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slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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Gewring tósomne swilce sié án sláh, 54, 6. Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56, 32. ]maturarum, grene slane wose: and pl. slon occurs Alis. 4983. In Baker's Northants. Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H.

Linked entries: slág sláh

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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an observer, one who examines into a matter Wé willaþ ðæt se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde, ðe ðis gewrit áspyraþ, Anglia viii. 331, l.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

hríman

(v.)
Grammar
hríman, to shout.
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(with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara.

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Hér swutelað on ðysan gewrite ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc, C. D. iv. 10, 16. Twégra manna dæg ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, iii. 333, 25. Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23.

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Monad mid gelomlícre smeáwunge and leornunge cyriclícra gewrita admonitus ecclesiasticarum frequenti meditatione scripturarum, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 26: 5, 23; S. 645, 15. Mid óðrum cyriclícum m

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido þára brémela, þæt him wæs eall se líchama gewundod, Guth. 36, 12. Of þiccum brémelum senticosis surculis, An. Ox. 1268. Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7.

ge-cýþnes

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Þone áworpenne háliges gewrites gecýþnesse (testificatione ] hí oncnáwaþ, An. Ox. 40, 7. Hí cýþdon ꝥ mid leásre gecýþnesse, Bl. H. 173, 35. of the scriptures, testament Gecýþnesse instrument) (ueteris propheta), An. Ox. 1765.

ge-titelian

(v.)
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Dict. to place a mark above a letter or syllable Þes que is sceort mid þrým stafum gewriten oððe getitelod (is written with three letters (que) or with a mark ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 8.

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33. Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1.

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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About. of place Gewríðe onbútan (MS. H. ábútan) ðæs mannes swyran, Lchdm. i. 160, 23. Feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 18. Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25.

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Ðá com Sparhafoc tó him mid ðæs cynges gewrite and insegle, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 20. Swá hwæðer swá heó beó fúl swá clǽne binnan ðam insegle whether it [the hand] be foul or clean within the seal, L. Æðelst iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 32.

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Swá ús gleáwe wítgan þurh wísdóm on gewritum cýþaþ, Exon. Th. 199, 23; Ph. 30.

stæf-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-cræft, es; m.

the art of lettersgrammarskill in letterslearningstudy

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Litteratus se ðe can stæfcræft, 43; Zup. 257. 7. skill in letters Similar entries (v. stæf, IV), learning, study Ðeodorus mid hálgum gewritum and stæfcræftum hí (the English) georne hét beón lǽrende literarum sanctarum coeperint (Angli) studiis imbui

Linked entry: stæf-cyst

þanécan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þanécan, þe
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Þeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon, hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu þeáh and losodon ðonécan þe hit wǽre swá some swá ða wríteras dydon and eác ða þe hí ymbe writon though they indeed had written all their life, yet would not the writings have become

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
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Ðone freóls hí gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh hé on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35. Hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrþrian wolde, 116, 19. Hí sind mid gifum and gestreónum gefyrþrode, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 27. intrans. [v. N. E.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Þweah ðæt gewrit of ðam disce wash the writing off the dish, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 9. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27.

ge-cnǽwe

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Add: ge-cnáwe. of persons. acknowledging the accuracy of a statement 'Þis gewrit is gefylled.' And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe, Lk. 4, 22. acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. with gen.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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Add: in a local sense, on high Pilatus ásette ðis gewrit to ðǽre róde bufon Crístes heáfde heálíce, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 27. Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372.

Linked entry: heá-lic

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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mearce dó (cf. hé sylfon þám gewrite róde tácn mearcige signum facial, R.

freóls

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Ic on ðysum gewrite geswutelie be Ciltacumbes freúlse, v. 113, 22. Freóls iubileus, s. annus, An. Ox. 3831: 2, 256. Of ðǽre stówe wearð árǽred þises dæges freóls, Hml. Th. i. 502, 7. On mǽrum dæge eówres freólses ( sollemnitatis ), Ps. L. 80, 4.