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ge-lecgan

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On scríne geléd in sarcofago delatum, An. Ox. 2905. Gelegdum jactatis, Wrt.

wǽpen-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-mann, (wǽp-), es; m.

A malea man

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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe (veste virili) ne wǽpman (vir) mid wífmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. Woepenmon ł hee masculum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 6. Hé worhte wǽpman (woepenmonn masculum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 4.

Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann

reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe ne wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. Hé scrýdde hine mid línenum reáfe cum stola byssina, Gen. 41, 42. Hláf tó etenne and reáf tó werigenne, 28, 20. Ðæt hálie reáf ðæt Aaron wereþ, Ex. 29, 29.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Gif hwá ða stíðnysse áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcþ si quis austeritatem perferre nequeat, quam confessarius ejus ei praescripserit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60 ; Th. ii. 220, 25

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. to clothe, to furnish with clothes, provide with clothes Hé scrýt mé wel and félt, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33. Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28.

Linked entry: -scrid

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Th. 1305 ; B. 650. of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time Ðæs scríð ymb seofon niht Weódmónaþ on tun, Menol, Fox 270 ; Men. 136. Dagas forþ scridun, Exon. Th. 160, 12 ; Gú. 942.

seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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Gif sin[o] scrince . . . and gif sino clæppette. Lchdm. ii. 6, 13 - 15. Ðá æthrán hé his sine on his þeó tetigit nervum femoris ejus, Gen. 32, 25. Healt for ðære sinwe (synewe, MS. B.) wunde, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 5.

Linked entry: sinu

Finnas

(n.)
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Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors.

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Tó screfe ł scrife ad cloacum, Hpt. Gl. 515, 72. Hí ne mihton ofer ðæt scræf, Blickl. Homl. 201, 16. Cwóman wyrmas of ðǽm neáhdúnum and scrafum ex vicinis montium speluncis, Nar. 14, 6. On wéstenum and on scræfum, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21.

ǽlc

allany

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Add: each substantival Ꝥ ǽlc preósta scrífe, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 9. Ǽlc ðǽra ðe ðás míne word gehýrð, Mt. 7, 24. Ǽlces mé þincþ ðæt hé sié wyrþe . . . þone weorþscipe hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðára ðe hine lufað, Bt. 27, 2; F. 96, 29-32.

hálig-dóm

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Hire scrín mid hiræ háligdóme, C. D. iii. 360, 8. Sende Benedictus twǽgen his muneca tó Maure mid lácum, ꝥ is mid háligdóme of þæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Stephanes líchaman and of Martines reliquium, Hml. S. 6, 72.

hors

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Héht se cásere gesponnan fíower wildo hors tó scride and hine in ðæt scrid ásetton ðæt ðá wildan hors scealden iornan . . . and him ðá limo all tóbrecan, Shrn. 71, 34. ¶ as horses, in varying numbers, form part of the heriot, they are frequently mentioned

godcundnys

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</b> a pious offering :-- Gif hwá ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcð, him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæsten álýsan mid godcundnysse and mid his worldǽhton (pieiate et mundanis suis possessionibus ); ꝥ is þonne, gif hé byð welig, sylle for

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe

Linked entry: ciorl

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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Ne scríde nán wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe (veste feminea), Deut. 22, 5. Be wífmannes beweddunge, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254. Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, L. Alf. pol. 26 ; Th. i. 78, 16.

Linked entry: wím-man

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Proprié pugillares sunt tabulæ, in quibus scribi consuevit, quæ Græcé πινακίδια dicuntur.' In St. Luke i. 63, αἰτήσας πινακίδιον, postulans pugillarem, is in the A. Sax. Gospels, gebedenum wex-brede a waxed tablet being asked for.

áscian

(v.)
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Se scrift sceal áhsian gehwylces þinges þone þe tó him his þearfe sprycð, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 17. (1 b) and with dat. of person :-- Þæs ic hiom áxian wille, H.

Linked entry: áhsian

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5. Wé ne magon swáþeáh ealle naman áwrítan, ne furþon geþencan, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74. 'Nelle ðú áwríta (-urítte, L.) cyning Iudéana' . . .

Linked entry: wrítan

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Uton libban ðam lífe ðe scrift ús wísige, 112, 18: 150, 13. Lífe swilcum libban vitam talem vivere, Hymn. Surt. 90, 13.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Ne hé ne scrífe ðæs hlísan búton hú hé ryhtosð wyrce, Past. 323, 17. For ðám gódan hlísan (ðæt hié gifule ðyncen), 339, 25. Monige menn noldan ðone hlísan habban ðæt hié unwiése sién, nonnulli aestimari hebetes nolunt 67, 2.