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-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

M

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The form of the rune accompanying the Runic poem is ᛗ Kmbl. plate 16, fig. 11, and the verse attached to it the following Man byþ on myrgþe Men will be cheerful, his mágan leóf dear to their friends, sceal ðeáh ánra gehwylc shall yet each one óðrum swícan

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 278, 18. Ðý læs hí him and his freóndum sceþeden ne sibi suisque nocerent, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 35. Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl.

Linked entry: sceaþan

á-hreddan

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Hí his mágas áhredde wið heora réðnysse, Hml. S. 25, 409. ꝥ hé ús áhredde wið þone feónd, 26, 20. Ic wylle áhreddan míne eówde wið eów, Hml. Th. i. 242, 13. Wið þysne cyning tó áhredenne (-dd-, v. l. ) úre leóde, Hml. S. 26, 23.

á-meldian

(v.)
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hé geþóht hæfde þæt him tó þǽre dǽde fylstan sceolde quae res per ministros prodita, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 29. to give information that leads to discovery or detection, about persons, to denounce, betray, inform against Sume ámeldodon heora crístenan mágas

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Gif hwylc landleás man folgode on óðre scíre and eft his mágas geséce, ꝥ hé hine on þá gerád feormige, ꝥ hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde, 204, 7. to supply with food as an obligation Ic wille ꝥ Æffe feormige of þǽm þrím dǽlum æt Ingepenne þá Godes þeówas

ge-sendan

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Mið ðý gesende stefne micla emissa uoce magna, Mk. L. 15, 37. Gesended ne ꝥ áne word emissum non solum uerbum, Mk. p. I. 10. the object not expressed to send a messenger or a message Gié gesendon tó Ióhanne and cýðnise getrymede, Jn. L. 5, 33.

hwilc-hwega

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A. 205, 345. of number, some, a few Wé magan hwylcumhwega wordum secggan be ðǽre gebyrdo. . . Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.

(adj.)
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Þú hæfst mé manega bysna gereihte, and ic hæbbe sælf gesegen on bócum má þonne ic áreccan mage, Solil. H. 66, 13. to express an indefinite excess over a number stated approximately Sume habbað twá oþþe má. Ll. Th. i. 316, 9: 438, 13.

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Micle burga óþ heofun fæste urbes magnæ ad cælum usque mūnītæ, Deut. 1, 28. Fæst innoþ restricta alvus, Herb. 1, 12; Lchdm. i. 74, 11

meltan

(v.)
Grammar
meltan, p. mealt, pl. multon; pp. molten.

to meltbecome liquidbe consumed, dissolvedto digest

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Ða ðe on ðære uferan wambe gewuniap and ne mágon meltan, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 17. Myltan, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 18. Wel meltende mettas, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 21

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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Ne heard sweopu húse ðínum náhwǽr sceþþan [mágon], Ps. Th. 90, l0. Ðú mé náhwár forléte thou didst never forsake me, Homl.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

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Ðeáh ðe we hit gefrédan ne mágon though we cannot perceive it, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 44. Ic gefréde sentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 39 : 37; Som. 39, 8.

unriht-hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmed, es; n.

Unlawful cohabitationillicit intercourseadulteryfornication

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Ne ða unfæsðrádan ðe ne magon hira unryhthǽmdes geswícan neque adulteri, neque molles, neque masculorum concubitores, Swt. 401, 28.

Linked entry: riht-hǽmed

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossessbetray

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Ðá Iudéiscan syrwiað and rúniað hú hí þé (Jesus) berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Hú hé mihte þæt manncynn berǽdan quo aditu possit obtinere eos (the people of besieged Bethulia), Hml. A. 109, 239. to consult about (v. N. E.

brycg

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magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif wé willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan, 303, 8. Add

ofer-cuman

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Ꝥte ofercuóme superuenisse, Jn. p. 1. 14. in the following instance the verb seems to govern the genitive Crístenra manna God, þæs wuldorge[wor]ces náne mennisce searwa ofercuman ne magon, Angl. xvii. 121, 6

irming

(n.)
Grammar
irming, es ; m.

A poormeanwretchedmiserable persona wretch

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Betere is ðé ðæt ðé sceamige nú hér beforan mé ánum yrmingce ðonne eft beforan Gode on ðam mycelan dóme melius est tibi nunc hic coram me solo misero pudefieri, quam posthac coram Deo in magno judicio, L. Ecg. C. prm ; Th, ii. 132, 20.

Linked entries: earming erming

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Hí læccaþ of manna begeatum hwæt hí gefón mágen eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ they seize of men's gettings what they can grasp, just as greedy ravens do from a corpse, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 4.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.
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Wé ne magon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse and ðæra wolcna ðicnysse and for ure eágena tyddernysse hí (heofenan) nǽfre geseón, Lchdm. iii. 232, 16. Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp the clouds of smoke rose up, Homl.

Linked entry: þicce