mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Tó Cristes mæssan, 1104; Erl. 239, 13. Wé Marian mæssan healdaþ. Menol. Fox 40; Men. 20: L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7
Windles-óra
Windsor
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Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19
lǽwa
A betrayer ⬩ traitor
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Mid Judan ðe Cristes léwa wæs; Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 21. Hér is ðæs lǽwan hand ecce manus tradentis me, Lk. Skt. 22, 21
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GEÓL
festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium
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Feówertig daga ǽr eástran and feówertig daga ǽr Cristes acennisse ðæt is ǽr geólum fourty days before Easter and fourty days before Christ's birth, that is, before Christmas, Shrn. 82, 11
andetere
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Ðá sind hálige andeteras þe Crístes naman mid sóðum geleáfan andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwolmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 21-24. Þæt hé ús his andetterum ðá ǽddran geopenige, i. 562, 5. Add
hálettan
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Ic, Béda, Crístes ðeów and mæssepreóst, sende grétan þone leófastan cyning and hálettan Ceólwulf gloriosissimo regi Ceoluulfo Baeda famulus Christi et Presbyter, Bd. praef.; Sch. 1. 3
racent-teáh
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'Gif þú sý Godes þeówa, ne binde þé seó ísene racetæáh (racenteág, v. l. ), ac þé nime Crístes racenteáh,' Gr. D. 214, 5-12. Hraccentégum gebinda catenis ligare, Mk. L. 5, 3. Mið hracentégum gebunden catenis uinctus, 4. Add
a-wunian
To abide ⬩ remain ⬩ continue ⬩ insist ⬩ manere ⬩ permanere ⬩ insistere
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To abide, remain, continue, insist; manere, permanere, insistere Ðeós sibb awunade on Cristes cyrican hæc pax mansit in ecclesia Christi, Bd. 1, 8 ; S. 479, 26. He lét hit on his bósme awunian he let it remain in his bosom, 3, 2 ; S. 525, 14.
un-geornful
Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss
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Hyne nán man geseah ungeornfulne tó Cristes þeówdóme, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 19
glædlíce
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Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes, Angl. viii. 302, 39. of ready, willing action, cheerfully, with alacrity Ꝥ Crístes lofu neádwíse wé gelǽstan glædlíce ( alacriter ), Hy.
saltere
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Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32. Mid sange. . . sealteres cum decantatione psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. Hí singan sealtere psallant psalterium, 412, 679.
resten-dæg
A day of rest, Sabbath
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Se Sæternesdæg wæs geháten restendæg... on ðam dæge læg Cristes líc on byrigene, and hé árás of deáþe on ðam Sunnandæge, and se dæg is cristenra manna restendæg, Homl. Th. ii. 206, 3-33.
clǽn-heort
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Hí efenlǽcað Críste þe ðá clǽnnysse ástealde, Hml. A. 47, 563: 23, 222. Add
ge-férness
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Going For þon þe mycelre tíde ǽr þǽre hálignesse hús geclǽnsod beón sceolde and seó gastlíþnes þæs Crístes wícsceáweres and seó gifernes gebúend wæs þæs Crístes engles and seó heall þæs hálgan gástes mundabatur enim longo tempore sacrificii domus, sanctitatis
on-hyring
Imitation, emulation
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Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2
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HOPA
HOPE
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HOPE Geleáffullum mannum mæg beón micel hopa tó ðam menniscum Gode Criste believing men may have great hope on the human God, Christ, Homl. Th. i. 350, 24. Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8
ge-bleód
Coloured ⬩ of different colours ⬩ variegated ⬩ gifted with beauty ⬩ beautiful in countenance ⬩ colōrātus ⬩ versĭcŏlor ⬩ spĕcie prædītus ⬩ aspectu formātus
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Óþýweþ Cristes onsýn, on sefan swéte sínum folce, gebleód wundrum Christ's countenance shall appear, sweet in mind to his people, wondrously gifted with beauty, Exon. 21 a ; Th. 56, 32; Cri. 909
fóster-land
FOSTER-LAND ⬩ land assigned for the procuring of provisions ⬩ fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus
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Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17
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wíd-mǽrsian
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Heó nolde wídmǽrsian Cristes dígelnesse. Homl. Th. i. 42, 18. Wídmǽrsiende crebrescens, Hpt. Gl. 512, 21
oretta
One who strives, a combatant, warrior, champion
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Cristes cempa (St. Andrew), 1965 ; An. 985. þegnas lǽrde eádig oreta (St. Andrew), eorlas trymede, 925 ; An. 463. Eádig oretta andwîges heard (Guthlac), Exon. Th. 112, 21; Gú. 147. Swá sceal oretta compian, 122, 33; Gú. 315.
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