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seten

(n.)
Grammar
seten, [n]e; f.
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Surt. 79, 12. v. ymb-seten. a nursery, plantation Setin pla[n]taria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 49. Plantunga seten plantaria, 65, 76. Ǽghwilc wæstma seten ða ðe ne sette fæder mín omnis plantatio quam non plantavit Pater meus, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: setin

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16. Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

tapor

(n.)
Grammar
tapor, (-er, -ur); m.

A taper; also the wick of a lamp

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Swegles tapur the sun, Exon. Th. 205, 18; Ph. 114. Onfangenum tapere accepto cereo, Anglia xiii. 403, 548. Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðæm tapore (-ure, Hatt. MS.) ðæs godcundan liegges, Past. 36; Swt. 258, 13.

Linked entries: tapor-berend teaper

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Hé gehǽlde sum wíf, ánes ealdormannes ǽwe, 150, 3. Forlicgan wið óðres ǽwe oþþe wið gehádode, Ll. Th. i. 404, 22. Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15.

býge

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býge, l. byge,
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D. 122, 24. something bent Under býcnunge ðæs écan biges (beáges, v.l.) sub figura coronae perpetis, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 6. Hyrdle, bige plecta, An. Ox. 3888

cweorn

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Se IIII. nihta móna, se byð gód þǽm ergendan hys sul út tó dóne, and þém grindere his cweorn, Lch. iii. 178, 1. v. pipor*-*cweorn. Add

clýsing

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Hé lét þá módor tó þám suna on synderlicre clýsincge, Hml. S. 4, 343. Clýsunga mynstres claustra monasterii, R. Ben. I. 23, 2: 114, 1. Binnon his mynstres clýsingum intra cellae suae claustra, Gr. D. 124, 24.

eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m. n. (?).
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nonam horam, tunc dabitur eis noctis pastum, et iterum de mane pergent in uiam suam, C.

ge-wǽge

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Substitute: Weight. determination of amount by weighing In swá hwelce giwége (on suá huælc gewǽge, L.) giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24.

hlúde

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Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiað non clamabunt in gutture suo Ps. Th. 134, 19. Hlúde cígan, cirman, styrman, Gen. 2908: Jud. 270: 223: Ps. Th. 129, 6. Hlúde hlihhan. Hml. Th. ii. 350, 30: Gen. 73. Hlúde reordian, El. 406.

oft

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Sum geréfa eard weardade oftast symle in þǽre ceastre Commedia, Jul. 20. Oftust, Ps. Th. 93, 4. Add

þǽr

Grammar
þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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D. 148, 17. (1 b) marking place in a series :-- Sume úre ðéningbéc onginnað on Aduentum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord, Hml. Th. i. 98, 27. 1.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.

a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty,a refusal,

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edwítu and on ðære wearne þurhwunaþ þeáh and eádmódlíce bit, ðæt him mon infæres tíþige, sý hé underfangen si veniens perseveraverit pulsans, et inlatas sibi injurias et difficultatem ingressus visus fuerit patienter portare et persistere petitioni sue

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhapshaplyby chance

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Surt. 123, 4: 138, 11

Linked entries: wéning weninga

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHERgather togethercollectstore uplĕgerecollĭgĕrecongrĕgāre

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Ic wolde eác gadrian sum gehwǽde andgyt of ðære béc I would also gather some little information from the book, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 232, 2. Gadrigean, Andr. Kmbl. 1562; An. 782.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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On hire wæs gefylled ðætte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen in her was fulfilled what was sung in the Song of Songs, Blickl. Homl. 11, 15 : 13, 26. Gefylde, 15, 8.

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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Sum wer wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 265. Se ðe cyricean ǽhte mid stale áfyrde, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 30. Sume stale fremmaþ, 1, 27; S. 490 9, 5. Of ðære heortan cumaþ stale (stala, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 19: Mk. Skt. 7, 22.

þignen

(n.)
Grammar
þignen, þignenn, þínen[n], þinnen[n], e; f.
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Sum þínen (ðignen, Lind.) a certain maid, Lk. Skt. 22, 56. Sió ðignen (ðegnen, Rush.) durehaldend ancilla ostiaria, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 17. Ic eom Godes ðínen behold the handmaid of the Lord (Lk. 1, 38), Homl. Th. i. 200, 10: Homl.

Linked entries: þegnen þínen

ge-endung

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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr.

hálig-nes

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On munt hálignesse hís ( sanctificationis suae ), Ps. Vos. 77, 54. sanctity, saintliness. v. hálig ; <b>A.