mæsse-niht
The night which precedes a festival
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The night which precedes a festival (mæsse-dæg) Ðis sceal on mydde-wyntres mæssenyht (i. e. on Christmas morning ) tó ðære forman mæssan, Lk. 2, 1 (rubric). Nágan lǽwede men wífes gemánan mæssenihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23
niþer-stige
A descent
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Tó Olivetes muntes nyþerstige ad descensum montis Oliveti, Lk. Skt. 19, 37
wræclíce
abroad ⬩ to foreign parts ⬩ strangely ⬩ wonderfully
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abroad, to foreign parts Hé férde wræclíce (peregre) on feorlen ríce, Lk. Skt. 15, 13. strangely, wonderfully Wræclíce mirabiliter, Ps. Th. 75, 4. Gemunaþ hú hé mænig wundor worhte wræclíce, 104, 5 : 105, 7: 148, 5
á-sciran
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To cut off, away Gif hé þone beard of áscire (-scyre, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 84, 8. Wæs án ormǽte clif áscoren rihte ádúne, Hml. S. 31, 316. Of áscoren raderetur, An. Ox. 2, 337
Linked entry: á-sceran
flów-nys
a flow ⬩ flux ⬩ a stream
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Lk. R. 8, 44. Sió unrótnes ðe cymð of yfles blódes flównesse, Past. 455, 14, 23. a stream Ðára lára flównisa doctrinarum fluenta, Mt. p. 8, 17
folde
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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add
fóre-smeagan
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Foresmeánde praecogitandum, Lk. p. 10, 14. for last line substitute and add:
ge-smeágan
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L. 16, 7. Gesmeáudon (gismeádun, R.), Lk. L. 20, 5. Gesmeáge cogitare, 5, 21. Beón gesmeád conici, i. intelligi, An. Ox. 1 2688. Add
ælmes-full
Liberal with alms, charitable
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Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27
on-fenge
Taken, accepted
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Mið ðý onfenge woeron assumtis, acceptis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 10: 9, 16. Án geonfenge (onfenge, Rush.) biþ una assumetur, 17, 35. Onfengo suscepta, Rtl. 9, 7
full-berstan
to be shattered
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to be shattered On þyssum þrým stapelum sceall ǽlc cynestól standan . . . and áwácie heora ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfð; anð fulberste heora ǽnig, þonne hrýsð se seól nyðer, Ll. Th. ii. 308, 1: Wlfst. 267, 18
giftian
To give a woman in marriage
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Ne giftigeaþ hí ne wíf ne lǽdaþ neque nubent neque ducunt uxores, Lk. Skt. 20, 35
ge-drysnan
To put out ⬩ quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ vanish ⬩ extinguĕre ⬩ evanescĕre
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He gedrysnade from égum hiora ipse evanuit ex oculis eorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 31
ge-hebban
To heave up ⬩ raise up ⬩ ferment ⬩ elevare ⬩ fermentare
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Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11
Linked entry: ge-hafen
un-rihtness
Iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ wrong
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Lamb. 93, 4. Unrehtnisse iniquitatem, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 27
wís-fæst
Perfect
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Wísfæst éghwelc bið perfectus omnis erit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 40. Folc wísfæst plebem perfectum, I. 17. Wísfæsto (perfecti) wossað gié. Rtl. 13, 19
bísting
Beestings
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Cúhyrde gebyreð, ꝥ hé hæbbe ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, and frymetlinge býstinge .xiiii. niht, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19
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démere
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Se doemere judex, Lk. L. 12, 58. Hí beóð ðá démeras and him ne bið nán dóm gedémed, Hml. Th. i. 396, 19. Doemeras judices, Mt. L. 12, 27. Hwǽr syndon démra dómstówa?, Wlfst. 148, 31. Add
ge-þweán
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L. 13, 6. Ic geðuóg laui, 14. Heáfod mín ne geðuóge ðú, Lk. L. 7, 46. Geduóh lauit, Jn. p. 7, 1. Geþoa lauare, Jn. L. 13, 5. Add
hwealf
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Dele last passage, and add H[w]alf clima (climas partes cęli ad superna conuexas uocarnus, Ld. Gl. H. s. v. clima), Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 20. Hwealfe climatis, hwealfum climatibus, 23, 52, 53. See next word