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ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Wá byð ðám þe þǽr (hell) bið geteohhod tó, Wlfst. 146, 12. Wæs ic geteohhod (-tihad, v. l.) in þás wítelican stówe in hoc poenali loco deputatus sum, Gr. D. 330, 7. Geteohhod on þá hellewítu, Verc.

hof

(n.)
Grammar
hof, es; n.

A house hall, dwelling, buildingædes, domus

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Ðæt rǽdleáse hof hell, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 32; Gen. 44: 217; Th. 276, 23; Sat. 193. Hofa ædes, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 83; Wrt. Voc. 57, 59. Hé ða hofa gehealdeþ and begýmeþ qui illa oppida maritima observat, Nar. 37, 26. Hofu, Andr.

hám

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Hé wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan ( visit their dwelling (hell )), 436. Hám áléfan, éðel tó ǽhte, 278. a place where rest, refuge, or satisfaction is found Þǽr hé hungrium hám staðelude collocavit illic esurientes, Ps. Th. 106, 35.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Wræcsíð wépan in ðam deáðsele (hell), 166, 23; Gú. 1047: 466, 34; Hö. 126. Wé synd on ðisse worlde ælþeódige . . . ; for gylte wé wǽron on ðysne wræcsíþ sende, Blickl.

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte , -læhte.

to treat gently, to soothe, caressto be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy meansto gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissiveof things to gratify, charm, give pleasure

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Hé wolde onginnan him oleccan mid his hearepan he (Orpheus) would attempt to propitiate them (the gods of Hell) with his harp, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 14: Cd. Th. 118, 3; Gen. 1959. Uton wé Gode óliccan, Exon.

Linked entry: óliccan

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802. Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145.

full

(adv.)
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Eáge æfþancum ful, 497. full of food Þú wǽre swá gífre swá hund, and þú nǽfre nǽre full þe má þe hell, Wlfst. 241, 7. <b>III a.

hǽlu

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See next paragraph. ¶ the salvation effected by Christ's death Hǽl ús, wé þe synt on líchomum lifgende, and eác þá þe on helle synt biddaþ þínre onlésnesse and þínre hǽlo, Bl. H. 81, 23.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Monna gehwylc geceósan mót swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu. Exon. 16 b; Th. 37, 9; Cri. 590. Gif hé ús geunnan wile ðæt wé hine grétan móton. Beo. Th. 700; B. 347.

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Wǽron ealle þæs fægen þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 435

feax

a bush

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Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2. Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

róf

(adj.)
Grammar
róf, adj.

Valiantstoutstrong

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Valiant, stout, strong (used only in poetry) Róf oretta, heard under helme ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5070; B. 2538. Róf rúnwita ( Guthlac ), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068. Wís hæleþ, maga móde róf, Andr. Kmbl. 1249; An. 625.

weorþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-full, adj.
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Th. 6189; B. 3099. having honour with others, held in honour, honoured, esteemed, prized, dear Se bið on eallum þingum wurþfull (cf. weorþ mannum, 162, 1), Lchdm. iii. 158, 3.

hálig-nes

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</b> 2 Ðurh þæs hálgan fulluhtes hálignesse, Wlfst. 154, 19. an object held sacred Ic hálsige þe þurh ealle hálignyssa ( sanctitates ) þe synt on heofonan and on eorðan, and þurh þæne fulluht and Crístendóm þe þú underfangen hæfst, Ll.

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

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

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Helle weallas forbrecan, ðære burge þrym reáfian, Exon. Th. 461, 15; Hö. 36. to seize, take as a robber takes Reáfiaþ rapiunt, Kent. Gl. 4. Ic forþ ágef ða ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quae non rapui tunc exolvebam, Ps. Th. 68, 5

scipe

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

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