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á-deáfian

(v.)
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Gif eáran willen ádeáfian oþþe yfel hlyst sié, Lch. ii. 40, 22. Add

and-wist

(n.)
Grammar
and-wist, e; f.
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Sustenance Eorþan andwist the sustenance that earth supplies, An. 1542. Cf. and-leofen

Linked entry: wist

ár-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-lic, adj.
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Early Árlic morgen aurora, Rtl. 69, 2. Tíde árlica horam matutinam, 171, 37

Linked entry: ǽr-lic

hóring

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Gif hóringas oððe hórcwenan innan þysan earde weorðan ágytene, Wlfst. 309, 21. Add

be-heldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-heldan, [= be-healdan?]

To attend ⬩ intend ⬩ attendere ⬩ intendere

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To attend, intend; attendere, intendere Wesan ðíne eáran gehýrende and beheldende fiant aures tuæ intendentes Ps. Th. 129, 2

grund-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
grund-sceát, es; m.
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A region of earth, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 27; Cri. 42: 17 a; Th. 41, 2; Cri. 649

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
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A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

nos-þyrel

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God gesceóp ús twá eágan and twá eáran, twá nosþirlu and twégen weleras, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 16. Add

þeóh

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Hé wæs togen ofdúne be þám þeón ( per coxas ), and upp be þám earmum, Gr. D. 320, 19. Add

heáh-biscop

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Þú eart sácerd æfter endebryrdnesse þæs heáhbiscopes ( Melchisedech ), Ps. Vos. 109, 4

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án torswíþe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Add Talu disputatio, An. Ox. 27, 18.

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

ǽr-margen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-margen, es; m.

The early morning ⬩ the day-break

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The early morning, the day-break, Ps. Surt. 56, 9: 107, 3: 118, 148

grund-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
grund-búende, pl.
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Inhabitants of the earth, Beo. Th. 2016; B. 1006; Salm. Kmbl. 578; Sal. 288

eorþ-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gemǽre, es; n.
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An end of the earth Eall eorðgemǽru universi fines terrae, Ps. Th. 21, 25

ǽr-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-lyft, e; f.

The air of early morning

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The air of early morning Sió þicce ǽrlyft gravis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 74

be-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeccan, bi-þeccan; p. -þeahte, -þehte, pl. -þeahton, -þehton; pp. -þeaht, -þeht

To cover, cover over, conceal ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire

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To cover, cover over, conceal; tegere, contegere, operire Ða róde earme beþeahte he covered the cross with his arm, Elen. Kmbl. 2470; El. 1236: Cd. 185; Th. 230, 26; Dan. 239.

Linked entries: be-deaht be-þæht be-þeaht bi-þeahte bi-þeccan

ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Se earm stód ungebígendlic ǽghwæs þám ágendfreán ungewylde, 254, 38: Th. 44: Jul. 593: Cri. 1421. Ǽghwæs untǽle, B. 1865. Æghwæs unrím quite countless, 3135. Ǽghwæs ealne dæg tota die, Ps. Th. 55, 4

eorþ-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-cyn, -cynn, es ; n.

he earth-kind, terrestrial species ⬩ gĕnus terricŏlārum

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he earth-kind, terrestrial speciesT; gĕnus terricŏlārum Eallum eorþcynne for each terrestrial species, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 10; Exod. 370

úht-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sceaþa, an; m.

One who robs in the night or early morning

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One who robs in the night or early morning Eald úhtsceaða ... nacod níðdraca nihtes fleógeþ, Beo. Th. 4534; B. 2271

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