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ge-bén

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Lye. and add: — Waciað . . . on gebedum, and gif seó cyrce bið geopenad þurh eówre gebéna, habbað hí eów siþþan ǽfre, Hml. S. 3, 331

Lazarus

(n.)
Grammar
Lazarus, gen. Lazares; pl. Lazaras
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Lazarus Ic bidde eów þæt gé beón gemyndige ðæs Lazares reste . . . manega Lazaras gé habbað nú licgende æt eówrum gatum, Hml. Th. i. 334, 25-29

of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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Hí gesworen habbaþ ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng (gingran,MS. B.) L. A. G. tit.; Th. i. 152, 17. Ðis sý gedón for Síferþ and for his ofsprincg tó hyra sáwle þearfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 15

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hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Tó-dæg wé habbað hwónlíce be hláf, ac tó-merigen wé sceolon habban genihtsumlíce (cf. quare de panis inopia vester animus contristatur ? Hodie quidem minus est, sed die crastina abundantes habebitis Gr. D. c. 21), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 2

scræf

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Add Mín hús is gebedhús, and gé hit habbað gedón sceaðum tó screafe (gescræfe, Mt. R. 21, 13), Hml. Th. i. 406, 3. v. heort-, stán-scræf

mæsse-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-bóc, gen. -béc; f.

A mass-bookmissal

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A mass-book, missal Saltere and pistol*-*bóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, sangbóc and handbóc, gerím and pastoralem, penitentialem and rǽdingbóc, ðás béc sceal mæssepreóst néde habban, L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13: Chart. Th. 430, 7.

ge-tǽsnes

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Substitute: I. fitness, convenience for a purpose Habban ealle fultum and frófor be þǽre geférrǽdenne micelnesse and be þǽre stówe staðole and getǽsnesse habeant omnes solacia secundum modum congregationis oue positionem loci, R.

cyning-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-dóm, es; m. [-dom dominion, power]

Kingly power, a KINGDOM regimen, regnum

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Kingly power, a KINGDOM; regimen, regnum Cyningdom habban to have kingly power, Cd. 173; Th. 216, 7; Dan. 3. Metod ðec aceorfeþ of cyningdóme the lord will cut thee off from thy kingdom, 202; Th. 251, 24; Dan. 568.

bleó-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-fág, -fáh; adj.

Of various colours, party-colouredversicolor

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Oferslop bleófáh habban ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to have a party-coloured overcoat betokens an unpleasant message, Lchdm. iii. 200, 6

hand-bóc

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Add: a book containing the order of service for extreme unction, baptism and catechisms ; manuale Mæssepreóst sceal húru habban . . . handbóc, penitentialem, . . . Ll.

sár-lic

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Him hreów his ꝥ sárlice anginn, and hine þá ná lengc áhwǽnedne habban nolde, Hml. S. 23, 401

declínian

(v.)
Grammar
declínian, pp. od
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habbað nú declínod þá eahta frumcennedan pronomina, 100, 6

weorold-hremming

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hremming, e; f.
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Hindrance caused by viordly affairs Geríst ꝥ þá þe God habbad tó yrfewerdnysse, ꝥ hig hogion ꝥ hí Gode þeówian bútan woroldhremminge (absque ullo impedimenta seíuli ), Chrd. 75, 35

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weax-bred

(n.)
Grammar
weax-bred, es; n.

a table, tablet for writing ona table, list

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Gyf ðú gehwǽde wæxbreda habban wille, ðonne strece ðú ðíne twá handa, and sete hý neoþan tósomne and feald togædere and feald togædere swilce ðú weaxbreda fealde. Ðonne ðú micel weaxbred habban wille ...

snáw-hwít

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habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

á-holian

(v.)
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Wæs beboden Ezechiele ðæt hé scolde ðone alter habban uppan áholodne ad Ezechielem in altari fieri fossa praecipitur, Past. 217, 19

cuppe

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Man sceal habban . . . mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. Add

fæstlic

firmsolidresolutevigorous

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Þæt hé þý fæstlecre gewinn mehte habban wið hiene, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 8

rǽding-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding-bóc, f.
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A book containing the lessons, a lectionary Se mæssepreóst sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc ... rǽdingbóc, L. Ælfc.

bóc-fel

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-fel, -fell, es; n.

A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellumcharta pergamena, membrana

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Ðæt hí habban blæc and bócfel that they have ink and vellum, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11

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