god-spell
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., 133, 36. (1 a) one of the books written by the four evangelists :-- Ióhannes ús cýðde on þǽm godspelle and þus cwæþ: 'Hǽlend cwóm ...,' Bl. H. 67, 23. Se godspellere ( St.
á-ginnan
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Add: to begin to do (infin, or gerund) Marcus áginþ wrítan ꝥ godspell, Chr. 47 ; P. 7, 31. Ágann Landfranc atýwian, 1070; P. 206, 12. Ágan se cyng tó smtágenne, 1006; P. 137, 19. to attempt Gif man beforan æðelinge gefeoht áginneð, Ll.
bóc
a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours
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Th. 39, 8; in the hed of the boc it is write of me, that I do thi wil, Wyc. Ic wrát bóc I wrote a book, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, note 37. Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32, 33. Swá he ða bóc unfeóld so he unfolded the book, Lk.
samnian
to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean
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Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig ælda cynnes, ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige (that I compose my lay of lying words), wríte wóðcræfte, Exon. Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547. intrans. to collect, assemble, come together Sellendum ðé him hí somniaþ dante te illis, colligent.
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Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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His wife simply writes, — Ego Æthelflæd consensi, Th. Diplm. 136, 23. Ríxiendum ussum Dryhtene ðæm Hǽlendan Crist.
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CIRM
A noise, shout, clamour, uproar ⬩ strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor
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In the following references it is written cirm, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 19; Cri. 836: 22b; Th. 62, 7; Cri. 998: 36a; Th. 118, 5; Gú. 235; 38a; Th. 125, 34; Gú. 364: 83b; Th. 314, 26; Mód. 20: Andr. Kmbl. 82; An. 41: 2476; An. 1239.
helan
to conceal from
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Sió heá lár is betere manegum monnum tó helanne, and feáwum tó secganne, Past. 459, 9. with preps, to conceal from (wiþ, fram): Ðonne hí he[o]lað (the o is written above the line) from monnum (hominibiis occultando) ðæt hí secggan scoldon, and secgað
þafian
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to consent to, agree with, approve of, assent to, allow, permit. with accusative Ic Beágmund ðis ðeafie and wríte, Chart. Th. 472, 22, 24, 28, 19, and often.
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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Add On hlingo (-u, written over o) innitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 73. to recline, lie on a couch for rest (or to eat; in translation of Latin -cumbere forms) Se wulderfulla on godewebbenum beddum hlinað, E. S. viii. 473, 18.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Gif hé wrítan ne cunne bidde óðerne ðe cunne ðæt hine spelige si non scit literas, alter ab eo rogatus scribat, R. Ben. 100, 5.
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dihtan
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S. 27, 175. to dictate what is to be written Þá fíf béc God sylf dihte, and Moyses hí áwrát, Hml. Th. i. 186, 20. Þás endebyrdnysse þe Moyses áwrát swá swá him God self dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14.
ge-recedness
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We ne wrítað ná mare buton þá nacedan gerecednisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 4. Swá swá gé rǽdað on eowrumgerecednyssum, Hml. S. 5, 177.
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sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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Hit oft swíðe sárlíce gebyrede ðæt wríteras forléton unwritene ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron it has often happened most lamentably, that writers have left unwritten those men's deeds that in their days were most distinguished, Bt
ge-uferian
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Geuferod, 1470. (3 a) used of a place :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum geoffred (u is written over o) (Syracusae) prosperis successibus sublimatur, An.
wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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E. 6; Th. i. 364, 5. used of one person, by a writer or speaker Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd (cf. Scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd, 10, 3), Ors. 1,1; Swt. 14, 26: 22, 1: 24, 23. Swá wé ǽr cwǽdon (cf. swá ic ǽr cwæþ, 8, 14), 24, 32.
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fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, R. Ben. 100, 1-4.
Beormas
The Biarmians
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In an Icelandic MS. on geography, written in the 14th century, Beormia and two Cwenlands are located together. Kvenlönd II, ok ero þau norþr frá Bjarmalandi.
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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On ðissum ǽrestan lǽcecræftum gewritene sint lǽcedómas wið eallum heáfdes untrymnessum in these first recipes are written remedies for all infirmities of the head, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 1
þignen
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Ða þínena (obstetrices ) him ondrédon God, Ex. 1, 15, 17, 20, 21. v. beorþor- (written broþor-), byrþ-, duru-, in-þignen (-þínen)
á-biddan
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, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30. the request given in a clause Ðú ábǽde æt mé, ðæt ic ðé write. Guth. 4, 20. to get by asking, with acc. of thing Hié sendon Hannan, and hé hit ábæd Annonis oratione meruerunt Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 13.