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hirsting

(n.)
Grammar
hirsting, e; f.

Frying ⬩ burning

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Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbaerned Paulas hujus sartaginis urebatur frixura, Past. 165, 3

Linked entry: hyrsting

huntnold

(n.)
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' Wǽre þú tó-dæg on hunt*-*nolde (venatione) ?, Coll. M. 21, 34. Cf. (?) færeld for suffix.

ofer-ealdormann

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ealdormann, es; m.

A chief officer

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A chief officer Hé wæs hyre þéna hire húses and hire geférscipes oferealdormann erat primus ministrorum et princeps domus ejus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 22

be-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
be-reáfian, bi-reáfian, -reáfigean, ic -reáfige; p. -reáfode; pp. -reáfod; v. a.

To BEREAVE ⬩ seize ⬩ spoil ⬩ take away ⬩ eripere ⬩ spoliare ⬩ privare

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Hú mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt. Bos. 12, 29 : Mk. Bos. 3, 27.

freó-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freó-drihten, -dryhten, es; m.

A noble lord or master ⬩ ingĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus

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Wást ðú freódryhten, hú ðeós ádle scyle endegesettan knowest thou, noble master, how this disease shall have an end? Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 16; Gú. 994

irfe-land

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-land, es; n.

heritable land

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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12.

maga

(n.)
Grammar
maga, an; m.

The MAW ⬩ stomach

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Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Hit ðone magan ealne áfeormaþ, Herb. 70; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Lege ofer ðone magan, L. M. 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 20

Linked entries: ælmes-hand mage

pinsian

(v.)
Grammar
pinsian, p. ode
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To weigh, judge, estimate, consider, examine Geþænce ǽlc man hú swíðe man pinsaþ ða sáwle on dómes dæg, ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge and hý man wegaþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 239, 26.

Linked entry: pís

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: geoloca gioleca

dreósan

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Druron deófolgyld, Exod. 47. to fall, not remain alert, droop, fail, sink Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreóseð, bysig æfter bócum, Sal. 60

epactas

(n.)
Grammar
epactas, (-e, -an ?); gen. pl. epacta, epactana,

epacts

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Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32. Swá fela epacte beóð, 301, 21. Swá fela epacta þú scealt habban þý geáre, Lch. iii. 226, 28.

swefnian

(v.)
Grammar
swefnian, p. ode.

To appear in a dream to a person ⬩ To dream ⬩ to fall asleep.

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Áhicgan on sefan ðínne hú ðé swefnede, Cd. Th. 224, 5; Dan. 131. Ðé heortan deópnyssa swefnian te cordis alta somnient, Hymn.

freóls-tíd

a festival ⬩ an anniversary

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Hú dægredsangas on freólstídum tó healdenne sýn qualiter matutinorum sollempnitas agatur, R. Ben. 36, 9. On Godes hálgena freólstídum in sanctorum festiuitatibus, 39, 4. Freólstída and fæstentída rihtlíce understandan, Wlfst. 113, 1

wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.

misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease

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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan

teoswian

(v.)
Grammar
teoswian, teswian; p. ode
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To hurt, injure, annoy A hine ofslyhþ, T hine teswaþ, and hine on ða tungan sticaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 189; Sal. 94

Linked entry: teswian

on-sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
on-sinscipe, (?), es; m.

Wedlock

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T.) wǽron sǽde gemengde huic nefando conjugio dicuntur admixti, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 22

fela

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Hú fela hláfa hæbbe gé?, Mk. 8, 5. Swíðe feala cynna, Hy. 9, 20. Similar entries v. II. 2 Wytað hú fela epactas beón, Angl. viii. 339, 35. Em swá feala facum totidem spatiis, An. Ox. 3722.

Linked entry: feald

míl-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
míl-getæl, es; n.

The number of paces in a mile ⬩ a mile

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The number of paces in a mile, a mile On ríme ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte fíf hund and ðæs miclan mílgetæles ðe leuua hátte þreó hund and eahta and syxtig reckoning according to the smaller mile, which is called stadia, it is five hundred miles

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth

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Be moldan ða ðe on ðære stówe genumene wǽron, 3, 9; S. 533, 27. ground, earth, land Molde vel land humus, rus, arvum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 61: humus, 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Th. 430, 18; Rä. 44, 10. where there is hurt or suffering Mín dohtor ys yfle (yfele, v. l.) mid deófle gedreht (grievously afflicted ), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 22.