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hyge-mǽð

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-mǽð, e; f.

reverence

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Honour that is shewn with the heart or mind, reverence; or fitness that is determined by the mind [?] Wígláf healdeþ higemǽðum [hige méðum, Th.] heáfodwearde Wígláf keeps guard reverently [or duly ], Beo. Th. 5810; B. 2909

niþer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-stige, es; m.

A descent

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A descent Se upstige and se niþerstige the ascent and descent (of the angels seen by Jacob in his dream), R. Ben. 23, 7. Tó Olivetes muntes nyþerstige ad descensum montis Oliveti, Lk. Skt. 19, 37

bi-hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hlǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

acclinando circumdare

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To surround or beset by leaning anything against another; acclinando circumdare Lǽmen fæt wudu-beámum, holte bihlǽnan [bilænan MS.] an earthen vessel with forest trees, with wood beset, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577

Linked entry: be-hlǽnan

BLÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓT, es; n.

A sacrificesacrificium

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On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21

Linked entry: blótung

ge-díglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-díglian, ge-dígliian, -déglan, -dýglan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed, ad

To hideconcealcoverabscondereoperire

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Helme gedýgled concealed by a covering, Hy. 11, 13

Linked entries: díglian ge-dégled

haran hige

(n.)

hare's foottrifolium arvense

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hare's foot; trifolium arvense Genim ðás wyrte ðe man leporis pes and óðrum naman haran hige nemneþ take this plant which is called leporis pes and by another name hare's foot, Herb. 62; Lchdm. 164, 17

á-þecgan

to take foodconsume

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Substitute: to take food, consume Gif mon þung ete, áþege buteran and drince let him take some butter, and wash it down by drinking. Lch. ii. 154, l. Willað hý hine áþecgan, Rä. I. 2, 7

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of usour

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Ús is eallum þearf, ðæt úre ǽghwylc óþerne bylde, Byrht. Th. 138, 42; By. 234: Beo. Th. 2776; B. 1386. Úre ealra bliss eardhæbbendra laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Weorð ðú úre gemyndig memor fuit nostri, 113, 21.

Linked entries: eówer úrer

cwelm-bǽrnys

(n.)
Grammar
cwelm-bǽrnys, cwelm-bǽr-nyss,e; f. [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction]

Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality pernicies, mortalitas

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Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3

Linked entry: cwealm-bǽrnes

ge-æbiligan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æbiligan, p. de; pp. ed

To make angryoffendirrītāri

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To make angry, offend; irrītāri - Ðone ðe he ǽr mid forsewennysse geæbiligde whom he had before angered by negligence, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 16. Gif hí us geæbiligdon if they have offended us, ii. 100, 33

bi-leóran

(v.)
Grammar
bi-leóran, p. de, -ade; pp. ed

To pass by or overtransire, præterire

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To pass by or over; transire, præterire Gif bileórade fram [MS. from] him seó [MS. ðio] tíd si transiret ab eo hora, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 35, 36. Se bileórde qui præterivit, Ps. Surt. 89, 4

Linked entry: be-leóran

tygele

(n.)
Grammar
tygele, (?), an; f.
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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; sǽ-ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word

Linked entry: tigle

frysca

(n.)
Grammar
frysca, an; m.
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The name of some bird Frysca butio (butio is a bittern. but is glossed by cýta, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 32: 63, 17: ii. 11, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 34. Cýta, frisca butium, 126, 81

Linked entry: frisca

hand-griþ

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Add: security granted by a person in authority, cf. hand; 2 Cyricgrið binnan wágum and cyninges handgrið, Ll. Th. i. 166, 21. Godes cyricgrið and crístenes cynincges handgrið, 358, 261. Gehálgodes cyninges handgrið, Wlfst. 266, 11

ofer-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þrymm, es; m.

Exceeding power

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Exceeding power Ǽr ðon se wlonca dæg bodige þurh býrnan brynehátne lég egsan oferþrym ere that august day (doom's day) announce by the trumpet fire burning-hot, over-powering terror, Exon. Th. 448, 10; Dóm. 52

of-hnítan

(v.)

to kill by butting, to gore to death

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to kill by butting, to gore to death Gif se oxa wer oððe wíf ofhnít if an ox gore a man or woman, that they die. Ex. 21, 29: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27

æt-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen [æt, fleón to flee]

To flee awayescape by flighteschewaufugere

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To flee away, escape by flight, eschew; aufugere Ic ána ætfleáh I alone escaped, Job Thw. 165, 30. Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7

býsig

(adj.)
Grammar
býsig, adj.
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Th. 134, 66; By. 110: Ps. Th. 58, 3

Linked entry: bisig

cwylla

(n.)
Grammar
cwylla, an; m.

A well, spring fons

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A well, spring; fons Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32