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wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19

róde-hengen

(n.)
Grammar
róde-hengen, róde-hengenn, e; f.
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A cross, crucifixion Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt ródehengene wyrðe sý, Homl. Th. i. 596, 2. Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25.

Linked entry: hengen

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Add heom getǽhte swýðe smealíce (subtiliter) on gehwilcum stówum hwæt hí þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr. D. 148, 18.

eahtatíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
eahtatíne-wintre, adj.
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Eighteen years old Þá heó eahtatýnewintre wæs, Hml. S. 33, 36

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Hí ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29. Þú þe nelt þé geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde, 5, 20, Þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hér gesihð.

stelan

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Þá gewunode án þeóf ꝥ stáh ófer þone hege and dígellíce stæl (stæll, v. l. ) þá wyrta, Gr. D. 23, 24. Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf.

ge-myndig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-myndig, -mindig; adj.

Mindful, rememberingmémor

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Wæs heó þearle gemyndig, hú heó ðone atolan eáðost mihte ealdre benǽman she was very mindful how she might easiest deprive the fell one of life, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74: Ps. Th. 73, 21: 82, 4.

Linked entries: myndig ge-mindig

staþol

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Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr. D. 222, 25-223, 5

blówan

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Blówendum frondente, 151, 10. of vegetation Þa wyrte man nimeð þonne heó bléþ (bléwð,v.l.) swiðust, Lch. i. 160, 14. ꝥ Þeáh Maius wynsumlíce blówe, Angl. viii. 311, 1. Treówa déð blówan and eft áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 1.

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add

Linked entries: hylfe helfe

underling

(n.)
Grammar
underling, es; m. (the word seems to occur only in late texts)

An underlinga subordinatea subject

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An underling, a subordinate, a subject Heó ( the Jews ) syððen ǽfre unwurðe wǽron on heora lífdagen and get synden underlinges, Homl. Ass. 194, 50.

hengen

a crossa rack

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Laurentias ðá ástreht on ðǽre hengene (cf. hine (St. Laurence) hét áþenian on írenum bedde. Shrn. 116, 2) hét álýsan hine of ðǽre hengene, Hml. Th. i. 426, 21-35. here add Hengen ergastulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 60: 70, 15.

ge-leáfa

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Heó áhte trumne geleáfan tó þǽm Ælmihtigan, Jud. 6: 345. getrymede heora geleáfan, Bl. H. 17, 8. Gif wé willaþ on Drihten gelýfan . . . wé sceolon þone geleáfan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, 23, 10.

hú-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hú-líc, pron.

qualis

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Of what sort; qualis áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12.

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Gif his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hú hit was gelagod syððan Sc̃s.

forþ-dón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To put forthproferre

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To put forth; proferre Hét he his tungan forþdón of his muþe, and him eówian linguam proferre ex ōre, ac sibi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31. Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6.

Linked entry: lǽsian

be-ládian

(v.)
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for his wífe ne dearr hine sylfne beládian ðæt ne scule faran, Hex. 34, 21. to offer as excuse ꝥ nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ꝥ fæt næfde that nobody need offer as excuse that he had not a vessel, Hml.

ge-tácnung

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Hwílon ( the preposition ) geeácnað and gefylð þǽra worda andgit þe tó cymð, and hwílon áwent heora getácnunge and hwílon wanað, 268, 2.