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lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Hé ful baldlíce beornas lǽrde full boldly he exhorted the warriors, Byrht. Th. 140, 61; By. 311. Se wiðerméda wordum lǽrde folc tó gefeohte, Andr. Kmbl. 2392; An. 1198.

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Ǽfre heó byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan . . . Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, 234, 18-28. Eorðan ymbhwyrft, 236, 7.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

ídel

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H. 97, 26. with inst. unpro-vided with Hǽlu byð manna gehwylces mægene ídel vana solus hominis, Ps. Th. 59, 10: 107, II.

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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By the queen's Christian conduct, the heathen predilections of the king were removed, and the way made clear for the preaching of Augustine in 597.

Linked entry: Berþa

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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XXIX; and Strigulensia, p. 60] has put forward a claim for Buttinton in Tidenham, on the peninsula formed by the Severn and the Wye. There are traces of works here, though less considerable than those at Buttington in Montgomeryshire. Mr.

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury chlora perfoliata, Lin the lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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Voc. 31, 39. the lesser centaury ; erythræa centaurium, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man centauriam minorem and óðrum naman curmelle seó læsse nemneþ, biþ cenned on fæstum landum this herb which is named centaurea minorand by another name the lesser centaury, is

Linked entry: culmille

CWUDU

(n.)
Grammar
CWUDU, cwuda, cweodo, cwidu, cudu; gen.ues wes; n.

What is chewed, a cud, quid manducatum, rumen

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. ¶ Hwít cwudu white cud, mastich; an odoriferous gum from the mastich-tree, which was called by Lin. pistacia lentiscas.

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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forðanðe God is ǽfre unbegunnen, and unge-endod on him sylfum, and þurh hine sylfne wunigende 'Sum,' I am, is the substantive verb, and belongs exclusively to God alone, because God is ever without beginning, and without end in himself, and existing by

ge-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bǽru, gen. e; acc. e, u; f : ge-bǽro; f. indecl. Or ge-bǽre; n; pl. u. See the cognate words at the end. [baero, bǽru a bearing]

BEARINGstatehabit or disposition of body or mindmannerconductbehaviourdemeanourmanners in societysocietygestushăbĭtusmōresconsortiumconsuētūdo

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On ðæs wífes gebǽrum onfundon ðæs cyninges ðegnas ða unstilnesse by the woman's cries [?] the king's thanes discovered the disturbance, Chr. 755; Erl. 100, 2. Cf. Laym. wide me mihte iheren Brutten iberen, iii. 125

Linked entries: ge-bǽre ge-bǽrness

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Héðenra manna hergung ádiligode Godes cyrican in Lindisfarena ee þurh reáflác and mansleht the harrying of heathen men destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne by plundering and slaughter, Chr. 793; Erl. 59, 11.

Linked entry: heregung

ge-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gangan, -gongan; pp. -gangen, -gongen.

to gohappentake placebefalto fall to one's shareto come inireevenireaccidereto exerciseeffectaccomplishexercereperficereefficereto go against with hostile intentionto pass overovercomesubdueconquerobtainacquireaggreditransgredisuperaresubigereoblinereadipiscipossidere

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He hæfde elne gegongen, ðæt . . . he had effected by his valour, that . . . Beo.

Linked entry: ge-gongan

scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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the art by which deceptive appearances are produced, magic Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde . . . scíncræft hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi . . . ars magica , L. Ecg. P. i, 8; Th. ii. 174, 34.

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Sáwla þancung thanksgiving by souls, Hy. 9, 45. Ic ete mid micelre þancunge manduco cum gratiarum actione, Coll. Monast.Th. 34, 29. Mid ealre þoncunga, Blickl. Homl. 31, 21. Hé underféng ða lác mid ðancunge, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 16.

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Among the Roman gods Mercury seems to have been thought most nearly to correspond, and Wóden is rendered by Mercurius, e. g. Wóden Mercurium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 4. Cf. Saga mé hwá ǽrost bócstafas sette. Ic ðé secge, Mercurius se gygand, Salm.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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For Friday, Saturn and Wednesday, Tusser) ; the name of the four periods of fasting and prayer appointed by the Church to be observed in the four seasons of the year respectively.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Bídendum prestulanti (eventus rerum), 75, 62. to attain by waiting, experience (with gen. ) Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes what if I live to see the morning, Hml. S. 3, 584. þú scealt deáðes bídan, Gen. 922

ge-springan

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L. l, 28. to reach by spreading, spread and reach (fig.)

ge-cuman

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Add: to move to an object, to reach by moving His cræft . gecymð on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 1. Ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan caput sese ad terram declinat, Past. 133, 2.

sceam-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-fæst, adj.

Shamefastmodest, bashful

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Wyfmen þet byeþ ssamuest, Ayenb. 222, 20. Schamefast chastite, Chauc. Kn. T. 1197. [Schamefast verecundus, pudorosus, Prompt. Parv. 443.]

Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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D. 635] Cynegils was baptized at Dorchester by bishop Birinus, Chr. 635; Th. 47, 4, col. 1. Hér wæs Cwichelm gefullod onDorceceastre b[Dorces ceastre, Th. 46, 10, col. 1] in this year [A.