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ir-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ir-ness, e ; f.
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Anger Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten þurh eornessetó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ, 61. H. 123, 8, 11. Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201

Linked entry: eorness

on-hildan

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1. Add Mid þám þe hé þá flaxan onhyllde (-hylde, v. l.), þá eóde þǽr út án nǽddre cum flasconem inclinasset, de eo serpens egressus est, Gr. D. 142, 11. Add Fram dómum þínum ic ne anhylde (declinaui), Ps. L. 118, 102

smearcian

(v.)
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Swá se hálga wer þis gehýrde, þá smercode (hlóh, v. l.) hé swilce hé þæt spell forhogode quo audito vir sanctus dedignando subrisit, Gr. D. 29, 13. Ðá heó þis gehýrde, þá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Hml. S. 23 b, 590. Add

wæscestre

(n.)
Grammar
wæscestre, an; f.
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One who washes. used of a man Iobinus wæs mín wæscestre (fullo), Gr. D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14

ymb-gangan

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Add: to surround, encompass 'Send mé þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þsém fýre.' And þus cweþende fýren wolc[n] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle þá ceastre, Bl. H. 245, 29

ealfara

(n.)
Grammar
ealfara, an; m.
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A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)

gang

Grammar
gang, <b>; II.</b>
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Hé betýneð ... þá fét fram gange, Verc. Först. 90, 7. Add

þán

(adj.)
Grammar
þán, adj.
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Moist Þa þánan madentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 71 : 57, 12

Linked entry: þánian

cynehelmian

(v.)
Grammar
cynehelmian, p. ode
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To crown Se geleáfa cynehelmode ( coronat ) þá mægnu, Prud. 10 a

here-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
here-beorg, e; f.

Harbourshelterlodgingsquarters

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Harbour, shelter, lodgings, quarters Þá genam hé þǽr herebeorge, Nap. 82

hundnigontig-wintre

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þá hé wæs nigon-and-hundnigon*-*ligwintre, Gen. 17, 1. Add

búend

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Þá búendan ( inhabitatores ) þæs landes, Ps. L. 242, 2: 3. Add

á-gangan

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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl. H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. .

fore-gangan

to precede

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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26. Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. to take precedence of

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, to fulfil.
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Add: to become full, fill up (intrans.) Tó wunde clǽnsunge . . . smire þá wunde mid, þonne fullad hió, Lch. ii. 92, 7. to make full, fill Þá ylcan ungesewenlican gefyllende onstyriað and gyt fullíað þá mænniscan líchaman ipsa invisibilia implendo movent

geond-irnan

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Take here <b>geond-yrnan</b> in Dict., and add: of motion, to run through or over Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16. Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. of mental action, to run over a subject Geondyrnan

Linked entry: geond-yrnan

ge-toge

Grammar
ge-toge, l. ge-tog, ge-toh,
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and add: a contraction, drawing together Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð, ꝥ ys on úre geþeóde þǽra syna getoh and fóta geswel, Lch. i. 190, 15. Wið sina getoge, iii. 70, 26. Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace

on-tendness

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Add: burning. Cf. on-tendan ; 5 Wê nû byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35. Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20. Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende

under

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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ? f,

Cent-land

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Hé wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs hé gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add