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mægen-þrymm

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Add: : glory, majesty Ðonne hé sit ofer setle his mægenþrymmes tunc sedebit super sedem maiestatis suae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 237, 9 : Mt. 25, 31. On hys mægenþrymme in sede maiestatis suae, 19, 28. Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml

winnan

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winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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add: to be ill Hé winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. Hé winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.</b> :-- Mé sǽdon his geongran ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan quidam vir

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turrisa towera projecting rocka tor

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from Latin turris, a tower; the native word is stípel; q. v. Ðíin nosu is suelc se torr (turris) on Liuano ðæm munte, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 24: Exon. Th. 266, 23; Jul. 402. Tor, Ps. Th. 60, 2: Exon. Th. 180, 26; Gú. 1285. Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean

Linked entries: túr tor

a-grýndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grýndan, p. -grand, pl. -grúndon; pp. -grúnden

To groundto descend to the earthad solum descendere

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To ground, to descend to the earth; ad solum descendere Gim astíhþ on heofonas up hýhst on geáre and of tille agrýnt the gem [i. e. the sun] rises in trie heavens highest in the year and descends from its station. Menol. Fox 220; Men. 111

Linked entry: gryndan

án-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dwellerrecluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

cyt-wér

(n.)
Grammar
cyt-wér, es; m. [wér a weir]

A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos

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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod. Dipl, Apndx. 461; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii, 450, 13, 15, 20

dwild

(n.)
Grammar
dwild, dwyld,es ; n.

Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre error hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum

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Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre; error, hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum Wærþ mycel dwyld on Cristendóm there was much error in Christendom, Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 29. On Engla land feole dwild weáren geseogen and geheórd many prodigies were seen

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communionadmission to fellowship with othersparticipation

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communion, admission to fellowship with others (opp. of excommunication) Benedictus cwæþ ðæt hí unámánsumode wǽron . . . Hi underféngon ða hálgan mǽnsumunge æt Gode þurh his þeówan Benedicte, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed On ðam sinoþe (on ðære ceastre Nicéa) wǽron gesetteða hálgan cyricþénunga, and se mæssecréda, L. Ælfc. C. 4; Th. ii. 344, 9. The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

médren

(adj.)
Grammar
médren, <b>, médern, méddern;</b> adj.

Maternalon the mother's side

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Maternal, (of lineage) on the mother's side Eádweard his bróðor on médren (cf. Icel. móðerni the mother's side ), Chr. 1041; Erl. 166, 28. Þurh médderne per maternam, Hpt. Gl. 404, 70. Of médernum hrife de vulva; médernum maternis, 441, 41, 25. Of méddernum

Linked entries: méderen módren

rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽde, adj.
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Ready, prompt On hwan mæg se iunga on gódne weg riht[r]an ne (ðe ?) rǽdran rǽd gemittan ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde in quo corrigit junior viam sitam? in custodiendo sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 9. Rǽdan (?) biionges exercitationis, Wrt. Voc. ii

ge-witennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witennes, se; f.

Departure

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Departure Ðá ðære tíde neálǽhte his gewitenesse propinquante hora sui decessus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 24. On ðone ylcan dæg byþ ðæs bisceopes gewytennys se wæs nemned scs Cassius on the same day is the bishop's departure who was named St. Cassius, Shrn.

glisnian

(v.)
Grammar
glisnian, p. ode; pp. od

To glistenshine

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To glisten, shine Ís glisnaþ glæshluttur ice glistens bright as glass, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 16; Rún. 11. Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29

þeówdóm-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þeówdóm-hád, es; m.
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Service Monige hí sylfe and heora bearn má gyrnaþ on mynster and on Godes ðeówdómhád tó syllanne ðonne hí synd bigongende woruldlícne camphád plures se suosque liberos, depositis armis, satagunt magis accepta tonsura monasterialibus adscribere votis,

wróht-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
wróht-georn, adj.

Quarrelsomecontentiouseager for strife,

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Quarrelsome, contentious, eager for strife, Similar entries v. wróht, IV On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða wróhtgeornan, on óðre ða gesibsuman. . . . Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . . Quem seminantem

canon

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Add: — Béte hé swá canon tǽce, Ll. Th. i. 168, 7. On sumum canone hit cwyð .xii. geár, ii. 230, 5. Hí gesetton ðone canon þæt nán mæssepreóst on his wununge wíf hádes mann næbbe, Hml. Th. i. 97, 29. Canones beódaþ, Hml. S. 36, 387

clǽn-heort

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Ic wæs unsceðþende and clǽnheort, Shrn. 139, 23. Se unscæððiga on handum and se clǽnheorta innocens manibus et mundo corde, Ps. L. 23, 4. Eádige synd þá clǽnheortan þe on clǽnnysse lybbað. Hí efenlǽcað Críste þe ðá clǽnnysse ástealde, Hml. A. 47, 563

efen-gelíca

(n.)
Grammar
efen-gelíca, an; m.
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A coequal, fellow Þúhte him ( Lucifer ) þæt hé mihte beón þæs efengelíca ðe hine gescóp, Wlfst. 84, 4. Godes euengelíca, 306, 26. Þæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his under*-*þeóddum ne on his efengelícan, 53, 25: Mt. 11, 16. (In Dict. under efen-gelíc

Linked entry: ge-líca

cyne-þrym

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Add: royal power Ðú áðenes bogan ðínne ofer cyneðrym ( super sceptra ), Ps. Srt. ii. p. 190, 5. royal glory, great glory Eádweard kingc wunode þráge on kyneþrymme (kine-, v. l. ), Chr. 1065; P. 192, 30. Sancta Hyldan gást wæs gelǽded on heofenes cyneþrym

ge-hréran

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Add: to stir together, mix up material Gehrér twá ǽgru on hatum wætere, Lch. ii. 76, 28. Dó méle fulne buteran on, and gehrére tógædere, 86, 18. of the operation of natural forces, to set in violent motion Þurh winda gryre wolcn wæs gehréred, Dóm. L