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híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Hié tó his healle ne tó his (Nero's) hírede eft wendan noldan, Bl. H. 173, 18. Be ðám ðe on cyninges hírde feohteð (cf. on cynges healle feohte, 66, 7) de dimicatione in regia, Ll. Th. i. 408, 12.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Genim feówer tyrf on feówer healfa ðæs landes ... Nim ele etc., and dó háligwæter ðǽron, and drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa (the lower side of the sods), Lchdm. i. 398, 11. <b>I b.

Linked entry: scaþel

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, sorenessa pain, pang, sore, woundgrief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrowa grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc gehǽlde that you should heal every wound for him, Exon. Th. 144, 11; Gú. 676. Leomu hefegodon sárum gesóhte his limbs waxed heavy, visited by pains, 159, 21; Gú. 930. Ádle gebysgad,sárum geswenced, 170,11 ; Gú. 1110.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Gyf hit geweorðe þæt on þeódscype becume heálic ungelimp, here oððon hunger, bryne oððon blodgyte, unwæstm oððon unweder . . . 169, 16.

ofer

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Add Þá ásweoll him se líchama ofer healf his body swelled through a half of it; dimidia pars corporis ipsius turgescens, Guth. Gr. 153, 12. Oð ðæt hié máran léfnesse onféngon ofer eall (per omnia) tó lǽranne, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 58, 8.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Se áð sceal bión healf be (in the case of, with) húslgengum, 112, 4.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Ic on lifdagum lustum healde ðínra worda waru vivam et custodiam sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 17. where need for caution is implied, heed, care Ða wiðerwinnan wurdon oferswíðde þurh ðæs gewinne and ware, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 2.

Linked entry: wer-genga

of

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Him gewát Hróðgár út of healle, B. 663. β Add Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, Shrn. 38, 16. add Þá Lapithe gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors. I. 9 ; S. 42, 33.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Rómfeoh gelǽste man be Petres mæssan; and se ðe ofer ðæne dæg hit healde, ágyfe ðam bisceope ðæne penig, and ðǽrtó .xxx. penega and ðam cingce .cxx. sciłł., L. C. E. 9; Th. i. 366, 15.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Cwom [MS. cuom] feorþe healf hund scipa on Temese múþan, and brǽcon Contwara burg and Lundenburg three hundred and fifty ships came to the mouth of the Thames, and took Canterbury and London by storm, Chr. 851; Erl. 66, 34. v. intrans. erumpere, prorumpere

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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(tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. Tén hund (pund?) peñd ... Gedǽle hé ǽlcum Godes þiówe peñd ... þreóténe hund (pund ?) pending, Chart. Th. 471, 5-26. xiii. pund pendingæ, 474. 9.

Linked entry: pending

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Ðonne ðú gebeórscype dó, clypa þearfan, and wanhále, and healte, and blinde cum facis convivium, voca pauperes, debiles, claudos, et cæcos, Lk. Bos. 14, 13: Ps. Th. 145, 7. Drihten onleóhteþ ða blindan [MS. blinden] Dominus illuminat cæcos, Ps.

heonan

afterwardsfrom now

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Súð heonon, Bo. 26. where relative position is marked: Hiona and ðona (on twá healla, W. S.) hinc et inde, Jn. L., R. 19, 18. with verbs of looking, showing, calling, &c. Þone (quem) nǽnig heonon ne sceáwaþ, Bl. H. 31, 9.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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, tó healfum se bisceop, L.

Linked entry: tegðung

ge-hwilc

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Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum þe gemynd hafað, 431. Secga gehwylcum þára þe on swylc starað, B. 996 : An. 1154. Þǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum þám þe hié findan cann, 982.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Hié wǽron on ǽlce healfe útan befangen, 5, 7; S. 230, 19. to place round Befóþ cingunt, circumdant, An. Ox. 2040. Hé beféng circumdedit (me gemmis ), 4294. Hé beféng mínne swíðran mid stánum, Hml. S. 7, 32. Hé mid his earmum beféng his cneówu, Gr.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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, carriage or beast of burden Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda eal (a second l has been erased) farena and oxna þá þe hwǽte bǽron (quite xxx. thousand carriages and beasts of burden and oxen that carried wheat?)

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Ðonne is riht ðæt heó sý healfes yrfes wyrðe and ealles gif hý cild gemǽne hæbban then is it right that she be entitled to half the property, and to all if they have children together, L. Edm. B. 4 ; Th. i. 254, 15.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Cwén grétte guman on healle the queen greeted the men in the hall, Beo. Th. 1232; B. 614. Wulfas hilde grétton the wolves hailed the battle, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 8; Exod. 181.

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Better. of health Cwæð ðæt heó gelýfde ðæt hire sóna sél wǽre quia crederet eam mox melius habituram, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 11. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, S. 616, 34 : 5, 5 ; S. 618, 4. Sóna him biþ sél.