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hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.

éðle

(n.)
Grammar
éðle, to a home, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 21; Gú. 326: éðles of a home, Andr. Kmbl. 1660; An. 830; dot. and gen. of éðel

a home ⬩ domĭcĭlium

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a home; domĭcĭlium

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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Each was a period of three days, a Wednesday and the following Friday and Saturday (cf. ða twelf ymbrendagas, Wulfst. 244, 20. For the dates s Ðis godspel sceal on Wódnesdæg tó ðam ymbrene ǽr myddawyntran (cf.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari

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Sume sceufon sume tugon and swíðe swǽtton óþ ðæt hig geteorode wǽron some shoved, some pulled and sweated exceedingly until they were exhausted, Shrn. 154, 27

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

eáster

(n.)
Grammar
eáster, eástor; gen. eástres; pl. nom. acc. eástro; gen. eástrena; dat. eástron, eástran [ = eástrum]; n: eástre, an; n.

the passover, paschal lamb ⬩ pascha

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Works, vol. ii. p. 81: Grimm's Deut. Mythol. 8vo. 1855, pp. 180-183.]

Linked entries: eóster éster

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Gá on ða strǽta and on wíc ðisse ceastre exi in plateas et uicos ciuitatis Lk. Skt. 14, 21. Far geond ðás sirǽta and wíc, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 26. Hé begeat... Penhyll and Grimanleáh and .ii. hína wícan, Chart.

á-cennan

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Add: to produce, &c., where the product is of the same kind as the producer, in reference to men or animals Tó ácennene ad propagandam An. Ox. 1400. Ácennende wæs enixa est Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 38. Ácenned cretus 21, 23.

Linked entry: on-cennan

offrian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to make a sacrifice, sacrifice Ne tweónige hé ná ꝥ hé ne offrað deófle, Hml. A. 146, 49. Ofrude litarat, An. Ox. 370. Offriað gé mid rihtwísnesse, and bringað þá Gode tó lácum, Ps. Th. 4, 6.

ed-wenden

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Add: :-- Hwæt mé þæs edwendan (-en?) cwóm, gyrn æfter gomene ah! for me of that happiness an end there came, mourning after mirth, B. 1774. v. previous word

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unless ⬩ except

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Nabbaþ wé tó hyhte nymþe cyle and fýr, Cd. Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Eaforan syndon deáde nymþe feá áne, 128, 30; Gen. 2134. Similar entries Cf. nefne

Linked entry: nemþe

sweoloþ-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sweoloþ-hát, adj.
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Burning hot Swoloð[át] squalida, fýrh[át] torrida, sunh[át] soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 202-205

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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Tó ðam lande ðe fléwþ on ríþum meolce and hunies, Num. 16, 14. v. wæter-r-iþe and next word

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ...

Linked entries: Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón

scip-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ryne, es; m.
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A course or channel for ships Hé lét delfon án mycel gedelf and wolde ðæt scipryne sceolde ðǽrinne licgean eall swá hig dydon on Sandwíc he had a great trench dug and intended that in it ships could run, just as they did at Sandwich, Chart.

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Add: physical Fýlþ putor, i. fetor, An. Ox. 3323: putredo, Scint. 38, 19. Of fýlþum and of fenne sordibus ac luto, Germ. 388, 12. Horslice fýlþu putidos (ergastuli) squaloris, An.

bisceop-híred

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-híred, es; m.
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The clergy subject to a bishop Biscophírede cleri (ad calumniam pontificis et infamiam cleri, Ald. 41, 2: cf. gloss on the passage. An. Ox. 3006 :-- Cleri, i. familię, i. populi preósthíredes), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 28: 18, 28.

Linked entries: bisceop-hyrde híréd

ofer-fæðman

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fæðman, p. de

To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope

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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.
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Add: (?) Oþ þá griégan, wylfenan hárnesse usque cigneam canitiem (cf. grǽg as an epithet of the wolf; and the modern phrase ' grey as a badger '), An. Ox. 1876

ge-fylced

collected as an army

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collected as an army

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