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ǽfre

eversemper,at all times, on every occasion ever, at any time, in any caseunquamwhatever, (as) ever, &c.

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hé ǽfre embe hý sceolde, 311. Ǽfre ðeáh any how for his hálgena earnunge, hé him ðis geþanc on móde ásende, 313. Ǽfre ǽlc dǽl his cynnes, 348. Ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyning útlagede hí gecwǽdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 11.

ǽrende

(adj.)

a messagean errand, a mission

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Ásǽdon his geféran hé heora ǽrenda ábeád, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 10-22. Earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (ǽrendo ábeódan, v. l.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20. Ǽrende wreccan legationem volvere, 2, 9; Sch. 146, 25.

Linked entry: ǽrend

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Se þeów ne wunaþ (manet) on húse on écnesse; se sunu wunaþ on écnesse, Jn. Skt. 8, 35. Pellicane gelíc, se on wéstene wunaþ, Ps. Th. 101, 5. Monna gehwylc cwic þendan hér wunaþ, Exon. Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.
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Hé ( the Phenix ] sylf bicreþ in ð æt treów innan torhte frætwe; ðǽr se wilda fugel ofer heunne beám hús getimbreþ (cf. hé heánne beám on holtwuda wunaþ, 209, 15; Ph. 171), Exon.

Linked entries: treó tréu trýw

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Hús rihtwísra þurhwunaþ ( permanebit ), Scint. 73, 2, 16. Heora gemyud þurhwunaþ á tó worulde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 11. God, se ðe ǽfre þurhwunode búton ǽlcum anginne, 2, 3. Þurhwunedan duraverunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 58: Wülck. Gl. 256, 2.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Se hálgaþ Godes húsel, L. Ælfc. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 20. Beggen sind on ánum háde, se biscop and se mæssepreóst, ðæt is on ðam seofoþan ciricháde, L. Ælfc. P. 35; Th. ii. 378, 14.

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRYbaccaa grapeuva

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Beóþ ðínes wífes wélan gelíce swá on wíngearde weaxen berigean, and on ðínes húses hwommum genihtsum the riches of thy wife shall be like as grapes may grow in a vineyard, and abundant on the corners of thy house, Ps. Th. 127, 3

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Eác Dúnsǽte beþyrfan, gif heom se cyning an, ðæt man húru friþgislas to heom lǽte of the Gwents [i. e. the people of West Wales, in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire] and the Dúnsǽte.

fénix

(n.)
Grammar
fénix, es; m.

the fabulous bird phœnixφoινιξa genus of palmsthe date treedate palmphœnix dactylĭfĕra

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the fabulous bird phœnix = φoινιξ Fénix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre þeóde, se leofaþ fíf hund geára, and æfter deáþe eft aríst ge-edcucod, and se fugel getácnaþ úrne æríst on ðam endenéhstan dæge phœnix, so a bird in Arabia is called, which lives

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Anglesthe Angles of Leicestershire

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Færpinga þreó hund hýda is in Middel-Englum, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 27. Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14

Linked entry: Engle

GREÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
GREÁT, adj.
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hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales two hundred great loaves and a third of small, Th. Chart. 158, 25. God him send ufan greáte hagolstánas God cast down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384.

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Ðæt hiae simle ymb xii mónaþ gegeorwien tén hund hláfa and swǽ feola sufla, and ðæt mon gedéle tó ælmessan for míne sáwle, Chart. Th. 461, 11

Linked entries: ge-sufel winter-sufel

Súþr-íge

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íge, gen. [e]a, ena; pl.
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Ealhere mid Cantwarum and Huda mid Súþrígium (Súþrígum, MS. E.) gefuhton wiþ herige, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 17. Of Cent ge of Súþrígum, 921; Erl. 107, 7. Féngon tó West-Seaxna ríce and tó Súðrígean, 855; Erl. 71, 2. Tó Súðrígan, 836; Erl. 67, 3.

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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Enoh and Elias þurh þone þeódfeónd gemartrode (-martirode, v.l.) weorðaþ, þe God sylfa fela hund wintra geheóld, Wlfst. 85, 19. to put to a cruel death, slay an innocent person Ongan Þunor þone cyning biddan ꝥ hé móste þá æþelingas dearnunga ácwellan

stede

(adv.)
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Ærest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, Angl. viii. 324, 8. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Seó gítsung næfde nǽnne stede on heora heortan, Hml. Th. i. 326, 35. Smeága gehwá on his móde, gif ðás beboda habbað ǽnigne stede on his heortan, ii. 228, 21.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Heora folces wæs V M ofslagen, and heora scipa xxx gefangen, and iiii and án hund ádruncen . . . and Rómána scipa ix ádruncen, 4, 6; S. 176, 12-14

æl-fremed

Grammar
æl-fremed, (el-).

strange, foreign, not belonging to onestranger to anything, without a share in, free from

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Ealle middaneardlice ðing swá swá ælfremede forhogigende cuncta hujus mundi velut aliena spernendo, Hml. Th. ii. 130, 1. with fram, stranger to anything, without a share in, free from Se munuc sceal beón ælfremed fram eorðlicum dǽdum, Hex. 36, 24.

huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ, huntoþ, es; m.

Huntinggamevenatio

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Th. ii. 576, 34 Huntaþ dón gestreón getácnaþ to hunt betokens gain Lchdm. iii. 212, 2. Móna se fíf and twentigoþa huntoþas begán nytlíc the five and twentieth moon is good for all sorts of hunting 196, 1

mitta

(n.)
Grammar
mitta, an; m.

A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey

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Hund mittena centum choros, Lk. Skt. 16, 7. Wíf gehýdeþ in meolo mitto þrió mulier abscondit in farinae sata tria, Lind. 13, 21

Linked entry: an-mitta