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Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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Hér Wulstán arcebiscop onféng eft biscopríces, on Dorceceastre in this year [A. D. 954] archbishop Wulfstan again received a bishopric, at Dorchester, Chr. 954; Th. 215, 26, col. 1

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew] .
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to shew; ostendere He eów betǽcþ mycele healle ipse ostendet vobis cænaculum magnum, Lk.

Linked entry: eft-betǽht

abrotanum

(n.)
Grammar
abrotanum, =

abrotononsouthernwood

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abrotonon southernwood, Herb. 135; Lchdm. i. 250, 16

fenol

(n.)

the herb fennelfēnĭcŭlum

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the herb fennel; fēnĭcŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 79, 8

rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽde, adj.
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Mounted Rǽdum here equitatu, Hpt. Gl. 525, 25

ge-metfæstan

(v.)
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Take here ge-mætfæstan, ge-metfestan in Dict

seoleþ

(n.)
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Take here the passage given under seolh-ýða (?)

Linked entry: seolh-ýða

spittan

(v.)
Grammar
spittan, to spit.
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The instances under spyttan should be taken here

líðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
líðe-líce, adv.

Gentlymildlysoftlykindlygraciously

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hié líðelíce hǽlan wolde graciously he would heal them, Blickl. Homl. 105, 26. Líðelíce ádlaþ he will have a mild attack of illness, Lchdm. iii. 186, 15.

ge-macian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-macian, p. ode; pp. od
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To make, cause Hí heora lufigendne gemaciaþ weligne écelíce they make the lover of them rich eternally, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 29. Ðone ðe he ǽr martyr gemacode whom he had before made a martyr, 82, 24.

Linked entry: MACIAN

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen
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swifeþ slǽpe gebiesgad. Exon. Th. 358, 1 ; Pa. 39. sófte swæf. Cd. Th. 12, 2 ; Gen. 179: 94, 19 ; Gen. 1564. Sceótend swǽfon, ða ðæt hornreced healdan scoldon, Beo. Th. 1411; B. 703: 2564; B. 1280.

Linked entry: sweofot

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26. Se fugel wrixleþ wóðcræfte wundorlícor ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde, Exon. Th. 206, 16; Ph. 127

boðen

(n.)
Grammar
boðen, es; m?
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in sandy lands, Herb. 81, 1; Lchdm. i. 184, 5.

dweorge-dwosle

(n.)
Grammar
dweorge-dwosle, -dwostle, an; f. [dweorg a dwarf]

The herb pennyroyalmentha pulēgium

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The herb pennyroyal; mentha pulēgium, Lin Herbs pollēgion [ = pulēgium], ðæt is dweorge-dwosle, Herb. cont. 94, 1; Lchdm. i. 38, 12.

ge-sund

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</b> in valedictory expressions :-- Heó rǽhte hire handa him tó and hét hine gesund faran ( she bade him farewell), Ap. Th. 27, 2. Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89. háteð hý gesunde faran, Cri. 1342

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teachermasterpreacher

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is ordfruma and láreów ealre clǽnnesse he is the origin and teacher of all purity, Blickl. Homl. 13, 21. Heó æfter ðon wæs magister and láreów ðæs mynstres deinde magistra exstitit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 5.

hraþe

(adv.)
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Þá ongeat hraðe ꝥ . . ., Gen. 1474: Dan. 242: Jud. 37. Ne þæt yldan þóhte, ac geféng hraðe rinc, B. 740: El. 669.

fæt

(n.)
Grammar
fæt, fætt, es; n?

A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornamentlāmĭna, bractea

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To ðæs ðe he goldsele gumena wisse, fættum fáhne until he perceived the golden hall of men, variegated with ornaments, 1436; B. 716

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne gehwirfð ... Ðonne drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes, ðonne bið self geðwǽned mid his ágnum wordum, Past. 373, 7-11.

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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He eorþan gefeóll he fell to earth, Beo. Th. 5661; B. 2834 : 4207; B. 2100. Me fela ðínra edwíta on gefeóllon opprobria exprobantium tibi ceciderunt super me, Ps. Th. 68, 9. Ðá gefeól hire mód on his lufe then she fell in love with him, Th.