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MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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With; at the root of the various meanings lies the idea of association, of being together. having very nearly the same force as and, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst. Hig lǽddon hí of ðære byrig mid eallumhire mágum ( Rahab et cunctum cognationem illius

Linked entry: mið

fénix

(n.)
Grammar
fénix, es; m.

the fabulous bird phœnixφoινιξa genus of palmsthe date treedate palmphœnix dactylĭfĕra

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Se fugel se is fénix háten the bird which is called phœnix, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 19; Ph. 86.

a-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bannan, p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon ; pp. -bannen.

to commandordersummonmandarejubereto publishproclaimto order outcall forthcall togethercongregateassembleedicereavocarecitare

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Grm. 34. to publish, proclaim; with út to order out, call forth, call together, congregate, assemble; edicere, avocare, citare Aban ðú ða beornas út of ofne command thou the men out of the oven, Cd. 193; Th. 242, 32; Dan. 428.

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl. H. 127

ge-smyltan

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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17

rów

(adj.)
Grammar
rów, adj.

Quiet, calm, mild

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Quiet, calm, mild Se cleweþa (itch ) biþ suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, hé wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11, 6; Swt. 71, 19

folc-weras

(n.)
Grammar
folc-weras, gen. -wera; pl. m.

Men of the peoplepeoplepŏpŭlārespŏpŭlus

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Men of the people, people; pŏpŭlāres, pŏpŭlus Hátaþ Físon folcweras people call it Pison, Cd. 12; Th. 14, 21; Gen. 222: 89; Th. 110, 30; Gen. 1846.. [O. Sax. folk-werós]

íg-búende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
íg-búende, part.
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Dwelling in an island Swá hine cígaþ ígbúende Engle and Seaxe weras mid wífum so call it the island-dwellers, Angles and Saxons, men and women, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 185

Linked entry: ég-búende

cliopian

(v.)
Grammar
cliopian, clioppende;ode; od

To cry, callclamare

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To cry, call; clamare Se Hǽland ongann cliopian [MS. cliopia] the Saviour began to cry, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 47. Clioppende, 9, 36: 15, 39: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 26

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To summoncall

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To summon, call Godes æncgel cwæþ ðæt hé sceolde ðé him tó langian [MS. U. gelangian] God's angel said that he was to summon thee to him, Homl. Skt. 10, 122

mót-bell

(n.)
Grammar
mót-bell, e; f.

A bell rung to call an assembly together

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A bell rung to call an assembly together Debent statim pulsatis campanis, quod Anglice vocant mótbel, convocare omnes et universos, quod Anglice dicunt folcmóte, L. Edw. Conf. Schmid. p. 5 c 9, § 4

ge-stefnian

(v.)
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to summon, call on a person to act Hié gestefniað him betweónum wið ðám unclǽnum gástum they (the angels) eall on one another to fight against the unclean spirits, Verc. Först. 125, 7

Linked entry: stefnian

bulentse

(n.)
Grammar
bulentse, an; f.

The name of a plant

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The name of a plant, which, from not knowing its Latin or English name, I call bulentse Nime bulentsan ða smalan take the small bulentse, L. M. l, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1

CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Plaster, cement, chalk; calx arenata, calx Iuuinianus wæs sume niht on ánum niwcilctan húse: ðá hét he bétan ðǽr-inne mycel fýr, forðon hit wæs ceald weder.

Linked entry: calc

ge-cígnes

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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7.

ge-cígan

(v.)
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compellat, i. alloquitur, Germ. 397, 400. to call as a suppliant, call on, invoke Hé him Dryhten gecýgð on fultum, Ph. 454. Ealle þá þe mǽrsiað heora gemynd, and hí gecígað tó fultume, Hml.

ASCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ASCIAN, acsian, ahsian, axian; p. ode; pp. od.

to ASKto ask forto demandinquireto callsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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to ASK, to ask for, to demand, inquire, to call, summon before one; interrogare, postulare, exigere Ðe ðú me æfter ascast which thou askest about, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 26, 29.

Linked entry: acsian

æl-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-ceald, adj. [æl=eal]

All coldmost coldusquequaque frigidus

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All cold, most cold; usquequaque frigidus Meahtest weorþan æt ðæm ælcealdan steorran ðone Saturnus hátaþ you might be at that all-cold star which they call Saturn, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 37; Met. 24,19

Linked entry: eal-ceald

clif-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
clif-wyrt, e; f.

Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-gloveagrimonia

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Maiden-hair, water-wort, fox-glove; agrimonia Clifwyrt, sume men hataþ foxes clife, sume eá-wyrt cliff-wort, some men call fox-glove, some water-wort, L. M. l, 15; Lchdm. ii. 58, 3

cométa

(n.)
Grammar
cométa, an; m.

A comet cométacométesκομήτης

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. = κομήτης, ov; m. long-haired Higegleáwe hátaþ cométa be naman the wise-minded call a comet by name Chr. 975; Th. 228, 38, col. 1, 2, 3; Edg. 52