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rím

(adj.)
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Mǽgburge þínre rím miclian, 2221. a particular sum or aggregate of units, of a kind specified or implied in the context Hé hæfde eahta and hundeahtatig wintra. Ðone sylfan rím wintra hine hæbbende beón . . .

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; P. 32, 6. with words further marking removal, áweg Hí hine áweg ádrifon, Bl. H. 221, 22: Chr. 1086; P. 222, 3. Is áweg ádrifen explodatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 71. fram Ðú mé ádrífest from earde mínum, Gen. 1032.

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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hæfde swá mycele heánnesse on ðæt cyneríce tantum in regno excellentiæ habuit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8. For ðæs ríces heánesse him weóxon ofermetto in tumorem superbiæ culmine potestatis excrevit, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 113, 6, 20.

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Sum man hæfde án fíctreów geplantod on his wíngearde (-georde, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 13, 6. Dó swá on ðínum wínearde and on ðínum elebeámon ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo, Ex. 23, 11. Hé gesette him wíneard plantavit vineam, Gen. 9, 20.

næs

(adv.)
Grammar
næs, adv.

Not

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Næs hié ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon, Beo. Th. 1128; B. 562 : 6140; B. 3074. Grammar næs, with another negative Ábréd of ða fiðeru, næs ne cerfe, Lev. 1, 17. Ic ondrǽde ðæt hé wirige mé, and næs ná bletsige, Gen. 27, 12.

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Ðone consul ðe hié ðá níwan geset hæfdon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 32. Gif hwelc man biþ wíteþeów níwan geþeówad, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 7. Ic eom se ðe nú níwan com. Swilce hé swá cwǽde : Ic wæs geswutelod nú níwan, Glostr. Fragm. 50, 2-4.

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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GI. 7 f, 13. rule, direction (v. rǽdan, IV) Hæfdon sume mid áþum gefæstnod ðæt hié on hire rǽdenne (rǽdinge, 193, col. a) beón woldan would be under her rule, Chr. 918; Th. i. 192, 12. a reckoning, estimating Raedinne taxatione, Wrt.

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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.: ða siofune, Rush.) hí hæfdon, Mk. Skt. 12, 22. Hwylces ðara seofona biþ ðæt wíf, 12, 23. Hwylces ðæra sufona (seofena, MS. A.: of ðæm seofonum, Lind.: ðara siofuna, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 28. Ðá com seofona sum, Andr. Kmbl. 2623 ; An. 1313.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Þæs þancunga þíne scealcas ealle hæfdan all thy servants gave thanks for this, Ps. Th. 101, 12. Wyrþe ðú eart, ðæt ðú onfó wuldor and dǽda þancunga, Blickl. Homl. 75, 2. Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.

on-ufan

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Add: with dat. local Hié hæfdon wæter genóg onufan þǽre dúne, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 16. Onufa lehtfæte supra candelabrum, Lk. L. 11, 33: 20, 18: 13, 4: Jn. p. 4, 16. ꝥ tácon se groefa gesette ofer ł onufa ðǽr róde (super crucem) Jn. L. 19, 19.

ǽg-hwilc

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Þeóda ǽghwilc hæfdon . . ., Met. 26, 43. Ǽghwilc heora tóstencte weorðan sceolden, 29, 88. Æt ǽghwylcum ánra, Gú. 4. Ǽghwylcne ánra ðára ðe him bið egesa tó me, Kr. 86. Ǽghwylc ealra, Ps. Th. 134, 8. Oeghwelce ðinga omni modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 50.

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Þone deáð þe wyt gefyrn beclýsed hæfdon, 14, 3. Beón hí ðǽr beclýsede . . . on ðám scræfe beclýsde, Hml.

Eást-Engle

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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.

ge-cnǽwe

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Hí feóllon tó his fótum áfyrhte, gecnǽwe heora gyltes (cf. wǽron andettende ꝥ hí gegylt hæfdon se deliquisse confessi sunt Gr. D. 127, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 7. Hí þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna, Hml.

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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hæfdon mágistras gearwe, ðá ðe hig lǽrdon and týdon (magistros, qui docerent ], Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 345, 14.

sǽd

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Ealle seofon hí hæfdon, and sǽd (séd ł teám, L., séd, R.) ne lǽfdon, Mk. 12, 22. v. æcer-, beán-, cawel-, corn-, nǽp-, senep-sǽd

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. <b>III a.

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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hæfdon on ðam gemóte micle smeáunge and geþeaht hwæt him tó dónne wǽre illi tractatum magnum in concilio quid esset agendum habere coeperunt Bd. 3. 5; S. 527, 26.

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

ge-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreátian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þreátian to urge, press]

To urgeoppressthreatenrebukecompelrestrainafflicttormenturgērecōgĕreafflīgĕretrībŭlēre

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Hie hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum ðæt he ne móste gecweðan 'Miltsa me God' they had restrained him with fiery chains from saying 'Have mercy on me, O God!' Blickl. Homl. 43, 30: 221, 15. Geþreátad coactus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 1.

FOLM

(n.)
Grammar
FOLM, gen. dat. folme; acc. folm, folme; pl. nom. acc. folme, folma; f: folme, an; f.

The palm of the handthe handpalmamănus

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Hæfde unlifigendes gefeormod fét and folma he had devoured the feet and hands of the lifeless, Beo. Th. 1494; B. 745. Náh geweald fóta ne folma he shall not have the power of feet nor of hands, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 12; Rä. 28, 15.

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