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grundlinga

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Add: where a building is razed to the ground, is destroyed to its foundations Ðá sǽde hé þæt his (of the temple) sceolde weorðan ǽghwylc stán grundlinga tóworpen dico uobis, non relinquetur hic lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur, Wlfst. 88, 20.

hreóf

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D. 157, 6. of a thing, Wal. 8 (in Dict.)

inc

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. ¶ plural and dual forms are used of the same persons :-- Se ealdor and his prófost cómon, þus cweðende: 'Wé andbidodon ðín, ... and þú ne cóme' ... 'Hwí secge gé þæt ic ne cóme? Hwæt lál ne æteówode ic inc bám slápendum?

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan mihte, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 20. a race of men, a people Ðis mannkynn lifað fela geára hoc genus hominum multos vivit annos. Nar. 38, 22. Mannkynn . . . þá man háteð Silhearwan, 29.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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an observer, one who examines into a matter Wé willaþ ðæt se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde, ðe ðis gewrit áspyraþ, Anglia viii. 331, l.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð invidia 235, 13. For ðæs æfstes scylde per livoris vitium 237, i. Æfestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12. Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7. Mid ðám þyccylum ðǽre æfæste invidiae Gr. D. 117, 28: 118, 2.

dæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíd, e; f. [dæg day, tíd time]

Day-time, time diei tempus

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Day-time, time; diei tempus On ðære dægtíde at that time, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 4; Gen. 1659. On dæg-tídum in the day-time, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 26; Rä. 18, 3: 126 a; Th. 484, 23; Rä. 71, 6

Eádmundes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmundes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Eádmundes Edmund's, burh the town]

St. Edmundsbury, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

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D. 1046, forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc to of Sc̃e Eádmundes byrig here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 15

Linked entry: Bederices weorþ

lencten-eorþe

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-eorþe, an; f.

veractum

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Ducange gives 'veractum champ reonné' and refers to warectum 'terra novalis, seu requieta, quia alternis requiescit, sic dicta, inquit Edw. Cokus quasi vere novo victum, vel subactum.'], Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 16; Wrt. Voc. 15, 16

Linked entry: eorþe

mete-láf

(n.)
Grammar
mete-láf, e; f.

A remnant of food

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On ðíne meteláfa in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20

bóc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cræft, es; m.

Book-learning, learning, literatureliteratura

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Dial. pref. 2

ge-byrd-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrd-tíd, e;f

Birth-tidetime of birthnatale tempus

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Birth-tide, time of birth; natale tempus Se dæg com Herodes gebyrdtíde dies accidit Herodis natalis, Mk. Bos. 6, 21 : Gen. 40, 20, Fram gebyrdtíde brémes cyninges from the birth-tide of the glorious king, Chr. 973; Th. 224, 36; Edg. 12

Linked entries: byrd-tíd ge-byr-tíd

ge-wissung

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Add: a becoming certain, certainty Ealle ðás foresǽdan ðing sind mid micelre gewissunge getrymde þurh ðisne æfterfyligendan cwyde, Hml.

wearrihtness

(n.)
Grammar
wearrihtness, e ; f.

Hardness of skin, roughness of skin as in leprosy

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Hardness of skin, roughness of skin as in leprosy Rúh wærhitnys callositas, wearrihtnys, rúh wærihtnys scabredo (leprosi, quos dira cutis callositas elephantino tabo deturpans, Ald. 49), Hpt. Gl. 490, 33-36.

spracen

(n.)
Grammar
spracen, es; n.

The berry-bearing alderrhamnus frangula.

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Spreckenholz Dan. spregner Swed. dial. sprakved,' Lchdm. ii. 406. The word glosses apeletum in Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 83 : ii. 8, 4 3, for alnetum (Cockayne) Genim spracen berindred, Lchdm. ii. 58, 8: 66, 3

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Hwí swencst ðú ðis folc . . . Pharaon swencþ ðín folc cur afflixisti populum istum?. . . Pharao afflixit populum tuum, Ex. 5, 22-23.

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtíme geár ǽgðer ge þurh mænigfealde gylda and eác þurh hefigtýmne hunger, Chr. 1096; P. 233, 3.

ende-dógor

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dógor, es; m. n.

The final day, day of one's deathfinālis dies, mortis dies

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The final day, day of one's death; finālis dies, mortis dies Wæs endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 8; Gú. 905: 49 b; Th. 171, 1?; Gfi. 1125: 50a; Th. 174, 7; Gu. 1174.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

hrægel-talu

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-talu, e; f.
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Dipl. Kmbl. v. 218, 20

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, e ; f.

A meadowan ing

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Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306