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híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Heáhþo, 6. the highest point, extreme degree Mæg[en] sóðes gebedes ys hýhð (celsitudo) sóðre lufe, Scint. 4, 20. the regions above, the heavens Þænne hýhð heofenlic (celsitudo caeleslis) byð openud, Scint. 180, 15.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

teónian

(v.)
Grammar
teónian, p. ode.
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Lamb. 105, 16. to reproach, revile, abuse, calumniate Se ðe teónaþ þearfan tǽlþ Scyppende his qui calumniatur pauperem, exprobat factori ejus, Scint. 156, 14: 178, 18. Ðá hine (David) teóne wyrde (teónode and wyrgde? see note) Chus, Ps. Th. 7, arg.

Linked entry: tínan

blóstma

(n.)
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Swylce blóstme quasi flos, Scint. 70, 3. Wín*-*treówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Blóstman ligustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5. Sixte wæs blóstmena pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald, Sal. K. 180, 13.

ceaf

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On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add

cyrten-líce

(adv.)
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Eall ꝥ cyrte[n]líce ( subtiliter, i. eleganter ) wé þenceað, Scint. 140, 7. Tó þám bócerum þe beóð cyrtenlíce getýdde, Angl. viii. 313, 33, 30. Þá þing þe beóð cyrtenlíce geset, 330, 36: 298, 33: 300, 23: 306, 15: 317, 28: 320, 5.

fót-cops

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Fótcopsas conpedes, Scint. 190, 6: Hml, S. 21, 173. Fótcopsas nervi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 25. Nervi, boia fótcopsa[s] vel sweorscacul, i. 21, 15. Fótcospum, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 17. Add

gǽlsa

lust

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Gǽlsum libidinibus, Scint. 69, 15. Loca humentia . . . getácniað þá fúlan gǽlsan, Wlfst. 249, 18. Se clǽna cniht hæfde oferswíðod woruldlice gǽlsan, Hml. S. 4, 58: Hml. Th. ii. 70, 24

ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.

Burning

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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

tǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlend, es; m.

a reprovera scorner, mocker, derider

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Gl. 938. a scorner, mocker, derider Sécþ tǽlend ( derisor) wísdóm ... gearwe synd tǽlendum (derisoribus ) dómas, Scint. 171, 13-14. Nelle ðú þreágean tǽlend ( derisorem ), 113, 12. Télend, Kent. Gl. 289

Linked entry: télend

ge-fleard

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Add: mad, wicked folly Ælce onscununge gefleardes hatað God omne exsecramentum erroris odit Deus, Scint. 66, 17. Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13.

gold-hord

Grammar
gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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Goldhordu goldes thesauros auri, Scint. 156, 6: 178, 13. Add

ofer-prút

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-prút, ofer-prúd; adj.
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Ys uppáhafennyss þearfena, þá ne welan upp áhebbað, and willa on him sylf oferprút ys est elatio pauperum, quos nec diuitię eleuant, et uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 12.

sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfre, adj.
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Clǽnust and sýfrust ( sincera ) gebedes átihtincg, Scint. 35, 14

Linked entries: séfre sífre

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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Scint. Lye. (Orm. forrbuȝhenn to avoid, refuse.)

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poisonvenomvenenum

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Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið áttrum against poisons, Ps. Th. 57, 4: Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 474, 39: Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 1. Wið fleógendum átre for flying venom, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 112, 24

swícung

(n.)
Grammar
swícung, e; f.
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Interl. 88, 5. offence, occasion of stumbling; scandalum Se ðe lufaþ bróðer his, swícung (scandalum; v. 1 Jn. 2, 10) on him nys, Scint. 14, 12.

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search throughinquire intoexamine intoinvestigate

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Þurhsmeágean perscrutari, Scint. 32, 11

þrotu

(n.)
Grammar
þrotu, an; f.

The throat

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Lamb. 5, 11: Scint. 97, 16: Lchdm. ii. 46, 22. Þeós ðrotu hoc guttur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 3. On ðære ðrotan, Lchdm. ii. 2, 18. On ða þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30.

wiþer-sacian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blasphemeto be apostate

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Wiþersacendra blasphemantium, Scint. 209, 5. to be apostate Wiðersaca[n]dan apostataverant, Hpt. Gl. 510, 49. Wiðersacedan apostatarent, 513, 24. Wiðersacian apostatare, 493, 25: apostare, 477, 68

be-scerian

(v.)
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Hé méde hyne bescyrað (privat), Scint. 123, 16. Tó hwon bescyredest þú þé twyfealdre bletsunga?, Bl. H. 49, 35. Hwá bescirede mé mínes hihtes?, Hml. S. 33, 96. Bescyrede fraudaret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 24. Ic eom bescyred fraudor, 18. Bescered, 37, 58.