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sige-beác

(n.)
Grammar
sige-beác, [<b>e</b>]<b>n,</b> es ; n.
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Be ðam sigebeácne ( the cross ), 336 ; El. 168. Sélest sigebeácna ( the cross ), 1946 ; El. 975. Sigebécn, sig*-*beácn tropea, signa, Txts. 103, 2043.

gylden-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
gylden-beáh, -beág, es; m.

A crown

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A crown Mid gehálgodon gildenbeáge with the hallowed crown, Lev. 8, 9

festnian

(v.)

to confirmconfirmāre

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to confirm; confirmāre Ic Ceólréd abbud ðas úre selene mid Cristes róde tácue trymme and festnie I Ceolred abbot ratify and confirm this our gift with the sign of Christ's cross, Th. Diplm. A. D. 852; 106, 10-12

CLIMBAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLIMBAN, ic climbe, ðú climst, he climþ, climbaþ; clamb, clumbon; clumben; v. a.

To CLIMBscandere, ascendere

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Clumben] upp to ðe hálge róde climbed up to the holy cross, Erl. 209, 6

Linked entry: climan

irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughingtillinga cropploughed land

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S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27. the produce of arable land, a crop Ðæt ðæs wæstmes yrþ ðǽr má upyrnende wǽre.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

CEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓ, ció; indecl. f.

A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdawcornix, gracculus, monedula

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A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdaw; cornix, gracculus, monedula Ðeós ceó hÆc cornix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 58. Ceó gracculus vel monedula, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 13; Wrt. Voc. 29, 36

Linked entries: chýae ció

heáfod-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.

A head-ring, crown

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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8

ge-sénian

(v.)

to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless

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to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 18; Sat 615: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 25: L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 22; Cri. 1342

sceolh-eágede

(adj.)
Grammar
sceolh-eágede, adj.

Cross-eyed, squinting

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Cross-eyed, squinting Scelgégede strabo, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 42. Sceolégede (scyl-, MSS. D. H. J.: -eágede, MS. J.) strabo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 9, 3 ; Zup. 36, 12. Scyleágede strabus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 56. Scylégede luscus, 43, 8. Sculeiȝede, 89, 64

folc-geþrang

(n.)
Grammar
folc-geþrang, es; n.

Folk-thronga crowdpŏpŭli căterva

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Folk-throng, a crowd; pŏpŭli căterva Ðurh ðæt folcgeþrang through the crowd, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 30

Linked entry: ge-þrang

fealu

(n.)
Grammar
fealu, gen. fealuwes, fealwes; n.

Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a cropnŏvāle

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Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop; nŏvāle Andlang weges óþ ðone bróc, ðe scýt to fealuwes leá along the way to the brook, which shoots to the field of fallow ground, Cod. Dipl. 399; A. D. 944; Kmbl. ii. 251, 1

tǽsl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽsl, tǽsel, e; f.

Teasel, teazle

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Plant Names) nemneþ, hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde and þyrnyhte, and heó hafaþ on middan sumne sinewealtne crop and þyrnyhtne, Lchdm. i. 282, 15

Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl

geolwe

(adv.)
Grammar
geolwe, geole; adv.
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Geole reád vel geole crog flavum, i. fulvum, rubeum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 15

Linked entries: croh geole geolo-reád

æðel-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
æðel-cyning, es; m.

The noble king, used for Christrex nobilis, Christus

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Æðelcyninges ród the cross of the noble king, Elen. Kmbl. 437; El. 219: Andr. Kmbl. 3354; An. 1681

sweor-ród

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-ród, e; f.
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A cross suspended from the neckChart. Th. 551, 5.429, 15.

ofer-wadan

(v.)

to cross by wadingpertransire

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to cross by wading Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt hé his þegn on hire swá gewrecan wolde ðæt hié mehte wífmon be hiere cneówe ofer-wadan rex iratus ulcisci in amnem statuit, contestans eum feminis vix genua tingentibus permeabilem relinquendum, Ors. 2, 4; Swt

ferþþes

(n.)
Grammar
ferþþes, ferþþe of a soul, to a soul,
  • Exon. 46 a
  • ;
  • Th. 157, 21
  • ;
  • Gú. 895: 14 b
  • ;
  • Th. 30, 7
  • ;
  • Cri. 476
  • ;
gen.
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and dat. of ferþ

cwylming

(n.)
Grammar
cwylming, e; f. [cwylmian to suffer]

Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross cruciātus, crux

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Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross; cruciātus, crux Cwylminge [MS. cwylmingce] cruciātu, Mone B. 3178 . Se ðe ne nimþ hys cwylminge, and fyligþ me, nys he me wyrðe qui non accipit crucem suam, et sequĭtur me, non est me dignus, Mt.

ge-efesian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efesian, -efsian; p. ode; pp. od

To cut in the form of eavesto roundshearclipcroptondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear, clip, crop; tondēre Ne he næs geefesod ne bescoren he was not clipped nor shorn, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 20. Ic næs nǽfre geefsod ne nǽfre bescoren ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, Jud. 16, 17

CRÁWE

(n.)
Grammar
CRÁWE, an; f.

a CROW cornixa raven corvus

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a CROW; cornix Cráwe cornix Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 8; Wrt. Voc. 29, 31; 62, 29; 280, 34. a raven; corvus Se selþ nýtenum mete heora, and briddum cráwan cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvi invocantibus eum Ps. Spl.

Linked entry: crǽ