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clýsing

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Add: closing, stopping; a bar Higlísta écer[e] clýsunga (cf. écum loce, R. Ben. 22, 5) wé fordémað scurilitates aeterna clausura dampnamus, R. Ben. I. 26, 14. an enclosed place, cloister, closet Út ágán mǽdenes módor clýsinga egressus virginis matris

cyn-ren

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Add: a family, stock, race Mid cynrene, mǽgþe prosapia, An. Ox. 1297: 1664. Hé ne gecýst nú be nánum cynrene, ac of ǽlcere mǽgðe, Hml. A. 17, 85. Of módignesse cynrene, R. Ben. 22, 14. Wé gesáwon Enachis cynryn ( stirpem ), Num. 13, 29. Bisceophád sceolde

for-ildan

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Take here for-yldan, and add: to put off action. with a case, acc. Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25. Ðætte mon ðurhteón mæge, ðæt hé ðæt ne forielde (

Linked entry: for-yldan

ge-laþung

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Add: a calling, summoning Seó godcunde gelaðung euocatio diuina, R. Ben. 23, 14. those who are called, a church; ecclesia. the whole body of Christians on earth, the church Ealle Godes cyrcan synd tó ánre getealde, and seó is seó gelaðung þe wé embe

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oath ⬩ to administer an oath to, swear

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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27. Wé lǽrað

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division, ⬩ distinction, ⬩ separation ⬩ a division, ⬩ one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be divided ⬩ one of the parts into which a whole is divided ⬩ division, ⬩ separation, ⬩ break of connection or of continuity, ⬩ intermission ⬩ interruption ⬩ a division, ⬩ dividing-point, ⬩ break, ⬩ pause

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Division, distinction, separation Tódǽlednesse discrimine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 63. a division, one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be divided Feówertýne tódǽlednyssa synd on ðam dæge . . . Óðer tódǽlednysse hátte momentum, þridde

Linked entry: -dǽledness

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose

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To open, reveal, declare, manifest, disclose Ic geyppe promo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 12. Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen

Linked entry: ge-upped

áþ

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Hé cwæð ðæt hé nán ryhtre geðencan ne meahte þonne hé þone áð ágifan móste gif hé meahte ... and hé gelǽdde tó ðon ándagan done áð be fullan ... and cwæð ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt hé ... ðonne se áð forbufste ... and wé gehýrdan ðæt hé ðone áð be fullan

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare

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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father

Linked entry: a-wrát

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158. We ðé willaþ ferigan

K

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THE letter k appears to have had no distinct duty to perform in the oldest English, but to have been a mere variant of c. In the MSS. (more particularly the Cotton) of Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, where in the words kyning, kyun &

leán

(n.)
Grammar
leán, es; n.

Reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ remuneration ⬩ requital ⬩ retribution

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Reward, recompense, remuneration, requital, retribution Leán meritum laboris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 40. Se ðe ðæt gelǽsteþ him biþ leán gearo, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 14; Gen. 435. Him ðæs grim leán becom terrible retribution befel them for that, 2; Th. 3, 36;

Linked entries: leahan be-leán

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement

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A lock, bolt, bar, that by which anything is closed, an enclosed place, enclosure, fold. Loc clausura, Wrt. Voc. 81, 17. Locc mandra vel ovile, 23, 55. Loc caula, 85, 73. Gáta loc titula, 288, 20. Loce ł fæstene clustello, Hpt. Gl. 527, 72. In scípa

Linked entries: loca fulloc

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified

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to glorify, to ascribe glory to Ic wuldrige (glorificabo) naman ðínne, Ps. Spl. 85, 11. Gif ic wuldrige (wuldria, Lind. : wuldrigo, Rush. glorifico) mé sylfne, Jn. Skt. 8, 54. Hí lofiaþ leóflícne; and wuldriaþ ordfruman ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 25,

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Add: , ǽgen. as adj. Þæt is ágen cræft ( a property ) wætres and eorðan. Met. 20, 122. Ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49

georn-full

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Add: diligent, active, earnest Geornfull þén sedulus minister, Hy. S. 70, 25. Geornfull hálsung intenta supplicatio, 19, 13. Geornfull gimnicus, An. Ox. 18 b, 43. Ꝥ þú mid ealles módes geornfullan ingeþance higie, ꝥ þú mæge becuman tó þám gesǽlþum, Bt

ge-bícnan

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ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Add: I. to make a significant gesture that gives or asks for information, to point to an object, inquire by signs Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit þá wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde. Ðá undergeat Clemens þæs lambes gebícnunge and cwæð :

ge-efenlǽcan

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Add: to imitate, of a person, with the object a person, with acc. To act as another has done Þá þe þwyrlíce dóð, deóflu hi geefenlǽceað ( demones imitantur ), Scint. 53, 16: 84, 11. Ne geeuenlǽc þú wyrcende unrihtwísnesse, Ps. L. 36, 1. Þæt þá unandgytfullan

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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that does not take care or trouble, careless, negligent Wé wénað ꝥ mænige gímeleúse menn ne réccean hú heora yrfe fare, Ll. Th. i. 238, 5. Útádrǽfdum gýmeleásra preósta fýlþum ejectis negle-gentium clericorum spurcitiis, Angl. xiii. 366, 16. <b>

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about

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where there is motion (lit. or fig.) to an object, from without Útene extrinsecus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 21. Him biþ se wela útane cumen, and hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7, 8. Ic nolde ðæt ðú wéndest ðæt Gode áhwonan útane cóme