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cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

fág

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Ꝥ feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml S. 15, 184. On fágan stáne; of fágan stáne, C. D. iii. 180, 32. Tó fágan flóran, 404, 9. Add:

for-hergian

(v.)
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hiera fela forhergeade; siþþan on Ircaniam hé heora fela gesette post transactum in Aegypto bellum plurimos Judaeorum in transmigrationem egit, atque in Hyrcania habitare praecepit, Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 23-26. of the action of natural forces Se wíngeard wæs

ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam turn plurima confes-sionis Deo deuotae gloria sublimauit Bd. I. 6; Sch. 19, 4.

hám-fæst

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Sum deácon wæs feor þanon hámfæst (living far from the place; longe positus), sé gewilnode féran tó him, Gr. D. 208, 13. 'Gefyrn ic hine cúðe, leóf, ac hé férde heonon, and ic nát tó gewissan hwǽr hé wunað nú.'

hýr-mann

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Wæs án hýrman tó wuda áfaren; sé læg gewundod, Hml. S. 31, 783. Symle sceal gód scýrman his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge, and him eác leánian be ðám ðe hý earnian, Angl. ix. 260, 22. Add

lár-spell

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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe hé geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.

mearcung

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Wæs þæt Godes folc áhredd fram ðám fǽrlican deáðe þurh ðæs lambes offrunge and his blódes mearcunge, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 14. cf. mearcian; Gif ic ásceáde mid mearcunge ( praenotatione ) þára namena, Gr.

plega

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bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne cnapan geond þá strǽte yrnan, sé wæs

tó-sleán

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Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9. Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas hé tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe hé tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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Hé lange ǽr wæs yfelsaciende, and swá þeáh lifde gesund blasphemus vixerat , Gr. D. 289, 27

mann-rǽdenn

Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Him micelum sceamode þæs deófles manrǽdenne þe hé on wæs oþ ꝥ, Hml. S. 31, 1197. Hí léton tó rǽde ꝥ hí woldon ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene omnes una voce: 'Sponte tradamus nos omnes populo Holofernis,' Hml. A. 108, 182.

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts. 133

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Seó wunderlice ǽrest eallum mannum wæs geopenod, Shrn. p. 6. Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS.) . . .

smireness

(n.)
Grammar
smireness, e; f.

Ointment, unguent

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Ointment, unguent Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1) . . . .Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse, Rush.) unguentum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12.

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ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Hér wæs seó forme yld ðissere worulde and seó óðer yld wæs óþ Abrahames tíman ... Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ...

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wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.

Wounded

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I Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. Wund wearð Wulfmǽr, wælreste geceás, Byrht. Th. 135, 4; By. 113. Se wyrm swefeþ sáre wund, Beo.

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Hú ne eart ðú se mon ðe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 19. Eubolus underféng ðone cnapan tó lárlícre scole . . . On ðære ylcan scole wæs Iulianus, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 14-16. Ic becom tó Cristes scole, 2, 244.

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