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háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Ǽlc man ðara ðe æágan heft ǽrest háwaþ ðæs ðe geseón wolde óþ ðone first ðe hyþ gegeháwaþ every man who has eyes first looks towards what he wants to see, until he has got it under his observation, Shrn. 178, 6.

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.)constructto instruct,edifyto cut timber

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To timmbrenn himm an hus, Orm. 13368. Who tauȝte hem (peacocks) on trees to tymbre so heighe, Piers P. 11, 352

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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sellaþ hine þeódum to bysmrigenne tradent eum gentibus ad illudendum, Mt. Bos. 20, 19. Ðæt he me bysmrode ut illuderet mihi, Gen. 39, 17. Ðæt he bysmorode us ut illuderet nobis, 39, 14. Ðú, Drihten, bysmrast tu, Domine, deridebis eos, Ps.

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá þá cartan geseah, þá genam hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27.

wís-dóm

Grammar
wís-dóm, <b>. I.</b>
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wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig ꝥ sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas (wísdóm, v.l.) leornian Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat, Gr. B. 95, 14

winter-setl

(n.)
Grammar
winter-setl, es; n.

A place to stop in for the winterwinter-quarters

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A place to stop in for the winter, winter-quarters Se consul wénde ðæt búton sorge mehte on ðæm wintersetle gewunian ðe ðá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 5. Hié ðǽr sceoldon wintersetl habban, 4, 10; Swt. 200, 11.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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leát forþ ðæt him man áslóh ðæt heáfod of he bent forward so that his head was struck off, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 16. leát forþ tó ðæm men ðe hine sleán mynte, Blickl. Homl. 223, 7.

be-streówian

(v.)

be-sprinkle

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To cover by sprinkling, be-sprinkle scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreówode, Hml. S. 31, 445. mid axum sylfe bestreówodon, 12, 35. On flóre licgende, be*-*streówod mid axum, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 30.

ge-beór

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Wæs his gewuna ꝥ wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24.

seld-cúþ

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geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, swá ðæt selcúðe (different from those already created) syððan scyppan nolde, ac ðá ylcan geedníwian, Hex. 20, 15. Ðá reahte mislicu and selcúð þing (multa ac varia ), Solil. H. 3, 2

ofer-brǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brǽdels, es; m.

A covering, veil, garmenta coverlet

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þencþ on ðam oferbrǽdelse his módes ðæt sciele monig gód weorc wyrcan, and þencþ mid innewearde móde ðæt gierneþ for gilpe ... on hiera módes rinde ... ac on ðam piðan..., surface Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 18-23.

Linked entries: of-brǽdels brǽdels

be-tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyrnan, p. de.
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.

be-weorpan

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S. 18, 106-113. þæ folc mid rápum þá anlicnesse bewurpon, Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. þæt hig mid wyrtgemangum hine bewurpon ut aromatibus condirent eum. Gen. 50, 2, hét settan on sandpytte and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml.

fæst-rǽd

Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan (constant to one another), Hml.

hír-ness

hearingsubjectionservicea parish

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L. 12, 38. subjection him gehéton eáðmóde hýrnesse and singale underþeódnesse subiectionem continuam promittebant, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 32, 3. service þá twelf bócland gefreóde eorðlices camphádes and eorðlicre hérenesse (hér-, v. l.) ablato studio

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

cwic

(adj.)
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Þá Rómáne hié cuce bebyrgdan. Ac . . . hié mid hiera cucum onguldon þæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 6-10

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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When he died, then Ceol succeeded to the kingdom, and held it seven years. When he died, then Ceolwulf his brother succeeded, and he reigned seventeen years; and their kin reaches to Cerdic.

rǽswan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
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résade ( suspicabatur ) ðæt hæfde ðæs Cáseres ǽrendo sum tó Breotone cyningum ... Ðá ongeat ðæt hit swá ne wæs swá résade, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 48-,565. 3. Rǽswodan, spǽcan, wǽron gemunende comminiscuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 1.

Linked entry: résian

geornlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willinglydīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter

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He geornlíce on gebede hleóþrede obnixius orātiōni incumbĕret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 11: 3, 28; S. 560, 17. bǽdon hyne geornlíce rŏgābant eum sollĭcĭte, Lk. Bos. 7, 4.

Linked entry: eornlíce

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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his synna ne forhogige tó andettanne ut non negligat peccata sua confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 12