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hors-þegn

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Voc. ii. 114, 39: agaso, 10, 15. 'Æfter féhð mín horsþegn' . . . Him ðá forðférdum Andreas onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse, wæs gefyrn þæs biscopes horsþegn 'post me, mulionem' . . .

hrágra

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Hrágra ardea et dieperdulum (cf. deperdulus, auis i. negra, id est reig, Steinm. iv. 185, 42), Txts. 38, 42. Ardea hrágra diomedea, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 9. Hrágra ardea, ii. 7, 69: 10, 34. Hráhra (hrágra, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 307, 3.

lamb

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Add: lemb lemb agnum Rtl. 47, 36, 14. Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 21. Sceáphyrdes riht is hæbbe . . . .i. lamb of geáres geogeðe, Ll. Th. i. 438, 23. Lombur scépa agni ovium Ps. Srt. 113, 4. Lomberu, 6.

Langbeardas

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Langbeardas, Add: , <b>-bearde</b>
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þá réðan Langbearde áwéddon, Gr. D. 42, 16: 141, 1. Langbearde (-an, v. l. ), 43, 6 : 293, 10, 15. Langbearde (-as, v. l. ), 43, 9. Langbearde (-a, v. l. ), 235, 4. In Langbearda (-beardana, v. l. ) landes sumum dǽle, 16, 7.

meós

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Add: — Man him fette of ðǽre foresǽdan róde sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe heó mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26.

on-teón

(v.)
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D. 222, 3. [O. H. Ger. ant-(in-)ziohan ab-, de-, dis-trahere, extricare: Ger. ent-ziehen.]

réþigian

(v.)
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Add: réþian ongeán hyne réþiaþ ( saeuiunt ), Scint. 118, 19. Réðige saeuiat, 122, 4. gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. ongunnon réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and gebelgan, 219, 10.

riftere

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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.

riht-ryne

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Ne mihton þone streám of his rihtryne ábýgan fluvius a proprio alveo deflecti non potuit, Gr. D. 192, 23. sǽde Pad seó wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . .

sceádan

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1. Add Alswá seó forg scáðeð, C. D. v. 71, 9. Eást úp suae ðet ealden fæstan scáðe; andlang ðes fǽstenes, 70, 30. (1 a) to remove from association or companionship :-- Mið ðý menn sceádas iúih cum homines separauerint uos, Lk. L. 6. 22.

scild

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Add Swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede oþþe rondbeáh on scilde, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 5. Ic wille ðurhgán orsorh ðone here mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, mid reádum scylde oððe mid hefegum helme oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12: Hml.

sealm-sang

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add: a service at which psalms are sung, one of the seven canonical hours Sealmsonge sinaxis (cf. Professus sum monachus, et psallo omni die septem synaxes cum fratribus, Coll. M. 18, 31), Hpt. 33, 239, 18.

sprecel

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Add: [v. N. E. D. spreckle, spreckled]: &lt;b&gt;sprecend.&lt;/b&gt; Add: v. ongeán-, wiþer-sprecend; &lt;b&gt;sprecende.&lt;/b&gt; Add: v. micel-, mid-, swíþ-, yfel-sprecende: &lt;b&gt;sprecendlic.&lt;/b&gt; v. -sprecendlic: &lt;b&gt;sprecolness.

stille

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1 a. fig. Add Sege ús sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 591. 2 b. Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11.

swinge

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swinge, <b>. I.</b>
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Add ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra ł swinca dyde áwoerdeno ut quos justitia verberum faecit afflictos, Rtl. 40, 29. mód byð mid manigum swingum forseted mens tot flagellis premitur, Gr. D. 258, 28

þífþ

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cwæð: 'Ne willað leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16

Wandale

(n.)
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Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Wandali) rícsodon . . . án wydewe sǽde hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde fram Wænla (Wendla, v.l. ) cyneges áðume, Gr. D. 179, 14-21. Wændla (Wendla, v.l. ) ríce, 181, 7.

Linked entry: Wendlas

wiþer-breca

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Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate person hæfde ǽnne ofermódine cniht and micelne wiðer-brecan superbum valde atque contumacem puerum habuit, Gr. D. 36, 6. See next word

ælmes-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-selen, e; f.

Alms-giving

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Alms-giving Ðæt hálige gebed and seó hlútre lufu Godes and seó ælmessylen, Wlfst. 146, 4: Dóm. L. 28, 9. Fæsten and wæccan and ælmessylena æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 73, 27. ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24.

be-dípan

(v.)

to dipplunge

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to dip, plunge Bedýp on fontwætre, Lch. ii. 344, 23. Sié bidéped (intinguatur) fót ðín in blóde, Ps. Srt. 67, 24. Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62.