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rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan

máþum

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Wearð seó cwén miclum gegladod þæt heó móste ðone máðm ( the cross ) on moldan findan, Hml. Th. ii. 306, 11. 'Geswutela mé ðǽre cyrcan mádmas' . . . ' Gif ðú gelýfst, ic ðé geswutelige ðá mádmas'. . . 'Ágif ðá mádmas'. . . 'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende

Rómáne

(n.)
Grammar
Rómáne, (Rómane?), an; pl.

The Romans

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The Romans Nǽfre siþan Rómáne ne rícsodon on Bretone, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 9 : 418; Erl. 10, 13. Rómánan gesáwon fíren cleáwen feallan of heofenum, Shrn. 30, 5. Claudius óðer Rómána cyninga, Chr. 47; Erl. 6, 23. Hé onféng pallium from Rómána biscope, 736

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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No, not; non. Grammar ná, qualifying a verb expressed or implied, Grammar ná, without any other negative particle Ná cunne nesciat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 28. Fela gódra háma ðe wé genemnan ná cunnan, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 29. Fremde ná heom God setton on gesyhþe

Linked entries: ne

wiþ-innan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-innan, adv. prep.

Within

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Within. Grammar wiþ-innan, as adverb Gehrepod mid heortan sárnisse wiðinnan (intrinsecus), Gen. 6, 6. Fácn wiþinnan (intus) týddriende swá swá bergyls wiþinnan (intus ) full stence, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 33, 35. Ðú clǽmst wiðinnan and wiðútan (intrinsecus

Linked entry: wiþ-útan

ge-nǽgan

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Add: I. to approach a person with a material object Wiste genǽgdon módige mete þegnas ( food was brought), Exod. 130. with non-material object, to address with words, El. 385 (v. Dict.), to attack, assault with ill-feeling, &amp; c. Ic ( a sword

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Add: to betroth Ic beweddode (desponsavi) eów anum were, -ꝥ gé án clǽne mǽden gearcion Críste, Hml. A. 30, 139: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 14. Beweddede subarravit (me annulo), An. Ox. 4293 : subarraret (nuptiali dote), 4553. Ic wolde Críste þ é beweddian, Hml

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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Worldly pride, worldly pomp Bisceopum gebyreþ, ðæt hí woruldwlence ne hédan tó swýðe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 30. Hí læccaþ of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan . . . Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan,

yfel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽd, e; f.
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an evil deed, misdeed, sin. v. yfel, Dón sóðe bóte úre yfeldǽda, Blickl. Homl. 99, 1: Exon. Th. 285, 12; Jul. 713. Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, 269, 27; Jul. 456. Ða gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlíce geðúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum, Homl.

fetian

(v.)
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Hé wæter fette, Hml. S. 6, 14. Man him fette sumne dǽl þæs meóses, 26, 36. Þæt Ceaddes sáuwl cóme of heofonum and fette his bróþor sáwle tó heofonum, Shrn. 59, 19: Chr. 1049; P. 168, 38. Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan

rihtung

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Add Hé him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtunge and hláforddóme ei in monasterii regimine successit, Gr. D. 96, 7. add On ðisum ðrým tíman andbidað God mancynnes rihtinge and góde wæstmas, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 15. Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce (

smiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
smiþþe, an; f.

A smithy, a smith's workshop officina, fabrica

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A smithy, a smith's workshop Smiððe officina Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 12: i. 34, 55: 73, 27. Smiþþe 286, 75. Smiðþe vel weorchús 58, 23. On smiððan in conflatorio Kent. Gl. 1033. Hwæt sylst ðú (the smith) ús on smiþþan ðínre búton ísene fýrspearcan Coll. Monast

for-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
for-berstan, he -birsteþ; p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten

To breakburst asunderfailcontĕridirumpiexstingui

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To break, burst asunder, fail; contĕri, dirumpi, exstingui Wén nǽfre forbirsteþ hope never fails, Exon. 64a; Th. 236, 2; Ph. 568. Heora bogan forberstaþ arcus eōrum contĕrātur. Ps. Th. 36, 14. Forbærst sweord Beówulfes Beowulf's sword burst asunder,

Linked entry: a-berstan

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Connexion, association, fellowship. v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23. Ðæt

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, sé wæs ánsetla in wéstenne illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat, Gr. D. 306, 1. Þridde cyn muneca is ánsetlena ( anachoritarum ) þe hié sylfe on syndrigum húsum belúcaþ

blód-gyte

bloodshed

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bloodshed. Wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wlfst. 159, 8. Hé sægde ꝥ ðæt nǽfre wæs álýfed ǽnigum men ꝥ hé þǽr ǽnig nýten cwealde oþþe blódgyte worhte negabat licere animal ullum interfici, Nar. 28, 18. Tácnað ꝥ micelne blódgyte

Linked entries: gyte blód-gíta

ge-nípan

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For ' to rise as a cloud . . . Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454. Werð genipen stetit

ge-sib

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sib, -sibb, -syb; adj.

Peaceable, near, related, familiarpācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliārisconsanguineus

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Peaceable, near, related, familiar; pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris Ne bearh nú for oft gesibb gesibbum ðý má ðe fremdum too often now has a kinsman no more protected a kinsman than a stranger, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 75. Sylle swá gesibre handa

Linked entry: ge-syb

carian

(v.)
Grammar
carian, p. ode; pp. od
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To take care, regard, heed, to be anxious; curare, sollicituin esse Ðæt abbodas nǽfre idele wlænca carian that abbots should never regard vain pomps, L. I. P. 13; Wilk. 150, 25. Se morgenlíca dæg caraþ ymb hyne sylfne crastinus dies sollicitus erit sibi

lencten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíd, e; f.

Spring-timespringLent

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Spring-time, spring, Lent Ver is lenctentíd, Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Hit wæs lenctentíd erat vernum tempus, Gen. 48, 7. On lengtentíde mónþes tíde mense verni temporis, Ex. 34, 18. Nǽfre on lenctentíde never in Lent, Wulfst. 305, 24. Hé on lenctentíd gesceóp