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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

ælmes-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-weorc, es; n.

Alms-deed, work of charity

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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

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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(ii) other verbs (see also I) : -- Wel ðæt swá mæg that may well be so, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 18. þuhte heom ðæt hit mihte swá, ðæt hié wéron seolfe swegles brytan, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 15; Sat. 22: Andr. Kmbl. 2786; An. 1395.

Linked entry: mæg

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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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, &amp;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.

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Þá cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, and þá fór ic . . . into Denmearcon þe eów mǽst hearm of cóm . . . ne þurfon þanon nénes hearmes ús ásittan, Cht. E. 230, 1-10. Him eallum tó hearme, Hml. S. 13, 127.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de
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Tówendum erutis, subversis, 433, 44. with reference to material objects, where the object is not of great extent, to overthrow, demolish Ðá tówende se hálga wer ðæt deófolgild grundlunge, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 16.

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

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

równess

(n.)
Grammar
równess, e; f.

Rowing

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

ǽscan

(v.)

to demand

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to demand And ðæt ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx. pæng ealf pund syþþan hit ǽscað Ll. Th. i. 234, 16

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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Th. ii. 160, 19. unstable, inconstant, fickle sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21. Ðises lífes gewilnung gelǽt ða unstæððian tó manegum leahtrum, Homl.

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29.

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.
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Hwylc is wísra, wel snotera, Ps. Th. 106, 42. Engla werod snotra, Hy. 3, 16. Snoterra mon, Salm. Kmbl. 502; Sal. 251. Gomol snoterost, fyrngeárum fród, Menol. Fox 482; Gn. C. 11. Ðú oferswíþdest ðone snotrestan helwerena cyning, Exon.

Linked entry: snytre

glíw-mann

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Suá micle méde . . . suá habbað ðæs hleahtres, ðonne hliehað glígmonna unnyttes cræftes. herigað hira cræftas, and ðeáh nyllað hí habban sic eis virtutum sanctitas sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium vanitas placet.

ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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nóhwæðér ne hit witan nyllaþ ne hit bétan nyllaþ, ne furðum ne récaþ hwæðer hit ongieten, 28; Swt. 195, 5.