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hwǽte

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áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

beódan

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Ox. 755. to propose to grant Beád heom heora ágene dóm feós . . . budon hí heora mágon ꝥ hí heom gesunde fram eódon, Chr. 755; P. 49, 16-21. Hié him eáþmédo budon, 827; P. 60, 33.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Hwæt mé self bebeád what he himself bade me, Cd. Th. 34, 10; Gen. 535. his brýde ofslóh self mid sweorde, Met. 9, 31. Gif wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 11. wæs þridda sylf, Elen. Kmbl. 1707; El. 855: Andr.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od
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Ǽlc man ðara ðe æágan heft ǽrest háwaþ ðæs ðe geseón wolde óþ ðone first ðe hyþ gegeháwaþ every man who has eyes first looks towards what he wants to see, until he has got it under his observation, Shrn. 178, 6.

CYLL

(n.)
Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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Gefylde he ðære cyrcan cyllan implevit lampades ecclesiæ, 1, 5. He gegaderode eall sǽwætru tosomne, swylce hí wǽron on ánum cylle congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Th. 32, 6.

hálian

(v.)
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Lege on þá wunde; þonne hálað heó sóna, Lch. i. 88, 23.

geard

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ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20. sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, Mt. R. 21, 33.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: on-wæmme -wemme

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Onginne sécan oninnan him selfum ðæt ǽr ymbúton hine sóhte, 35, 1; Fox 154, 22 : Met. 22, 7. Munt is hine ymbútan, gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 510; Sal. 255: Ps. Th. 124, 2. Licgaþ mé ymbútan grindlas, Cd. Th. 24, 24; Gen. 382.

Linked entry: emb-útan

fercung

(n.)
Grammar
fercung, e; f.

Provisionsfood

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Provisions, food Heó nolde his sanda brúcan . . .: ac heó hæfde gebróht on hire þínene fǽtelse hire fercunge non potero manducare ex his quae mihi praecipis tribui . . .; ex his autem quae mihi detuli manducabo, Hml. A. 110, 272

Linked entry: fercian

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.
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Mycel menigu ymb hine sæt, and tó him cwǽdon: 'Hér is ðín módor úte (foris),' Mk.

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
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hét hwílon ða hundas ætstandan ðe urnon on ðam rǽse deórum getenge he sometimes ordered the dogs to stop that were running at full speed close upon the game, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 25. an onset, attack Beadumægnes rǽs, Cd. Th. 198, 28; Exod. 329.

Linked entry: rǽs-bora

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
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Twelve years old Úre Hǽlend ðá wæs twelfwintre, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 20: Lk. Skt. 2, 42. Tuoelfwintro duodennis, p. 4, 4. Heó wæs twelfwintre erat annorum duodecim, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Se wæs xii-wintre cniht, Shrn. 118, 13.

deád

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Add: physical. of an animal or a vegetable Ðá onfunde ꝥ deád beón sceolde when he found that he must die, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 20. Án cild arn under wǽnes hweowol and wearð sóna deád, Shrn. 32, 12.

un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesomedisagreeable

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.

wóh-gestreón

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Þí lígeas forbærnaþ . . . þá þe nú hér syndon on unnyttre gesyhðe . . . wóggestreóna, Verc. Först. 87, 5. Add

(n.)

hair

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Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.'

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Þá ðá út faran wolde, þá hét beódan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 21 : 894; Erl. 90, 33. Ðá se wísdóm ðá þis spell áreht hæfde, ðá ongan giddian, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 19. Þá þe ... þá sóna, Blickl. Homl. 163, 15.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Þá wénde þá leóhtfatu gýmeleáslícor bétte þonne sceolde lampades negligenter exstinxisse se credidit Gr. D. 237, l. without care for good Ús þe yfele and gýmeleáslíce mid unrihte libbað nobis male viventibus atque negle-gentibus R.

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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Cyneferþ lǽce se æt hire wæs ðá heó forþférde medicus Cynifrid, qui morienti illi adfuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 41. Hálig lǽce [the Deity] Hy, 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 62. [the Pater Noster ] is lamena lǽce, Salm. Kmbl. 155; Sal. 77.

Linked entries: lǽca léce