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-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

læfel

(n.)
Grammar
læfel, es; m.

A cupvesselbowl

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Ðonne gesealde Aðelwold biscop his cynehláforde ánne sylfrenne lefel on fíf pundum dedit autem Athelwoldus episcopus regi quoddam vas argenteum quinque, libras appendens, 236, 11.

Linked entry: lefel

ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An eventaccidenta chanceaccĭdenscāsus

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Ðá forhtede ðe biscop for ðam fǽrlíce gelimpe then the bishop was afraid on account of that dangerous case, Th. An. 121, 5 : Th. Ap. 1, 12.

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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., tó-eác', and add Swíðulf biscop and Ceólmund ealdormon ... and Eádulf cynges þegn ..., and manige eác him (tó eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác tó him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15.

symbel-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-dæg, es; m.

a feast-day,a festival, day of a religious feast

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Se biscop sæt sume symbeldæge on ðære cierecan, Shrn. 78, 26. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl. Homl. 131, 10. On symmeldæge (symbel-, MS. A.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. 15, 6. His symbeldæg (natalitia) wé mérsiaþ, Rtl. 44, 28.

Beornice

(n.)
Grammar
Beornice, gen.a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BerniciansBernicii

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The Bernicians; Bernicii Man gehálgode twegen biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum and Eátan to Beornicum two bishops were hallowed in his stead, Bosa over the Deirians and Eata over the Bernicians Chr. 678; Th. 61, 17, col. 1 : Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 45

on-bæcling

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R. 20, 14. of position or attitude. at one's back Þá gehýrde ic ðone biscop mé onbæcgling (-bæclinga (-ea, -e), v. ll.) cweðan audiui episcopum post tergum mihi dicentem, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 16.

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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Wæs hé lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?) onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 26

hnecca

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'Befleh ǽrest ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh (a vertice usque ad calcaneum and him ꝥ heáfod syþþan of áceorf' . . . Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran (cervici), Gr. D. 198, 4-12.

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Ðǽm biscopum ðe hér on worlde syndon swýðe gelíce gegange ðæm biscope ðe Paulus geseah it shall happen to those bishops that are in this world as it did to the bishop that St. Paul saw, Blickl. Homl. 45, 4 : 59, 4.

canonic

(n.)
Grammar
canonic, es; m.
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A canon, prebendary; canonicus Ðæt Godes þeówas, biscopas and abbodas, munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan, to rihte gecyrran that God's servants, bishops and abbots, monks and mynchens, canons and nuns, turn to right, L.

Seax-

(prefix)
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Seaxulf biscop ( of Lichfield ), Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 40. Saxulf (Sæx-), Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 2, 10

æt-gædere

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Se cyning lýhte of his horse ... ðá lyhte se biscop eac somod ætgædere, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 34. Búton hé bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, P. 457, 15

wígbed-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-þegen, es; m.

A minister of the altaran ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar

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A minister of the altar, an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar Gif weófodþén, ðæt is, biscop oððe mæssepreóst oððe diácon, gewífode ... hí forbudon ǽlc wíflác weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 3-13: Wulfst. 270, 21.

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Mæg se biscop þæs mannes syngrína þurh Godes þafunge þe swýðor geliðian þe þus wile georne helpan him sylfan, Wlfst. 155, 26. Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17.

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

Hwiccas

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Wilfrid is Hwicca biscop, 5, 23; Sch. 690, 16. ¶ Perhaps the word is used in a limited and in a wider sense.

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Beflagen flǽ[s]c flesh with the skin stripped off; viscera, 45, 7. to strip off (skin) Befleh (fleah, v. l.) ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þene hóh episcopo a vertice usque ad calcaneum corrigiam tolle, Gr. D. 198, 4

drinca

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Heó ðám biscope bær drincan and ús eallum þénode and scencte obtulit poculum episcopo et nobis, coeptumque ministerium nobis propinandi . . . non omisit, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 15. Gif him ðyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376.

ófostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ófostlíce, adv.

Hastily, speedily, in haste

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Hastily, speedily, in haste Hé stóp ófostlíce tó-foran ðam biscope and feól tó his fótum festinus accedens ante pedes episcopi conruit Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc-an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316.

lytling

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</b> 7 b Gif ǽgðer ge biscopas ge preóstas æfter heora rihtan gesettednesse lifdon, þonne wǽre hit oferflówennis ús litlingum ( nobis exiguis ) áwiht níwes tó trahtnienne, Chrd. 2, 4