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á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157.

Fríge-niht

(n.)
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Fríge-niht, e; f.
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Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht in ciricean. Þá on þá þriddan tíde ðǽre nihte . . . Shrn. 113, 4. Ne mæssenihtum ne Frígenihtum, Wlfst. 305, 24

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21

afor

(adj.)
Grammar
afor, adj.

Vehementdirehatefulroughausterevehemensatroxodiosusasperausterusacerbus

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Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11

hringan

(v.)
Grammar
hringan, p. de; v.

To ring

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Yc gef leáua ðam munche tó hringinde hyre týde I give leave to the monks to ring their hours, Chart. Th. 437, 13

hrung

(n.)
Grammar
hrung, e; f.

A rungstaffrodbeampole

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A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole; Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering

næsc

(n.)

fawn-skin

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fawn-skin Fel pellis, hýd cutis vel corium; næsc nebris, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 37-39. Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on, Lchdm. ii. 104, 13 : 140, 10. Dó on næsc, 36, 8.

ge-friðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-friðian, p. ode; pp. od

To guardprotectdefenddeliver

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Ðæt hys yrþ sí gefriðod that its produce be protected, Th. An. 118, 20. He me gefriðode eripuit me, Ps. Th. 33, 4. Alýs me and gefriða me libera me et eripe me, 7, 1. Gefriðie protegat, 19, 1 : Exod. 19, 4

Linked entry: ge-freoðian

ge-leáfleást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleást, -eáflýst, e; f.

Want of faithunbeliefinfidelityunfaithfulnessinfĭdēlĭtasincrēdŭlĭtas

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Want of faith, unbelief, infidelity, unfaithfulness; infĭdēlĭtas, incrēdŭlĭtas For hyra geleáfleáste on account of their unbelief, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 1.

telgor

(n.)
Grammar
telgor, tealgor, es; m.: e; f.
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Ðeós wyrt (wild gourd ) wið ða eorðan hyre telgra tóbrǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 324, 3 note

Linked entry: tealgor

un-capitulod

(adj.)
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un-capitulod, adj.

Not provided with titles to the several sections

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Not provided with titles to the several sections Hyt is tó witanne hwí ðeós feórþe bóc sig uncapitulod nú þa ǽrran béc synt gecapitulode sciendum est, quare liber hic quartus sit sine capitulis, cum priores libri capitulis instructi sint (v. pp. 170,

Linked entry: ge-capitulod

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24.

dun

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Hyre betstan dunnan tunecan, Cht. Th. 537, 31. On ðá twégen dunne stánes ... ðone dunnan stán wiðforan ðám burggete, C. D. iii. 85, 10, 13

sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . .

wíg-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-steall, es; n.

A defensive positiona bulwarkbastiondefence

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Wurdon hyra wígsteal wésten-staþolas, brosnade burgsteal, Exon. Th. 477, 21; Rum. 28. Wígstealla propupnacula Hpt. Gl. 426, 73

ofer-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mǽte, adj.

Beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, immenseexcessively

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God hyra ofermǽtan ofermétto genyðerode, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 27. Hé hét ða ofermǽtan brycge mid stáne ofer gewyrcan, 2, 5; Swt. 84, 3. Æt ðám ofermǽtum wæterum de multitudine aquarum, Ps. Th. 17, 17. Ýða ofermǽta, Exon. Th. 53, 23; Cri. 855

þoddettan

(v.)
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þoddettan, p. te
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To push, strike, batter Ða deóflu þoddetton ða earme sáwle and héton út faran of ðam líchaman, Wulfst. 235, 15. Þoddetton pulsent, Germ. 399, 264

hwítian

(v.)
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Hwítað heofon albescit polus Hy. S. 21, 23. Hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelicnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian lægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 113. Add

hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnan, p. de

To cause to lean, to incline

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To cause to lean, to incline: Siððan tógædere gáras hlǽndon after they had inclined their spears together, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 18; Jul. 63

Linked entry: hlinian

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Hé áblende hyra eágan and áhyrde hyra heortan, ꝥ hí ne geseón mid hyra eágon and mid hyra heortan ne ongyton, Jn. 12, 40.