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cyne-þrym

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Add: royal power Ðú áðenes bogan ðínne ofer cyneðrym ( super sceptra ), Ps. Srt. ii. p. 190, 5. royal glory, great glory Eádweard kingc wunode þráge on kyneþrymme (kine-, v. l. ), Chr. 1065; P. 192, 30. Sancta Hyldan gást wæs gelǽded on heofenes cyneþrym

ge-hréran

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Add: to stir together, mix up material Gehrér twá ǽgru on hatum wætere, Lch. ii. 76, 28. Dó méle fulne buteran on, and gehrére tógædere, 86, 18. of the operation of natural forces, to set in violent motion Þurh winda gryre wolcn wæs gehréred, Dóm. L

Geóla

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Take here <b>Iúla</b> in Dict., and add Ianuarius, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde se æftera Geóla; ꝥ bið se ǽresta geáres mónað mid Rómwarum and mid ús, Shrn. 47, 15. Ianuarius . . . on Englisc se æfterra Geóla, Lch. ii. 214, 20

ge-bygle

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bygle, adj.
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Submissive ꝥ hé on Normandig gewunnen hæfde syððon on sibbe and him gebygle wunode, Chr. 1105; P. 239, 35. Se cyng him ongeán þá Maníge behét, þe fram þám eorle gebogen wæs, gebygle tó dónne, and eall ꝥ his fæder þǽr begeondan hæfde, 1091; P. 226, 9

Linked entry: ge-beógol

hálig-ern

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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ

hæsel

Grammar
hæsel, hazel.
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[H]aesil, haesl auellanus, Txts. 38, 50. Hæsl abellanus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 42 : abellanus vel colurnus, i. 285, 24. Haesil, haesl corylus, Txts. 50, 236. Of ðǽre apoldre on ðæne hwítan hæsl, ðonnæ of ðám hwítan hæsle on hnuttwíc eástewearde, C. D. v. 221

leahtrung

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Add:: opprobrium, abuse, reproach Ic eom worden mannum tó leahtrunge ego sum opprobrium hominum Ps. Th. 21, 5. Þú hí gescyldst wið ǽlcere tungan leahtrunge proteges eos a contradictione linguarum 30, 23. On heora oferméttum and on heora leahtrunga (leahtungra

ofer-módig

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Betere ys on yfelum dǽdum clǽne andetnyss þænne on gódum weorcum ofermódig gylp (superba gloratio), Scint. 40, 20. Hé hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5. Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1

sundor-land

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Dele '(?)', and add Wæs ic ácenned on sundorlande (sundur-, v. l.) þæs ylcan mynstres natus in territorio eiusdem monasterii, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 694, 19. Sume hí woldon sellan heora sundorland mynster on tó getimbrianne alii ad construendum monasterium

be-sceáwod

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Sý hé snotor and wel besceáwod on his dǽdum . . . Sý hé á foregleáw and wel besceáwod on his gebodum prudenter agat. . . In ipsis imperiis suis prouidus et consideratus , R. Ben. 121, 2-15. Seó besceáwode geornfulnyss gemetegað ealle þá missenlicnyssa

hláfmæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hláfmæsse-dæg, es; m.

Lammas-day, ⬩ the first of August

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Lammas-day, the first of August Of ðam gehálgedan hláfe ðe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg from the hallowed bread which is hallowed on Lammas-day, Lchdm. iii. 290, 27. Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9. Æfter hlámmǽssedæge, Chr. 1100;

Linked entry: hláf-mæsse

bærning

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Ongan seó bryne (sió bærning, v. l.) beón gebíged in hí sylfe coepit incendium in semetipsum retorqueri, Gr. D. 48, 6. Hwæþer sý án helle fýr, þe manige bærninge (incendia) sýn gegearwode, 333, 14. Gedrecednessa on hergunga and on bærninge, Chr. 1104;

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock

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to ride on horseback; equitare Hwílum ic on wloncum wicge ríde, Exon. Th. 489, 14; Rä. 78, 7. Hwá rít intó ðam porte quis equitat in civitatem? Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52. Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5. Hú ne wást ðú ðæt nán mon for

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.

truth ⬩ faithfulness ⬩ good faith ⬩ sincerity ⬩ truth ⬩ righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ truth of speech or thought

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truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity On worulda woruld wunaþ ðín sóðfæstnes thy faithfulness is unto all generations (A. V.), Ps. Th. 118, 90: 56, 12. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode. Cwæþ se æþela

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

ǽfyn

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfyn, es; m.

The evening

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The evening On ǽfyn at evening, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 22 ; Gen. 313

ǽrnddedon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽrnddedon, = ǽrendedon; p. of ǽrendian

To go on an errand ⬩ nuntium ferre

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To go on an errand; nuntium ferre, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 4

ár-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
ár-weorþung, e; f.

Honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ reverentia

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Honour, reverence; honor, reverentia On ár-weorþunge in honore, Ps. Lamb. 48, 21

Linked entry: ár-wurþung

firhþ-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
firhþ-sefa, an; m.

The mind ⬩ mens

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The mind; mens On firhþsefan in his mind, Elen. Kmbl. 425; El. 213

lifer-býl

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-býl, e; f.
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A prominence on the liver, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

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