eorþ-burh
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Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan eorðbeorg; of ðǽre byrig, 48, 26. Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add:
forþ-weard
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Cf. forþ, 1 a Mé (a plough) þurh hrycg wrecen hongað under án orþoncpíl, óðer on heáfde fæst and forðweard fealleð on sídan, Rä. 22, 13. (1 a) fig. inclined towards :-- Ontýn eárna hleóðor, þæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorðe ... forðweard tó þé, Ps.
and-langes
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Ðanone on andlanges hrycges, vi. 168, 23. Olluncges, iii. 35, 3. adv. Fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan, and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7
hán
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A projecting stone that forms part of a boundary Þis synt þá gemǽro . . . tó þǽre háne; þonan norþ on gerihte andlang hrycges, C. D. ii. 215, 31.
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byrþen
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Gebígð ðæt folc hira hrycg tó hefegum byrðenum manegum ad portanda peccatorum onera, Past. 29, 17.
á-bǽdan
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Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd rnáre ábǽdde nisi si major necessitas compulisset, 3, 5 ; S. 526, 28. Wé beóþ genýdede and ábǽdede, ðæt wé sceolon ágyldan, Gr.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Windhladen (q. v.) ventuosus. to put as a burden, freight, or cargo, to load something on a porter or vehicle Ic mé [on] hrycg hlade, þæt ic habban sceal, Rä. 4, 65, Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan, B. 2126.
hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight Ic mé hrycg hlade ðæt ic habban sceal I load my back with what I am to have, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 21; Rä. 4, 65. Wyrd wóp wecceþ weán hladeþ fate awakens grief, heaps up misery, Salm.
fold-búend
Earth-dwellers ⬩ earth's inhabitants ⬩ inhabitants of a land or country ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ
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Ic hæbbe me on hrycge ðæt ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra I have on my back what ere covered the persons of dwellers on earth, Exon. 101a; Th. 381, 18; Rä. 2, 13: 32b; Th. 106, 2; Gú. 35
hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
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Ðǽr mé siteþ hruse on hrycge there the earth presses on my back, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 5; Rä. 4, 6. Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh I buried my lord, 76 b; Th. 287, 32; Wand. 23.
hruse
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Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg we had sailed over a troubled sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Hreó hæglfare a hailstorm, 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105. Hreó wǽron ýða rough were the billows, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548: Andr.
HORS
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Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde ac hé his fótum geeode non equorum dorso sed pedum incessu vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28. Nis horses flǽsc forboden caro equina non est prohibita, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 16.
wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Th. 382, 23; Rä. 3, 15. with the idea of protection Ic liæbbe mé on hrycge ðæt ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra. Exon. Th. 381, 17; Rä. 2, II. Unc holt wrugon, wudubeáma helm, wonnum nihturn, scildon wið scúrurn, 496, I; Rä. 85, 73
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bæc
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In Coddan hrycges bece; andlang beces, C. D. iii. 461, 21. In wynnabæce; of wynnabæce . . . in foxbæce; of foxbæce, 386, 9, 16. Ymbe heáfca bæce; of þan bæce, 121, 16. In earna bæce; andlang bæces . . . æft on earna bæce, v. 121, 4, 11.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Ðæt hé (a vessel) scyle fǽmig rídan ýða hrycgum, Exon. Th. 384, 24; Rä. 4, 32. without the idea of progress, to ride (as into ride at anchor), to swing, rock Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas rídeþ racentan sál the chain swings (or presses?) on me, Cd.
wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Ofer wæteres hrycg across the sea, Beo. Th. 947; B. 471. On wæteres ǽht, 1037; B. 516. Hé stilde wæteres wælmum, Andr. Kmbl. 903; An. 452. Wætres swég, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19. Wætres ( the Deluge ) brógan, Cd. Th. 84, 10; Gen. 1395: Exon.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Se hrycg færð æfter ǽlcre wuhte, Past. 1 ; Swt. 29, 14. Wiþerweardnes wuhte gehwelcre, Met. 11, 78. Ðære wihte, Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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Of ðære róde on Heaðeburhe weorðyg; of ðæm worðige ondlong hrycges, iii. 77, 10. Sancte Andreas cirican and ðone worðig ðe ðÉértð gaunnan wes, v. 163, 20. At Sunemannes wyrðige; ond of ðam wyrðige . . . on Sunemannes weorðig, vi. 62, 16-31.
hád
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Ðá hádas ðǽre hálgan endebyrdnesse personae sacrorum ordinum, Past. 135, 13. the living body of a human being Ic hæbbe mé on hrycg þset ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra flǽsc and gǽstas, Rä. 2, 12. of a mode of divine being, person of the Trinity Hé wæs on