esne-wyrhta
A hireling, mercenary ⬩ mercēnārius
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Eallum frióum monnum ðás dagas sién forgifene bútan þeówum mannum and esnewyrhtum to all freemen let these days be given, but not to slaves and hirelings, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 3
hulc
a hulk ⬩ liburna
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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9
hyht-wynn
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Joy of hope Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte ac dǽr wunian sceal hyhtwynna leás no need has he to hope that he may go thence, but there shall he dwell hopeless and joyless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121
hellewíte-bróga
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But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst. 151, 24
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hegian
to hedge ⬩ fence
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Geneát sceal . . . burh hegegian (v. burg-hege), LI. Th. i. 432, 16
pín-treów
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On þǽre eá ófre stód hreód and píntreów and abies ꝥ treówcyn ungemetlicre grýto ( but the Latin is: Flumims ripas harundo uestiebat pinorum abietumque robora uincens grossitudine), Nar. 8, 21. Add
for-beódan
To FORBID ⬩ prohibit ⬩ restrain ⬩ suppress ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ vătāre ⬩ interdīcĕre
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To FORBID, prohibit, restrain, suppress; prohĭbēre, vătāre, interdīcĕre Nelle gé hig for-beódan cuman to me nōlīte eos prohĭbēre ad me vĕnīre, Mt. Bos. 19, 14: L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 24. To forbeódanne to forbid, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 1. Ðisne we
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bycgan
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Add: to buy goods Hwá bigþ hí?, Coll. M. 23, 25. Bege eme , Kent. Gl. 895. ꝥte metto bochton, Jn. L. 4, 8. in reference to marriage Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, Ll. Th. i. 122, 3. to hire workmen Bycgæ wyrhta conducere operarios, Mt. R. 20,1
cæfing
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Kævingc (printed -e; but v. Angl. viii. 450) redimicula, i. 16, 58. Eárpreónas, cæfinga discrimina-lia (capitum, hosebendas periscelides (crurum) (cf. discriminalia, capitis ornamentum, Corp. Gl. H. 44, 301), An. Ox. 4821: 2, 389
feoh-gód
cattle
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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.
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hafenian
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Ger. hebinóa tractare, inthepinót pin sustentor, but in later English heven means to raise, a sense which would suit the passages. v. N. E. D. heven (where is quoted Noe hiuened up an auter, Allit. Pms. 53, 506)
hlówung
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Hlówengum bombis (aurea hunc bombis nascentem vacula (bacula, Giles; but cf. aurea quadrupes, Ald. 20, 34) vatem signavit, Ald. 144, 6), 90, 6. Hlówengum vel swoegum, 12, 8. For 'Hlóweng. . . Lye' substitute
sceaþan
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The form corresponding to the Gothic is sceþþan with a strong past tense, but in English a new infinitive sceaþan seems to be developed to suit the strong conjunction, and a new weak past tense to suit the infinitive sceþþan.
steng
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Heora án hine (James) slóh mid ormǽtum stencge (printed strencge; but cf. Þone Iacóbum Iúdǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde, Shrn. 93, 13) inn oð þæt bragen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Þá Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum stængum.
wæter-þísa
A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale
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., but the w is marked for erasure) fór snel, Exon. Th. 182, 1;Gú. 1303. Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50
wil-gesteald
A desirable possession
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. ; but cf. the pairs of words (as here) ǽht-gesteald, ǽht-gestreón; feoh-gesteald, feoh-gestreón eádig on eorðan ǽrgestreónum ne dicas: Ego ditavi Abram Gen. 14, 23, Cd. Th. 129, 20; Gen. 2146
foxes fót
Fox's foot ⬩ bur reed ⬩ a water plant ⬩ sparganum simplex ⬩ xiphion ⬩ ξιφίον
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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm
hund-líc
Doglike ⬩ canine
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Nú sende hé hundas tó mé forðan ðe hé næfþ godcundlíce englas, ac hæfþ hundlíce now has he sent dogs to me, for he has not divine angels, but he has doglike ones, Homl. Th. i. 378, 3
writ-bred
A writing-tablet
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A writing-tablet Writbred (printed -brec ; but see gyrdel-bred, i. 288, 75, and weax-bred) pugillarem (Lk. 1, 63), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 36.
ge-creópan
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To creep, crawl. of a human being Hé ne meahte gangan, ac hé gecreáp in þá ciricean he could not walk, but he crawled into the church, Shrn. 126, 25. of a reptile Gecreáp þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13
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