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hlyn

(n.)
Grammar
hlyn, hlynn, hlin, es; m.

A sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ clamour, ⬩ din

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Hearpan hlyn the sound of the harp, 57 b; Th. 207, 1; Ph. 135: Cd. 52; Th. 66, 7; Gen. 1081: Beo. Th. 1227; B. 6, 11

sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
sæd, adj. with gen.

Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill

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. : of war had had his fill, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 20. Beadoweorca sæd, Exon. Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2. Wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, 369, 11; Seel. 39. Swíðe ǽtan and sade wurdan manducaverunt et saturati sunt nimis Ps. Th. 77, 29.

cwart-ern

(n.)

a prison

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Hat. 25, 36, 39

fexede

(adj.)

having long hair ⬩ long-haired

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having long hair, long-haired, Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10

hréfan

(v.)
Grammar
hréfan, p. de

To roof

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To roof Hé lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8

þringan

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In l. 9 the MS. has þrym̃e (not þryme). Add Gúðcyst on þrang, Exod. 343

sceacga

(n.)
Grammar
sceacga, an; m.

The hair of the head

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The hair of the head; cf. shaggy Feax, sceacga coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 56

Linked entry: feax-sceacga

wá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wá-líc, adj.

Woeful, miserable

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Woeful, miserable Is ðes wálíc hám ( hell ) wítes áfylled, Cd. Th. 271, 3;Sat. 100

Linked entry: weá-líc

be-efesian

(v.)

to cut the hair of a person

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to cut the hair of a person Hwá mæg mé beefesian?, Hml. S. 33, 84

ÆPPEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÆPPEL, æpl, appel, apl, eapl, es; m; nom. acc. pl. m. æpplas; nom. acc. pl. n. æppla.

an APPLE ⬩ fruit generally ⬩ malum ⬩ pomum ⬩ what is round as an apple ⬩ the apple of the eye ⬩ a ball ⬩ bolus ⬩ pill ⬩ quidvis globosum ⬩ pupilla ⬩ globus ⬩ bolus ⬩ pilula

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Hat. 19b, 28. Nǽnig móste heora hrórra hrím æpla gedígean none of their hardy fruits could withstand the frost; occidit moros in pruina. Ps. Th. 77, 47.

Linked entries: æppyl appel eapl epl

treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
treówlíce, adv.

Faithfully ⬩ truly

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Ich leote ham treowliche luuien ham, Marh. 13, 32. þe luue is treouliche iuestned touward him, A. R. 218, 13. pouz ze be trewe of zowre tonge and trewliche wynne, Piers P. i. 177

án-wilnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-wilnes, -ness, e; f.

Obstinacy ⬩ self-will ⬩ contumacy ⬩ pertinacia ⬩ protervia

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Obstinacy, self-will, contumacy; pertinacia, protervia, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a, 16, 25

dígel

(adj.)

hidden, secret

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Hat. MS. fol. 1 a, 20; Homl. Th. ii. 314, 17

hwít-loc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwít-loc, adj.
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3

leód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
leód-bealu, wes; n.

Harm

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Harm or bale which affects a people, Beo. Th. 3448; B. 1722: 3896; B. 1946

ge-lifian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lifian, p. ode; pp. od

To live

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To live Gif he hit gelifode if he had lived, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 8

Linked entry: ge-leofian

cwelde-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
cwelde-rǽde, (?) an evening-rider (?), a bat
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Icel. kveld evening; kveld-ríða a night*-*hag.]

Linked entry: -rǽde

farnian

(v.)
Grammar
farnian, p. ode

To prosper

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Hál mé dó uel farniga salvum me fac bene prosperare, Rtl. 176, 25

grimsung

(n.)
Grammar
grimsung, e; f.
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Fierceness, roughness Mid ungemetlícre grimsunge multa asperitate, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 125, 14; Hat. MS

for-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
for-heardian, p. ode; pp. od

To harden ⬩ become hard ⬩ indūrăre

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To harden, become hard; indūrăre He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6