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yfemest

(adv.)
Grammar
yfemest, yfmest; adv.
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Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2

Linked entry: ufera

lungre

(adv.)
Grammar
lungre, adv.

Quicklysoonat oncestraightwayspeedily

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Næs him gewemmed wlite ne wlóh of hrægle lungre álýsed his beauty was not spoiled nor a fringe of his garment even loosened [Grimm would translate lungre here acriter, fortiter ], 2942; An. 1474

ge-edniwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edniwian, -edneowian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To restorerenewrenovatechangerestĭtuĕrerenŏvāreinnŏvāre

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Geedniwod eald hrægel renovāta antīqua vestis, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 105. Se móna biþ þreottyne síðon geedniwod [MS. geedniwad] the moon is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 24.

hacele

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v. birrus unsméðe hrægel. i. 40, 25) panno, 126, 78. Hacule calamuca, 127, 74. Albanus eóde út mid ðæs preóstes hakelan (cf. Sẽs Albanus gegyrede hine þæs preóstes munucgegyrelan (caracalla), Bd. l, 7 . Sch. 20, 24), Hml. S. 19, 36.

ge-níwian

(v.)
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Hrægl bið geníwad, Rä. 14, 9. the object non-material Eft geníues restituens, Mt. p. 13, 4. Hé eft geníweges alle restituet omnia, Mt. L. 17, 11. Gást rehtne geniówa, Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93.

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, p. ode

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy

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To make sleek, smooth, or glossy Heó glytenode swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel Shrn. 149, 8. [v. Prompt. Parv. 458, note 2, where 'to sleek clothes' is quoted from Kenneth, and a passage from Walter de Bibelesworth is given (v. also Wrt.

Linked entries: slic slíc slýcod

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
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Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele ( monile ), Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo. Th. 2404 ; B. 1200.

Linked entries: sigel sigele

god-webb

(adj.)
Grammar
god-webb, adj.
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of purple or costly material For þám godwebum hræglum ex purpureis vestibus, Gr. D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus.

belle

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On ðæs sácerdes hrægle wǽron bellan hangiende. Past. 93, 15: 95, 3: C. D. B. iii. 660, 34. Feohbót gebyreð . . . tó bócan and tó bellan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 8. Þonne gé gehýran cyricean bellan (campanas), Coll. M. 36, 1. Add

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17. In scyldrum ł bæccum in humeros. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 5. Hí dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23: Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 1.

bufan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
bufan, prep. adv.
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Tugon hié hrægl bufan cneów, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16. upon Lege míne tunecan bufon ðǽra deádra líc, Hml. Th. i. 72, 33. <b>B.</b> adv. of previous mention :--- Swá hit bufan hér áwriten is, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 21.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an ; m.

A border, edge, margin, bank

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On óra[n] his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps. Spl. 132, 3

Linked entries: íre óre

mete

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Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1. Ne reccaþ hí þára metta, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 19.

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan (cyrtel ł hrægl. Lind. : ðínne tonica. Rush. ), lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 40.

Linked entry: tunice

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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, to give (beautiful) form to Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9. to decorate, ornament with Hé mid þám hræglum

þicce

(adv.)
Grammar
þicce, adv.
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marking closeness in the texture or composition of a whole, closely Þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11. marking closeness of separate objects, thickly, densely, closely Ðá flugon ða légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas tó ðæm þicce ðæt...

mæssian

(v.)
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l.

ǽg-hwæþer

(and) both . . . and

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Forwyrnednesse ǽghweðer ge on mete, ge on hrægle, ge on ǽghwylcum þinge, 219, 29. Wæs ǽgweðer ðǽm eádigan were ge seó Godes lufu hát . . . and him wæs eác manna lufu mycel, 225, 35

Linked entry: ǽg-þer

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Ðá wǽtan hrægel ádrugedon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 25. Míne bán ádrúchedon, Ps. L. 101, 4. Hig ádrúwodon aestuaverunt, Mt. 13, 6. Ádrúwodon ðá hláfas swá swá stán, Hml. S. 23 b, 520. Oþ ðæt ðæt dolh ádrúgie, Lch. ii. 208, 24.

ge

(con.)
Grammar
ge, conj.

Andalsoet

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Ǽghwæðer ge on mete, ge on hrægl, ge on ǽghwilcum ðinge both in meat, and in dress, and in every thing, Blickl. Homl. 219, 29. Ǽgðer ge ... ge both ... and, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 5.

Linked entries: irfeweardian ge-stirian