ge-myþe
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386
GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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Ðeáh hine singale gémen gǽle though perpetual care impede him, Bt. Met. Fox 7, l01; Met. 7, 51. He men gǽleþ ǽlces gódes he hinders men in respect to every good thing, Blickl.
Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa
scop
A poet
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Gecuron him ánne scop tó cyninge ... se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 29. Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel comedi, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 39. Scopas lyrici, ii. 54, 9: vates. Hymn. Surt. 119, 18.
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seld-
strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable
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Ic seah sellíc þing singan, Exon. Th. 413, 9; Rä. 32, 3. Ða réðan león and ða sellícan (syl-) pardes and ða egeslícan beran, Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 33. Sellíce sǽdracan, Beo. Th. 2856; B. 1426. Syllíce tácn, Blickl. Homl. 91, 29.
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Singaþ hǽdrum stefnum they sing with clear voices, Elen. Kmbl. 1492; El. 748
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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Se ðe wile geornlíce ðone Godes cwide singan sóðlíce (smeálíce, MS. B.) Salm. Kmbl. 171; Sal. 85. closely Án cliwen suíðe nearwe and suíðe smeálíce gefealden Past. 35; Swt. 241, 24
hearpe
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Hwelce sín ðá inngeðoncas monna búton suelce sumere hearpan strengas áðenede, ðá se hearpere suíðe ungelíce tiéhð and styreð, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðǽm sóne ne singað ðe hé wilnað?, Past. 175, 6.
ryne
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Add Singal rine perpes (aqueductuum) decursus, An. Ox. 509.
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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And wé lǽrað ðæt preóstas sealmas singan ðonne hí ðá ælmessan dǽlan, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 7-11. Ic ðás elmessan gesette ob mínem erfelande, Cht. Th. 475, 26. Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wlfst. 240, 15. 'Forgyfað, and eów bið forgyfen.
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred; þeówode hé swýðe druncennesse and monigum óðrum unálýfednessum ðæs sleacran lífes, and hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Ðonne ðǽr wæs blisse intingan gedémed ðæt hí ealle sceoldan þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan ðonne he geseah ða hearpan him neálǽcean ðonne árás hé cum esset lætitiæ causa ut omnes per,ordinem cantare deberent ille ubi adpropinquare sibi citharam
ofen
An oven, a furnace
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Se ofn ðære singalan costnunge, caminus Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 29. Ða fúlnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes fornacis 5, 12; S. 629, 21 : Cd. Th. 245, 13; Dan. 462. Axan of ðam ofene camino Ex. 9, 8.
Linked entry: ofn
ge-wenian
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., and add: to accustom, train, make habitual to Tunglu him healdað betwuh ribbe singale, dydon swá lange, swá hí gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frum-sceafte (cf. healdaþ þá tnnglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapne wǽron, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26), Met. 29
gid
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Ongan hé singan and þus cwæþ: ' Ic wille mid gid-dum ( in verse ) gecýþan . . . ' Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 2. Ides geómrode giddum the lady chanted a dirge B. 1118. of formal speech Gedd eologium Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 9. Gyd elogium, verbum 143, 18.
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Hit nis gít se tíma ꝥ ic þé heálícor mæge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 14. with elevated voice: Seraphines cynn unáþreótendum þrymmum singað ful heálíce (or under IV.
Linked entry: heá-lic
swinsian
To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music
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Frætwe míne (the swan's) swinsiaþ, torhte singaþ, Exon. Th. 390, 8 ; Rä. 8, 7 : 55, 17 ; Cri. 885. Wit song áhófan hlúde bi hearpan, hleóþor swinsade, 325, 2 ; Víd. 105: 353, 47 ; Reim. 29.
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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Úhtsang singan nocturnas laudes dicere, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 4. On úhtan ðone úhtsang gehýran, L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 35. Tíd úhtsanga hora vigiliarum, R. Ben. Interl. 37, 12. Be nihtlícum úhtsangum de nocturnis vigiliis, 46, 9
for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Hí sceoldon þone lofsang singan, and sé þe hit forsáwe, sceolde hit gebétan, Hml. S. 21, 161. with clause Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige, Past. 111, 20. with dat. infin. Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml.
un-gelíce
Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely
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Ða strengas se hearpere suíðe ungelíce styreþ, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðæm sóne ne singaþ ðe hé wilnaþ.
cáf-líce
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Singaþ cáflíce (naviter), Hy. S. 57, 4: An. Ox. 56, 258. Cáflíce naviter (coronam nancisci), Hpt. Gl. 405, 23. Hí sóna begyrdon hí cáflíce ( with alacrity), Hml. S. 5, 247: R. Ben. 47, 13. Hieu férde mid fultume . . .