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HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ nor here do this hall's gables burn, Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.

Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature

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Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhþ and git ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ quantum mare plus se retraxerit, et adhuc statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.
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Wé witon ðæt manega clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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Hit is on ǽlce healfe ymbfangen mid gársecge, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 24, 17. Ðínre gedréfednesse ðe ðú mid ymbfangen eart, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 18. Sunu Meotodes habbaþ ealle ymbfangen mid sange, Cd. Th. 273, 30; Sat. 144. Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, Cd.

á-heardian

(v.)
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Add: physical Twǽgen healfa hláfas ic bróhte ... ádruwodon hí swá swá stán and áheardodon, Hml. S. 23 b, 520. Seó hýd ne mihte áheardian, 35, 162: Lch. ii. 250, 4. Hire wæs áweaxen swá áheardod hýd ( obdurata cutis ) swylce olfendan, Gr.

Linked entry: heardian

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome Ðes hálwenda hic saluber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 64. Ðín word is hálwende thy word is salutary, Ps. Th. 118, 103. Hálwoende ðín salutare tuum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 30.

Linked entry: -wende

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ðonne fóron hié oððe mid oððe on heora healfe, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 6.

Linked entry: eðða

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11. Ǽnlípe solitaria, An. Ox. 1147: 2, 30. On ðone ánlípan beorh, C. D. ii. 317, 24.

Linked entries: án-lépe ǽn-lípe synder-lípe

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe Homl. Skt. i. 23, 36. Ða ýsla up flugon mid ðam smíce Gen. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 530, 34. Se wǽta gǽþ up swylce mid smíce oððe miste Lchdm. iii. 278, 9. Sméce gelíce sicut fumus Ps. Th. 101, 3.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard

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Man nime áne cuppan huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, and mængc on gemang ðæt hunig and ðæt spic tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 76, 5. Án sconc spices a ham, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 7.

Linked entry: spec

þringan

(v.)
Grammar
þringan, p. þrang, pl. þrungon; pp. þrungen.

To press ⬩ crowd ⬩ throng ⬩ to throng ⬩ press round, upon ⬩ crowd together ⬩ to press ⬩ move with violence, eagerness ⬩ hurry ⬩ press on ⬩ press forward ⬩ force a way

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Fugla cynn on healfa gehwone heápum, þringaþ contrahit in coetum sese genus omne volantum, 221, 18; Ph. 336. Gelíc sumum ðara gumena ðe him geornost mid þegnungum þringaþ ymbe útan, Met. 25, 28. Wergendra tó lyt þrong ymbe þeóden, Beo.

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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Gif hwá in cyninges healle gefeohte, oþþe his wǽpn gebréde, 66, 8: 70, 18. Gif hwá on cierlisces monnes flette gefeohte, mid syx sciłł. gebéte þám ceorle. Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, sié be healfum þám, 86, 21.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 17. In ðé sáule sóðfæstra simle gerestaþ, Exon. Th. 4, 16 ; Cri. 53 : Met. 20, 238. Semle, 20, 198. Ic siemle mid ðé beó, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 22, 23. Hé symle Drihtne folgode, Homl.

Linked entries: symble symle

elles

(adj.)

otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else

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Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten, Ll. Th. i. 368, 22. Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18. Hwæþer þys sý Ephesa byrig þe elles ǽnig óþer, Hml. S. 23, 743.

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTH ⬩ thence ⬩ hence ⬩ forwards ⬩ onwards ⬩ henceforth ⬩ further ⬩ still ⬩ inde ⬩ hinc ⬩ prorsum ⬩ porro ⬩ dehinc ⬩ deinceps ⬩ tămen

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Heald forþ tela niwe sibbe hold well henceforth our new kinship, Beo. Th. 1901; B. 948: Cd. 22; Th. 28, 17; Gen. 437. Gif ðú forþ his willan gehýrsum beón wylt si deinceps voluntāti ejus obsecundāre vŏlŭeris, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 27.

Linked entries: forþ-gelang forþ-onloten gyrd

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Healf þæt blód hé dyde on geryde (or under Or could possibly geryde be a corruption of (ge)eárede? Cf. eárede fæt cratera, 24, 25) orcas (in crateras), Ex. 24, 6. to prepare oneself to do something Hió hié tó deáþe gerede, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 30.

óþ

(prep.)
Grammar
óþ, prep. l. oþ.
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Ꝥ ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx, pæng̃ oð healf pund, 234, 15

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Þynceþ þegna gehwelcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swétre gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ dulcior est apium mage labor, si malus ora pritis sapor edat, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

Linked entry: teár-líc

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning

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Healfe tíd ofer undern, 540; Erl. 16, 4. Óð heáne undern usque ad tertiam plenam, R. Ben, 74, 11

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