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hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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Hwæt iudas hét ðá settan ðæt líc ah! then Judas bade them put down the body, H. R. 13, 26. Hwæt mé ðín hand ðyder lǽdeþ etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, Ps. Th. 138, 8.

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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Hét hí ástígan tó ánre sticolre dúne, 3, 235. lofty, placed high, situated at a great height Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 1. Martinus ástáh on ðam sticelan hrófe, 510, 7.

Linked entry: sticel

á-bítan

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Ðæt he mehte Godes þeówas on dón, ðæt hié diór ábite in quo sanctos bestiis objiceret laniandos Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 12. of a serpent Hét hió ðá nǽdran dón tó hiere earme ( Cleopatra . . . serpentis morsu in sinistro tacta brachio ) . . . ðǽre nǽdran

æt-standan

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hét ðá hundas ætstandan þe urnon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 24. of a body at rest, to remain standing Ealle gefeóllan . . bútan Dúnstán ána ætstód uppon ánum beáme. Chr. 978; P. 123, 3. Hí feorr ætstódon de longe steterunt , Ps.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Beforan him hé hét árǽdan þæs káseres dóm . . .Þá se dóm árǽded wæs, Shrn. 129, 1-4. ꝥ to prepare Áraeddun (-réddun) expedierant, Txts. 61, 784

ést

favourluxuries

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Mé þis hildesceorp Hróðgár sealde, hét þæt ic his ǽrest þé ést gesægde (that I should describe to thee his gracious gift), cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogár cyning, B. 2157.

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were

Linked entry: fór-faran

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Hét hé áwritan hú hine gewarnode Mardocheus, 95, 125. ꝥ hé sí gewarnod fram him ut videatur ab ipso, R. Ben. I. 76, 7. Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá!

hádianv

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Hét se pápa hine hádigean (gehálgian, v. l.) tó bysceope iussu pontificis in episcopatus consecratus est gradum, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 212, 10. with acc. of person and complementary acc. of office, to ordain a person bishop, &c.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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Þá hét ic þá hors gerwan and eóredmen hleápan úp imperaui equitibus ut ascen-derent equos Nar. 21, 22. to spring up and down, jump about.

wæccan

(v.)
Grammar
wæccan, p. wæhte

To watchwake

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hét mec wæccende wunian, Exon. Th. 422, 18; Rä. 41, 8. Ðæt gé wæccende wearde healden, 282, 13; Jul. 662. Ða þeówas ðe se hláford wæccende (-o, Lind. wæcende, Rush. uigilantes) gemét, Lk. Skt. 12, 37: Blickl. Homl. 145, 6. Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Beseah hé tó þǽre sceande (Iezebel) up and hét hí ásceófon underbæc, 345. Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415. Betwux þám leónum áscofen, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 4. figurative, to drive away, repel Hig þæne deófol fram heom áscúfað, Angl. viii. 330, 25.

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Kmbl. 2195; An. 1099. because boats were made of ash, — a small ship, a skiff, a light vessel to sail or row in; navis, navigium, dromo Hét Ælfréd cyng timbrian langscipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long ships against those ships, Chr

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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hét ádelfan ǽnne gehwǽdne pytt, Homl. Th. ii. 02, 2.

ge-rýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]

To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expanddīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre

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On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery, Ch. Th. 231, 26

Linked entry: rýman

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne æmtigne sester . . . Hig slógon tógædere ða sestras ( lagenas ). Jud. 7, 16-19.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Hét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 25. Hú heó rihtlícost heora þeódscipe gehealdan mehton, Chart. Th. 139, 22. Þeódscypas winnaþ heom betweónan, Wulfst. 86, 7.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

háwian

(v.)
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Hire fóstermóder hí hét gán mid óþrum fǽmnum on feld sceáp tó háwienne, Hml.

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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Ðá hét heó secgan ðæt swefen. Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-31. Swefn, Cd. Th. 159, 16; Gen. 2635. Tó ásecganne swefen, 224, 1; Dan. 129. Swefnu gefremminge habbaþ dreams will have accomplishment, Lchdm. iii. 186, 12. Swefenu, 196, 11.

Linked entry: swefn

án-rǽd

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Hé hine hét þæt hé ne tweóde, ac þæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml.