cwyddian
To speak, say ⬩ dicere
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To speak, say ; dicere Ðæt me oferhydige ǽfre ne mótan hearm cwyddian that the proud may never speak evil of me, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Crist hí befran hú men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31
dwild
Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum
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On Engla land feole dwild weáren geseogen and geheórd many prodigies were seen and heard in England, 1122; Erl. 249, 13
in-hold
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm
ge-myndelíce
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Add: by heart: — Gemyndelíce memoriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 74. Sý án ǽnlýpig rǽdincg gerǽd gemyndelíce bútan béc (memoriter), R. Ben. 34, 12. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gecweden, 38, 10. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gesǽd ex corde recitatus, 34, i.
locc
a hair ⬩ a curl ⬩ ringlet
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The hair of the head, a hair, a lock of hair, a curl, ringlet Comatus se ðe hæfþ loccas, coma is locc, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 9. Locc unscoren coma vel cirrus, Wrt. Voc. 42, 45. Locc uncinus, 42, 48.
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gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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On þæt fǽge folc flána scúras, gáras. . . hetend hildenǽdran þurh fingra geweald forð onsendan, El. 118. the head of a weapon Gár sceal on sceafte, ecg on sweorde and ord spere, Gn. Ex. 203.
Róm-pening
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Gif cyninges þegn oððe ǽnig landríca hit forhæbbe, gilde .x. healfmearc, healf Criste, healf cynge.
Linked entry: Róm-feoh
meagol-mód
Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous
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heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and the true confession of all my sins, Wanley Cat. 246, 9
incund-ness
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feeling that comes from the heart, heartiness, earnestness, v. in-cund; II Wé hine lufiað and wurðiaþ mid gewissum galeáfan cweþende mid múðe and mid módes incundnesse þæt sé án is sóð God, Wlfst. 105, 30. an inner part. Cf. in-cund; I.
ceahhetung
cachinnus, cachinnatio
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Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Ceahhetung vel cincung cachinnatio, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 86
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fǽr-haga
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Calamity that compasses about Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled . . . leomu hefegedon sárum gesóhte . . . hé his módsefan wið þám fǽrhagan fæste trymede the body was inflamed with disease . . . the limbs grew heavy attacked by pains . . . he fortified his mind
reáf
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Mid gyftlicum reáfe ( ueste ) gescrýd, Mt. 22, 11. v. beód-, brýd-, heall-, mæsse-, munuc-, preóst-, sige-, weg-, wer-reáf
ísen
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Hié him wǽpeno worhton þá þe ísen hæfdon, Ors. 4, 13 ; S. 210, 25. an implement, a tool, & c. made of iron Þá rǽsde forð þæt ísen (íren, v. l. ferrum head of a hatchet) of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26.
H
hail
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In later English the guttural h is generally represented by gh, e. g. leóht light, heáh high. Under certain circumstances h takes the place of c and g, see those letters.
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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On hrófe gestód heán landes he stopped on the summit of the mount, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 20; Gen. 2898. Of hé[um] heofnes hrófe ex summa cæli arce, Rtl. 101, 24.
in-cofa
the breast ⬩ heart
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An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart On his incofan ł on his clyfan in cubili suo, Ps. Lamb. 35, 5. On díglum ł on incofan ł on eówrum clyfum in cubilibus vestris, 4, 5. Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan all that he had in his breast, Bt.
stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt
un-áblinn
A not ceasing
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ðæs yfelan geþóhtes I see the wicked device of thy heart; the tempter of the race of mess hath begotten in thee those incessant recurrences of (that never ceasing from) that evil thought, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 10
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ræsc
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A heavy shower Foreweal hreósendlicum ræscum propugnaculum ruituris (ignium) imbribus, An. Ox. 3974. Naescum (raescum?)
hand-plega
Fighting
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Fighting Heard handplega hard fighting, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 23; Exod. 327: 95; Th. 124, 3; Gen. 2057: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 25.