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hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Hálwoende ðín salutare tuum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 30. Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende the earth was healthful for men, Blickl. Homl. 115, 8: 209, 10.

Linked entry: -wende

a-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreón, -wreóhan, -wrióhan, -wrión ; p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon ; pp. -wrogen ; v. a. [a not, wreón to cover]

To uncover ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ open ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare

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Awreóh Drihtne weg ðínne revela Domino viam tuam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 5

mann-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
mann-lufu, an; f.

Love of men

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Love of men Woldun ðæt him tó móde fore monlufan sorg gesóhte, ðæt hé síþ tuge eft tó éþle they desired that for love of men care would visit his mind, that he might take his journey back to his country (and not remain as a hermit), Exon. 37 b; Th. 123

niht-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-lang, adj.

Night-long ⬩ a night in length

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Night-long, a night in length Nafa ðú nánes þearfan wedd mid ðé nihtlangne fyrst si pauper est proximus tuus, non pernoctabit apud te pignus, Deut. 24, 12 : Cd. Th. 191, 2; Exod. 208 : Andr. Kmbl. 1668; An. 836 : 2620; An. 1311 : Elen.

á-wídlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wídlian, p. ode.

to contaminate ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ to profane ⬩ pollute

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Tunge mín mid ǽlcere leásunge ys áwídlud (profanata), Angl. xi. 117, 41

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons; ⬩ conjuges ⬩ conjugati ⬩ conjugia

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Tu gesinhíwan sprǽcon ymbe hine ealle niht two married people were talking about him all night, Shrn. 90, 2. Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna all men's houses except the two married people's, 5.

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.

the body of (fighting) men on a ship ⬩ a ship of burden ⬩ a transport

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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna, and ðara scipa tú genam, 882; Erl. 82, 10. a ship of burden, a transport Sciplæst oneraria, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 71. Scyphlæst honeraria, ii. 43, 10 (cf. hlaestscip honeraria, 110, 46)

Linked entry: hlæst

fremsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
fremsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [fremsum, -nes, -ness]

Kindness ⬩ benefit ⬩ benignity ⬩ liberality ⬩ benignĭtas ⬩ bĕnĕfĭcium

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Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast, and ðíne fremsumnesse wylt folcum dǽlan bĕnĕ-dīces cŏrōnce anni benignĭtātis tuæ. Ps. Th. 64, 12. Be ðám godcundum fremsumnessum de bĕnĕfĭciis dīvīnis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 17

méd-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
méd-gilda, an; m.

One who receives pay ⬩ a needy person

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Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Lev. 25, 39

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.

Faithful

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Faithful Tunge mín triówfest. Ps. C. 114. Treówfæst (treóufæst, Lind. ) fidelis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 17. Trewufæst (treuw-?). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21. Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179.

wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.

Poor ⬩ indigent

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Ðín wanspédiga mǽg attenuatus frater tuus, Lev. 25, 25. Ðás læssan lác, ðe wǽron wannspédigra manna lác. Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11

spornan

(v.)
Grammar
spornan, spurnan; p. spearn, pl. spurnon ; pp. spornen.

to strike with the foot, spurn ⬩ to spurn, reject ⬩ stumble ⬩ to strike with the feet, tread

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to strike with the foot, spurn Ðe læs ðú on stán fóte spurne ne offendas ad lapidem pedem tuam Ps. Th. 90, 12. On spurnan inpingere Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72.

Linked entry: spurnan

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce, 129, 19. to make oppressive Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín gravata est super me manus tua Ps.

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court

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[Æt] woes hiórodes ðínes beodum adesto familiae tuae precibus, Rtl. 86, 3. Hiórad ðín giheald familiam tuam custodi, 17, 5. the family, those in heaven Híred familiam i. congregationem (coeli beatam), An.

ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.

Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia

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Patience, resignation; patientia Ðú me eart fǽle ge-þyld tu es patientia mea, Ps. Th. 70, 4: Ps. Spl. 61, 5: Job Thw. 167, 16. Sum þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he sceal one allows what he must with patience, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 20; Crä. 71.

dréman

(v.)
Grammar
dréman, drýman; p. de; pp.ed [dreám joy, music]

To rejoice, to play on an instrument ⬩ jubĭlāre, psallĕre

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We drémaþ mægnu ðínum psallēmus virtūtes tuas, Ps. Spl. 20, 13. Drémaþ oððe singaþ cyninge úrum psallĭte regi nostro, Ps. Lamb. 46, 7: 97, 5

Linked entry: drýman

éðung

(n.)
Grammar
éðung, éðgung, e; f.

Breath, a breathing, inspiration ⬩ hālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio

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Of éðunge gástes graman ðínes ab inspīrātiōne spīrĭtus iræ tuæ, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 18

Linked entry: éðgung

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.
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Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28

Linked entries: úf úf

ge-gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech

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Idle, wanton, scoffing speech Dá wæs seó tunge teartlícor gewítnod for his gegafspræce then was the tongue more sharply punished for his wanton speech, Homl. Th. i. 330, 34.

Linked entry: gaf-sprǽc

slidor

(n.)
Grammar
slidor, es; n.(?)

a slippery, miry place ⬩ lubricum ⬩ labina ⬩ a myre

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a slippery, miry place; lubricum Turf gleba, sliddor labina (cf. labinaa myre)Wülck. Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp.