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ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Ǽghwylc dæg hæfð genóh on hys ágenum ymbhogan sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34. Ðæt hé forlǽte ǽlcne ymbhogan, ðe him unnet sié, Met. 22, 10.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

æt-sacan

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Rihte ðú hyt ongytst, ne mæg ic þæs ætsacan. Shrn. 182, 7. with clause Ætsace (oð-, v. l. , neget ) sé, sé þe dyrre, þæt þæt angin nǽre gestilled for Code, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 4. <b>I a.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)

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Hyt rínde fýr and swefl of heofone plait ignem et sulphur de coelo, Lk. Skt. 17, 29. Swá gelíc swá ... sý fýr onǽled and ðín heall gewyrmed and hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17.

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Symle hý Gúðlác fromne fundon, ðonne hý neósan cwóman, 123, 7 ; Gú. 319 : 205, 6 ; Ph. 108. ¶ where a series of times is mentioned :-- Symble (symle, Exon. Th. 367, 19) ymbe seofon niht every seven days, Soul Kmbl. 19 ; Seel. 10 : Andr.

Linked entries: symble symle

ge-wissian

(v.)
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Þryfealdne gewissigendne cræft trinam regentem machinam, Hy.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Hé geseh ða welegan hyra lác sendan on ðone sceoppan, Lk. Skt. 21, 1. Sendende hyra nett on ða sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18. Seó strǽl wæs sended, Blickl. Homl. 199, 22. of the operations of Nature, to send rain, fire , etc. Drihten sende regn. Cd.

æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere

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He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4

Linked entry: et-hrínan

fǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adj.

Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam

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Hæfde fǽcne hyge he had a crafty soul, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 1; Gen. 443. Of firenfulra fǽcnum handum from the deceitful hands of the wicked, Ps. Th. 81, 4: 105, 10: 136, 3

Linked entries: fácne fácne

fæst-hafol

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-hafol, -hafel, -hafod; adj.

Fast-having, sparing, miserly ⬩ tĕnax, parcus, sordĭdus

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Fæsthafol strængþ tĕnax vĭgor, Hymn. Surt. 11, 2. Fæsthafel tĕnax, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 42; Wrt. Voc. 47, 46. Sint to manianne ða fæsthafolan the miserly are to be admonished, Past. 45, 2; Cot. MS. Fæsthafod oððe uncystig tĕnax, Wrt. Voc. 76, 5

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5

bita

(n.)
Grammar
bita, an; m.

a BIT, morsel, piece, fragment ⬩ frustum, buccella ⬩ anything that bites, a biter, an animal ⬩ ferus

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[biten; pp. of bítan to bite]. a BIT, morsel, piece, fragment; frustum, buccella Ne mihte hyra ǽlc ánne bitan of ðám gelæccan every one of them could not get a morsel, Homl. Th. i. 182, 10. Æfter ðam bitan post buccellam, Jn.

blind-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blind-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

BLINDNESS ⬩ cæcitas

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Ofer hyra heortan blindnesse super cæcitate cordis eorum, Mk. Bos. 3, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 597; El. 299. Sende ðé Drihten on ungewitt and blindnysse percutiat te Dominus amentia et cæcitate, Deut. 28, 28

treów-loga

(n.)
Grammar
treów-loga, an; m.
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One who fails to keep faith, one who fails in loyalty to his leader Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon týdre treówlogan ða ne dorston ǽr dareðum lácan on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe those laggards in fight relinquished the wood, pitiful false ones to plighted

þrinen

(adj.)
Grammar
þrinen, adj.

Threefold ⬩ trinus

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Threefold; trinus God ánfeald and samod þrynen ( trinus ), Hymn. Surt. 105, 3. God þrynen and án, 115, 37: 137, 31. Þrynenum gebede trina oratione ... Mid þrynum tódále trina partitione,Anglia xiii. 380, 214, 217.

Linked entry: þrynen

wirpan

(v.)
Grammar
wirpan, p. de

To recover

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To recover Wyrpton hié wérige, wiste genǽgdon módige meteþegnas, hyra mægen béton, Cd. Th. 185, 29;Exod. 130. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 34.

Linked entry: wurpte

be-seowian

(v.)
Grammar
be-seowian, (-siwian)

to besew ⬩ sew up

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D. s. v. ), sew up Hí besywodon Crísantum mid þǽre hýde, Hml. S. 35, 159. Séc stáuas . . . beseowa hira . iii. on þon þe þú wile (sew them up in anything you please), Lch. ii. 306, 9. Bisiuuidi (-siudi) uuerci opere plumario, Txts. 80, 699.

Linked entry: be-siwian

Fríge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Fríge-niht, e; f.
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Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht in ciricean. Þá on þá þriddan tíde ðǽre nihte . . . Shrn. 113, 4. Ne mæssenihtum ne Frígenihtum, Wlfst. 305, 24

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

ge-rúmlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rúmlíce, adv.
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With large limit of space pi wæs eáðfynde þe him elles hwǽr gerúmlícor ræste [sðhte] . . . heóld hyne syððan fyr þǽm feónde ætwand then was easily found who elsewhere for himself with larger limit of space looted for a bed, i. e. who would not sleep

sweord

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Míne witan habbað ætre[ht] Ecgferðe ealle his áre þurh ꝥ swyrd þe him on hype hangode ðá hé ádranc, Cht. Th. 208, 22.

ofer-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mægen, es; n.

Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force

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Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917. Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan þeccaþ, Exon. Th. 215, 6; Ph. 249. Him on swaðe fylgeþ A ofermægene, Salm. Kmbl. 187; Sal. 93

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