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dæg-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mǽl, es; n. [mǽl a mark]

A day-mark, an instrument for telling the hour, a dial, clock horologium = ώρoλόγιoν = ώρα an hour: λόγιoν a telling, an announcement

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A day-mark, an instrument for telling the hour, a dial, clock; horologium = ώρoλόγιoν = ώρα an hour: λόγιoν a telling, an announcement, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 58; Wrt. Voc. 26, 57

dícian

(v.)
Grammar
dícian, p. ode ; pp.od

To DIKE, bank, moundaggārāre, cingĕre

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To DIKE, bank, mound; aggārāre, cingĕre : Ðǽr Severus hét dícian and eorþwall gewyrcan there Severus commanded to raise a bank and to make an earth wall, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 9

Linked entry: ge-dícian

ymb-trymming

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-trymming, e; f.
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Ðíne fýnd ðé ymbsittaþ mid ymbtrymminge circtimdabunt te inimici tui uallo (Lk. 19, 43), Homl. Th. i. 408, 35

Linked entry: em-trymming

á-lísedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísedness, e; f.
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L. 27, 8. v. á-lýsednys in Dict

ge-nídedlic

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Take here <b>ge-nédedlic</b> in Dict., and add: <b>ge-nýdenlic</b> is the form in one MS., Bd. Sch. 59, 15

Linked entries: níded-lic ge-nýdenlic

cól-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
cól-pyt, -pet; gen. -pyttes, -pettes; m.

A COAL-PIT carbonis fossa

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Dipl. 1322; A. D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 9

for-gíman

to neglectto neglectto disregard

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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, ne forða músfellan, Angl. ix. 265, 7. to neglect to do (dat. infin.)

CYRTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A

KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat palla, tunica

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Dipl. 782; A. D. 1046; Kmbl. iv. 107, 7. Bicgaþ cyrtlas buy kirtles, Homl. Th. i. 64, 13. Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan [cyrtel oððe hrægl, Mt. Kmbl.

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOSTfirstprīmus

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Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum, Mt. Bos. 22, 38. Agynn fram ðám ýtemestan óþ ðone fyrmestan begin from the last to the first, 20, 8.

Linked entry: formesta

Middel-Engle

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

The Middle Anglesthe Angles of Leicestershire

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Dip. B. i. 414, 27. Ðone Ceaddan se ercebiscop ǽsænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middel-Englum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14

Linked entry: Engle

nerian

(v.)
Grammar
nerian, p. ede

To save

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Ðín ealdor nere, Cd. Th. 152, 2; Gen. 2502. Ðæt ðú nerige ( eruas ) mé, Ps. Spl. 39, 18. Se ðe wyle oððe sceall nerian eruiturus, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Sons. 44, 26. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, Exon. Th. 135, 16; Gú. 525.

giddian

(v.)
Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To singrecitespeak

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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728

trog

(n.)
Grammar
trog, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 456, 32. Tó trogan, 434, 15: 435, 11. [O. H. Ger. trog alveus, alveolus, collectaculum, canalis: Icel. trog

wundrung

(n.)
Grammar
wundrung, e; f.

wonderingwonderadmirationastonishmenta wonderful sighta spectacle

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Ðǽr heó líð óð ðis on mycelre árwurðnysse mannum tó wundrunge (to the admiration of men), 20, 101. Hé on ðære micclan his módes wundrunge ðǽr gestód dreórig in the great bewilderment of his mind he stood there downcast, 23, 627.

an-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
an-bídian, l. an-bidian (and-),
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Wé andbidodon ðín, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 22. Ꝥ wé anbydion þæs sunnandæges, Angl. viii. 310, 38. Anbidian (and-, v. l. ) þæs écan ǽristes, Hml. S. 25, 144. Andbidiende þæs écan lífes, Ælfc. T. 19, 45. v. ge*-*anbidian

eáste-weard

(adj.)
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Eást on ðá ealdan díc oð ídel híwisce eásteweard, C. D. v. 319, 22. Oð Indéas eástewearde, Met. 16, 18. ¶ used substantively :-- Þæt Babylonicum (ríce) wæs þæt forme and on eáste weardum Babylonium regnum ab oriente, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 2

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Th. i. 378, 1. to pass from knowledge, become unknown: Bemiþe, fordwine delitesceret, i. diu lateret, An. Ox. 2089.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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Add: so as to promote or produce bodily or spiritual health; salubriter Ðis fæstin ꝥ ðóhtum líchomum ǽc gémendum hálwoendlíce gesetted is hoc jejunium quod animis corporibusque curandis salubriter institutum est, Rtl. 9, 29. of bodily health Heó is

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.

ward, guard, watcha watch, a body of men keeping watchguardianship, protection, keeping

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Healdaþ wearde dæges and nihtes die ac nocte manebitis observantes custodias, Lev. 8, 35. Weras wæccende wearde heóldon, Judth. Thw. 23, 26; Jud. 142: Beo. Th. 616; B. 305. Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon.

wíf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-líc, adj.

womanlyof a womanfemalefemininewifelymatronly

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Ia. as a grammatical term, feminine (gender) :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlic and wíflíc ; wíflíc cyn byð haec femina ðis wíf . . . Neutrum is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces, Ælfc.