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wudu-hunig

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-hunig, es; n.

Wild honey

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Wudehunig, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7. Be wyrtum and be wuduhuuige, Blickl. Homl. 167, 36. Wuduhunig hé æt, Mk. Skt. l, 6

Linked entry: hunig

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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Homl. 207, 2. Cyricean duru ingangan ecclesiæ januam ingredi, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 19. Wæs ingangende on ðare hálgan Marian hús entered the house of the Holy Mary, Blickl. Homl. 147, 1. Ingongende, 4.

innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Se innra man ðæt is seó sáwl interior homo, id est anima, L. Ecg. P. iv. 63; Th. ii. 224, 6. Se inra wind, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.

Linked entries: inra útera

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21: Blickl. Homl. 131, 20. Johannes gesende twægen leorneras his Joannes mittens duos de discipulis suis. Mt. Kembl. Rusts. 11. 2, 1: 10, 1.

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Templ Háliges Gástes snytro on to gerestenne a temple for the wisdom of the Holy Ghost to dwell in, Blickl. Homl. 163, 15. Ic me gereste quiesco, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 30. Mín hige geresteþ nó my mind resteth not, Elen.

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

stípel

(n.)
Grammar
stípel, es ; m.
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Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25. Timbrian ánne stýpel turrem aedificare, Lk. Skt. 14, 28. Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel and mid scínendum gymmum besette eall ðæt hús, and on ðære upflóra his cynestól geworhte, Homl.

Linked entry: stýpel

steóp-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-bearn, es; n.
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Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63

cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
cýððu, ee; f.

A native country, home situs natalis

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A native country, home; situs natalis Fugel his cýððu séceþ the bird seeks its home, Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 9; Ph. 277: Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 9; Hy. 4, 114

drenc-horn

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Add: v. drinc(e)-horn

sinc-weorþung

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Add: Cf. hord-, hring-weorþung

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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C. 7; Th. ii. 346, 2: Homl. Th. i. 18, 26. where neither male nor female is specified, to have offspring, bring forth Fugelas ne týmaþ swá swá óðre nýtenu, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22. Ðæt folc týmde micelne teám on ðam wéstene, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 17.

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre the place is on the high mount of Olives, Homl. Blick. 125, 19

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Homl. 33, 1: Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 17

englas

(n.)

angels

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angels, Homl. Th. i. 276, 1

for-spenþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-spenþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-spanan.

entices

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entices, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30;

Neapolite

(n.)
Grammar
Neapolite, pl.

The Neapolitans

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Homl. 201, 19

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Híg mínne oððe hóhfót cépaþ oððe begémaþ ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Lamb. 55, 7: Homl. Th. ii. 324, 16: Ælfc. T. 28, 3. Ðe willaþ ðysre deópnysse cépan who will keep this precept, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 7.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

þeów-racu

Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw- [w]racu, e, an; f.
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Hí him ne ondrédon hǽðenra cyninga þeówracan, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 12. Ic forseó ðíne þeówracan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 524. Ic gehýre hyra egeslícan þíwracan, 3, 432

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something writtenwritingscriptureinscriptiona writinglettertreatisewritcharterbook

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Homl. 167, 15: 123, 6. Mid ðon worde ðæs godcundan gewrites with the word of divine Scripture, 33, 20. Ðæs hálgan gewrites of holy writ, Homl. Th. i. 82, 13. Ðis gewrit inscribtio, Mk. Bos. 12, 16.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ