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hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade, and bebeád ꝥ hié mon on ǽlce healfe

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

gaderian

(v.)

to join, uniteto bring togetherto bring togethercollectaccumulate, amassto bringgarnerto gatherto gathercompile

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Biþ hlíseádigra sé ðe hit selþ ðonne sé þe hit gaderaþ . . . ge eác þá welan beóþ hlíseádigran þonne þonne hié mon selþ þonne hié beón þonne hié mon gadraþ and healt, 13; F. 38, 11-15.

ge-wiht

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Wlfst. 70, 3. a system or standard of measurement by weighing Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, Ll. Th. i. 270, 2

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Hé bebeád ðæt hié mon on ǽlce healfe hiénde he ordered that they should be treated with insult on every side, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 6. Se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319. Hé heów and hýnde he smote and felled, Byrht.

Linked entry: hénan

streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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Ic wille ðæt hit gange on ða nýhstan hand mé, bútan hyra hwylc bearn hæbbe; ðonne is mé leófast ðæt hit gange on ðæt strýned on ða wǽpned-healfe ( to the child born on the male side ). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 116, 15

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til, ðæt hié on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304. Áhte ic folgað tilne ( a service that benefited me ), Exon. Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

óþer

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Add Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 21. Þeáh se leása wéna tiohhie ꝥ se anweald sié ꝥ héhste gód, hit biþ eal óþer, Bt. 27, 3, F. 98, 33.

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Ic mé be healfe mínum hláforde be swá leófan men licgan þence beside my lord, by one so loved, I mean to lie, Byrht. Th. 141, 7; By. 318: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 9; Jud. 251: Andr. Kmbl. 823; An. 412.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> what is fixed by law in a particular case :-- Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde, béte ꝥ swá hit ǽr lagu wæs, Ll. Th. i. 384, 8.

ge-trymman

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Getrymmedo wið ( contra ), 7, 9. to make strong in health; restore to health Hé þǽre ealdan untrumnesse getrymed wæs ueterno infirmitatis discusso, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 11. <b>II a.

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear.a drop of water from the eye,caused by emotion, generally by griefin plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, afflictioncaused by weakness.a tearlike dropthat which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10. Meng wið huniges teáre, Lchdm. iii. 46, 7. Nim huniges teár and merces sǽd ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Tó gebede feóllon, 777. to drop wounded or dead:-- Mycel wæll feóll on ǽgðre healfe, Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2: By. 303. Hé blóde fáh feóll on foldan; næs hé fǽge þá gyt, B. 2975. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Gen. 1971: Hml.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7. Se wind strongra geswinca ... se wind ðara earfoþa, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18, 28. Wæs mycel ýst windes geworden, Mk. Skt. 4, 37.

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick, Homl. Th. i. 60, 34.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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[v. efn-gedǽlan. ] Ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde I keep thy law most exactly, Ps. Th. 118, 77. Efne swá even so, even as And efne swá he ðec gemétte meahtum gehrodene and even so he found thee adorned with virtues, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 5; Cri. 330.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Þæt þá munecas hwæthwara furþor restan þonne healfe niht, þæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on þǽre nihtelican reste, and seó hǽte þsére þigene oferslegen, and se maga gelýht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur, etiam digesti surgant, R.

ge-neahhe

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Hí him on healfa gehwone ymbútan farað . . . geneahhe, Cri. 930.Ic þín sóð weorc séce geneahhe justificationes tuas exquisivi, Ps. Th. 118, 94 : 141, 2.

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde oþþe feormige, 384, 8. to maintain a dependent, servant, take a person as a servant Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan. . . .

hwæþer

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ðára hí geceósan, Bt. 40, 3; F. 238, 23. the alternatives expressed Hé áscade hwæþer heora sceolde on óþrum sige, habban, þe hé on Rómánum, þe Rómáne on him, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 1. as adjective, which object of two Mid ðǽm worde bið gecýþed hwæðer healf