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DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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Dæg ǽr the day before. On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mindrecallto bring to another's mindto remindto bring a duty to the mindto admonishexhortto remind of a debtto ask for paymentto have in the mindto purposeintenddetermine

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Ic ðé ǽr mynegode (Cott. MS. myndgode) ðære ilcan sprǽce. Bt. 35, 3; Fox 160, 7. Hú ne mynegodest (Cott. MS. myndgodest) ðu mé ðære ilcan sprǽce, 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Ic wolde ðé myngian (Gott.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Þá ǽ þe heora aldoras ǽr geworhton, Ll. Th. i. 26, 6. Níwe werc gewyrce of alde novum opus facere ex veteri, Mt. p. 1. 1, Fæstnunga from lárwum geworht monumenta ab auctoribus edita 7, 5.

ge-dwolsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwolsum, adj.

Erroneouserrōneus

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Erroneous; errōneus Hit biþ swíðe gedwolsum it is very erroneous, Ælf. Pref. Gen. 4, 10

Linked entry: -dwolsum

þearfend-lic

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Woruldlicra ǽhta hí lǽddon þearfendlic líf rebus pauperem vitam ducebant, Gr. D. 283, 15. Add

brasian

(v.)
Grammar
brasian, brasigan, ic brasige

æro,I cover with brass

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æro, I cover with brass; Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39, Bodleian copy, C. D

canon-bóc

(n.)
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a book of canons Hæbbe ǽlc bisceop canonbóc tó sinoðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 14

Linked entry: bóc

a-gán

(v.)
Grammar
a-gán, p. -eóde; pp. -gán [a from, away, gán to go] .

to come to passhappenpræteriretransireto come forthprovenireto approach to any one to solicit himprocedere ad aliquem sollicitandi causa

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to come to pass, happen; præterire, transire Ǽr his tíd agá [tíde ge MS.] before his time come to pass, Exon. 82 a; Th. 310, 3; Seef. 69; [Grn. Gloss.] Ðá sæternes dæg wæs agán cum transivisset sabbatum, Mk. Bos. 16, 1.

Linked entries: a-eóde a-gǽn a-gǽþ

EÁRE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁRE, an; n: nom. acc. sing, eáre; nom. acc. pl. eáran

The EAR of man or an animalauris

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Sax. óra, n : Frs. ær, ear, eare: O. Frs. are, ar, n: Dut. oor, n: Ger. ohr, n: M. H. Ger. óre, n: O. H. Ger. óra, n: Goth. auso, n: Dan. öre, n : Swed. öra, n: Icel. eyra, n: Lat. auris, f: Grk. οὖς, n: Lith. ausis, f,]

Linked entries: éran eár eárede

murcnian

(v.)
Grammar
murcnian, p. ode

To murmurcomplainrepinegrieve

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To murmur, complain, repine, grieve Hwæt murcnast ðú æfter ðæm ðe ðú forlure oððe tó hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest quid est, quod vel amissis doleas, vel laeteris retentis? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 31: 7, 3; Fox 20, 3 (v. murcian).

un-sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sýfre, adj.

Impureuncleanfoul

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Ǽr se unsýfra ( Holofernes ) womfull onwóce, Judth. Thw. 22, 24; Jud. 76. Be ðam sacerde ðe hine sylfne besmít þurh unsýfre sprǽce ( impuro sermone ), L. Ecg. C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 14. Þurh unsýfre sprǽce per turpiloquium, 5; Th. ii. 138, 4

Linked entry: sýfre

eahta

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Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.

ge-rýnelic

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Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Alle ðá ǽttrena and gett ðá rífista feerrǽsenda ǽc nétna sceðende omnia venenata et adne ferociora repentia et animalia noxia, Rtl. 125, 31. [ of things, destructive Ðére vii. niht gyf win[d] byoð, fír byð swýðe rýfe þý geáre si in septima nocte fuerit

munuc-hád

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Ne mót man iungum men wíf forgyfan, gif hé hine ǽr tó munucháde ( monachismo ) gemynte, Ll. Th. ii. 142, 9.

Bryten

(n.)
Grammar
Bryten, Bryton, Briten, Breoten, Breoton, Broten, Brittan, Britten, Brytten; gen. dat. acc. e; f. acc. also as nom.

BRITAINBritannia, Cambria

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Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid hund-eahtatigum scipum, gesóhte Brytene sixty years before Christ was born, Caius Julius, emperor of the Romans, with eighty vessels, sought Britain, Chr.

ge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]

Mindwillopinionthoughtmensanimuscogitatio

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Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde the same thought I have told thee before, Blickl. Homl. 179, 28. Geþanges mentis, Ps. Spl. 67, 29

Linked entries: ge-þang ge-þonc

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander

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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian

cyne-wíse

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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24.

dwol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dwol-líce, adv.

Foolishly, heretically stulte, hærĕtĭce

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Ælf. E; Th. ii. 392, 16: L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 12. Ðedwollíce leofaþ who lives in heresy, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 17