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ealdor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-dóm, ealdur-dóm, aldor-dórn, alder-dóm, es; m. [ealdor an elder, a chief; dóm dominion, power]

Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality ⬩ auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus

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Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality; auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus He his ealdordom synnum aswefede he [Reuben] had destroyed his eldership by sins, Cd. 160 Th. 199, 8; Exod. 335.

hider

(adv.)
Grammar
hider, adv.

Hither

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Hider and ðider hac illucque. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 5. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan ðé swíðor ðe hió symle dyde it cannot decline to one side or the other more than it ever did, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 328; Met. 20, 164.

bold-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
bold-getæl, es; n. [bold a house, getæl a number, tribe, register]

A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, house ⬩ domicilium, mansio, vicus, domus

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Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 2; that is, If a person who had commended himself, wished to take his name off the manor-roll of one lord, etc. Thorpe's Laws, vol. i. p. 86, note a

ge-cwéman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwéman, p. de; pp. ed [cwéman to please]

To please ⬩ satisfy ⬩ propitiate ⬩ plăcēre ⬩ satisfăcĕre

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Sume gecwémdon englum some have given pleasure to angels, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 12. God, ðú ðe mið hreównisse gicuoemes ł gicómed biþ Deus qui pænitentia placaris, Rtl. 8, 33

Linked entry: ge-cwémdun

ge-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leccan, part. -leccende; ic -lecce, ðú -lecest, -lecst, he -leceþ, -lecþ, pl. -leccaþ; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ hŭmectāre ⬩ rĭgāre

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Sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geþwǽnþ and gelecþ ða breóst ðæs gehiérendes the kindness of the teacher softens and moistens the breast of the hearer, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.

Linked entry: ge-leht

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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[In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29.

Linked entry: sugga

wudu-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fæsten, wudu-fæstenn, es; n.

a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood

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a place rendered secure by woods, a wood as a place of security Ðǽr gewexen is wudufæstern micel there has grown a great wood which affords shelter, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 376, 4.

Linked entry: wudu-wésten

bígan

(v.)

To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend

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Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058

Linked entries: býgan bégan

carcern

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Heó út eóde of þám carcerne (printed carcernerne, Shrn. 30, 30, but the MS. has carcer-cernes with the first cer above the line), Mart. H. 4, 17. In carcrænnæ in carcere, Mt. R. 25, 44. Tó caercherne carceri, Lk. p. 4, 8. In cercerne, Mk. R. 6, 17.

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan . . . him is efnmicel niéd ðæt hé suá doo suá suá hé lǽrð qui loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, hac eadem necessitate compellitur summa monstrare, Past. 81, 7.

fana

(n.)
Grammar
fana, fanu(-e) ; f.

a flag ⬩ fane

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MS. has fæarn gitsana ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2: An. Ox. 56, 397. Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24. Fane, iii. 12, 25. Fanu, 58, 20. Fanan, 24, 6. [v. N. E. D. fane (plant-name). Cf. O. L.

Linked entry: fan-byrd

ge-wýscan

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Hát hí swáy fele ꝥ gif ðú hwylcne wyrige, ꝥ ðú gewísce him ðæs ꝥ his líf beó gelíc þínum láðum godum. Hml. S. 8, 5-81

hunta

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Hae sunt uillulae, Huntanawoð, Herþoðford, iv. 164, 27. Add: —

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away

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Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]

ofer-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from

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Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond. Laym. 8035.] to desist from, abstain from Ic ofersitte supersideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 45.

ge-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swíðan, -swýðan; p. de; pp. ed

To make strong ⬩ confirm ⬩ comfort

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Hæfde he ðá geswíðed sóþum cræftum werodes aldor he had then strengthened with true powers the chief of the band, 143; Th. 179, 17; Exod. 30: 188; Th. 234, 7; Dan 288: Andr. Kmbl. 1394; An. 697: 1402; An. 701: Salm. Kmbl. 91; Sal. 45: Ps.

godcundnys

(n.)
Grammar
godcundnys, se; f.

Divine nature ⬩ Deity ⬩ Divinity ⬩ Godhead ⬩ divine service

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Ðeós wyrt hæfþ mid hire sume wundorlíce godcundnesse this plant has in it a certain wonderful divine quality, Herb. 50, 1; Lchdm. i. 152, 24.

in-seglian

(v.)
Grammar
in-seglian, p. ode

To seal

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Inseglige man ða hand let a seal be put upon the hand, L. Æðelst. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30

appel-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
appel-leáf, es; n. [lit. apple-leaf]

A violet ⬩ viola ⬩ viola odorata

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A violet; viola, viola odorata, Harl. Gl. 978

Linked entry: æppel-leáf

cilic

(n.)
Grammar
cilic, es; m.

Hair-cloth ⬩ cilicium

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Hair-cloth; cilicium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 21