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hearp-slege

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-slege, es; m.

A striking, playing of the harpstriking the harp

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A striking, playing of the harp On hearpan and on hearpslege and on stefne sealmcwides in cithara, in cithara et voce psalmi, Ps. Lamb. 97, 5

Linked entry: slege

Befor-leág

Beverley, in Yorkshire

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Beverley, in Yorkshire

-scrid

(suffix)
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in ful-scrid

gefér-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
gefér-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To keep company or fellowshipaccompanyassociateassŏciāre

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Ðǽr beóþ geférlǽhte on ánre súsle, ða ðe on lífe on mándǽdum geþeódde wǽron there shall be associated in one torment those who in life were united in evil deeds, Homl. Th. i. 132, 20 : 414, 34

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traversepertransīre, peragrāre

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Gewunede he swýðost ða stówe geondféran, and in ðám túnum godcunde láre bodian, ða ðe in heágum mórum and in hréðum feor gesette wǽron solēbat autem ea maxĭme lŏca peragrāre, illis prædĭcāre in vicŭlis, qui in arduis aspĕrisque montĭbus procul posĭti,

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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Voc. ii. 148, 29] to fall in as the cheeks do when sucking (?) Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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. ¶ in place names, as the name of a person. Cf.Icel. Hallr: In halles burge, C. D. iii. 377, 24. Heallingwara mearc wið Halles meres, 400, 27. In locum qui dicitur halles meri, 386, 24. Cf.

sprǽc-hús

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Add: a place in which the monastic school was held; auditorium [auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Englas twégen cleopedon of heáhðum, Cri. 508. in the phrase on híhþu (-um), in an exalted condition or estimation Geþanc heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode on neowlum ys swá hit mannum on hýhþe (in alto); and eúdmódnys heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

ælmes-lond

land given in frankalmoigne

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land given in frankalmoigne

Linked entry: almes-lond

éh-

(prefix)

water, used in composition

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water, used in composition

cist-beám

Grammar
cist-beám, v. cyst-beám
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in Dict. for ex

for-sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorfan, to wipe out, destroy.
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See sweorfan in Dict

mán-deorf

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Add: bold in evil (?)

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
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Add: cf. in-sceþþende

Tíw

(n.)
Grammar
Tíw, Tíg, , es; m.

the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly correspondedin the name of one of the days

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The word occurs oftenest in the connection in which it remains—in the name of one of the days On Tíwes-dæg tertia feria, R. Ben. 38, 6; R. Ben. Interl. 49, 14: Wulfst. 180, 25.

Linked entries: Tíg Tuu

mamorian

(v.)
Grammar
mamorian, mamrian

to be deep in thought about anything

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to be deep in thought about anything(?) Hí mamriaþ mín and unriht they are plunged in thought of crime and wrong; scrutantes scrutinio, Ps. Th. 63, 5.

ge-hirdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hirdness, e; f.
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Take here <b>ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes</b> in Dict. and add On hú mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beóð þá þe cunnon hý sylfe forseón on þysum lífe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt Gr. D. 39, 29

Linked entry: ge-hyrdnes

wǽcan

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Insert in 1. 2 after wǽhcte (wǽcte, v.l.), in 1. 4 after wǽce (wecce, v.l.), and in 1. 9 after wǽced (áwéht, v.l.). Cf. leoþuwǽcan. Add

ænbręce

(n.)
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)