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hliþ

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Add Siððan þú gehýrde on hliðes óran galan geác on bearwe, Bo. 21. Geworhton hí hlǽw on hliðe, sé wæs . . . wǽglíðendum wíde tó sýne, B. 3158.

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, a book.
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Add Ðás hálgan beoc, Txts. 175, 7, 16. v. cneóres-bóc, cwid-bóc, færeld-bóc, freóls-bóc, frófor-bóc, geán-bóc, hálgung-bóc, heáls-bóc, lǽce-bóc, lár-bóc, mynster-bóc, nam-bóc, síþ-bóc, sumer-bóc

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' people, 525; B. 260

hird

(n.)

retinue, court

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Dis geár heáld se kyng Heanri his hird on Windlesoure this year king Henry held his court at Windsor, 1127; Erl. 255, 1.

Linked entry: in-hirdmann

dænn

(n.)
Grammar
dænn, es; n.

A den cubile

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A den; cubile Godwine geanu Leófwine ðæs dænnes æt Swíðrǽdingdænne Godwine gives to Leofwine the den at Surrenden, Cod. Dipl. 1315; A. D. 1020; Kmbl. vi. 178, 8, 13

hider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hider-weard, adv.

Hitherward

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Hitherward On ðisum geáré menn sǽdon ðæt Cnut cyng fundade hiderward in this year men said that king Cnut was making for this country, Chr. 1085; Erl. 217, 40

hám-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hám-cyme, es; m.

A coming home, returnreturn home

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A coming home, return Æfter twegra geára ymbryne after ðæs wælhreówan hámcyme after two years had elapsed after the return of the cruel tyrant, Homl. Th. i. 80, 31

Linked entry: cyme

ge-unnan

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geann Gode his sawelscættas ... hé geann ánes geáres gafol his monnum ... hé geann his hláforde .ii. hors and .ii. sweord and .iiii. scyldas ... and hé ann his wífe þæs landes, 652, 16-30.

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunicationepiscopi judicium, excommunicatiothe province of a bishop, a bishopricepiscopi provincia, episcopatus

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Wine heóld ðone biscep-dóm iii geár Wine held the bishopric three years, Chr. 660; Erl. 34, 7

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

heóf

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Ic fór mé tó Egipta lande feówerténe geár on heófe, Ap. Th. 24, 27. Mid blisse and heófe ealre þáre mǽgðe heó fór mid hire were, 25, 19. Heófum questibus. An. Ox. 229. Add

port

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Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde, Hml. S. 23, 493-498. Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte (Dover), Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25.

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winterwinter

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Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16. Ða winterlícan brumalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 41

oft-síþ

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Þý ilcan geáre wæs gesewen blódig wolcen on oftsíðas on fýres gelícnysse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. Add

á-þerscan

(v.)

to thresh out

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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217

Linked entries: a-þrescan á-þroxen

hors

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Ic gean mínon feder . . . þæs horses þe Ðúrbrand mé geaf, and þæs hwítan horses þe Leófwine mé geaf, Cht. Th. 559, 6-19. Ic geann mínon mæssepreóste . . . þæs málswurdes . . . and mínes horses mið mínon gerǽdon, 560, 34.

eahta-teóða

(n.)
Grammar
eahta-teóða, m: eahta-teóðe; f. n. adj.

The eighteenth duodevicēsimus

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The eighteenth; duodevicēsimus On ðam eahtateóðan geáre in the eighteenth year, Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 117, 10. Ðysne eahtateóðan sealm Dafid sang David sang this eighteenth psalm, Ps. Th. arg. 18

franca

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Ic geann mínum hláforde mínes swyrdes mid fetele and ðártó twá targan and twégen francan, C.D. iii. 304, 30. Add

ge-legerod

(adj.; part.)
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Binnon feówertig geára fæce næs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðám folce, 196, 13

Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.
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The Saxons, in connection with England Cómon hí of þrím folcum ðám strangestan Germanie, ðæt [is] of Seaxum and of Angle and of Geátum . . .

munuc-regol

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-regol, es; m.

the rule of a monastic orderthe monastic order which observes a certain rule

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Skt. 3, 145. the monastic order which observes a certain rule Ic geann into ǽlcum munucregole .i. pund, Chart. Th. 544, 12