sceáp-hirde
A shepherd
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cf. gáta hierde titurus, 288, 21) titirus. Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 57. Swá swá sceáphyrde tósceát sceáp fram gátum, Wulfst. 288, 2. Scéphyrdas opiliones, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 3. Godes engel ætíwde sceáphirdon Shrn. 29, 31. Be sceáphyrdan.
hand-gewinn
Labour of the hands, struggle, strife, fighting
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Hé sceal fore hǽðenra handgewinne gást onsendan he shall because of the heathens' warfare give up the ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 372; An.186
ídel
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Samson nolde gán ýdel of ðǽre byrig, ac hé ábær ðá gatu úp tó ðǽre dúne, Hml. Th. i. 226, 31. Ðene forleorton geonga ídelne eum dimiserunt uacuum Mk. L.
ge-winnan
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To get by effort what is striven for. of peaceful effort Him bið leán gearo þæs wé magon fremena gewinnan reward shall await him from any good we may gain, Gen. 437. His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne þonne his wiðermédo, 660.
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Anatolius hátte sum híwigende munuc, and hé behýdde his yfelnysse, 31, 792. to make as if: Ne híwa ðú, mín bearn, swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mæge gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum, Hex. 48, 9.
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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Hí sealdon unwillum hálige áþas they gave unwillingly holy oaths, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 49; Met. 1, 25. Gif ðæt geswutelod wǽre, oððe him áþ burste, oððe ofercýðed wǽre if that were made evident, or an oath failed to them, or were out proven, L.
Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160
Linked entry: scilcen
ǽt
food ⬩ cibus ⬩ esca ⬩ eating ⬩ esus ⬩ manducatio
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Oft he him ǽte heóld he often gave them food, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 12 ; Gú. 708 : Cd. 200; Th. 247, 32; Dan. 506. eating; esus, manducatio Æfter ǽte after eating, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 13; Ph. 405.
mín
Of me
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Mín sylfes gást wæs órmod worden, Ps. Th. 76, 4. Mín sylfes weorc hí gesáwon, 94, 9
un-gestæððig
Inconstant ⬩ unstable
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Ðam ungestæþþegan and ðam gálan ðú miht secgan ðæt hí biþ gelícra unstillum fugelum ðonne gemetfæstum monnum levis atque inconstans studia permutat? nihil ab avibus differt, 37, 4; Fox 192, 22.
Grendel
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Tó Grendeles gatan, 605, 14. On Grendeles pyt; of Grendeles pytte, 667, 5. The forms Grindel, Gryndel also occur :-- Of Grindeles pytt ... on Grindeles pytt, C. D. B. i. 176, 27-177, 1. Of Grindles bece, iii. 588, 22.
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.
hringe
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'Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh; and gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige . . . Gif seó hringe nele úp . . .' Se smið . . . genam áne hringan . . . Héé Hringan legulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 18
reðe
Right, just
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Mé ðín se góda gást lǽdde ðæt ic on rihtne weg reðne férde ; spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in viam rectam,; Ps. Th. 142, 11. Ic on wísne weg worda ðínra, reðne rinne, 118, 32.
Linked entries: rede reðe-hygdig
up-heofon
The heavens ⬩ the sky
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Se gást upheofon gesóhte spiritus astra petit, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 20
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brǽd
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo
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Ic on brǽdu [brǽde, Spl.] gange ambulabam in latitudine, Ps. Th. 118, 45. Drihten me gehýrde on heáre [ = heáhre, MS. hearr] brǽdu exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, 117, 5.
Linked entries: hrycg-brǽdan brǽdo brǽdu
setl
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</b> in reference to the heavenly bodies, tó setle gán, etc. (cf. Fr. le coucher do soleil, le soleil se couche) to set :-- Syððan sunne beó on setle after sunset. Lchdm. iii. 8, 19.
hǽr
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Ox. 1214. of animals Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gate hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-6
HREÓD
A REED
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For cynegyrde him hreód forgeáfon gave him a reed for a sceptre, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 27. Hreódes spír a spike of a reed, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 10. Grównys hreódes and ricsa viror calami et junci, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 23.
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BESMA
A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga
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Bos. 11, 25 he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc. h He [Brutus] hý [his fíf suna] hét gebindan, and mid besman swingan he [Brutus] gave orders to bind them [his five sons], and scourge them with rods [virgis cecidit, Hav.]