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earfoþnes

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Se bisceop and se eorl gebidan mycele earfoðnysse þá hí hámward fóran the bishop and the earl underwent much hardship on the journey home, Chr. 1061; P. 191, 2. Áfyrseþ hé þás earfoðnesse ( a flood) fram ús, Bl. H. 247, 4: (St.

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Úre Hǽlend tó þǽm fæderlican setle eóde, 115, 33: 5, 15. ancestral; of succession, lineal.

for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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Georgies mæssedæg æfter miclum geswince Chr. 1016; P. 148, 21. of violent or untimely death, to perish Forférde Hácun eorl on sǽ (comes Hacun in mari periit, Fl. Wig.), Chr. 1030; P. 157, 36.

ge-fandod

(v.)
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Ðá ðe gefandod habbað ðára flǽsclicra synna, ðá ðe ðæs nóht ne cunnon peccata carnis experta, eorum expertes, 403, 7. Þonne se án hafað þurh deáðes nýd dǽda gefondad, B. 2454

hacele

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Albanus eóde út mid ðæs preóstes hakelan (cf. Sẽs Albanus gegyrede hine þæs preóstes munucgegyrelan (caracalla), Bd. l, 7 . Sch. 20, 24), Hml. S. 19, 36. Hé lǽt þá hacelan (cf. wǽfels pallium, 2) tó þæm þe hine tunecan benǽmde, R. Ben. 38, 5.

sácerd-hád

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Hé geseah ꝥ geongran men sácerdhád underféngon (wǽron gesette on hálgum sácerdhádum, v. l. in sacris ordinibus positi ) . . . and eóde baldlíce tó þám hálgan sácerdhád, Gr. D. 135, 7-31. Sácer(d)hádas flamina, An. Ox. 2, 56. Cf. preóst-hád. Add

eald

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Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94. Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7. Wín nys drenc cilda, ac ealdra ( senum ), Coll. M. 35, 21. Ealdra cwéna spell anilis fabula, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 24.

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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Mid crysman smyreþ his breóst chrismate pectis eorum unguet L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 162, 1. Ðonne he crisman fecce when he fetches chrism L. Edg. C. 67; Th. ii. 258, 20; L. N. P.

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Mára ic eom. and fǽttra ðonne ámæsted swin, Exon. Th. 428, 9; Rä. 41, 105. Binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume, ne swín ðe má, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 8. Emban úrne ceápgild: hors tó healfan pund . . .

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

hwanan

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'Ic eom ... tó þé sended of heáhðu,' Jul. 259. Hwanan, B. 257. (1 a) from what position or state :-- ꝥ Adam understóde ... hwanon hé áfeólle, Angl. vii. 26, 238. (2 a) cf. 2 a Hig næfdon hwanon hí hyt águldon, Lk. 7, 42.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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separate, alone, not joined with others Ic mé syndrig eom singulariter sum ego, Ps. Th. 140, 12. Wiþ fefre hylpþ syndrigo marubie tó drincanne to drink marrubium alone, Lchdm. ii. 134, 27. Heáfdehtes porres [croppan] syndrigne sele þicgan, 230, 11.

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Ic eów wísige, Beo. Th. 590; B. 292 : 6198 ; B. 3103. Ic fére swá mé wísaþ feónd, Exon. Th. 403, 4 ; Rä. 22, 2. Hé férde swá him God wísode, Gen. 35, 5 : Num. 10, 28. Ísernhergum án wísode, Cd. Th. 199, 34; Exod. 348 : Ps. Th. 77, 16.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

hrægl

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Mid swelce hrægle (veste) hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út, Ll. Th. i. 46, 3. <b>II a.</b> clothes that a person is wearing, (a person's) dress :-- Gif hwá nunnan . . . on hire hrægl gefó, Ll.

innan

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eóde innon þám mynstre, Hml. S. 23 b, 64. Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259.

alýfan

(v.)
Grammar
alýfan, hit -lýfþ; p. -lýfde, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pp. -lýfed; v. a.

To give leavepermitgrantpermittereconcederetradere

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To give leave, permit, grant; permittere, concedere, tradere Se eorl ongan alýfan landes the earl began to grant the land, Byrht. Th. 134, 26; By. 90. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21. Alýf me permitte mihi, Lk.

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208. Swylc sceolde secg wesan, þegen æt þearfe, 5410 ; B. 2708.

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Ic mé þyderinn eode, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 500. Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart.

un-gewemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewemmed, adj.

unspottedimmaculateuncorrupteduninjuredundefiledunstainedinviolateimmaculate

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Hé ungewemmed of ðam hátum bæðe eode, Homl. Th. i. 58, 28. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, Exon. Th. 277, 33; Jul. 590. Eall ða hrægel ungewemmed ( intemerata ) wǽron, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 40.

Linked entry: ge-wemman

sprecan

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D. iii. 336, 26. add: to speak of Gif hié hwæt swá heálicra yfela on him ongieten ðæt hié hit niéde sprecan scylen si qua valde sunt eorum prava, apud semetipsos dijudicent, Past. 197, 6.

wín-berige

(n.)
Grammar
wín-berige, -berie, -berge, an; f.

A grape

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Híre winberie ys gealla uva eorum uva fellis, Deut. 32, 32. Ne hig wín-berian (uuam) on gorste ne nimaþ, Lk. Skt. 6, 44. Gesoden[e] wínberigan (-en, MS.) fecula, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 63.