niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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Ben. 40, 7. Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart.
seld-hwanne
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Ben. 21, 16. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29
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þafung
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Ben. Interl. 77, 6. Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS.
eorþ-wæstm
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Ben. 63, 14. Add:
geond-sprengan
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Ben. I. 12, 1
ge-fére
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Ben. 117, 20: 46, 2. Be ealles geféres endebyrdnesse de ordine quo congregatur, 113, 20. Gelaðige se abbod eal þæt gefére (omnem congregationem), 15, 5, 2, 8
hæfen-leás
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Ben. 105, 8. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml. S. 14, 15 : 23, 200: Hml. Th. ii. 400, 1
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hefelíce
grievously ⬩ seriously ⬩ dully ⬩ severely ⬩ sadly ⬩ mournfully
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Ben. I. 65 3. sadly, mournfully Hefelíce lugubriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50
tweónung
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Ben. 64, 11. Hí ádrǽfdon ealle twýnunga fram úre heortan, Homl. Th. i. 302, 3
hoh-full
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Ben. I. 17, 7. Hohfullum (carefullan, R. Ben. 72, 12) bréðer betǽce þás gímene solicito fratri injungat hanc curam 80, 15. thoughtful, prudent Sum sácerd . . . hohful on móde (cf. edoctus monitis, Vit. Cuth. poet. c. 30), Hml.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Ben. 100, 5. Nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón, ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 29
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be-smiðian
To forge ⬩ excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere
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To forge, to make or work as a smith does; excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere Innan and útan íren-bendum searoþoncum besmiðod within and without, cunningly forged with iron bands, Beo. Th. 1554; B. 775
ge-namne
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Having the same name Ic seah rǽpingas (the two buckets of a draw-well) on ræced fergan under hróf sales hearde twégen: þá wǽron genamne, nearwe bendum gefeterade fæste tógædere, Rá. 53, 3. Substitute:
drenc
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Ben. I. 66, 8. <b>III a.</b> what is drunk as medicine :-- Hit is se lǽce*-*dóm and se drenc ðe ðú wilnodest, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 21. For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, 39, 9; F. 226, 11
grundlinga
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Ben. 13, 18) of ádón peccata radicitus amputare, R. Ben. I. 15, 6
wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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Ben. Interl. 82, 7), R. Ben. 74, 1. Sý fultum geseald ðám wácmódum and ðám unstrangum, ðæt hí mid unrótnesse ða hýrsumnesse ne dón imbecillibus procurentur solacia, ut non cum tristitia hoc faciant, 58, 17.
forþ-síþ
A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ progressus ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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Hreðer innan born, afýsed on forþsíþ his spirit burned within, bent on departure. Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 19; Gú. 911: 50 a; Th. 173, 2; Gú. 1154: 52 b; Th. 182, 34; Gú. 1320. He wæs ðár óþ Héródes forþsíþ ĕrat ĭbi usque ad ŏbĭtum Hērōdis, Mt.
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tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family that has many branches.
un-mǽne
free from evil ⬩ pure ⬩ without perjury ⬩ free from ⬩ exempt from ⬩ not sharing in
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O. 6; Th. i. 180, 18. free from, exempt from, not sharing in Álýsede fram bende ǽlces mennissces dómes, fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlícra brúcunga clǽne and unmǽne nexu humanae conditionis exuti, ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes, Cod.
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myndgian
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agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something (gen. ) Wé magon beón suá nyttran æt him, gif wé hié myndgiað hira gódna weorca utilius apud illos proficimus, si et eorum bene