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ge-neósung

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(l b) a visitation of God. v. ge-neósian; <b>I c</b> :-- God cwæð ðæt wolde his folc gesécan mid háligre geneósunge, Hml. A. 126, 316. On manegum gemetum geneósað God manna sáwla . . . ac gif heó dás geneósunga forgýmeleásað, Hml.

ge-dyrstig

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Substitute: Bold, daring Gedyrstig (gedurstig, Erf.) ausus, Txts. 43, 245 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 44. in a favourable sens having courage, confidence Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46.

ge-broc

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D. 252, 13-23. v. hláf-gebroc. trouble. Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

ofer-hygd

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Add Of heorta monno smeáungas yfle ofcymeð . . . oferhygd (superbia), Mk. L. R. 7, 22. Þurh oferhigdes (superbiae) gást, Gr. D. 144, 4. Fram þǽre heánnesse þára oferhygda (-hýda, v. l.) ab elationis fastu, 188, 4.

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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Add Pater Noster heofenas ontýneð, Sal. 40. Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, Ll. Th. i. 50, 6. (c α) intrans. (reflex) :-- Þá ontýnde se heofon, Shrn. 117, 3. &lt;b&gt;I d.

spanan

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Add Speón suasit, An. Ox. 43, 9. &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Forgif þám men þe mín mód spenð, Hml. S. 3, 390.

torr

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Næs þæt hús ǽfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed (cf. ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 20) gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. &lt;b&gt;II a.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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ǽges ðæt hwíte , Lch. ii. 20, 12. Genim ǽges ðæt geoluwe, 22, 19. Ǽges geola, 130, 12. ðonne bútan med-mycelne dǽl hláfes and án henne ǽg mid lytle meolc wætere gemengedre onféng, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 33. Þreó ǽgero, Shrn. 135, 18.

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurtmischiefdestructionmalice

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D. 121, 12. Ne níþa georn, ne bealwes beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. wæs bealwes full, Hml. S. 7, 396. Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled, 19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2

em-niht

(n.)
Grammar
em-niht, es; n. [em, emn equal; niht night]

Equal day and night, equinoxæquĭnoctium

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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 19; Lchdm. iii. 260,

Linked entry: efen-niht

bóc-land

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-land, -lond, es; n.

BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freeholdex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris

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Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 11: L. Ed. 2; Th. i. 160, 14. Se mon bócland hæbbe the man has a freehold, L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 16: Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 29: 3, 24; S. 556, 4: Cod. Dipl. 317; A. D. 871-889; Kmhl. ii. 120, 6.

Linked entry: bóc-æceras

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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Some kind of bird. [Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73.

Linked entries: stærn stern

Swǽfas

(n.)
Grammar
Swǽfas, Swǽfe; pl.
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ðǽm beorgan ðe mon Alpis hǽtt licgaþ Begwara landgemǽro and Swǽfa, 1, 1; Swt. 16, 1-14. Engle and Swǽfe, Exon. Th. 321, 10; Wíd. 44. Mid Englum ic wæs and mid Swǽfum. 322, 10; Wíd. 61. Witta weóld Swǽfum, 319, 34; Wíd. 22

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Srt. 53, 7: 101, 3. Et ðás sídan ðe gehirsted is, and ácer on ðá óþre, Shrn. 116, 6. Ácyraþ verte Kent. Gl. 398. Ne ácerre ne avertaris Mt. L. 5, 42. Of ácerred evertendam Lk. p. 10, 4.

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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H. 67, 17. the bite, cut of a weapon, &amp;c. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17. Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.)

cæppe

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Se munuc bewand þone hreóflian mid his cæppan, Hml. Th. i. 336, 12. Sácerd, þonne mæssan singe, ne hæbbe on cæppan (cappam), Ll. Th. ii. 140, 9. Ðá dyde Albanus on hine þæs preóstes cæppan (caracallam, Bd. 1, 7), Shrn. 93, 31.

deáþ-berende

(adj.)
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Add Þæs réþan and þæs deádberendan funesti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 12. Fram ðǽm deádberendum a funesto, 2, 30. of things, physical, deadly, pestilential Deáðberende smíc gǽð of heora múðe, Wlfst. 201, 1. Se deádberenda drinc pestifer potus, Gr.

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
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becóman ánre dýpan they had reached a deep place in the river, Hml. S. 11, 271. Ofer dýpe, . 4, 21. a deep place on land On dígelre dýpe [dýpen (= -an), Hpt. Gl. 516, 28] in latebroso (carceris) fundo, An. Ox. 4767. [v. N. E. D. deep; sb.

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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and add: Grammar feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.) fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32.

freóndscipe

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Add: cf. freónd, gefyrn geþeóded wæs híwcúðlíce in manigfealdum freóndscipum dudum mihi in amicitiis familiariter juncto, Gr. D. 237, 22. Freóndscipas amicitias, Kent.