wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Ðæt swurd þurhwód wyrm ... draca morðre swealt, Beo. Th. 1777-1789; B. 886-892. Wyrmas reptilia, Blickl. G1.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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.; Swt. 5, 16. to make a track, go Mec fugles wyn geond speddropum spyrede geneahhe . . . beám telge swealg stóp eft on mec síþade sweartlást me (a book) throughout the bird's joy (the pen) with drops made frequent tracks, . . . swallowed the tree's
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Cwealmdreóre swealh middangeard earth drank gore, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 23; Gen. 986. Gefylled wearþ eall ðes middangeard monna bearnum, 75; Th. 93, 30; Gen. 1554. Beofaþ middangeard, hrúse under hæleþum, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 12; Cri. 882.
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deáþ
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Iulius wæs wániende ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5: Jn. 12, 33. Ceás hé him þone deáþ ꝥ him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 23. Hwelc moncwealm wæs mid monigfealdum deáðum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 33.
hrædlíce
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Hrædlíce perniciter (catechumeni cadaver, quem fortunae ferocitas perniciter oppresserat (cf. hé swá fǽrlíce swealt, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 25), Ald. 30, 26), 78, 79
hálig
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Eorþe wældreóre swealh hálge, Gen. 1017. Manige hálige líchaman multa corpora sanctorum, Mt. 27, 52. of actions, feelings, &c. Biþ ꝥ clǽne fæsten and hálig, Bl. H. 37, 31. Hálegu treów, Gen. 2118. Hǽlges hygtes sanctae spei, Rtl. 3, 26.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Heofon réce swealg, B. 3156. Of heofenes deáwe de rore coeli, Gen. 27, 28. Heofenes (heofnes, L., R.) fugelas, Lk. 13, 19.
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hand
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Eorðe wældreóre swealh of handum þínum, Gen. 1017. in expressions arising from considering actions as performed by the hand. where the hand is spoken of as the agent : — Sum mæg wrǽtlice weorc áhycgan . . . hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, Crä. 45