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helle-geat

Grammar
helle-geat, -gat,
  • Homl. Th. i. 288, 1, 4.

helle-

(prefix)
Grammar
helle-, hylle-gryre,
  • Cd. 223; Th. 291, 20; Sat. 433.

helle-hæft

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hæft,
  • Cd. 227; Th. 304, 16; Sat. 631.

helle-heáf

Grammar
helle-heáf,
  • Cd. 2; Th. 3, 19; Gen. 38.

helle-níþ

Grammar
helle-níþ,
  • Cd. 37; Th. 48, 13; Gen. 775.

helle-þegn

Grammar
helle-þegn,
  • Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 14; Gú. 1042.

heowaþ

(v.)
Grammar
heowaþ,
  • Ps. Th. 46, 1.

Similar entry: heófan

icge gold

(n.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
icge gold,
  • Beo. Th. 2219
    • ;
  • B. 1107.
Entry preview:

The translation of this phrase is difficult. Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn.

lacra

(adj.)
Grammar
lacra,
  • Fins. Th. 68
    • ;
  • Fin. 34
    • .

Similar entry: læc

lǽd

(n.)
Grammar
lǽd,
  • Chart. Th. 166, 21.

Similar entry: lǽwed

leód-geard

(n.)
Grammar
leód-geard, es; m.

country

Entry preview:

The dwelling of a people, country Sunu æfter heóld leódgeard, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 20; Gen. 1225. Ethiopia land and leódgeard, 12; Th. 15, 6; Gen. 229: 85; Th. 106, 18; Gen. 1773

lídeþ

(v.)
Grammar
lídeþ,
  • Ps. Th. 91, 11.

Similar entry: leódan

mǽgþ-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-lagu, = mǽg-lagu q.v., L.C.E.V;
  • Th. i. 362, 28.

Linked entry: mǽg-lagu

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, L. Wih. 50; Th. i. 38, 21.

Similar entry: rǽd

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

eard-hæbbendra

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
eard-hæbbendra, [=eard, hæbbendra], Ps. Th. 86, 6; gen. pl. of eard-hæbbende; part. pres. of eard-habban=habban

to have

Entry preview:

to have

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
Entry preview:

O. Sax. O. L. Ger. have acc. sunna); f. the sun:?-On ðam feórðan dæge gesceóp God twá miccle leóht, ðæt is sunne and móna, and betǽhte ðæt máre leóht, ðæt is seó sunne, tó ðam dæge,Lchdm. iii. 234, 6-8. Seó sunne is micle ufor ðonne se móna sý, 242, 10

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

sund-flite

Grammar
sund-flite, Beo. Th. 1019; B. 507.

Similar entry: sund

tillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tillíce, adv. Kindly, graciously, v. til, III, Exon. Th. 352, 28; Reim. 2.

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wiþ-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-grípan, p. -gráp

To seize on

Entry preview:

To seize on Gif ic wiste hú wið ðam áglǽcan elles meahte gripe wiðgrípan, swá ic wið Grendle dyde, Beo. Th. 5035; B. 2521

Linked entry: wiþ-fón

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