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tapor

(n.)
Grammar
tapor, (-er, -ur); m.

A taper; also the wick of a lamp

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Ðá com ðæs landes menigu mid leóhtfatum and mid taperum, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 24. Taporas cereos, Germ. 395, 72. Taperas, Lchdm. iii. 202, 4

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for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 27.

fretan

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Voc. ii. 82, 51: 52, 35. to destroy by the action of (mid) animals or things Hié þæt corn frǽton mid hirá horsum, Chr. 894; P. 88, n. 4 Ðonne hié bióð innan fretene mid ðǽre ádle dum se ista intrinsecus peste consumunt.

á-dílgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-dílgian, á-díligian.

to destroy, &c., obliterateto blot out iniquity, &c.

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Ðæt hié mid gebedum ðá scylde ádíligien deleant Past. 397, 15. Nú man ǽlc yfel mæg mid góde ádílgian (-dílegian, Hatt. MS.) cum mala cuncta bonis sequentibus deluantur, 348, 16. Similar entries v. also a-dylegian in Dict

tó-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -blawen.

to blow in different directions,scatter by blowing,blow awayto inflate,puff up,distend with wind,swell,to cause the breast to swell

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Tóbláwene mid módignysse, Scint. 84, 19: R. Ben. 124, 6. Mid a lutel wind of a word toblowen and tobollen, A. R. 122, 16

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áþ

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Hí heora freóndscipe gefæstnodon ge mid wedde ge mid áðe, Chr. 1016;P. 153, 4. Mid áþum, 921;P. 103, 20. Hé him áþas swór, 874; P. 72, 30. Þá salde se here him foregíslas and micle áþas, þæt hié of his rice uuoldon, 878;P. 76, 13. Add

nytness

(n.)
Grammar
nytness, e; f.

Useutilityadvantageprofit

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Mid micelre nytnysse ( magna utilitate ) ǽghwæðeres folces, 3, 24; S. 557, 13 : 5, 10; S. 623, 38. Tó líchoman nyttnesse for the advantage of the body, Blickl. Homl. 57, 8. Mid allum ðǽm nytnessum ge on fixnoþum ge on médwum ðe ðǽrtó belympaþ, Cod.

ge-dwyld

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

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Forwearþ ðes gedwola mid his gedwylde this heretic perished with his heresy, Homl. Th. i. 290, 29 : ii. 506, 27 : Boutr. Scrd. 18, 30.

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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a rag, tatter Dormitatio vestietur pannis seó slápolnys byþ gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum, Homl. Ass. 9, 238. Nis se loddere mid his tasttecon mín gelíca, Homl. Th. i. 256, 9.

disc

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Sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle, and hét tóceorfan þone disc and syllan þám þearfum, Hml. S. 26, 96. Ánnæ dics an þrým pundom, C. D. iii. 127, 19. Man sceal habban . . . pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 10

fefer

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Mid þreóra daga fefre, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 31. Gedreht mid langsumum feofore, Hml. S. 2, 135. Þá hors þá þe sýn on feofre (fefore, v. l.) oþþe on ǽnigre ádle, Lch. i. 328, 9. Ðǽm febere febri, Lk. L. 4, 39. Of feber febre, Mk. p. 2, 12.

ge-neádian

(v.)
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S. 24, 44. to do (clause with þæt) Hé mid Julianes wérinysse wearð geneádod ꝥ hé þá niht on his mynstre gewunode, Gr. D. 38, 25

mæsse-reáf

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Habbað eów mid swylc mæssereáf and swylce hÚselfata swylce gé mid risnum þá þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 26. Twá mæssereáf, C. D. B. iii. 660, 33

murcnung

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Mid swá biterum (áfrum) heófum, murcnungum tam rancidis ł amaris questibus, i. querimoniis, 2829. Add

swíþlic

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Add Þá áxode Sisinnius mid swíðlicum þreáte þone hálgan wer hwylcne god hé wurðode, Hml. S. 29, 217

tácnian

(v.)
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Add Seó eá geáhnode þone ryne þe se Dryhtnes wer mid ðǽra racan tácnode on þǽre eorðan aqua fluminis sibi alveum ubi tracto per terram rastro vir Domini signum fecerat, vindicavit, Gr. D. 193, 4. <b>IV a.

rodor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rodor-líc, adj.

of the firmamentcelestialheavenly

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Firmamentum is ðeós roderlíce heofen mid manegum steorrum ámétt, Lchdm. iii. 254, 8. Hí ( Enoch and Elias) sind genumene tó lyftenre heofenan, ná tó rodlícere, Homl. Th. i. 308, 3.

eall

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Þæt gé forwurðað mid ealle quod omnino dispereas, Deut. 8, 19. along with noun governed by mid, and all Forwearð nó lǽs þonne .xx. scipa mid monnum mid ealle, Chr. 897; P. 90, 20. Áwurpan út þæt fæt mid ele mid ealle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 27: 304, 29.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Sum cwén cóm tó Salomone mid micelre fare, ii. 584, 10. Cóm Flaccus mid mycelre fare tó Petronellan, wolde hí niman tó wífe, Hml.

carful-nys

(n.)
Grammar
carful-nys, -nyss, e; f.
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CAREFULNESS, curiosity; sollicitudo, curiositas Godes cwydas sind to smeágenne mid micelre carfulnysse the words of God are to be considered with great carefulness, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 18: Lchdm. iii. 210, 5

Linked entry: cearful-nes