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ge-helan

(v.)
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Hyra willa bið ꝥ hí beón geholene latere in voluntate habent 61, 4. intrans. To hide, conceal oneself Hé ne maehte gehæla non potuit latere Mk. L. R. 7, 24

ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dreóhlíce, <b>ge-dreóglíce, ge-dreóhlíce </b> ; adv.
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Substitute: in an orderly manner Gif man wǽpn gedreóhlíce (the Latin versions have discrete; in aliquo secreto loco ; pacifice) lecge þǽr hig stille mihton beón, gif hí móston, Ll.

hám-weardes

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Þá hé hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; Hú hý sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hí be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps. Th. 22, arg

óþer-hwílen

(adj.)
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Cuflan and tonican beón óðerhwilen (-hwíle ?) synd gewunede sunt habban æthwigan beteran cuculle et tonice sint aliquanto solitis quas habent modice meliores, R. Ben. I. 92, 16.

fácen

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Cóm Swegen mid fácne, and bæd Beorn ꝥ hé his geféra wǽre . . . cwæð ꝥ hé him hold beón wolde. Ðá wénde Beorn ꝥ hé him swícan nolde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 31. Þonne gemétst ðú bútan fácne (without fail) þæs mónðes angin, Angl. viii. 327, 10.

ge-horsod

Grammar
ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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Add: provided with or possessed of a horse Hé sceal beón gehorsad ꝥ hé mæge tó hláfordes seáme ꝥ syllan equum habeat quem ad summagium domini sui prestare possit Ll. Th. i. 436, 6.

hyring

(n.)
Grammar
hyring, e; f.
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Imitation, emulation Ðurh þis beóð áwecte . . . herincga hinc suscitantur . . . emulationes, R. Ben. 128, 14

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... ná tó ungehealtsume (-heald-, in one MS. ), Homl. Ass. 47, 575

hæftling

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Besáriga hæftlingas beón þíne þeówtlingas dole captivos esse tuos servatos, Hy. S. 125, 5. Þá þe hæftlingas gelǽddon ús qui captiuos nos duxerunt, Ps. L. 136, 3. Hell forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Hml. Th. i. 228, 17. Add

self-willes

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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716.

styreness

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</b> of convulsive movement Heó ongan swá manegum styrenyssum beón onstvred coebit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. add: stirring, shaking of an inanimate body Tó þon ꝥ ús for þæs treówes styrenesse (concussione) wǽre ege æteówed, Gr.

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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Triens . . . beóð þus mid feðere gestricene. Quadras. . . beóð þus ámearcod, Angl. viii. 334, 41-44

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa, Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 9; Cri. 539: 46 b; Th. 158, 15; Gú. 910: Beo. Th. 4233; B. 2113.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

wiþer-broca

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beóð geswæncte fram heora wiðerbrocum (-brecan, v.l.) eos adversarii fatigant, Or. D. 204, 21. Add

á-weccan

(v.)

to wake (trans.) from sleepraise from the deadto arouse a person from quiescenceto excite to feeling or actionstir upto arouseexcite passion

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Beóð áwecte (á-wehte-wehte,v. l.) andan, saca and tala, R. Ben. 124, 17

nearu-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
nearu-cræft, es; m.

An art that confines or imprisons

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earl treasures ... few words he spake : Hold thou now, earth, the possessions of earls, Beo.

fyrd-hom

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-hom, es; m. [hom a covering, garment]

A war-coveringbellĭca vestislōrĭca

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A war-covering; bellĭca vestis, lōrĭca Ðæt beo ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte that she might not pierce through the war-covering, Beo. Th. 3012; B. 1504

un-gefóge

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefóge, adv.

Immenselyexorbitantly

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Immensely, exorbitantly Ðǽr beóð ða swiftan hors ungefóge dýre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 6

Linked entry: ge-fóge

ofer-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fylness, e; f.
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Overfullness Hwílum þá swefn for oferfylnesse ( plenitudine ) þǽre wambe . . . beóð ácende, Gr. D. 339, 3

onlíce

(adv.)
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Hié beóð onlícost suelce hí beren ðone ceák velut luterem portant, Past. 105, 12. Add