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ge-reord

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R. 26, 7. a meal, feast, refection Oð ðæt ꝥ gereord (oð þæt gereord, ðá gereorde, v. ll.) gefylled wæs usque ad prandium completum, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 15. Þæs hálgan gereordes of the Lord's supper, Hml, S. 23 b, 621.

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum those on whose heads rests the fear of God, 33 b; Th. 106, 20; Gú. 44. Monige hleonigaþ mid Abraham multi recumbent cum Abraham, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Hlionigaþ [hlinigaþ, Lind.] ł restaþ accumbent, Lk.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, g. meares; m.

A horsesteed

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Fealwe mearas, 1735; B. 865. Mearas æppelfealuwe, 4333. Meara and máðnsa, 4338; B. 2166. Mearum and máðmum, 3800; B. 1898. Beornas cómon wiggum gengan on mearum módige, Andr. Kmbl. 2,193; An. 1098

mǽrþu

Grammar
mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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Eal swá feala mǽrþa ic geríme [swá] stíþnessa [þú] on belǽt[st] tot ego glorias numerabo quot uINCERTAINiolentias inrogaueris, 4762. Hí ealle Godes mǽrða wurðodon, Hml. S. 23 b, 799.

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Se hláford geáhsode ðæt ðæt hrýðer [cf. fear, 7] geond ðæt wésten férde the master learned that the bull was going through the desert, Blickl. Homl. 199, 9, 11, 14, 19, 26. Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Sceáwiaþ ðæt land hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí ... and hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc, feáwa on getele hwæðer ðe fela, Num. 13, 19-20

ge-licgan

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D. iii. 350, 6. to be overcome with fear Mið ðý ðóhte gelegeno (gelegne, R.) woeron dum mente consternatae essent, Lk. L. 24, 4

hár

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Voc. ii. 128 25. of frost, hoar: — Hwílum hára scóc forst of feax[e], Rä. 88, 7. of stone (cf. ræg-hár Ofer hárne stán, B. 1415 : An. 843. a. the word occurs often as epithet of stones and trees used as boundary-marks Tó ðám háran stáne; of ðám stáne

ge-dréfan

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R. 3, 14. to cause sorrow, anxiety, fear &amp; c. in a person For hwý eart þú unrót, mín sáwl, and hwý gedréfst þú (gedroefes ðú, Ps. Srt.) mé ?, Fs. Th. 41, 13. Hé his geférscipe swíþe gedréfde . . . Hié swíþe forhte cwǽdon, Bl. H. 85, 6.

ge-dígan

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Feá þæt gedýgað þára þe geræcað rynegiestes wǽpen, Rä. 4, 57. Ic þæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, B. 1655. Gefeónde ꝥ hé þone deáð gedígde (evaserit), Gr. D. 203, 14. Se bróþer gedígde ꝥ wíte frater evasit supplicium, 346, 6.

huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ, huntoþ, es; m.

Huntinggamevenatio

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Hunting, game; venatio On feáwum stówum wíciaþ Finnas, on huntoþe on wintra and on sumera on fiscaþe be ðære sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 5. On huntoþe, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 22; Cri. 37. Tó huntaðe [a prayer] for hunting Rtl. 117, 1.

cyne-scipe

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Dele 'honour,' and add: royal dignity Feala óðra cásera ríxodon on heora cynescipes wuldre and on heora anwealdes myrhþe, Hml S. 23, 350. Hí hine on cwearterne bescufon tó sceame his kynescipe, 18, 440. For his micclan cynescipe, Hml. A. 101, 300.

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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H. 199, 18) ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde; ac seó geǽttrode flá wende ongeán . . . Se mann mid his ágenre flán ofscoten wæs, Hml. Th. i. 502, 17-30. Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 27.

ge-endebyrdan

Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Wé willað áne feáwa cwydas on ðissere béc geendebyrdian, ii. 520, 6. Heora ðrowung is gehwǽr on Engliscum gereorde fullíce geendebyrd, i. 370, 24. Geendebyrded, Nar. 3, 16. Geendebyrdre digesto (libello ), An. Ox. 5412.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Ic ne dorste geðristlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 645. with dat. infin. Ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ... tó gánne, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 1.

symbel

(n.)
Grammar
symbel, symel, es; n.

a feast, banquet, entertainmenta feast,

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Rush. 12, 36. a feast, religious festival Ðerh ðone dæg symbles (symbel, Lind.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 6. Ðý ylcan dæge ealra wé healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 397; Men. 200

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Ic ðé feáwe dagas mínra mǽttra móde secge I will tell thee the fewness of my days poor and evil; paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi, Ps. Th. 101, 21. Ðe mǽtu sprecaþ ofer me qui maligna loquuntur super me, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 30.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Tó scearanne (beard) ad tondendum, Rtl. 97, 16. to cut the hair of the head Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle, Shrn. 133, 13. to shear sheep Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle they shall wash and

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt

scínan

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</b> of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene capilli super cerebrum oriuntur, Past. 139, 18. Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml.