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hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽwen, adj.

Blue, azure, purple, discoloured

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Seó heall wæs getymbred ynnan and útan myd grénum and myd hǽwenum and myd hwýtum the hall was built within and without with green and with purple and with white, Shrn. 156, 6. Hǽwen-grén cæruleus, Cot. 53, Lye. Hǽwendeáge hyacinthinus, Lye

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum custos

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Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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Hí drógon heora scipa on, west-healfe ðære brycge they dragged their ships to the west side of the bridge, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 9, 23. v. intrans.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trusthopeconfideresperareto make a treatysancire

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Th. 118, 147: 51, 6. to make a treaty; sancire Hie getrúwedon on twá healfa fæste frioðuwǽre they confirmed on both sides a fast compact of peace, Beo. Th. 2194; B. 1095

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.
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Ða hǽþenan deófle offrodon . . . and ða brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe eall swilc hit mist wǽre . . . ða hǽþenan on swilcon deófolscíne (altered to -scinne) blissedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 39.

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Hé cwæð tó him: Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe ðæs réwettes and gé gemétaþ, Jn. Skt. 21, 5-6. Wé gelýfaþ, ðæt genóh sý tó dæghwamlícum gereorde twá gesodene sufel ( cocta duo pulmentaria )...

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

heáwan

(v.)

to hackgashto hewto cut off

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To strike with a cutting weapon, deal blows Hí on healfa gehwone heáwan þóhton, B. 800. trans.

mist

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Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe geond þá byrig eall swá hit mist wǽre, 23, 38. <b>I a.

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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A. 3, 53: Ph. 289: An. 371. a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean Se gársecg þe man hǽt Brittan-isca . . . on óðre healfe þæs gársecges earme is Brittannia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 24.

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge, LI. Th. i. 98, 9. to flee. Similar entries [v. fleón.] lit. Þ man gingran mann ne slóge . . . búton hé hine werian wolde oþþe fleóge, Ll.

for-geldan

(v.)

to pay forrepayreturngiverenderreddĕreretrĭbuĕre

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Ða mágas healfne leód forgelden let his kindred pay half the fine [for slaying a man ], L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 8

un-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstm, es, e; m. f. n.

an evil growtha bad planta tareweedbad growthfailure of crops

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Gyf hit geweorðe ðæt on þeódscype becume heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder, orfcwealm oþðon mancwealm, 170, 1. Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymð, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, 271, 3. Ús unwidera for oft weóldon unwæstma, 129, 5: 159, 13

ǽ-swícung

Grammar
ǽ-swícung, l. -swicung,
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On ðám upplican ríce is heálic sib, and ðǽr ne bið nán ǽswicung gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 562, 24. Wá middangearde for ǽswicungum . . Neód is ðæt ǽswicunga cumon, i. 514, 33: 516, 1. Intinga ǽswicunga ( scandalorum ), R. Ben. I. 115, 4.

fífta

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Fífte dohter adneptis, i. 51, 76. in combination with another numeral Sé wæs fífta eác feówertigum fram Agusto, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. fractional On þám fíftan dǽle healfum (cf. ofer þone teóþan dǽle, 25), Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 22.

gástlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gástlíc, gǽstlíc; adj.

Ghostlyspiritualspīrĭtālis

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Ðæt he healde gástlíce lufe that he hold spiritual love, Frag. Kmbl. 74; Leás. 39. Ðæt gástlíce folc pŏpŭlus spīrĭtālis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 28.

Linked entry: gǽstlíc

un-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽle, adj.

Spotlesswithout marks or spotsimmaculatevirgin

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Hát unmǽlne mon gefeccean swígende ongeán streáme healfne sester yrnendes wæteres, Lchdm. iii. 10, 31. Þé ( the Virgin Mary ) unmǽle ǽlces þinges, Exon. Th. 21, 11; Cri. 333. Hé on fǽmnan ástág, mægeð unmǽle, 45, 18; Cri. 721

Linked entries: mǽle mǽle

ceáp-gyld

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Healde se landhláford ꝥ forstolene orf and þæs orfes ceápgyld, 276, 15. ꝥ ceápgild (for)gildan, 200, 16: 208, 22

hord-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
hord-cófa, an; m.

A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart

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Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálíc biscop sitte (cf. ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian, 144, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 146, 28. On wáclícum screafum oððe hulcum lutigende, i. 544, 30. v. dún-, eorþ-, wíte-, wráþ-scræf

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.