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ge-nǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽgan, -négan; p. de; pp. ed; c. acc.

To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault ⬩ adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare

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pers: gen. inst. rei To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault; adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare Hio sió cwén ongan wordum genégan the queen began to address them with words, Elen.

Linked entries: nǽgan ge-négan

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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See next word

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

hlinc

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc, es; m.

a link, ⬩ linch, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' ⬩ a hill, ⬩ rising ground

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The word occurs in the charters, e.g. Of ðere díc on þornhlinch; ðanone on dynes hlinch; of ðam hlince, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 223, 29. Ðanon on ðone miclan hlinc, Chart. Th. 160, 24.

god-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
god-fæder, m.
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God the Father, the Divine Father; Deus ille Pater, Divinus Pater Crist ys word and tunge God-Fæder; þurh hine synt ealle þincg geworht Christ is the word and tongue of God the Father; through Him are all things made, Ps. Th. 44, 2.

hér-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-búende, pl.

People living in this world,

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People living in this world, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 4; Gen. 1079: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 38; Jud. 96: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 124; Met. 9, 62

bóc-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-weorc, es; n.

study

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Literary work, study Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið mid rihte his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc, rǽding oððon rihting, lár oððon leornung, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 19

cóp

(n.)
Grammar
cóp, es; m?

A cope, an outer garment worn by priests ⬩ ependytes

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A cope, an outer garment worn by priests; ependytes = ἐπενδύτης Cóp vel hoppada vel nfrescrúd ependeton =ependytes Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52

cassuc-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc-leáf, pl. n.

Hassock-leaves

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Hassock-leaves Wið eárum [earon MS.] genim ða brádan biscopwyrt and cassucleáf for the ears take the broad bishop-wort and hassock-leaves, Lchdm iii. 46, 2

weorold-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gewuna, an; m.
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The custom of the world Hé ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15

lǽð

(n.)

a lathe

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The word occurs in the Latin laws of Edward the Confessor In quibusdam vero provinciis Anglice vocabatur léð, quod isti dicunt tithinge [or trihinge], Th. i. 455, ii. 3. In L. Hen.

Óðen

(n.)
Grammar
Óðen, es; m.
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Odin (the Scandinavian form of the word which appears in Anglo-Saxon as Wóden) Ðes gedwolgod Mercurius wæs árwurðe betwux eallum héðenum on ðám dagum, and hé is Óðon geháten óðrum naman on Denisce wísan.

Linked entries: Ówðen Wóden

stæþ-hlípe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæþ-hlípe, adj.
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Homl. 201, 16. v. next word

Linked entries: -hlípe swæð-hlýpe

tácn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-bora, an; m.

a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director

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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to time ⬩ at times ⬩ at intervals

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Ne meahton hió word forðbringan, ac hió þrágmǽlum þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, þrágmǽlum eft ánforlǽteþ (cf. hit hwílum þunraþ, hwílum ná ne onginþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 34), 28, 55. Ðrágmǽlum, Andr.

ildian

(v.)
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Th. i. 350, 14 (in Dict.). with (negative) clause Se munuc gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hwæþre hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde monachus audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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[Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.] Grein compares with Goth. haifsts

óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammations ⬩ erysipelas.

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In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26. Wið hómum, nim gate horn . . . dó on ða hóman, i. 350, 17-20. Wið hómum (Óman, MS.

Linked entry: hóme

spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium

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The word glosses stadium with the meaning a course Ða ðe in spyrde iornaþ qui in stadio currunt, Rtl. 5, 33. with the meaning a measure of distance Swelce spyrdas fífténe (spyrdum fífténum, Lind.) quasi stadiis quindecim, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 18.

bealcettan

to belch ⬩ to come forth ⬩ to utter

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Ox. 1884. to utter Mín heorte bealcet good word, Ps. Th. 44, 1. Bylcetteþ eructuat, i. a corde emittit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 12. Ðá láre hé mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22