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healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a half ⬩ side, part

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a half Healfe ðý swétre sweeter by half, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt.

Linked entries: healfe half

Numantie

(n.)
Grammar
Numantie, Numentie, Numentíne, Numentínas; pl.

The Numantians

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The Numantians Se consul fór on Numentíne, Ispania folc, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 29. Numentie áhnescaden, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 15. On Numantie, 220, 22. Numantia duguþ, 222, 8. Numentia fæsten, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 32. On Numantium, 5, 3; Swt. 220, 19. On Numentínas

tiberness

(n.)
Grammar
tiberness, e; f.
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Sacrifice, destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely

stybb

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Beeástan wrocena stybbe; ðæt swá tó wrocena stybbe; ðonne of wrocena stybbe, C. D. v. 297, 26. Of stánmere on þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þonne þorn, C. D. B. iii. 39-S 37- ¶ On ðæne æscstubb; of ðám æscstubbe, 234, 27. On ðone æscstyb

midlen

(n.)
Grammar
midlen, es; n.

The middle ⬩ midst ⬩ centre

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The middle, midst, centre Of midlene ex centro i. ex medio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 66. On medlene in meditullio i. in medio, Hpt. Gl. 405, 37. Ic eom on eówrum midlene, Lk. Skt. 22, 27. On fýres midlene de medio ignis, Deut. 4, 15: 5, 24. Hé eardode in hǽðenra

Linked entry: medlen

þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
þyrne, an; f.

A thorn-bush

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A thorn-bush Þyrne, thyrnae dumus, Txts. 57, 710. Þorn oþþe þynne dumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 70. Þyrne frutices, ramos, 151, 44; dumus, i. spina, spineta, Wülck. Gl. 225, 23. Hé geseah ðæt seóþyrne ( rubus ) ... næs forburnen, Ex. 3, 2, 3. On ða þyrnan

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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To steep in, of profound knowledge Hé wæs on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, and mid micelre gecnyrdnysse on ðǽre begriwen wæs (was deeply versed in it), Hml. Th. i. 384, 27. of guilt, sunk in On ánum dæge hé oft geworhte unrím scylda, and nǽnige gebétan ne

Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan

lencten

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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra

ǽfnung

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On ǽfenunga, Hml. S. 11, 43. On ǽfnunge, 153; Hml. Th. ii. 334, 34: Lch. iii. 238, 27. Seó sunne gǽð on ǽfnunge under ðyssere eorðan, 240, 14. Ǽfnunge crepusculo, An. Ox. 85. Add

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

a-stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stihtan, p. -stihte; pp. -stiht [a, stihtan to dispose]

To determine on ⬩ decernere

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To determine on; decernere Fleám wearþ astiht flight was determined on, Chr. 998; Th. 246, 22

beadu-wang

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-wang, es; m.

A battle-plain ⬩ pugnæ campus

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A battle-plain; pugnæ campus On beaduwange on the battle-plain, Andr. Kmbl. 825; An. 413

fold-wong

(n.)
Grammar
fold-wong, es; m.

Earth-plain ⬩ terræ campus

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Earth-plain; terræ campus On foldwong on earth's plain, Exon. 22a; Th. 60, 25; Cri. 975

ge-fyrhþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhþe, es; n.
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Wood, wooded country On accan gefyrhðe; of ðan gefyrhðe on ford, C. D. v. 376, 11

Linked entry: fyrhþ

geflitful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
geflitful-ness, e; f.
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Contentiousness, quarrelsomeness Mîne synna þe ic . . . gefremede . . . on hatunge and on geflitfulnesse, Angl. xi. 102, 84

and-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
and-werd, adj.

Present ⬩ præsens

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Present; præsens On ðisum andwerdan dæge on this present day, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 5

efen-éhþ

(n.)
Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ,e ; f.

A plain ⬩ plānĭties

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A plain; plānĭties On ǽlcre efen-éhþe on every plain, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 36

Linked entry: -néhþ

líchanga

(n.)
Grammar
líchanga, an; m.
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A gibbet (?) Andlang gemǽres ðæt on líchangan; of líchangan on Pocgingróde, C.D. v. 321, 32

ge-cerring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cerring, e; f.

A turning ⬩ conversion ⬩ conversio

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A turning, conversion; conversio On gecerringce oððe on gǽnhwyrfte in convertendo, Ps. Lamb. 125, 1

wíþig-pól

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-pól, es; m.

A pool with willows on the banks

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A pool with willows on the banks On wíðepól, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 188, 30

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