris cuperent erudiri, haberent in promptu magistros qui docerent, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 34: 4, 3; S. 569,

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grantallowancepermissionwillingness to givepleasure in doing somethinga grantwhat is given

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Mid unnan Godes and his hálgena ... mit unnan hírédes, ii. 58, 23, 25. Se wæs tó Eoferwícceastre be cinges unnan and ealra his witena tó ærcebisceope gehálgod, Chr. 971; Erl. 125, 36.

Linked entry: unne

ge-fetian

(v.)
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Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml. Th. i. 248, 24: ii. 368, 33.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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His heáfod forweard mid ðære hálgan róde tácne gewǽpnige let him arm his head in front with the sign of the holy rood, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 8.

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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Hé wæs on swá micle ofermétto ástigen efferatus superbia, Ors. 6, 9;S. 264, 8. with adv. or prep. of motion, lit. or fig. downward Se Hálga Gást ofer hié ástág, Bl. H. 13, 328. Ástíh ádúne, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 27.

dynt

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Martianus hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum ... Ðá cwæð Martianus ... 'Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst,' Hml. S. 4, 147. mark made by a blow, bruise Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð, .iii. scill. Gif dynt sié, scilling.

ge-rýne

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Ðys syndon þá hálgan gerýnu þe þá twégen wítegan gesáwon and gehýrdon, Nic. 19, 5: 11. 29. what is beyond mere human comprehension, a mystery. of speech (prophecy, allegory, &amp;c. ) Wé nestan ǽr hwæt se blinda wæs ; nú we magon ongytan hwæt ꝥ gerýne

Linked entry: rún

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Ealle þás gód beóð átogen of þǽm mægene þǽre Hálgan Þtynesse, Bl. H. 29, 12. to deal with, to treat a person ÞÞ men hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde (dyde of heom ꝥ hé wolde,v. L.), Chr. 1071; P. 208, 9.

leornung

(n.)
Grammar
leornung, e; f.

Learningstudymeditationreading

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On hálgum leornungum, 4, 2; S. 565, 33

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Se Hálga Gást cumeþ ufan on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 35. Ic on andwlitan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan, Cd. Th. 81, 24; Gen. 1350. Hé ða eágan þurheteþ ufon on ðæt heáfod it eats its way through the eyes down into the head, Exon.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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MS.) se Hálga Gást on culfran anlíc-nesse, Past. 290, 6. Atíwede, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. Ætýwde, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 8. . Ðǽm biscope æteáwdon fægre fǽmnan. Shrn. 63, 16.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrustrejoice

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Hihte ic tó ðínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, 91, 3. Heorte mín and flǽsc hyhtaþ georne on ðone lifgendan Drihten cor meum et caro mea exultaverunt in Dominum vivum, 83, 2. Hé hyhte tó mé in me speravit, 91, 14.

Linked entry: hihtan

wæccan

(v.)
Grammar
wæccan, p. wæhte

To watchwake

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Hé wæccende ða niht on hálgum gebedum áwunode, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 14. Of scondlícum geþóhte ðæs wæccendan (vigilantis) up cymeþ seó bysmrung slǽpendes ... ðæt hé wæccende ðóhte, ðæt hé nó witende áræfnode, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 5-9.