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þrym-setl

(n.)
Grammar
þrym-setl, es; n.

A throne

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A throne Heofon ys Godes þrymsetl ( thronus ), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. On Godes þrymsetle, 23, 22. Se cásere feóll of his ðrymsetle, Shrn. 76, 31. Beforan þrymsetle Cristes ante tribunal Christi, Anglia xiii. 387, 311: Blickl. Homl. l01, 29.

un-áspringendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringendlic, adj.
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In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-springendlic

æ-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
æ-týnan, p. de; pp. ed; v.a. [æ = a=on, un un; týnan to shut]

To openaperire

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To open; aperire Dura heofones he ætýnde januas cœli aperuit, Ps. Spl. 77, 27

fægernes

(n.)
Grammar
fægernes, fægernys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

FAIRNESS, beauty pulchrĭtūdo

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FAIRNESS, beauty; pulchrĭtūdo On heofona wuldres fægernesse with the beauty of heaven's glory, Homl. Blick. 159, 16. Mid ðínum hiwe oððe wlite and fægernysse ðínre begém spĕcie tua et pulchritūdĭne tua intende, Ps. Lamb. 44, 5

mete-láf

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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107

geán-cyr

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cyr, -cyrr, es; m.

A turning againstcoming againstmeetingoccursus

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A turning against, coming against, meeting; occursus Fram heán heofone is útgang his, and geáncyr his óþ to heáhnesse his a summo cœlo est egressio ejus, et occursus ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7

brád

(adj.)
Grammar
brád, <b>. II</b> 1.
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add

hlynnan

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Hlynde of heofone (Dryhten) intonuit de celo Dominus, Ps. Rdr. 17, 14. Hlende in-sontierit, An. Ox. 1647. Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúde hlynede, Reim. 28. Gif þunorráde bið hlynende of eástdǽle, Archiv cxx. 47, 18. Add:

gehát

(n.)
Grammar
gehát, es; n.

A promisevowpromissumvotum

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A promise, vow; promissum, votum Gemunde heofon-weardes gehát he remembered the promise of heaven's guardian, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 28; Gen. 1796. He ðam geháte getrúwode he trusted to the promise, 33; Th. 44, 9; Gen. 706.

folm

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Add: m. pl. folmas Hé áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

dreópan

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Heofonas drupon caeli distillauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 67, 9. Dropunga dreópenda stillicidia stillantia, 71, 6. Add

micelung

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Add: glory Áhefen ys þín myclung ofer heofonas elevata est magnificentia tua super caelos, Ps. Th. 8, 2

stige

(n.)
Grammar
stige, es ; m.
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A going up or down Drihtnes stige on heofonas up, Menol. Fox 129 ; Men. 64. v. niþer-, up-stige

a-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mearcian, p. ode; pp. od [a, mearcian to mark]

To mark outdelineatedescribedetermineannotaredenotaredesignaredescriberedefinire

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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2

æt-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon
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To fall away, 4e lost Hí ðára sáwla bemǽndon þe tó heofona ríce faran sceoldon, ꝥ hí Gode swá earm-líce ætlumpon, Hml. S. 30, 67. Mycel is mé unbliss mínra dýrlinga miss, ꝥ hí ús swá fǽrlíce mid ealle sýn ætlumpene, 272

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, e ; f.
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., and add: — Mynecena tácen is þæt þú sette þíne twégen scytefingras on þín heófod foran and stríce siþþan ádúne andlang þínra hleóra on þæs háligryftes tácnunge, Tech. ii. 129, 6. Háligrefte theristro (viduitatis), An. Ox. 2, 441. Hálirefte, 5243

streng-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streng-líc, adj.
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Strong, flrm Hú hé him strenglícran stól geworhte, heáhran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 18, 14; Gen. 273. Cf. strang-líc

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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Ic eom ealne ðone heofon ymbhweorfende rotam volubili orbe versamus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 35

heáh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-fæst, adj.
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Very fast, fixed Hafaþ under heofonum heáhfæstne dóm hath under heaven enduring glory, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 8; Wid. 143

ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their