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cyric-ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-ǽwe, ciric-ǽwe,es; n.

An ecclesiastical marriage ⬩ ecclesiasticum matrimonium

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An ecclesiastical marriage; ecclesiasticum matrimonium Hí, þurh heálícne hád, ciricǽwe underféngan they, through holy orders, have entered into an ecclesiastical marriage, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 334, 14

micel-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-ǽte, adj.

Eating much ⬩ gluttonous

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Eating much, gluttonous Ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú mycelǽte eart, Shrn. 16, 20

Linked entry: fela-ǽte

self-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽte, an; f. A plant name,
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wild oat(?) Selfǽte, eoforþrote, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15. Wyl on buteran selfǽtan, 80, 13. [Cockayne cites O. H. Ger. selbéza senecion, in. 344, col. 1.]

Linked entry: ǽte

sýfer-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfer-ǽte, adj.
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Moderate in eating, sober, temperate Sig se abbod clǽne and sýferǽte (sýfre, Wells Frgt.) oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, R. Ben. 119, 25

ceaster-æsc

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Ceasteræsc eliforus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 30. Add

cyric-ǽwe

Grammar
cyric-ǽwe, v. ciric-ǽ(w).

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micel-ǽte

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Sífre, ná mycelǽte sobrius, non multum aedax, R. Ben. I. 61, 5 : 20, 14. Ne beó hé druncengeorn, ne beó hé tó slápol, ne beó hé tó micelǽte, Ll. Th. ii. 416, 15. Add

æle-lendisc

Similar entry: ele-lendisc

æle-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
æle-grǽdig, adj.

Very greedy, ravenous

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Very greedy, ravenous Gezabel sceolon etan ælegrǽdige hundas, Hml. S. 18, 213

Linked entry: grǽdig

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.

The exact middle ⬩ just in the middle

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The exact middle; only in the phrase on æle-middan=just in the middle Seó firmamentum tyrnð symle onbútan ús. . . . Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan, Lch. iii. 254, 16. Ðǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde. . . . Án ðǽra dǽla is on ælemiddan,

Linked entry: midde

æsc-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
æsc-grǽg, adj.

Ashy-grey

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Ashy-grey

æ-gype

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-gype, -gipe; adj.

Trifling ⬩ worthless ⬩ nugalis

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Trifling, worthless; nugalis Forðon hí dydan Drihtnes sprǽce ǽghwæs ægype quia exacerbaverunt eloquium Domini, Ps. Th. 106, 10

a-eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-eóde, p. of a-gán.

happened ⬩ evenit

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happened; evenit Swá hit sóþlíce aeóde so it truly happened, H. de visione Isaiæ;

æ-gype

Grammar
æ-gype, l. ǽ-gípe (?)

without skill or cunning. ⬩ callidus

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without skill or cunning. Cf. geáp callidus

ǽé-sceáda

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ASCE

(n.)
Grammar
ASCE, æsce [g. æscean], acse, ahse, axe, axse, æxe, an; f.

ASH ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis

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ASH, ashes; cinis On ðære ascan in the ashes, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 27; Ph. 231: 60a; Th. 217, 24; Ph. 285. Gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan it becomes formed again from [its] ashes, 61a; Th. 224, 9; Ph. 373. Ascan and ýslan ashes and embers, 64a; Th. 236

Linked entries: acse æsce ahse asca axe axse

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

á-þrǽstan

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Áðrésti, ath(r)aestae extorti, Txts. 61, 780. Áþrǽste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 60 : 146, 7. Add

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, æf-ǽst, æfst, es; n. [æf, of = ab, ést gratia]

Envy ⬩ spite ⬩ enmity ⬩ zeal ⬩ rivalry ⬩ emulation ⬩ livor ⬩ invidia ⬩ odium ⬩ zelus ⬩ æmulatio

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Without favour or good-will, hence Envy, spite, enmity, zeal, rivalry, emulation; livor, invidia, odium, zelus, æmulatio Æfst and oferhygd envy and pride, Cd. 1; Th. 3, 1; Gen. 29. Eald-feóndes æfést the old fiend's envy, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 5; Ph.

Linked entries: æf-ǽst æf-ést-ful æf-éstian æf-éstig æf-íst æfst ést

ÆX

(n.)
Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia

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what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps. Spl. 73,

Linked entries: acas acs æcse eax ex

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