wíd
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Th. 1759; B. 877. of the duration of time, long, lasting long, in phrases equivalent to ever, always. v. wíde-feorh, -ferhþ Gé sceolon ádreógan wíte tó wídan ealdre, Exon. Th. 92, 27; Cri. 1515 : Cd. Th. 62, 16 ; Gen. 1015.
eft
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Wæs culufre eft ( a second time ) of cofan sended, Gen. 1464: B. 1377. Eft . . . níwan stefne, Gen. 1885: An. 1304. Eft . . . óðre síðe, 706: 1677: Sat. 75. Eft swá ǽr, An. 1276: 1343. Eft swá ǽr . . . niówan stefne, B. 1787. <b>I a.
ge-réfa
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Gíf man biscopes esne tihte, cænne bine an geréfan hand; hine gerefa clensie, oþþe selle tó swuiganne, 42, 4. þone Frenciscan ceorl þe seó hléfdige heafde hire gesett tó geréfan Chr. 1003; P. 135, 6.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.
hring
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Hringum orbibus, 63, 10. in reference to the revolution of time and its computation Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringe útan ymbgán hæbbe priusquam sol bis senis voluminibus annilem circumvolverit orbem, Guth. Gr. 172, 28
on-gitan
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Hé ongæt (oncneów, v. l.) þæt heó wæs gehǽled in þá ylcan tíde ea hora saluti restitutam virginem agnovit, Gr. D. 29, 29.
crisma
χρῖσμα, ατος ⬩ χρίσω ⬩ the chrism ⬩ unction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptism ⬩ oleum chrismatis ⬩ the white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism ⬩ chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.
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In the Liturgy of Edward VI, 1549, it is said, 'Then the minister shall put upon the child the white vesture Wǽron eác gefullade æfter-fyligendre tíde óðre his [Eádwines] bearn of Æðelburhge ðære cwéne aceude, Æðelhfún, and Ædeldriþ his dóhter, and óðer
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Hé tihte ðæt folc tó ðæs Hǽlendes slege Homl. Th. i. 292, 6: 216, 15. Hé is gelǽd tó slege swá swá scép ii. 16, 20. Hí heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles tó slege they voluntarily prepared their necks for the fatal stroke Homl. Skt. i. 5, 47.
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ge-lífan
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Th. i. 158, 12. (1 a) where statement to be believed is given, directly in a clause Gelýf mé ꝥ seó tíd cymð . . ., Jn. 4, 21. Geliéf mé, nú ic hit ðé secge, næfst ðú ðǽr náuht æt . . ., Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 6. indirectly by a pronoun in gen.
hám
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Sum bið bylda til hám tó habbanne, Crá. 76. the fixed residence of a person or family, an inhabited house, a residence: — Gelaðode se gesíð hine tó his hám, and hé hine gesóhte and on his hús eóde and his swǽsenda breác rogatus a comite intrauit epulaturus
líf
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On hira lifes tíd, 766 : El. 1209. Oft getímað yfelum teala for lífe often it goes well With the wicked while he lives, Hml. Th. i. 332, 15. On lífe . . . æfter his dæge during his lifetime . . . after his death, Ll. Th. i. 298, 9.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Þurh ælða tíd, 152, 11; Gú. 807. Þurh ealra worulda woruld, Ps. Th. 71, 5. other relations, marking the agent, through, by Þorch (dorh, ðorh) byrgeras per vispelliones, Txts. 86, 760.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Th. 154, 5; Gú. 838. marking time Of ðam dæge; Jn. Skt. 11, 53. Of sunnan upgange, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 96. Of ðyssan forþ áwa tó worulde, Ps. Th. 112, 2. Of cildháde, Elen. Kmbl. 1826; El. 915.
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settan
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Homl. 125, 6. to set, fix, appoint a limit, time, place (cf. set day, time in A. V.) In ðam frumstóle ðe him freá sette. Exon. Th. 349, 25; Sch. 51. Hí settan dæg tó ðæt man tó ðam lande scolde faran they appointed a day for going to the land.
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BURH
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Óþ ðæt hie on Sodoman weall-steápe burg wlítan meahton till they on Sodom's lofty-walled fortress might look, 109; Th. 145, 7; Gen. 2402.
fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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been introduced into the language, through the French, by Robert Manning, called de Brunne, from Bourne, near Depyng in Lincolnshire, in his translation of Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, and to have been current, with slight variation in the orthography, till
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hyht
Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy
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Ðú cégst his noman Johannes and ðé biþ ðonne hyht and gefeá vocabis nomen suum Johannem et erit gaudium tibi et exultatio, Blickl. Homl. 165, 10. Lífes hyht and ealles leóhtés gefeá, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 32; Cri. 585: 42 a; Th. 141, 23; Gú. 631.
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ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Ðonne ic ðas ilcan óðre síþe wíc geséce when I seek this same dwelling a second time, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 23; Gen. 2394. He óðer líf eft geséceþ he shall seek another life hereafter, Cd. 218; Th. 277, 30; Sat. 212: Salm.
ge-þóht
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Swá heánlic geþóht geniman, ꝥ gé sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 17. Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260.
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heals-fang
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It formed the first part of the compensation (wer) paid to the friends of a slain person, and it is in this connection that most detail is given, the amount, time of payment, and recipients of the healsfang being stated: Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf