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fyrn-geár

the preceding year

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Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUND ⬩ a dog

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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

loca

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Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan (into the cloister of flame, hell), Jul. 474 ; and add: v. cǽg-, cealf-, heáfod-loca

sopa

(n.)
Grammar
sopa, an; m.

A sup, draught ⬩ a sup, mouthful

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Súpe cú buteran .viii. morgnas .iii. sopan 294, 1. [ Þer (in hell) is o wateres flod . . . a þusen saulen beoþ bi sore ofþurst . . . ne moten heo biden neuer o sope Misc. 152, 169. Þyse renkeȝ schul neuer suppe on sope of my seve Allit.

Linked entry: súpe

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressive ⬩ increasing ⬩ effective ⬩ pŏtens

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Ðæt hit þurh ðone fultum síe forþgenge that it become effective through help, Past. 14, 1; Hat. MS. 17 b, 2

costigend

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Þone costigend on helle grund besencean, Bl. H. 33, 19. Add

hús-ting

(n.)
Grammar
hús-ting, es; n.

a meeting ⬩ court ⬩ tribunal

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held in the open air.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two

irmen-þeóde

(n.)
Grammar
irmen-þeóde, pl.
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Sax. ik allun skal irmin-thiodun dómós adélian I shall judge all the nations of the world, Hel. 3316.]

ge-scirdan

(v.)
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evil (for myrce as epithet of the devil cf. mirki ménskaðo, Hel. 1062), ruined deófol deáðreów duguðum bereáfod, An. 1315. (?)

Linked entries: scirdan ge-scyrdan

hæft

Grammar
hæft, a captive.
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Add: v. helle-hæft, ge-hæft; subst. and adj

be-hreósan

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Ðá on helle behreósað in gehen-nam incidunt, R. Ben. 24, 3. Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf. Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the dead came, who had not fallen in battle ), Cd. Th. 22, 19; Gen. 343

Linked entry: nió-bedd

gemót-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-hús, es; n.
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A house where a ' gemót' is held Curia, i. domus concilii, conventus gemóthús vel -[gemót]stów congregatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, . 51.

ge-weorp

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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat

reónig

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig, ;adj.;

Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;

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In ðam reóngan hám ;in that gloomy dwelling (hell),; Exon. Th. 274, 8; Jul. 530

be-sengan

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Þ á fúlan sceanda hé besengð on helle, Hml. A. 115, 439. Add

freoðo-wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-wǽr, freoðu-wǽr, frioðo-wǽr, frioðu-wǽr, friðo-wǽr, e; f.

A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum

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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306.

læt-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
læt-byrd, e; f.
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birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these words: 'May this help

Linked entry: lam-byrd

ge-sigefæstan

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. ¶ Gesigefæsted crowned with victory, triumphant :-- Hé (Christ after the harrowing of hell) wolde gesigefæsted eft síðian tó þǽm líchoman, Shrn. 68, 19. Hé cóm hám symle gesund and gesyge-fæsted, 96, 25. Add