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hærfest

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. ¶ in a late MS. it is used as the name of the month, August :-- On Iuli mónðe. . . On hærfest. . . On Setembre, Angl. . . . 185, 10

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Beó ðú hál and sig gebletsod se ðe on Dryhtnes naman com Osanna benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 32

Linked entry: hǽl

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion

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Sume naman synd dividua, ða getácniaþ tódál, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 12. a part of a whole, separate portion, section Stæfcræft hæfþ þrítig tódál (cf. sum ðæra dǽla is geháten nota, 291, 9). Ðæt forme tódál is vox stemn . . .

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munas ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia ⬩ virtus ⬩ facultas ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ⬩ RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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T. 34, 8. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift, RUNE [Gifu] gumena byþ gleng and herenys a gift is the honour and praise of men

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere

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Boitius se hæle hátte se ðone hlísan geþah Boethius the man was named who got that fame, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 106; Met. 1, 53. Geþǽgon medoful manig they took many a mead-cup, Beo. Th. 2033; B. 1014

Linked entry: þicgan

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;f.

A tunic ⬩ coat

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Hí námon his tunecan (tunicam; cyrtel. Lind. Rush.); seó tunece wæs unásiwod, Jn. Skt. 19, 23. Ðá dyde hé on his tunecan (cyrtil (-el). Lind. Rush. ), 21, 7: Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan (cyrtel ł hrægl. Lind. : ðínne tonica.

Linked entry: tunice

fultum

help ⬩ assistance

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Swá clǽne hié námon heora fultum mid him þætte heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, 15. Hé máran fultum and máre mægen. hæfde plures habebat auxiliarios, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 254, 14

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t]

to set ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ cause to take a certain position ⬩ to set to work ⬩ set before one a choice ⬩ set a mark, a name, one's mind ⬩ lay a charge, a curse, etc. , upon one ⬩ put one in a position ⬩ put into one's power ⬩ of travelling ⬩ to set ⬩ plant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ implant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ appoint a limit, time, place ⬩ to set a task, ordain ⬩ establish a law, regulation ⬩ appoint a condition ⬩ to build ⬩ erect ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ found ⬩ establish ⬩ to set ⬩ base ⬩ found ⬩ to appoint an officer or a person to an office or duty ⬩ to appoint something for a purpose ⬩ to settle a quarrel ⬩ allay animosity ⬩ compose a difference ⬩ To settle ⬩ abate ⬩ subside ⬩ to compose a book

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Swá hwæt swá ðú mé on settest and bebeódest tó dónne, Bd. 4, 25; S.600, 4, God him sette naman, Homl. Th. i. 12, 31. Hé him naman on sette, Mk. Skt. 3, 17. Abraham sette friþotácn on his selfes sunu, Cd. Th. 142, 29; Gen. 2369.

Linked entry: on-settan

gelíce

(adv.)
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Genim ðás wyrte þe man rutam and þám gelíce (with nearly the same form ) óðrum naman rúdan nemneþ, Lch. i. 198, 20: 234, 11.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.

thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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Ðý læs hé áfealle ðonon ðe hé fæsðlícost tó hopian scolde Past. 51; Swt. 395, 11. marking the point from or in regard to which direction or position is estimated Ðanon ðe hé blǽwþ him byþ nama gesett from the quarter that the wind blows is a name made

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Ædmund] cining him wið gefeaht, and ða Deniscan sige náman, and ðone cining ofslógon, and ðæt land eall ge-eódon here the army went over Mercia into East-Anglia;—and, in that year, St.

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him

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Ic rǽd sprece bégra uncer, 115, 4; Gen. 1914. with the name of the person who is associated with the speaker Sceolde unc Adame ( for me and Adam ) yfele gewurðan ymb ðæt, heofonríce, Cd. Th. 25, 1; Gen. 387.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, e f.[a poetical word]

War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium

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In the Scandinavian mythology Hildr is the name of one of the Valkyrias, and Grimm considers that the word occurs, denoting a person, in the Anglo-Saxon poetry, e.g. gif mec hild nime,Beo. Th. 909; B. 452: 2967; B. 1481. v. Grmm. D. M. 392 sqq. v.

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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Swiri, the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland.] of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least Ofer swira sǽs (cf. ofer ðære sǽs múðan, W. S.) trans fretum maris, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1.

Linked entries: swira swyra

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.

a making less ⬩ diminution ⬩ a growing less ⬩ a lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect

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Sume naman synd diminutiva, ða geswuteliaþ wanunge, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 18. Ða word habbaþ hwílon sincopam, ðæt ys, wanunge: amauisti vel amasti, hér ys se ui áwege, 25 ; Zup. 146, 17. abatement, reduction, checking. v. wanian, I.

botl

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. ¶ Bottle remains in local names, e.g. Newbottle

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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. ¶ the word occurs mostly in local names, from one of which (Clofes-hóh) the declension may be shewn :-- Seó stów is nemned Clofeshooh (-hóh, v. l.) locus appellatur Clofeshoch Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 12. Clofeshóh, C. D. i. 227, 8. Cloueshó, v. 58, 9.

hóp

(n.)
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. ¶ in local names :-- In marasco terram unius aratri inter haec quatuor confinia . . . ab austro Beðlinghope in palude, C. D. v. 68, 14. In Eásthope, ii. 137, I. In wiðingmere; ðæt út wið hopwudes wíca, iii. 391, 23.

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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Spic occurs in names of places where swine were fed, e. g. Holan-spic, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. pp. 115, 137, 184, but its meaning here is not evident. Kemble suggests that it may refer to the mast on which the swine were fed

Linked entry: spec

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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The Latin names are Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum, and the like.

Linked entry: ge-mét