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mylen-hweogul

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Seó heofon ǽfre tyrnð onbútan ús; heó ys swyftre þonne ǽnig mylenhwiól, Angl. viii. 309, 47. Add

riht-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
riht-tíma, an; m.

A right, proper time

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A right, proper time Ǽlc wuht from Gode wiste his rihttíman, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 8

Linked entry: riht-tíd

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Tó þǽre ilcan eorþan þe se líchoma ǽr of gesceapen wæs, Bl. H. 21, 29. Úre líchoma wæs gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, 35, 12. Gescapene (-scepen, Ps.V.) hý syndon creata sunt, Ps. Rdr. 148, 5.

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Hí on seldon sǽton æt dómum, 121, 5. a seat, residence, mansion, hall Scyppendes seld, Salm. Kmbl. 160 ; Sal. 79. Ðá hé ða mænego ( the rebellious angels) ádráf of ðæm heán selde (heaven ), Cd. Th. 277, 10 ; Sat. 202.

Linked entry: sæld

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Þára manna bearn þe ǽr man gebræc elisos, 145, 7. Hé eall þæt mægn þæs áwyrgedan gástes on him gebræc, Guth. 60, 5. intrans. with prep.

niman

(v.)
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H. 57, 7. to bring, receive, or adopt a person into some relation to oneself Þá onféng hé (Oswald) his and nam æt fullwihtes bæþe and æt þæs bysceopes handa him tó godsuna ( sibi accepit in filium), Bd. 3, 7 ; Sch. 213, 6.

searu-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-þancol, adj.
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Nis ǽnig secg searoþoncol tó ðæs swíðe gleáw, Exon. Th. 14, 16; Cri. 220. Ðe ( which ) secgas searoþoncle seaxe delfaþ, 427, 26; Rä. 41, 97. Gesǽton searuþancle sundor tó rúne, Andr. Kmbl. 2323; An. 1163. Mon ǽnig searoþoncelra, Judth.

lecgan

(v.)
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S. 14, 106. to deposit in the grave, bury Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscriftscíre elles hwár lecge, Ll. Th. i. 308, 6.

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, 373, 2; Seel. 102.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

æsce

(n.)
Grammar
æsce, g. æscean; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ic anlíc ætt æscean hláfe quia cinerem sicut panem manducabam, Ps. Th. 101, 7: 147, 5

(v.)
Grammar
fó, 1st sing. pres. indic. of fón.

I take

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Ælf. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 2;

un-stedefulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-stedefulness, e; f.

Instabilityinfestatio

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Instability; but the word glosses infestatio Aelc unstydfulnis ðæs unclǽnes gástes omnis infestatio inmundi spiritus, Rtl. 122, 24

Linked entry: stedefulness

wamm-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm-scyldig, adj.
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Sinful, criminal Ne mæg ðǽr (paradise in*-*witfull ǽnig geféran, womscyldig mon, Cd. Th. 58, 20; Gen. 949

wróht-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-lác, es ; n. (?)

Calumnyslander

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Calumny, slander Unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan and mid wróhtlácan. Wulfst. 160, 5 note

preóst-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-gesamnung, e; f.
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosureinclosed placeYARDGARDENcourtdwellinghomeregionlandseptumlŏcus septushortusāreahabĭtācŭlumdomĭcĭliumrĕgio

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Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109. In écne geard into the eternal home, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 17; Gú. 763 : 51 a; Th. 178, 8; Gú. 1241.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Wé ðé ðæs nú nellaþ lettan ðæs ðú ǽr geþoht hæfdest we will not hinder thee from that which thou didst before purpose, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 24

Linked entry: ge-lettan

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge as soon as ever the child can speak, Wulfst. 39, 8.

GRIM

(adj.)
Grammar
GRIM, adj.
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Ðæt wæter wæs biterre and grimre to drincanne ðonne ic ǽfre ǽnig óðer bergde amariorem elleboro fuminis aquam gustavi, Nar. 8, 29. Cýle ðone grimmestan the most severe cold, Blickl. Homl. 61, 35.

Linked entry: grym

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246. Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28.

Linked entry: ripa