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siltan

(v.)
Grammar
siltan, p. te
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Selt condit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 55. On ðæm ðe gé hit syltaþ ( condistis ), Mk. Skt. 9, 50. Selte mon hiora mettas, Lchdm. ii. 234, 14. Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Homl.

Linked entries: seltan syltan

un-lust

Grammar
un-lust, <b>. II.</b>
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Se ylca fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste (gedréfednesse, v.l.) his swíðlican geornnesse idem pater nimietatis ejus taedio affectus, Gr. D. 156, 6.

mann-rǽdenn

Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Geoffra þíne lác Apolline, sé ðe mæg þínre nytennysse gemiltsian and tó his manrǽdene gebígan, Hml. S. 14, 36. Seó burhwaru . . budon him manrǽdene tó eallum his bebodum ( servi tui sumus, quaecumque jusseris faciemus, 2 Kings 10, 5), 18, 364. Add

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts. 133

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Se drihtenlica ǽrist anastasis dominica, An. Ox. 2753. Seó wunderlice ǽrest eallum mannum wæs geopenod, Shrn. p. 6. Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt.

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish away ⬩ to burst and vanish

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To vanish away, to burst and vanish Seó eádiga fǽmne hál fram him gewænte and eall sticmǽlum tóðwán (-dwán? but both þwíneþ and dwíneþ occur.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Seó mýse is seó bóclíce lár, seó ðe ús ðénaþ lífes hláf, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 26. Martha gearwode ðam Hǽlende ǽfengereordu ... Martha wæs geornful ðæt heó ðon Hǽlende tó gecwémnesse þegnode (þénode, Lk.

Linked entry: þénian

ge-ríp

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bearn-teám

progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ issue ⬩ child-bearing ⬩ procreation of children

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Hé bi þǽre fægerne bearnteám gestrýnde, seó wæs Agathes geháten, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14. Seó gelaðung ácenð micelne bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 161. Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.

reádness

(n.)
Grammar
reádness, e; f.
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Seó reádnes ðære rósan, Blickl. Homl. 7, 29. Seó reádnes ðæs swyles rubor tumoris, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Reádnysse ostro, purpura, vermiculo, Hpt. Gl. 503, 49 : 522, 6

biren

(n.)
Grammar
biren, e; birene, an (v. byrene in Dict.); f.

A she-bear

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Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606

Linked entries: byren beren

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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The same Hé sylf oððe se ylca ipse; heó sylf oððe seó ylce ipsa; hí sylfe oððe ða ylcan ipsi, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 18, 53-4. Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr wǽre tu idem ipse es, Ps. Th. 101, 24.

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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Þýde conpressit (the line in Aldhelm is: Dulcia sed Christi compressit labra labellis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 33. Ðýde, 19, 67. Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72.

Linked entries: þéde þeóddon þeón þeów-racu þerende þéwan þían þíwan mid-þeówan þurh-þeówan þýan þýgan þýn þýwan

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, [or -herian; cf. Goth. hazjan] ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [hérian to praise]

To praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glorify ⬩ laudāre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ celebrāre

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Ðeáh he seó ánum gehéred though it be praised in one, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 14 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 16. On Gode we beóþ gehérode in Dŏmĭno laudābĭmur, Ps. Lamb. 43, 9. He wæs gehiered he was praised, Blickl. Homl. 165, 1

Breoten

Grammar
Breoten, (-on).
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Albanum seó wæstmberende Bryton (-en, v. l.) forðbereð, Bd. l, 7 ; Sch. 19, 18. Micelne dǽl Breotone (Brytene, v. l.), 1, 5; Sch. 17, 3. Hí férdon of ðisse Brytene, Shrn. 137, 3. Sé wæs on ðisse Brytene, 134, 12. Breotone, 93, 28.

éc-sóþ

(adv.)
Grammar
éc-sóþ, éc-sóþlíce

but truly, but also ⬩ sed autem, vēre

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but truly, but also; sed autem, vēre, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: éc-sóþlíce

ge-lésan

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Dele second passage (v. ge-lǽswian), and see ge-lísan

geond-sceáwian

(v.)
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Ic seó ł geondsceáwige perspexero, Ps. L. 118, 6. Add

lytlung

(n.)
Grammar
lytlung, e; f.
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Diminution Seó godcundnyss underfóhð náne lytlunge, Angl. vii. 56, 537

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