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hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Se fugel is on híwe onlícost peán, Ph. 311. Hié sceolan árísan ... on swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan, Bl. H. 95, 24. beautiful appearance, beauty: Gréne stondað gehroden ... beorhtast bearwa.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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to a thing; obsequi Se cleweþa bið suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgð (lets it have its way), hé wundað, Past. 71, 20. to try to gain Hé in þissere byrig fylgeþ þám wraðum þises hwílendlican lífes mid lǽcecræfte ipse in hac urbe per

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Hé mid stilnesse ( cum silentio ) his líf geendode, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 599, 7. absence of disturbance or molestation, tranquillity, peace, security Stil*-*nys securitas, requies ł quietudo, Hpt. Gl. 451, 43.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Wæs se mǽsta mancwealm . . . swá þæt heora feáwa tó láfe wurdon pestes pene usque ad desolationem exaestuaverunt Ors. 1, 6; S. 36, 16. Án of him tó láfe ne wunode unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Vos. 105, 11.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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with dat. of pers. and gen. of cause, nom. of cause, cause given by a clause to cause regret or sorrow Mé ofþincþ penetet, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Mé ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte poenit t me fecisse eos, Gen. 6, 7. Hit mé ofþincþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 4.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.

Linked entry: sócn

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Persa cyning benom ðone ealdormon his scíre, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 22. Scíre negotio, Ps. Surt. 90, 6. Hé wið ða scire ( the office of bishop ] ne winne, Past. 10, l; Swt. 61, 11.

Linked entry: scýr

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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., to refrain from, spare a per-son or thing (dat.). absolute Ðæt man nǽnne ne slóge . . . búton hé fleón wille oþþe hine werian; ðæt man ne wandode ðonne, L. Ath. v. 12, 3 ; Th. i. 242, 10.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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passage), iv. 171, 7. a place surrounded by buildings, a place or street of a town ; platea Hé sǽde ðam cyninge, ðæt ǽghwanone cóman micel menigo ðearfena, ðæt se weorþig full sǽte indicavit regi quia mullitudo pauperum undecumque adveniens maxima per

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Hý gewearþ, ðæt hý woldan to Rómánum friþes wilnian they agreed that they would seek peace from the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 17: 5, 10; Bos. 108, 29: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24: Gen. 20, 13.

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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Nim ðone cyrnel ðe byþ innan ðan persogge take the kernel which is within the peach, Lchdm. iii. 102, 6. Genim of pínhnyte xx geclǽnsodra cyrnela take twenty [of] cleansed kernels of the nuts of the stone pine, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 19.

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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Scotta cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 24), Exon. Th. 323, 15; Víd. 79

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Persa cyning sende Conon mid scipehere (scip-, MS. C.), Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 25. Ðá cóman hí sóna mid sciphere mox advecti navibus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 34. Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243.

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Pest, pestilence, plague, murrain Ádlle and wóle luem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3. in a physical sense in reference to men or animals Wól(pestis) wæs æfter fyligende, Bd. i. 13; S. 482, 6. Mycel wól and grim acerba pestis, l, 14; S. 482, 29.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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Kmbl. 977; El. 490: Exon. 118 a ; Th. 454, 10 ; Hy. 4, 30. extension over space or time,— Along, through, during; κατά, per Sǽton æfter beorgum they sat along the hills, Cd. 154 ; Th. 191, 9; Exod. 212.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Geond lyftu per aera, Hymn. Surt. 66, 5. Ðás lyfta and windas hé ástyraþ, Wulfst. 196, 6. [Goth. luftus; m: O. Sax. luft; m. f: Icel. lopt; n; O. H. Ger. luft; f. n.: Ger. luft; f.]

Linked entries: lift loft

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Ic swerige ðurh God juro per Deum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 4. Ne swerie gé þurh útencymena goda naman, Ex. 23, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34, 35. Ne swerigen gé nǽfre under hǽðene godas, L. Alf. 48; Th. i. 54, 23. <b>I b.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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God him forgeaf sibbe on eallum ymbhwirfte data est a Deo pax in omnes per circuitum nationes, Jos. 21, 42. On eallum ðám ymbhwyrfte, 10, 21. On his ymbhwyrfte bið swíðlíc storm, Homl. Th. i. 618, II.

dæg

(n.)
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Farað six dagas simble ymbe þá burh ǽlce dæg ǽne ( semel per diem ), Jos. 6, 3, 12: Lch. ii. 108, 6: Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 14. Hé ǽlce dæge symblede, Past. 309, 5. Hé sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 7.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Þurh geðeaht designedly; per consilia, Past. 435, 26. Hí geþóhtun geþeahta þá þe hí ne mihton gestaþolfæstnian they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform (A. V.), Ps. L. 20, 12. Drihten tóstencð geþeahtas ðeóda ...