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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.

hnappian

(v.)
Grammar
hnappian, hnæppian; p. ode

To slumber, sleep, doze

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Ne ne hnæppie se ðe healde ðé neque dormitet qui custodit te, Ps. Spl. 120, 3. Ne ne hnappigen ðíne brǽwas ne dormitent palpebræ tuæ, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 193, 24, 19. Hnappiende dormiens, Ps. Spl. 77, 71

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guma

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Gumena maenigeo, hæleð in healle, Dan. 728. Folcstede gumena, hæleða éðel, An. 20. Gúðsearo gumena . . . sǽmanna searo, B. 328. Tó secganne gumena ǽngum, 474. Gumena sum, 1499. Gumena náthwylc, 2233.

ge-strangian

(v.)
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</b> trans. to strengthen a person, in respect to bodily health Wundorlíce þeós wyrt gestrangað, Lch. i. 134, 5. Hý (certain herbs) tó mete geþigede mycelon ðone líchaman gestrangiað, 320, 20.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Hé þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden he was at once by that restored to health, 223, 26. Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4.

Linked entry: hǽl

haga

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Andlang hagan oð cyninges healh . . . oð þone hagan, C. D. i. 257, 33-258, 1 ( and often ). On ðone hagan tó pitan wyrðe . . . ofer þone feld on hagan . . . anlang herepaðes tó ðas hagan ænde, v. 13, 23-28.

Linked entry: hecge

hál

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Andgit swá swá þæt hálre byð swá hyt máre geseón mæg þǽre ǽcean sunnan, 45, 2. of moral or spiritual health Dóð eówre heortan hige hále and clǽne, Ps.

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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Each, every one, all, whoever, whatever; quisque, unusquisque Gé gehwilce uncóðe gehǽldon ye healed every disease, Homl. Th. i. 64, 23. Of gehwilcum burgum from every city, 86, 29. Nú smeádon gehwilce men now some men have enquired, ii. 268, 7.

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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to set round, put round, surround Hé ymbseteþ útan líc and feþre on healfe gehware hálgum stencum, Exon. Th. 212, 3 ; Ph. 204. Beád hé út scypfyrde and landfyrde, and ðæt land eall útan embsette, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 31.

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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. ; the old Latin version has capiatur) and healde, ðæt se freólsdæg ágán sý, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 12: L. E. G. 9; Th. i. 172, 14

mann

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Æt men fíftene peningas, æt horse healf swá, 224, 25. Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . 436, 25. Wé cwǽdon úrum þeówum mannum, 234, 3.

Cwénas

(n.)
Grammar
Cwénas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Quaines

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The inhabitants of Cwén-land q. v Is to-emnes ðæm lande súþeweardum, on óðre healfe ðæs móres, Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and to-emnes ðæm lande norþeweardum, Cwéna land .

Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ

fót

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Add:: gen. fét; inst. fét. the foot of a living creature Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þines fét. Tech. ii. 126, 9. Mid foet pede, Ps. Srt. 65, 6. Mid ðǽm fét, Past. 357, 21. Mid ðý fét, 358, 4.

ge-edstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaþelian, ge-edstálian.
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Hé tó þám geedstaþoledan (the man restored to health) cwæð, Hml. A. 198, 119. of things, to repair, make sound again Geedstaþeles suscitabis (i. instaurabis hanc veteranam civitatem et pene mortuam in juvenculam). An. Ox. 2137.

strícan

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Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, 126, 9.

BRINGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRINGAN, part. bringende ; ic bringe, brincge, ðú bringst, he bringeþ, brincgeþ, bringþ, pl. bringaþ; p. ic, he brang, brong, ðú brunge, pl. brungon; pp. brungen; v. a.

To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carryferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre

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Bring us hǽlo líf bring us a life of health, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 11; Cri. 150. He ða býsene from Gode brungen hæfde he had brought the mandates from God, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 4; Gen. 651: 176; Th. 221, 3; Dan. 82

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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Mycel wæl feóll on ǽgðre healfe, and ða heras him sylfe tóeodan, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 20. Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS.

á-wecgan

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Ne léten hié nó hié on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó awecggan ... Paulus cwæð: 'Ne lǽte gé eów ǽlcre láre wind áwecggan' non circumferamur omni vento doctrinae, 306, 4-9. Heora mágas þǽra cnihta mód fram Crístes geleáfan woldon áwecgan, Hml.

Linked entry: wecgan

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companionfellowcompanion or follower of a chief or kingsociuscomes

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A companion, fellow, companion or follower of a chief or king; socius, comes Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá gif he mǽgleás síe healf kynincg [áh] healf se gesíþ if one slay a foreigner, if he be kinless, half the king [has], half the companion, L.

Linked entries: ge-sóð ge-síþman