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wesend-horn

(n.)
Grammar
wesend-horn, es; m.
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A buffalo-horn Ælfwolde hyre twégen wesend*-*hornas, Chart. Th. 536, 1. v. preceding word

éþel-ríce

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Wið ðæs úplican éþelríces towards heaven which is our home, Dóm. L. 32, 73. Add

hors-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
hors-ryne, (?) horse-running (a gloss to hippo-
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dromus) Móthúses, horsyrnes prodromi (see the passage glossed under hors-hús), Hpt. Gl. 476, 61

Linked entry: hors-yrnes

mete-awul

(n.)
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a meat-hook (?) Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

orgel-word

(n.)
Grammar
orgel-word, es; n.

An arrogant, insolent speech

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An arrogant, insolent speech Ðá cwæþ se ealdorbiscop mid orgelworde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 21

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, p. þeówde, þeódde
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Ic bebeád ðeówum mannum, ðæt hí getreówlíce heora hláfordum þeówdon, Homl. Th. i. 378, 33: Homl. Skt. i. 2, 85. Ða óðre beóþ frige, ðeáh ðe hí on lífe lange ǽr ðeówdon, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 33. Ðæt hié þeówdon Godes ciricum, Blickl.

hreóf-lig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf-lig, adj.

Leprous

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Homl. Swt. 3, 486. Reóflium menn gelíc like a leper, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 13. Martinus getácnode ǽnne hreóflinne mannan, 512, 5

Linked entries: hreóflia hreóf-líc

un-deádlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deádlíc, adj.

Immortalundyingimperishableendless

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Hé wunaþ undeádlíc, se ðe wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 22. Se mann wǽre ǽfre undeádlíc, gif hé his Drihtne gehýrsumode, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 27. Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385.

wítnere

(n.)
Grammar
wítnere, es; m.

A punishertormentor

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Se déma betǽcð ða unrihtwísan ðam unmildheortan wítnere, and se wítnere hí gebrincð on cwearterne, Homl. Ass. 8, 205. Ðonne beóð ða hire (the soul's) wítneras, ða ðe hí tó ðám leahtrum forspeónon, Homl. Th. i. 410, 31.

ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ágnian, = áhnian; part. ágnigende; p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od; v. a.

To ownpossessto appropriate to himselfto prove or claim as one's ownpossiderevindicare sibi

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To own, possess, to appropriate to himself, to prove or claim as one's own; possidere, vindicare sibi Hú miht ðú, ðonne, ðé ágnian heora gód how canst thou, then, appropriate to thyself their good? Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 26.

Linked entries: áhnodon ægnian

ge-hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrwan, p. de; pp. ed

To make game ofdespisedisparagetraducevexoppresscavillāricontemnĕredetrăhĕre

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Homl. 113, 14. Hí wurdon gehergode and gehyrde they were wasted and oppressed; Jud. 10, 8

Linked entries: hyrwan ge-hyrde

strúdan

(v.)
Grammar
strúdan, p. streád, pl. struden; pp. sfroden
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Hwá ðæt hord strude, Beo. Th. 6244; B. 31. 26. Se ðone wong strude (MS. strade), 6139; B. 3073. Iudas hæfde onlícnesse ðara manna ðe willaþ Godes cyricean yfelian and strúdan, Blickl. Homl. 75, 24. Strúd-ende fýr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556

Linked entry: ge-strúdan

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withholdrestraincheckhold back

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To withhold, restrain, check, hold back Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 8.

á-cwelan

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Gif sié sió hond oðcwolen (ácwolon, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 134, 17. Ðá ealdan sculan licgan heápmǽlum hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 16. Ðá óðre (hors) wǽron hungre ácwolen, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25. Add

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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This seems clear from a passage in Domesday: " quando Rex ibat in expedhione uel terra uel mari, habebat de hoc burgo aut .xx. solidos ad pascendos suos buzecarlos, aut unum hominem ducebat secum pro honore . v. hidarum. "' Chr. P. ii. 239.]

sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
sceamol, es; m.

A bench, stool.

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Homl. 71, 18. Swá forþ be efise tó lippan hamme; ðæt tó ðám scamelan ; swá forþ tó stapole. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 184, 14. Þe 'halewen makeden of al þe worlde ase ane stol (scheomel, MS. C.: schamel, MS. T. ) to hore uet, A. R. 166, 16.

Linked entry: sceamel

hǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hǽste[?]; adj.

Violent, vehement, impetuous

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Ðæt sceal wrecan swefyl and sweart líg sáre and grimme hát [Junius háte] and hǽste hǽðnum folce sulphur and swart flame, sorely and, fiercely, hot and vehement shall avenge it on the heathen folk (Junius' reading might be taken and hǽste would then be

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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A holy garment, veil. Háligryft theristrum, Hpt. Gl. 525. Hió an hyre betsþ háliryft she gives her best veil, Th. Chart. 538, 7.

un-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
un-þeáw, es; m.

A bad habitan evil practicea vicefault

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Hé wæs swíþe gefylled mid unþeáwum and firenlustum homo flagitiosissimus, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 23: Ps. Th. 7, 13. Wé sceolon faran fram unðeáwum tó gódum ðeáwum, gif wé willaþ faran tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 23.

ge-hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlýd, -hlýde, es; n.

A cryclamournoisetumultmurmuringclāmortumultusmurmur

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Mid ánþræcum gehlýde with a horrible clamour, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 17