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gryndan

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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
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On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo

a-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceacan, -scacan, -scæcan; he -sceaceþ, -sceacþ, -scæceþ, -scaceþ; p. -sceóc, -scóc, pl. -sceócon, -scócon; pp. -sceacen, -scacen.

to shake offremoveexcutereto be removedforsakedesertfleeexcutifugereaufugeredeserereto shakebrandishto be shakenvibrarequatereconcutilabefieriinfirmari

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Bos. 6, 11. to be removed, forsake, desert, flee; excuti, fugere, aufugere, deserere Asceacen [Lamb. ofascacen] ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22. Ðæt Iacob wæs asceacen quod fugeret Jacob, Gen. 31, 22.

Linked entries: a-scacan a-scæcan

Cantwara burg

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f. [Cant-wara, gen. pl. of Cant-ware Kentish men, burh a city]
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Brǽcon Cantwara burh they took Canterbury by storm, 853; Th. 120, 28, col. 3.

Linked entry: Contwara burg

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægþhád tó understandenne let your loins be girded ... By the girded loins virginity is to be understood, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 25.

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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For the use by Bede, see Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,' where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.' See also 4, 15, 16.

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hopeunpromising

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Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24 note

Linked entry: wén-líc

wynsumian

(v.)
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wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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Wynsumian jocundari, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 16: Blickl. Homl. 91, 8. Wæs heó swíþe wynsumiende, 137, 33. Wynsumigende, 143, 25. Mid micclum wynsumigendum gefeán, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 678. Wynsumiende letantem, Rtl. 97, 16

Linked entry: wyn-sum

eaht

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eaht,</b> aht, æht, eht, es; m. council, deliberation Þonne úðweotan æht besǽton ( sat deliberating ), on sefan sóhton hú hié sunu Meotudes áhéngon, El. 473. estimation, consideration Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne

fram-scipe

(n.)
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Fram ðyssa munuca fram-scype (freóndscipe, v.l.) tó lǽrenne Crístes geleáfan Angelþeóde wæs sended Aidan thanks to the energy of these monks (but the Latin is: ab horum collegio monachorum) Aidan was sent to teach belief in Christ to the English, Bd.

æl-tæw

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æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Ic ongite ðætte æltǽwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 3. Se geleáfa strengra bið ðǽr ðǽr hé æltǽwe bið, Hml. Th. i. 250, 20. Hyt is æltǽwe gyf hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ, Lch. i. 344, 16.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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to awake, cease to sleep Sóna ðæs ðe heó onwóc ubi vigilavit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11: 4, 31; S. 610, 37. Ðá of slǽpe onwóc, swefn wæs æt ende, eorþlíc æðeling, Cd. Th. 249, 2; Dan. 524. Se wyrm onwóc, Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

eald

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</b> </b> Forðférde seó ealde hlǽfdige, Eádwerdes cinges móder, 1051; P. 172, 32. <b>I b.</b> of long experience in :-- Presbiter is ealdwita; ná ꝥ ǽlc eald sý, ac ꝥ hé eald sý on wísdóme, Ll.

hræd-wægn

(n.)
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hræd-wægn, -wǽn, es; m.

A swift chariot

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A swift chariot Se stiórþ ðam hrædwǽne eallra gesceafta volucrem currum regit, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 81; Met. 24, 41

diácon-hád

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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, hé bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add

yfel-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrde, adj.
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Given to use bad or abusive language Gif mon bið ácenned on Frígedæg . . . hé yfele cræftas leornað, and he æfre bið yfelwyrde, E. S. 39, 354

ymb

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() where the point from which time is measured is in the genitive. Cf. Dict. 2 b 1.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Se hálga Augustinus be his hálan líue hine hádode tó biscope [while alive and in health], Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 27. Ðearfendum lífe wunedon pauperem vitam agebant, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 8. Be muneca lífe de vita monachorum, 2, 4; S. 505, 33.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Hé his limo on reste gesette and onslǽpte ;membra dedisset sopori,; Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 10. Ðá hé ðá tó reste eode ;dum iret cubitum,; 3, 2; S. 525, 12. Be muneca reste. Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R.

Linked entries: ræst reste

ge-hloten

appointed by lot

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appointed by lot