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frécelness

(n.)
Grammar
frécelness, e; f.
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Peril, danger For ðyssa tída frécelnisse turbatis rebus Nordanhymbrorum, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 21. Hálo from ǽlcum froecelnisse sanos ab omni periculo, Rtl. 116, 9. In miclum froecelnissum in tantis periculis, 7, 36: 69, 13, 38: 79, 24.

wólbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wólbǽrness, e; f.

Pestiferousnessdestructivity

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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted

ge-sǽliglic

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Hú gesǽliglica tída ðá wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 3, 4

Linked entry: sǽlig-lic

hringan

(v.)
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Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3

bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
bícnian, bícnigan; part. bícniende; he bícneþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

to beckon, nodinnuereto indicate, signify, announce, shewindicare, significare

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Bícnodon hí to his fæder innuebant patri ejus, 1, 62 : 5, 7. to indicate, signify, announce, shew; indicare, significare He sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída he shall with bells announce the times, L. Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 29

dæg-lic

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Sýn simle þá dæglican tída begunnene mid ferse semper diurnis horis dicatur versus, 41, 21. On þǽm dæglicum tídum, 69, 2. Dæglicum dédum diurnis actibus, Rtl. 162, 23. v. twá- (twi-), þri-dæglic

ende-byrdes

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Ðú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tódǽldes endebyrdes (in order, in regular succession ; cf. the corresponding prose: Ðú ðe tída fram middaneardes fruman oþ þone ende endebyrdlíce gesettest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 7), Met. 20, 12.

leahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
leahtrian, p. ode.

impeachaccuseblamerevilereproachto corruptvitiate

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Ða ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ hi qui de temporibus Christianis murmurant, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 33. Ðá herede hé and nánuht ne leahtrade laudavit, 6, 1; Swt. 254, 14.

ge-tiohhian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tiohhian, p. ode; pp. od

To appointdetermineordainstătuĕredecernĕre

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To appoint, determine, ordain; stătuĕre, decernĕre Ðú ðǽm winterdagum wundrum sceorta tída getiohhast thou appointed wondrously short times to winter-days, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 41; Met. 4, 21.

ǽ-þrot

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-þrot, es; n.
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Hí heora tída singaþ oþ þæs sealmsanges ende bútan ǽþrote þurhwuniende, R. Ben. 138, 2. Ǽþrotu fastidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 48. Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastidia (-gia, MS.), 141, 69

Linked entries: -þrot á-þrotsum

ofer-faran

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ofer-faran, <b>II α.</b>
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II δ. add: The passage glossed is: Vastae solitudinis secreta penetrans, Ald. 51, 5, with reference to time Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran ꝥ þú ne freóde þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse?, Hml. S. 23 b, 522.

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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The old name for February Ðonne se Sol-mónaþ biþ geendod, ðonne biþ seó niht feówertýne tída lang and se dæg týn tída Shrn. 59, 2. Solmónaþ sígeþ tó túne Februarius Menol. Fox 31; Men. 16. [The first part of the compound is of doubtful meaning.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

móna

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móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .

geárlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geárlíc, adj.

Yearlyannualannuus

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Geárlíce tída gesette wǽron the yearly seasons were fixed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 25; Lchdm. iii. 246, 23

be-sprecan

(v.)

mentionto claimTo complain ofblameTo complain

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For hwí besprecað nú men þás crístnan tída, and secgað þæt nú wyrsan tída sién ?

feórþling

(n.)
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Syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, Angl. viii. 318, 47. Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add

frécen-lic

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On ðám endenýhstan dagum þissere worulde beóð frécenlice (frǽcen-, v.l.) tída ( tempora periculosa, 2 Tim. 3, 1), Wlfst. 88, 11. Add

ge-fylledness

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Thw. 2, 14. fullness of time. v. ge-fyllan, (5 d) Þá þá ðǽra tída gefyllednys cóm ubi venit plenitudo temporis, Hml, Th. i. 194, 16

Linked entry: fylled-ness

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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Ða betran tída the better times, 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18. To beteran tíde to a better time, Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39. Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera? hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt.

Linked entry: betre

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and