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sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Ðæt nán mon ne scyle dón his hond tó ðære sylg, Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2. Ǽlc man hæbbeæt ðære sylh (sylh, MS.) .ii. wel gehorsede men, L. Ath. i. 16; Th. i. 208, 12. Tó syl... mid ðære syl ad aratrum... aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 15, 21.

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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D. 195, 12. te of ðǽra tóweardurn ué hæbbe gihæld ut de futuris malis nostris habeamus custodiam, Rtl. 123, 31. <b>Ill a.

open

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H. 125, 30. not covered so as to be concealed, exposed Hé hordwynne fond opene standan, B. 2271. of a passage or space, without obstructions Ne mihte nǽnig hróf on beón on ðǽre cirican . . . ac þæt se weg ðǽr wǽre á tó heofonum open, Shrn. 81, 10. of

BÉN

(n.)
Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.

A prayingprayerpetitionan entreatya deprecationsupplicationdemandboneBOONdeprecatiooratioprecespostulatio

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Hí heom ðæra béna forwyrdnon they gave to them a denial of their requests Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 34. Micelra béna dæg litania major Martyr. 25, April

Linked entry: ge-bén

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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Swá hit on ðære dóm-béc stande as it stands in the doom-book, L. Ed. prm; Th. i. 158, 4. Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

hreóf

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf, adj.

Roughruggedscabbyleprous

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Ðonne biþ se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðæm innoþe biþ útáslihþ tó ðære hýde fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 5. In húse simonis ðæs hreófan in domo Simonis leprosi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 6.

Linked entry: hrífþo

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).

ge-fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.

companionshipfellowshipcongregationchurchsocietascomitatuseeclesiasynagogafamiliarityfriendshipfamiliaritasamicitia

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companionship, fellowship, congregation, church; societas, comitatus, eeclesia, synagoga Hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽddene [MS. B. geférǽdene] beón ðe he wǽre who would be in that fellowship that he was, L.

Linked entry: ge-fǽrréden

stela

(n.)
Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
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Witan sceoldon smeágan hwilc ðæra stelenna ðæs cinestóles wǽre tóbrocen, and bétan ðone sóna. Se cinestól stynt on ðisum þrím stelum: laboratores, bellatores, oratores, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 15-19

Linked entries: steola stealu

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges on þrítegum mancussum, Chart. Th. 554, 1. Ǽnne sweorbeáh (on XL mancysan, on LXXX mancys), 501, 20, 31.

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Heó befeóld his handa mid ðæra tyccena fellum, Gen. 27, 9, 16. Swá swá se hyrde ásyndraþ ða scép fram tyccenum (ticgenum, Lind.: ticnum, Rush.: ticchenan, later MS. ), Mt. 25, 32. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ticcenes-, Ticnes-feld. v. Cod.

Linked entry: tyccen

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ðú leornodest ðone cræft ðe wé hátaþ geometrica; on ðam cræfte ðú leornodest onn ánum þóðere oðþe on æpple átéfred, ðæt ðú meahtest be ðære téfrunge ongytan ðises rodores ymbehwirft ...

á-feormian

(v.)
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Wyrttruman of ðǽre rinde wel áfeormadne, Lch. i. 300, 18. to clear of impurity from an object Ælcne gylt áfeorma ( ablue ), Hy. S. 53, 30. Horu þú áfeormige, 23, 21. ꝥ wé áfeormian ( purgemus ) ꝥ werste, 14, 15.

forþ-genge

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Hé mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde, Hml.

Hwiccas

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In ðǽre stówe ðe man gýt nemneð Agustinus aac, in Myrcna (Hwicna, v. l.) gemǽre and Westseaxna (in confinio Huic-ciorum et occidentalium Saxonum ), Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 113, 4. In Hwiccia mǽgþe, 4, 23; Sch. 470, 14.

ofer-stígan

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Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh (got over ) in ðone wyrttún, Gr. D. 24, 8. Dó ealu ꝥ þá wyrta oferstíge ( rise above ), Lch. ii. 104, 17.

sceáwung

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Add Se cyningc gesæt in ðǽre sceáwunge (spectaculo), tó ðon ꝥ hé wolde geseón þæs bisceopes deáð, Gr. D. 194, 21. Ꝥ folc cóm tó sceáwunge þæs biscopes deáðes populus ad spectaculum mortis venerat, 195, 8. Scǽwugcge spectaculo (theatrali), An.

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58. Geond ða wínburg (the town of the Mermedonians) Andr. Kmbl. 3272; An. 1639. Se ðe wínburga geweald áhte, Exon. Th. 323, 11; Víd. 77.

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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Ðeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg onsíge and lúte tó ðære eorþan, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 25. Wǽre onsigen vergeretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 27. Onsígendum ( vergente ) ǽfene, Hymn. Surt. 34, 28.

á-sleán

to strike offremove by a stroketo strike make a mark(cut) by a stroketo strike with the handto strike with a hammer:--to strikeparalyseto strike out a pathmake way

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Voc. ii. 12, 42. of paralysis, to strike, paralyse Lǽcedóm wiþ áslegenum líce, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 126, 12, 14, 18. to strike out a path, make way Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde, Past. 71, 6

Linked entry: on-áslagen