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LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay

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Se legeþ pyle under ǽlces monnes elnbogan seðe ... væ his qui consuunt pulvillos sub omni cubito manus .. . Pulvillos sub omni cubito manus ponere, est ... 19, 1; Swt. 143, 14. Cwén mec hwílum hond on legeþ, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 8; Rä. 78, 4.

seáþ

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Hí ðá moldan námon oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ( fossa ) ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 3. Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9.

ǽ-mód

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Wǽron ðá synna ealle ádílegode bútan ánre; seó wæs seó mǽste, and heó wearð ðá ǽmód, Hml. S. 3, 553. Man sceal lǽwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mǽðe, swá ðæt hí ne beón ðurh ðá deópnysse ǽmóde, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 8. Add

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

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Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A.

Linked entry: Agustin

dæg-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-steorra, an; m. [dæg a day, steorra a star]

The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora

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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament

sundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-cræft, es; m.
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Sió gesceádwísnes is se sélesta sundorcræfta reason is the best of distinguishing faculties (as being the faculty peculiar to man; cf. hió is synderlíc cræft ðære sáwle, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 100, Met 20, 203

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24.

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . .

Linked entry: bises

ge-redian

(v.)
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K. 32. to find out, hit upon Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þe him geredað ǽfre hwæt him tó dónne sý and hvvæt tó forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 57, 15. Gerædað, 51, 19

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

forþian

(v.)
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105

grund-weall

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Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 19-22. of things Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880

hleótan

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Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum bútan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him déme seó tá gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn.

hilfe

(n.)
Grammar
hilfe, es; n.
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Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . .

Linked entries: hylfe helfe

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffuse ⬩ spread ⬩ to pour away, ⬩ to exhaust

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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus

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Ðæt Gregorius sende Agustíno pallium ut Gregorius Augustīno pallium miserit, 1, 29, titl.; S. 498, 2.

tyge

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
tyge, tige (v. double forms togen, tigen, pp. of teon), es; m.
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl.

Linked entry: tige

æfte-wearde

(adv.)
Grammar
æfte-wearde, adv. [æfter, wearde, weardes]

Afterward ⬩ after ⬩ behind ⬩ post ⬩ pone

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Afterward, after, behind; post, pone Ðú gesihst me æftewearde thou shalt see me behind, Ex. 33, 23

eáþ-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-hréðig, adj.

Blessed ⬩ beātus

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Blessed; beātus Seó eáþhréðige Elene the blessed Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 531; El. 266; for eád-hréðig, q.v

Linked entry: eád-hréðig

eardigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eardigendlíc, adj.

Inhabitable ⬩ habitābĭlis

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Inhabitable; habitābĭlis Seó stów eardigendlíc wæs geworden lŏcus habitābĭlis foctus est. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 21

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