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dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
dæges, adv.
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Substitute: By day, during the day, day Se sunnan seáð bið dæges hát and nihtes ceald, and se mónan seáð bið nihtes hát and dæges ceald, Nar. 36, 26. Ymb his ǽ smeágende dæges and nihtes, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bl. H. 47, 11.

dell

(n.)
Grammar
dell, (dæll), es; n. m.
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B. ii. 202, 8

Linked entry: dæl

dryhten

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Eall swá Iudas Scarioth dyde be úre Drihtene, 1087; P. 222, 35. Wé geleófað on Drihten þyses ælþeódigan mannes, Bl. H. 247, 4

rád-stefn

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Substitute: A summons carried by a mounted person.

stician

(v.)
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In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún ðæt hit sticað on ðǽre eá sylfre . . . forð be ámyrðlonde ðæt hit sticað on Æðeríces gemǽre; andlang ðæs weges ðæt hit sticað on Húnan wege, C.

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificent ⬩ untroubled

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Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.

A dormitory

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Ic begeat ðæt stǽinene slápern and ðlǽrtó ðæs landes be súþan ðæn slépern .xxiiii. gerda on lange. Chart. Th. 156, 20-27

Linked entry: sláp-ern

LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONG ⬩ tall

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Ðæt is nú ðæs líchoman gód ðæt man síe fæger and lang and brád, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 32. Eádweard se langa, Byrht, Th. 139, 53; By 273. Se biþ lang lífes and welig he shall be longlived and wealthy, Lchdm. iii. 156, 18.

a-beofian

(v.)

To be moved or shaken ⬩ to tremble ⬩ moveri ⬩ contremere

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To be moved or shaken, to tremble; moveri, contremere Ealle abeofedan eorþan staðelas movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae, Ps. Th. 81, 5

a-búfan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-búfan, adv.

ABOVE ⬩ supra

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[a + be + ufan] ABOVE ; supra Swá wæ ǽr abúfan sǽdan as we have before above said, Chr. 1090; Th. 358, 15

a-þéstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari

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To be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 29, 4, col.1; Bodl. Laud. 636

a-þiéstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þiéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To overcloud ⬩ to be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari

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To overcloud, to be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþiéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 28, 6, 11, col. 1

eorl-gebyrd

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-gebyrd, e; f. [gebyrd birth].

Noble birth, nobility ⬩ nōbĭlĭtas

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Noble birth, nobility; nōbĭlĭtas Eorlgebyrdum by noble birth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 52; Met. 9, 26 : 10, 54; Met. 10, 27

feówer-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówer-feald, adj.

FOURFOLD ⬩ quadruplus

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FOURFOLD; quadruplus Gif ic ǽnigne bereáfode, ic hit be feówerfealdum agyfe si quid ălĭquem defraudāvi, reddo quadruplum, Lk. Bos. 19, 8

morgen-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-drenc, es; m.

A drink or potion to be taken in the morning

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A drink or potion to be taken in the morning Hé gesette gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. iii. 70, 17

biterian

(v.)
Grammar
biterian, biterigan; p. ode; pp. od

To embitter, make sharp ⬩ acerbare

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To embitter, make sharp; acerbare Ðætte us biterige sió hreówsung that the repentance may be bitter to us, Past. 54, 5

Linked entry: a-biterian

ge-hátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hátian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become or be hot ⬩ concălescĕre

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To become or be hot; concălescĕre Gehátude heorte mín on in me concăluit cor meum intra me, Ps. Spl. 38, 4

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fierce ⬩ gentle

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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

cneord-lǽcan

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H. 14 a substitute Seó lár ne mihte þám cneorðlǽcendum cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, Hml. S. 3, 27

feþrian

(v.)
Grammar
feþrian, p. ode

fledged

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To become feathered, be fledged Feðriað plumescunt (grandia membra mihi (the ostrich) corpore denso, Ald. 255. 26), An. Ox. 26, 27