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rind

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

Rind. of a tree the bark crust rind

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Andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 3. Of corntreówes rinde de cortice corni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 6.

Linked entry: rinde

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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Sárlíc síþfæt (the journey to hell) 446, 20; Dóm. 25. Se sárlíca cwide: 'Terra es et in terram ibis' that sad sentence, 'Dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return,' Blickl. Homl. 123, 7. Mid sárlícre sceame confusione, Ps.

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm, Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 1; Rä. 85, 7.

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell. Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487. Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide, Misc. 94, 43. O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought

hogian

(v.)
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Mid ðám þe ic hogode helpan þínum wífe while I was busy trying to help your wife Hml. S. 36, 363. Hogede satageret An. Ox. 4218. to take heed, take care to secure a result Hogode curauit (pastor et foeminas prohibere ), An. Ox. 5160.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód hé gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. Hé hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

á-dón

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Ðanon (from hell) ne byð ǽnig upp ádón, Nar. 50, 24. út, Similar entries v. út, I. 4 Út ádyde excepit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 33. Hí ðá fýlðe ádydon út, Hml. S. 25, 381. Him hét se cyng ðá eágan út ádón, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22

sín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
sín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.
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On helle beóþ ða scínlǽcan, ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 23. Ða fǽmnan ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan and scínlǽcan (-lácan, MS. H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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. ¶ -scipe -ship, helps to form many nouns

on-lísan

(v.)

to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds)to release, deliver, liberate

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Tó onliésanne ða gehæftan on helle, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 10. Siððan seó sáwl of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 15. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29: 138, 50.

Linked entries: on-lésan on-liésan

ge-sécan

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Godes Sunu hié hæfde gesóht, 13, 3. in order to help Gesóhte uisitauit, Lk. L. R. l, 68. Hé ús gesóhte hider on middangeard, Bl. H. 129, ii: ii. 34.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

swǽfan

(v.)
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The Latin original has: Saevior ignibus Aetnae fervens amor ardet habendi, which is rendered in the prose version: Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ðæt fýr on ðære helle seó is on ðam munte de Ætne hátte, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 29.

fultumend

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D. 243, 13. an assistant to a condition, one who helps to bring about a condition Hié beóð fultemend tó hiera wǽdle ( adjutores calamitatis extitissent ), Past. 377, 3. v. ge-fultum(i)end

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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gehogodon, þæt gé on fára folc feorh gelǽddon, An. 429. (3 a) with pron. relative clause, and clause in apposition :-- Ðá þæt gehogode Méda aldor, þæt ǽr man ne ongan, þæt hé Babilone ábrecan wolde, Dan. 687. to look for, hope for Israhéla hús on Drihten helpe

Linked entry: ge-hycgan

háte

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Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31. of the effect produced by fire, sun, &c. cf. hát; 3 Geond helle háte onǽled, Sat. 341. of intense feeling, fervently, passionately.

ge-unnan

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Gionn ús helpe praesta nobis auxilium, Rtl. 16, 29. Forgif mé, swegles ealdor, sigor ..., geunne mé mínra gesynta, Jud. 90. Ic áh þearfe þæt þú mínum gǽste gódes geunne, By. 176. Symbelnis ús giwnne ( prestet ) fremnise, Rtl. 68, 1.

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, Gen. 736. grief, affliction Gehýrde heó hearm galan (cf. hearmleóð ágól, 615) helle deófol, Jul. 629. injurious speech, calumny.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To lamentmourncomplain

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Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan ( the devils in hell), Cd. 216; Th. 273, 10; Sat. 134. Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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Ic ( a helm ) hæbbe heard nebb, 489, 29; Rä. 79, 1. a nose, the gristle of the nose Neb internasum (cf. nose gristle internasus, 43, 20), Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 50. Gif mon óðrum ðæt neb (nebb, MSS. B. H.: næb, MS.