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gird

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H. 1, 11. a rod, staff Girde snace áwendre uiminis (Aaron's rod) ex colubro transfigurati, An. Ox. 156.

hlinc

ridge

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On burh-hlincas; of burhhlincun, 396, 14. a rising ground, ridge Tó hǽðhylle; ðonon on stán hlinces ende, C. D. iii. 82, 6. Andlang hlinces on þæt súþheáfod; þonne ádúne on þæt slæd, 414, 2. Of hlinces heáfod, 420, 27: v. 217, 21.

standan

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standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Swá hit on þǽre dómbéc stande, 158, 6. of non-material things His hlísa nú stynt swá hwǽr swá crístendóm bið, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 25. <b>II a.

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Ðæt hé ðonne stán nime wið hungres hleó hláfes ne gýme that he should take a stone then as a protection against hunger, and care not for the bread, Elen. Kmbl. 1228; El. 616

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Ne biþ forlǽten stán ofer stán, Blickl. Homl. 79, 1. Hé fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleonian funde, Beo. Th. 2834; B. 1415.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

cunnan

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Þá þe ón stáne cunnon and gecwémlíce on treówe, 38. Ealle þá eásternan and þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnan on gerímcræfte, Lch. iii. 256, 7. Sumne wyrhtan þe wel cunne on cræfte, Hml. S. 36, 24. On cunnende wæs expertus sit, Wrt.

for-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallow updevourabsorbdevŏrāredegluttīreabsorbēre

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Syndon hí æt stáne forswolgene absorpti sunt juxta petram, Ps. Th. 140, 8. Heó beóþ forswelgene they shall be swallowed up, 57, 8

Linked entry: for-sweolgan

hycgan

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</b> to conceive, under-stand :-- Hicgan, understandan collegi, i. inielligi (colligi datur quod virginitas sit); An. Ox. 1391. to think of, about with gen. Hycgad his ealle, hú gé hí beswícen, Gen. 432. with prep.

án-lípig

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án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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On ðone ánlípian stán, C. D. iii. 467, 7, 8. Mín swustur lét mé ǽnlípie (solam) þénian, Lk. 10, 40. Ne sculon mæssepreóstas ǽnlípie bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 21. Ðá wuniað twám and þrím ætgædere and hwílon ǽnlípige, R.

feld

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feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Nǽnig óþer stán on eallum þám felda (-e, v. l.) geméted beón mihte neque ullus alter in tota illa campi planitie lapis inueniri potest, 5, 6; Sch. 577, 13. Ǽlc man sý his huntnoðes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25.

ge-lícnes

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Se wǽta cymþ tó þám tóþan on þáre gelícnesse þe hyt of húse dropað on stán, Lch. iii. 104, 10. Ꝥ hí . . . yrre fram him ácyrde on þá gelícnesse Niniuítwarona ( instar Nineuitarum ), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 493, 4.

horn

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a horn for cupping Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽeces ansýne and bǽr horn and his blódsex ( cornu et tripedicam ferens ), Gr. 161, 2. v. tyge-horn. a horn tube for inhaling Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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II a. to continue in a state or condition, live (in hope, fear, etc. ), remain (silent, etc. ) :-- Ic á on wénum sæt I lived in constant expectation. Cd. Th. 163, 18; Gen. 2700. Mǽre þeóden unblíðe sæt, Beo. Th. 261; B. 130.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

set

(n.)
Grammar
set, es; n.
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Ða Deniscan sǽeton ðǽr behindan, 91, 1), Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 19-22. of animals, a place where animals are kept, a stall, fold, or where they feed, pastures -Seotu bucitum (cf. hrýðra fald bucetum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 22), Txts. 47, 339.

Linked entries: seotu set-gang siota

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.
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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. [In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15.

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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frumes frumcendnisse eft boetest wyrðnise qui humanam naturam supra prime originis reparas dignitatem, Rtl. 35, 13. dignity, honourable office Hæfde se cyning efenhlétan ðære cynelícan wurþnysse ( regiae dignitatis ), Bd. 3, 14 ; S. 539, 30. dignity, state

clif

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Ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, 207, 20. On ðǽm sǽs clife, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 31. Abies ꝥ treówcyn þý clyfe weóx, Nar. 8, 22. Ofer clif per preceps (v. Mt. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 35.

cniht-hád

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H. 213, 27: Shrn. 65, 8: Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 16. unmarried state, celibacy. v. cniht, <b>I a</b> Hé (S. John) on mægðháde (cnihtháde, v. l.) on écnysse þurh*-*wunode virgo in eum permansit, Hml, A. 14, 30.

forþ-weard

(adj.)
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forþ-weard, adj.
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Cf. forþ, 1 b Ic ( a lance ) hwílum éðelfæsten forðweard brece, Rä. 72, 23. expressing state reached, forward, advanced.

nyten-ness

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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.