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HEORÞ

(n.)
Grammar
HEORÞ, es; m.

A HEARTHfire-placea house

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Hé sceolde bebeódan ðæt hí náman æt ǽlcum heorþe ánes geáres lamb he was to command them to take a yearling lamb for every house, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 27: Chart. Th. 609, 7, 11, 30. Of ǽlcum heorþe, 27. Be ǽlcum frigan heorþe, L.

and-git

(n.)
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Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml. S. 7, 112. sense, faculty of perception Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite, Hml. Th. i. 86, 26. Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

ge-maca

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Wolde gé nú ðæt gé næfden nánne gemacan on ðys gemǽnan middan-gearde habere in communi mundo consortes minime potestis ?, Past. 331, 2.

ge-dryht

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Wáron hwate weras gearwe tó gúðe . . ., fór folca gedryht, El. 27

ge-timbrung

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Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 1. a building, structure, fabric Þǽre kicenan getimbrung (hús, v. l.) coquinae aedificium, Gr. D. 124, 13: 123, 27. Gif hwæs getimbrung ðurhwunað and ðám fýre wiðstent, Hml.

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára

Linked entry: tǽcning

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Wæstmbǽre geár and welígé ubertatis anni, Gen. 41, 26.

Linked entry: wealig

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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geáre, ðá Brihtferð wrítere ðis áwrát, Anglia viii. 327, 11. Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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Grn. 8, 26. of that which is consumed by fire On ðison geáre barn cyrce, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. For þæs fýres bryne eall se feld born, Nar. 23, 27, Ðet ne byrnan ut non ardeant (vestimenta ), Kent. Gl. 164.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

be-lífan

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Ger. bi-liban mortuus] Sc̃a Maria wæs iii and sixtig geára eald ðá heó belyfen wæs, Sal. K. 184, 2. Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26

fíf

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394, 5. in a series a member whose number is five or a multiple of five: Hú mon scule blódlǽse on þára six fífa ǽlcum on mónðe forgán, Lch. ii. 146, 19: 148, 2. uninflected and with a multiple of ten where the number is treated as singular On þǽm geáre

á-gán

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Manige geár syndon ágán, Bl. H. 187, 3. Wé ná ne rímdon þá ágánan dagas, Gr. D. 345. 32. <b>II a.</b> to run out (of a lease). v. un-ágán in Dict. to pass off, lose strength Ágǽþ evanuerit (v. Mt. 5, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 62.

Linked entry: á-gangan

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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From ðæm ǽrestan geáre Ninuses ríces óþðæt Babylonia burg getimbred wæs wǽron lxiiii wintra . . . ðý ilcan geáre gefeóll Babylonia and eall Asiria ríce and hiora anwald, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 60, 25-32. Wæs Maximianes ríce brád, Exon. Th. 243, 10; Jul. 8.

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Ðá hæfde Hannibal and Rómáne án geár stilnesse ( quies a tumultu bellorum ) him betweónum . . . On ðære stilnesse Scipia geeode ealle Ispanie, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 34. Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen, Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24.

gearcian

(v.)
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Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml. Th. i. 60, 18. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, 188, 4. to present, furnish, supply Gearcaþ wæfersýne prestat spectaculum An. Ox. 1225. Wala gearcode uibices exhibuit 4488.

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Hig stódon feorran and hyra stefna úp áhófon, Lk. 17, 13. of sound produced with an instrument Heofonbýman stefn, Cri. 949. of sound made by inanimate objects Geómen cwǽdon ꝥ ðrittegum geárum ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes and ceoriendes

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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Hí hæfdon mágistras gearwe, ðá ðe hig lǽrdon and týdon (magistros, qui docerent ], Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 345, 14.

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Ðá he ðá monig geár biscophád þegnode and swylce eác ðysses mynstres gémyne dyde, and ðǽr práuast and ealdor-men gesette qui cum annis multis episcopatum administraret, et hujus quoque monasterii statutis propostis curam gereret, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 7

Linked entry: prófast

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32. Hé nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.

hreówsian

(v.)
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</b> of penitence in an ecclesiastical sense, to do penance :-- Hí sceolon seofon geár mid micelre angsumnysse hreówsian, Hml. A. 149, 125