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langsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
langsum-ness, e; f.

Length

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Ealle óðre dagas on twelf mónþum habbaþ mislíce langsumnysse, Lchdm. iii. 258, 2 note. Ða brádsumnessa and ða langsumnessa, Wulfst. 244, 27

mæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-dæg, es; m.

A festival

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November onginþ on ealra hálgena mæssedæg, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 56. Uppon sc̃e Laurent mæssedæg. Chr. 1103; Erl. 239, 5

ge-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cnǽwe, adj.

Knowingconsciousawareacknowledgingcognoscensconscius

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Híg ealle wǽron ðæs gecnǽwe omnes testimonium illi dabant, Lk. Bos. 4, 22

Linked entry: on-cnǽwe

strǽgl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽgl, (from Latin stragula ?), strǽl, strél, e ; f.
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Ealle strǽla his ðú ácyrdest universum stratum ejus versasti, Ps. Spl. 40, 3

Linked entry: strél

syn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-leás, adj.

Sinless, without sin

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Ne biþ nǽfre nán man leahterleás ne synleás ealra þinga, 233, 24. Biþ oft synleás yfel geðoht ðǽm gódum plerumque boni innoxie tentantur ad culpam, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 3. Úre Drihten gescóp Adam háligne and clǽnne and synleásne, Wulfst. 153, 13

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
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-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

un-mǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽtness, e; f.

Immensenessexcess

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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14

weorold-gleng

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18

blíþe-mód

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blíþe-mód, blíþ-mód.
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L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed Hí cwǽdon ꝥ hí ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . . Hé cwæð, 'Ic eom swíðe blíðemód (blíðmód, blíðemóde, v. ll.) tó eów' respondebant omnes placidissimam se mentem ad ilium habere . . .

dæg-tíd

Grammar
dæg-tíd, day, time.
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For 'On dægtídum in the day-time' substitute: Dægtídum at times, some days; and add Ðonne beóð ealra gesweotol*-*ude dígle geþancas on þǽre dægtíde ( doomsday ), Dóm. L. 135. Unbecweden and unforboden wið ǽlcne man tó þǽre dægtíde, Cht. Th. 209, 2.

eáþe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþe, adj.
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Add Eáðre facilior, ealra eáðost facillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. of action Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 28. Eáðre mé þincð on drígum lande tó farande, Solil.

efen-fela

(v.)
Grammar
efen-fela, (em-).
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Ealra emfela, 28, 14. adjective Mid efenfealum (-feol-, Hpt. Gl. 511, 4) reádum rosum cum purpureis totidem rosis, An. Ox. 4509

éþian

(v.)
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Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce hí ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý oroðe swylce byrnende þecelle, Nar. 14, 13. Éþgiendra anhelantium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 1.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

fore-gangan

to precede

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Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. to take precedence of, rank higher than Ðes Ióhannes wæs mára ðonne ǽnig óþer mon búton Críste . . . ealle þá apostolas and martyras hé foregongeð, Shrn. 95, 11

ge-ríman

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Hi gerímdon (dinumerauerunt) ealle bán míne, 21, 18. Wé sceolon geríman úre misdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 7. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur.

merigen-lic

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Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice lofsangas matutini, R. Ben. I. 45, 16. Merrigenlice, 37, 14. On mergenlicum lofsangum, 42, 9.

neósung

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Godes gást áfandað ealra manna heortan, and ðá ðe on hine gelýfað, þá hé gegladað mid his neósunge, Hml. Th. i. 288, 2-9. Nis nánra geongra manna neósung tó þǽm ad quas (nuns) juvenum nullus accessus est, R. Ben. 139, 8.

rád

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Hire hind hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs, Lch. iii. 426, 27. <b>I a.

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Ne móste hé beón þára þreóra nánes wyrðe ðe eallum leódscipe geseald wæs on wedde, tale ( he should not be entitled to bring an action ), ne teámes, ne áhnunga, Cht. Th. 266, 11. v. frum-, geán-talu