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hogu

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Þæt hý bútan hoge and care sýn ealra þinga þe tó heora líchoman belimpeð ut neminem illorum cura sui corporis tangat, 137, 18.[Dryhten] hoge hæfð Dominus curam habet mei . Ps. Rdr. 39, 18.

dracu

(n.)
Grammar
dracu, e; f.
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Trouble, affliction Eal hit is for synnum and gyt weorþeð máre, þæs þe béc secgað, wracu (dracu, v. l. ) and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7. v. dreccan

geár-geriht

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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran hwílum ǽr Gode behétan; ðæt is sulhælmessan and Rómpenegas and cyricsceattas and leóhtgescota, Wlfst, 113, 9. Add

burh-waran

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waran, gen. -warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants of a city ⬩ cives

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Inhabitants of a city; cives Wearþ eal here burhwarena blind all the multitude of the city-inhabitants became blind, Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491

stoccen

(adj.)
Grammar
stoccen, adj.

Made of logs

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Made of logs Andlang Teóburnan tó ðære wíde herestrǽt; æfter ðære herestrǽt tó ðære ealde stoccene sancte Andreae cyricean to the old wooden St. Andrew's church, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 73, 20. Cf. Stokenchurch in Oxfordshire, Stokenham in Devonshire

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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Th. 5376; B. 2691. to encompass, surround, comprehend Ealle stówa hé gefylleþ and ymbféhþ. Blickl. Homl. 23, 20. Seó séleste gesǽlþ ða óþra gesǽlþa ealle on innan him gegaderaþ, hí útan ymbféhð, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 21.

bera

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Bera sceal on hǽðe, eald and egesfull, Gu. C. 29. Hét ꝥ hine man wurpe berum tó fretanne . . . and þǽr wæs begyten se mǽsta and se réþesta bera, Gr. D. 194, 20-25. Fearres gelícnysse and beran ansýne, Guth. 48, 2. Wilde beran and wulfas, Hml.

ge-meltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-meltan, -myltan; p. -mealt, pl. -multon; pp. -molten

To melt, digest

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Ðæt sweord eal gemealt íse gelícost the sword all melted just like ice, Beo. Th. 3220; B. 160S : 3235; B. 1615. Ne gemealt him se módsefa his courage did not fail, 5249; B. 2628.

Linked entry: ge-molten

cýþ-ness

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Cýþnesse ealdre testamenti ueteris, 40, 2. Rǽde man ǽgðer ge of þǽre ealdan cýðnesse ge of þǽre níwan, R.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power

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Ðá beþóhtan hié ealle heora wígcræftas Exantipuse Xanlhippum, cum auxiliis accitum, ducem bello praefecerunt . Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 30

ǽht-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht-gestreón, es; n.

Possessions ⬩ riches ⬩ possessio ⬩ divitiæ

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Possessions, riches; possessio, divitiæ Ðonne líg eal þigeþ eorþan ǽhtgestreón when the flame devours all the possessions of the earth, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232,13; Ph. 506

Linked entry: ge-streón

for-pyndan

(v.)
Grammar
for-pyndan, p. de; pp. ed

To turn away ⬩ remŏvēre ⬩ reprĭmĕre

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To turn away; remŏvēre, reprĭmĕre Ðæt Euan scyld is eal forpynded the sin of Eve is all turned away, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 7; Cri. 97

ceaster-waru

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Micele lufe hæfde eal seó ceasterwara tó him, Ap. Th. 6, 11. Þeós ceasterwaru on heáfe wunað, 23. Mínre ceasterwaru nis nán hǽlo hiht, 9, 10. Add

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea

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Behind, after, hereafter; post, pone, postea Ðǽr beæftan forlét eall left there all behind, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14. Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29

níþing

(n.)
Grammar
níþing, es; m.

A villain ⬩ one who commits a vile action

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Se cing and eall here cwǽdon Swegen for níþing ( Swegen had treacherously put Beorn to death ), Chr. 1049; Erl. 174. 31

flot

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Spéda unrihtwísra eall swá flot (fluuius; flód?) beóð ádtúgude, Scint. 179, 15. Swá ðæt ðonne hit bið full flód and ðæt scip bið á-flote ita ut natante naue in flumine cum plenum fuerit, C. D. iv. 24, 1. Add

ge-hnǽcan

(v.)
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Þeós wyrt ealde wunda gehǽleþ and eác hyre dúst wexende flǽsc wel gehnǽceþ, Lch. i. 292, 19. (In one MS. the vowel of each verb has an accent.) Gehnǽcþ ( ? -hnǽgþ. Cf. hlihcaþ (= hlihgaþ), 391, 17) deprimit Germ. 401, 117. Add

hider-cyme

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Similar entries Cf. hider; I. 3 Eall þæt man ús foresægð ymbe Crístes hidercyme (hidertócyme, v.l.), Wlfst. 241, 22

heofon-waru

heaven

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Add: the inhabitants of heaven Gesamnod wyrð eall heofonwaru. Wlfst. 25, ii: Ll. Th. ii. 132, 21. Gehýrað, heofonwaru audite, celi, Wlfst. 44, 28. heaven, the region occupied by beatified spirits Hé hefenware cǽga him (St. Peter) befæste, 176, 15

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v.
  • Engl. Stud. viii. 479
); pl.

Beer

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Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]