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hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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. ¶ (in glosses) with dat. of person :-- Gástum unclǽnum hátas spiritibus immundis imperat, Mk. i. 27. Windum hátteð, Lk. L. 8, 25. <b>I e.

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Hǽt scenc fulne wínes heat a cup full of wine, Lchdm. i. 370, 26 : ii. 24, 25

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb

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Hí hí wið mánfullum megndan þeóde commisti sunt inter gentes, Ps. Th. 105, 26. Hí mínne mete mengde wið geallan, 68, 22. Meng ða blisse wið ða unrótnesse, Prov. Kmbl. 71. Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

á-feormung

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Wið wífa áfeormunge ( purgationem ), Lch. i. 186, 9. Áfeorm-unge mundationem , Scint. 28, 9. Add

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara

Beordan íg

(n.)
Grammar
Beordan íg, e; f. [íg an island, beordan = bridan = bridum with the young of birds]

BARDNEY in Lincolnshire ⬩ cœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi

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BARDNEY in Lincolnshire; cœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi Som

égum

(n.)
Grammar
égum, with eyes, Cd. 229; Th. 310, 18; Sat. 728; dat. pl. of ége = eáge; n.
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q. v

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Hé gehǽlde sum wíf, ánes ealdormannes ǽwe, 150, 3. Forlicgan wið óðres ǽwe oþþe wið gehádode, Ll. Th. i. 404, 22. Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15.

feorh-hyrde

Grammar
feorh-hyrde, l. -hirde,
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Se cyning wile his treówe and his gehát wið ðé gehealdon, and þé feorhhyrde beón, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 159, 23. and add

heort-wærc

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Gif him oninnan heard heortwærc sié, þonne him wyxþ wind on þǽre heortan, Lch. ii. 60, 6: iii. 74u 21. Wið heortwærce, 18. Add

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

word-oræft

(n.)
Grammar
word-oræft, es; m.

The art of speaking ⬩ writing

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The art of speaking or writing Wordcræftes wís a good speaker, Elen. Kmbl. 1180; El. 592. Ic wordcræft wæf I composed poetry, 2473; El. 1238

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24

Eorman-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
Eorman-ríc, Eormen-ríc, es; m. The celebrated king of the Ostrogoths or East Goths, the Alexander of the Goths; Eormanrīcus, v. Gota III, Alríca, and þeód-ríc
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 25; Deór. 21. Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18.

Linked entries: Eormen-ríc Ermanríc

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio

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God forlǽt hí to ðam écan forwyrde God will abandon them to the eternal perdition, i. 112, 23

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Ic feng tó mínan londe and sealde hit ðon biscope ða fíf hída wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fíf hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester

ge-wunsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunsum, adj.

Pleasant

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Pleasant Swíðe gewunsum hit biþ ðæt mon wíf hæbbe and bearn it is very pleasant to have wife and children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 8

freód

(n.)
Grammar
freód, e; f.

Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia

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Ðæt ðú wille syllan sǽmannum feoh wið freóde that thou wilt give treasures to the seamen for their friendship, Byrht. Th. 132, 60; By. 39

fere

(n.)
Grammar
fere, with life,
  • Ps. C. 50, 22
    • ;
  • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22
    • ;
inst. of ferh life.

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stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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,' 119, 6. not speaking Stillíce ingán silenter incedant, Angl. xiii. 403, 542. without producing sound Wer wís uneáþe stillíce hlihð uir sapiens uix tacite ridebit; a wise man doth scarce smile a little (Ecclus. 21, 20), Scint. 171, 16

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