ge-hwearf
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Æðeluuold bisceop sealde mé tó gehwerfe (mutuauit) ðone hám Heart-ingas wið ðám mynsterlande, iii. 60, 30. Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28
bóc
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Add Ðás hálgan beoc, Txts. 175, 7, 16. v. cneóres-bóc, cwid-bóc, færeld-bóc, freóls-bóc, frófor-bóc, geán-bóc, hálgung-bóc, heáls-bóc, lǽce-bóc, lár-bóc, mynster-bóc, nam-bóc, síþ-bóc, sumer-bóc
on-lútan
to lout, bend down, bow
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Ǽlc gesceaft biþ heald onloten (-locen, Fox) wið hire gecynde, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 7
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hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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Dis geár heáld se kyng Heanri his hird on Windlesoure this year king Henry held his court at Windsor, 1127; Erl. 255, 1.
Linked entry: in-hirdmann
a-bregdan
To move quickly ⬩ vibrate ⬩ remove ⬩ draw from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ vibrare ⬩ destringere ⬩ eximere ⬩ retra-here
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Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge abregde when from my heart hunger or wolf shall have torn both soul and sorrow, 104; Th. 137, 22; Gen. 2277.
Linked entry: a-brugdon
earmlíc
Miserable, wretched ⬩ mĭser
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Wǽs gehýred earmlíc ylda gedræg the wretched tumult of men was heard. Andr. Kmbl. 3108; An. 1557: Beo. Th. 1618; B. 807: Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 29. Ðæt is earmlícost ealra þinga this is the most wretched of all things. Bt. Met.
eofot
A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa
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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423
hyge-cræft
Mental power ⬩ intellect ⬩ wisdom
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Wísdóm higecræft heáne, Cd. 176; Th. 222, 1; Dan. 98. Hygecræftum, Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3
wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Ðara cyninga wælhreównes wæs tó ðam heard, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 33. Wearð Iulianus for his wælhreównysse ofslægæn, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 419. Wé sceolon déman mildheortlíce bútan wælhreównysse, Homl. Ass. 9, 222.
Linked entry: hreów-ness
hlimman
To sound, ⬩ roar [as the sea], ⬩ clang, ⬩ clash
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Ic ne gehýrde bútan sǽ hlimman I heard nought but the sea roaring, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 4; Seef. 18
dreórig
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Sceal þes dreórga heáp þrowian, Sat. 394. Dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1112: Wand. 17: Met. 22, 33. Hig wurdon swíðe dreórige and cyrdon eft illi scissis vestibus reversi sunt, Gen. 44, 13. Beón dreórige contristari, Mk. 14, 19: Hml. Th. i. 60, 15: 62, 28.
lim
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S. 35. 623. fig. of persons. a member of the church, Christ's body, a subordinate where Christ is the head Mec, þín lim, Hy. 4, 52.
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
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deór
brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens
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Wǽron mancynnes dugoþa dýrust they were of mankind the bravest of people, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 10; Dan. 37. heavy, severe, dire, vehement;grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens Deór scúr heavy rain, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 18; Dan. 372.
CYLL
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Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 34.
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh, Sal. K. 184, 29. an arm which embraces; in pl.
hálian
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Add: hálig(e)an. of physical health, to heal (intrans.). the subject a person, to recover from wounds or illness Hé ongan trumian and háligean sanescere coepit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 11. the subject a body or part of it Ðonne cólað se líchoma and hálað
strícan
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Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú stréce onbútan heófod (run your hand round your head), and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, 128, 25. <b>I a.
ge-þrowian
To suffer
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Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto the cold should suffer by the heat, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33. Geþrowade, 1123; El. 563. Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl.
trahtnian
To expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to give as explanation of (be) something ⬩ to treat of
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The Lord himself gave as explanation of this, that they are those that hear God's word, but are occupied with their wealth, Homl.