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þancung

(n.)
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þancung, e; f.
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Thanking, thanks, thanksgiving Gode sié lof and wuldor and dǽda þoncung ealra ðæra góda ðe hé ús forgifen hafaþ, Chart. Th. 136, 32. Sáwla þancung thanksgiving by souls, Hy. 9, 45. Ic ete mid micelre þancunge manduco cum gratiarum actione, Coll. Monast.Th

eáþ-mód

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Add: humble, lowly; submissive Eádmód humilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 27. Hnitol vel eádmód cernuus, pronus, vel inclinatus, 19, 1. Eádmód ástág in middangeard mægna goldhord, Cri. 786. Þú ( Hagar ) eáðmód ongin dreógan, Gen. 2281: Seef. 107: An. 270. Eom

gebed-rǽden

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Add: prayers þǽr (on gebedhúse) nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce þe tó Gode belimpð. þæt is gebedrǽden (ꝥ syndon hálige gebedu, v. l.), R. Ben. 81, 5. þæ þæt ic dyde for hiora godcundre gebedrédenne (because of their praying for me

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herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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Add: praise, approbation Mon sceal ðone ingong ðǽre tǽlinge wið heringe gemengan, ðætte hié for ðǽre lícunga ðǽre heringe . . . eác geðafigen ðá tǽlinge ipsa invectionis exordia permixta sunt laude temperanda, ut dum admittunt favores etiam correptiones

sceáwere

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add: a watchman Episcopus is grécisc nama, ꝥ is on léden speculator, and on englisc sceáwere, for þám þe hé is geset tó þám ꝥ hé ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, swá swá God sylf cwæð tó Ezechiele: ' Speculatorem dedi te ic þé gesette tó

ǽg-hwilc

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Add: as substantive, absolute Egsan sceal ǽghwylc habban, Ps. Th. 75, 9. Ǽghwylc gecwæð, B. 987. His brúcan mót ǽghwylc on eorðan, Sch. 66. Hé tó ǽghwylcum sóð sprecende wæs, Bl. H. 223, 29. Fýr biþ ymbútan on ǽghwylcum, þeáh hé uppe seó, Sat. 265: An

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animateto excite to a feeling of compunction

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to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate Onbryrde instigavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 82. Hé hí tó geleáfan onbryrde, Blickl. Homl. 107, 2. Hí se héhsta Déma mid elne onbryrde inspired her with courage, Judth. Thw. 22, 37; Jud. 95. Git mid fullwihte

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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Sunday Iúdagum Romani and eác Angli gehálgedon on ðisra tungla gemynde heora dagas, and ðæne forman dæg hig héton Sunnandæg, forðan heó ys ealra tungla wlitegost, and se dæg wæs ealra daga fyrmest on heora dagum, and nú ys on úrum tíman, Gode lof ealles

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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The office of a teacher, mastership, governance, teaching Forðonðe nán cræft nis tó lǽranne ðæm ðe hine ǽr geornlíce ne leornode forhwon beóþ ǽfre suǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ðonne se cræft ðæs láreówdómes biþ

mynecenu

(n.)
Grammar
mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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Mynecenu monacha vel monialis Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Munuc and mynecenu ðe Gode sylfum beóþ gehálgode, and hyra gehát Gode geháten habbaþ, L. Ecg. P. iii. II.; Th. ii. 198, 32. Seó mynecynu monacha, iv. 9; Th. ii. 206, 16 : Homl.

be-weorpan

(v.)
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be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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to cast, cast down, throw; projicere, dejicere Seó cwén hét [híg] ðam cyninge heáfod ofaceorfan, and bewyrpan on ánne cylle the queen commanded [them] to cut off the king's head, and to cast it into a vessel, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 33. Hwæt bewearp ðé on

sǽd

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add: what is sown: in pl. kinds of seeds .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, C. D. iv. 306, 28. Sǽdu on eorðan sendan, Lch. iii. 188, 1. an individual grain of seed Hiera sǽd gefeóllon on ðá ðornas, Past. 67

swilc

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swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a. Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne

fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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Add: absolute Fylstende adstipulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml. Th. i. 506, 16. to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something, to help to the attainment

DREÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREÓGAN, to dreóganne; part. dreógende; ic dreóge, ðú dreógest, drýhst, he dreógeþ, drýhþ, dríhþ, pl. dreógaþ; p. ic, he dreáh, dreág, ðú druge, pl. drugon; pp. drogen; v. trans.

to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fightăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre DREE, endure ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre to enjoy frui To be employed, be busyăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse

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to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight; ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre To dreóganne wordum and dǽdum willan ðínne to do thy will by words and deeds, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 23; Gen. 2349. Ðe he dreógan sceolde which he had to

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fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting jējūniuma fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall mūnīmentum, arx, castelluman inclosed place, cloister claustrum

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a fast, fasting; jējūnium Ðis feówertigfealde fæsten wæs asteald on ðære ealdan gecýðnysse this fortyfold fast was established in the old testament, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 1. Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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a settlement, an agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers Se seht ðe Godwine eorl worhte betweónan ðam arcebisceop and ðam híréde æt Sc̃e Augustine, and Leófwine preóste, Chart. Th. 349, 19. Spǽcon ðá Leófríces

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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to take out a tenth part of anything On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; ðonne gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas ( if we take a tenth of the days of the year ), ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðing*-*dagas, Homl. Th

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Take here fléma, and add Flíma profugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 44. Flýma, i. 50, . 57 one who flees from danger Flýma (aemulorum vesaniae cedens) profugus, An. Ox. 7a 213. God mé flíman hider tó cówrum gemǽran gelǽdde, Ap. Th. 9, 13. a run-away, deserter

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