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tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða , and heó tóeode on twá, Wulfst. 293, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19. Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...

ge-cwéme

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Ðeós wyrt nafað gecwéme sǽd tó lǽcedðme, 292, 21. fit for the use of a person (dat. ) Is seó geoluwe swíþost lǽceon gecwéme, Lch. i. 294, 11. ¶ in the following the translation seems inexact :-- Mid gecwémre dugeþgyfe cum gratuita (i. gratis data) munificentia

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.

Linked entry: heá-lic

hlifian

(v.)
Grammar
hlifian, p. ode

To stand out prominently, tower up, to be raised high

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Mid ðý ðe hé wǽshlifigende ofer sǽs brim whilst he was standing high up above the sea, Blickl. Homl. 143, 5

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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On þá þe mon hétt Euxinus, Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 21. Hé wæs hátan (-en, v. l. ) Agesilaus, 3, 1 ; S. 99, 29.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008. Ðá ðæs mǽles wæs mearc agongen then was the appointed time past, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 16; Gen. 1719: 224; Th. 296, 12; Sat. 501.

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.
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Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. of non-material things Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne*-*wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33.

ciric-weard

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Sǽde se cnapa þám cyrcwerde, Hml. S. 21, 163. Áxode hé þone cyrcweard, 3, 258. Niman þá cyricwerdas (es, MS.) þá róde sumant editui crucem, Angl. xiii. 426, 870.

ge-dreccednes

Grammar
ge-dreccednes, <b>ge-drecednes</b>.
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Ðá sǽde hé þæt swilce earloð-nessa and swylce gedrecednessa sculan geweorðan swilce nǽfre ǽr ne gewurdan ( erit tribulatio magna qualis non fuit ah initio mundi usque modo, Mt. 24, 21), 81, 3. Gedrecednessum (gedrecenyssum, Hpt.

hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Sǽs sídne grund the sea's spacious depth; Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 2; Sch. 40: Menol. Fox 323; Men. 113: Andr. Kmbl. 786; An. 393: 849: An. 425: Beo. Th. 3106: B. 1551.

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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] and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwén- hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, GERMANIA now we will speak, as much as we know, about the boundaries of Europe.

HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Haygrassfœnum

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Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 10.

Linked entries: hig hoeg

lah-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
lah-bryce, es; m.
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A breach of the law Ðæt wæs geworden ðæs ðe hé sǽde þurh gelǽredra regolbryce and þurh lǽwedra lahbryce that happened, according to him [Gildas], through the violation of their rule by ecclesiastics, and through the breaking of the law by laymen, Swt

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es; m. n.
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Segg, secg, saecg gladiolum, Txts. 66, 463. Sech carex, 50, 251. Seic, 115, 151. Secg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 28. Segc, i. 79, 65. Segg, 67, 3. Secg gladiolum, ii. 40, 70. Segc, 70, 29. Secgg, i. 67, 55.

Linked entries: segc sæcg

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedlysæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebrofrequenter

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Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly; sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro Fregn gelóme freca óðerne one warrior often asked the other, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165 : Beo. Th. 1122; B. 559 : Ps. Th. 54, 13 : 62, 4.

Linked entry: -lóme

éhtend

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Add: a pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, <b>I, III</b>) Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving

tíma

Grammar
tíma, <b>. I a.</b>
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Hét hé him beran bere tó sǽde, and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan seów ( allatum hordeum ultra omne tempus serendi terrae commendavit, Vit. Cuth. 19), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12.