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wóh-gestreón

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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . ná geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.

gifu

(n.)
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under gyfe gesette nos sub gratia positi An. Ox. 40, 9.

a-búfan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-búfan, adv.

ABOVEsupra

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[a + be + ufan] ABOVE ; supra Swá wæ ǽr abúfan sǽdan as we have before above said, Chr. 1090; Th. 358, 15

równess

(n.)
Grammar
równess, e; f.
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Rowing ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ( neque velo neque remigio ) ówiht fremian mihte, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 25

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fiercegentle

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Not fierce, gentle rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

finger-æppel

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Tǽnel gefylledne mid palmtreówa wæstmum þe hátað fingeræppla, Hml. -S. 23 b, 662. Fingerapplu palmeti, Hpt. 11. 496, 63. Add

friþ-stól

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wǽron gelaðede tó ðám hálgan hám and tó ðám cynelican friðstóle þǽr Críst wunað and ríxað, Wlfst. 265, 18. Add

capitol-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
capitol-mæsse, an; f.
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Early or morning mass, first mass; prima vel matutinalis missa We sungon capitol-mæssan cantavimus primam missam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 29

ælmes-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-weorc, es; n.
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17

heofon-bígenged

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-bígenged, heofon-biggenged; adj.
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beón éce heofonbígende simus perennes celibes, Hy. S. 36, 32. Heofan-biggende cęlibes, 5, 27

mynster-hám

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hine cúðon in þám mynsterháme þe hé on wæs nos eum in hac ecclesiastica domo novimus Gr. D. 319, 24. Add

tempel-hálgung

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Templhálgunga, þæt is symbelnessa hyra eardungstówa ná ne begýmaþ schenofegias, id est sollemnitates tabernaculorum, non obseruamus, An. Ox. 40, 36. Add

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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Lorgaulté the strickle used in the measuring of corne' Cotgrave. ' When wee goe to take up come for the mill, the first thinge wee doe is to looke out poakes, then the bushel and strickle.' Farming Books of H.

Linked entries: strycel tit-stricel

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).
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Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode
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Eoda ðá tó mæssan and hlosnode georne be ðære líflícan onsægednesse he went then to mass and waited eagerly for the living sacrifice, Homl. Swt. 3, 157.

Linked entry: hlysnan

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep.
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Manna gehwylc ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 8. Ús þincð þæt hit sý þám tíman swýðe gehende, 79, 12. marking kinship, association, &c.

ge-flíman

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Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen on ánne tún, S. 292, I. Grendel wérigmód on weg þanon . . . fǽge and geflýmed feórlastas bær, B. 846.

a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think outdeviseinventexcogitareto thinkintendcogitareintenderevelle

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to think out, devise, invent; excogitare Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle He ðis ellenweorc

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

fór-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-oft, adv.

Very oftenpersæpe

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Swá swá we sylfe fóroft gesáwon as we ourselves have very often seen, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 2: Wrt. popl. science 11, 8; Lchdm. iii. 256, 16

ende-mann

(n.)
Grammar
ende-mann, es; m.
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Fela hálige menn fram frymðe middaneardes wǽron beforan ús, þám nú endemenn geefenlǽcan ne magon, Hml. S. 12, 281