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hlid

fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door

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Add: that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture Bytte hlid cordias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80.

rihtung

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Ma[n] sceal healdan gemet an þǽre rihtinge mensura extendenda est correctionum, Chrd. 60, 20. Add Rihtinc regulam, An. Ox. 1079

symbel-calic

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-calic, es; m.

A chalice

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A chalice for use at festivals or at the solemnity of the Mass. II. Ic an Ðeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte and simbelcalice, Chart. Th. 515, 18

Linked entry: calic

mín

(adj.; pronoun.)
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mín, adj. pron.

Mine ⬩ my

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Mínre sylfre síþ, Exon. 115 a; Th, 441, 20; Kl. 2. Grammar mín, with ágen Ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 20

heorþ

a hearth ⬩ fire place

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Brǽdingce on heorþum tó móse assaturam (alimentorum) in focularibus (praeparatam) ad edulium, An. Ox. 376: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 30. as typical of the household or home Án mylen . . . and .vii. heorðas bútan ðon, and þreó cyrcan, C. D. v 316, 2

byrðen-strang

(adj.)
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ad; Burthen-strong, strong to bear burdens; oneribus portandis robustus Assa is stunt nýten, and byrðenstrang an ass is a foolish beast, and strong for burdens, Homl. Th. i. 208, 13

scimrian

(v.)
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.

ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.

Burning

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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

riht-racu

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Add: reason Hé ne séceð ná þone geleáfan, ac rihtræce and gesceádwísnesse fidem non quaerit, sed rationem, Gr. D. 264, 12. Cf. Is ꝥ forinweardlíce riht racu, Bt. 40, 1; F. 236, 10, where riht seems an adjective qualified by an adverb

ceáp-scip

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-scip, es; n.

A merchant ship, trading ship ⬩ navis mercatoria

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A merchant ship, trading ship; navis mercatoria Hí wícingas wurdon, and æt ánum cyrre án c and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon they became pirates, and took, at one time, one hundred and eighty trading ships, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 2

helle-loc

(n.)
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an enclosure in hell; in pl. hell as a prison Ꝥ hí scoldan hine gelǽdan tó hellelocum (ad inferni claustra), Gr. D. 325, 30

á-cennan

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Add: to produce, &c., where the product is of the same kind as the producer, in reference to men or animals Tó ácennene ad propagandam An. Ox. 1400. Ácennende wæs enixa est Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 38. Ácenned cretus 21, 23.

Linked entry: on-cennan

offrian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to make a sacrifice, sacrifice Ne tweónige hé ná ꝥ hé ne offrað deófle, Hml. A. 146, 49. Ofrude litarat, An. Ox. 370. Offriað gé mid rihtwísnesse, and bringað þá Gode tó lácum, Ps. Th. 4, 6.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.

ge-frége

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frége, es; n.

A knowing ⬩ knowledge ⬩ hearsay ⬩ cognĭtio ⬩ audītio

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A knowing, knowledge, hearsay; cognĭtio, audītio Míne gefrége in my knowledge, as I have heard, Andr. Kmbl. 3251; An. 1628 : Apstls. Kmbl. 50; Ap. 25

þæran

(v.)
Grammar
þæran, (? þærran)
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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere.

Linked entries: þerran þirran

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

mæðel-hégende

(v.; part.)
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mæðel-hégende, part. pres.

Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council ⬩ consulting ⬩ conversing

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Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council, consulting, conversing Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen mæðelhégende ( in council ), Andr. Kmbl. 1217; An. 609. Beornas cómon mæðelhégende . .

sib-leger

(n.)
Grammar
sib-leger, es; m.
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An incestuous person Be siblegerum. And æt siblegerum ða witan gerǽddan, ðæt cyng áh ðone uferan and bisceop ðone nyðeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 13-15. Cf. for-liger ; m

Linked entry: -leger

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, f.
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Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þære wyllan (ad fontem). Gr. D. ii. 21. On winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, C. D. iii. 394, 8. Add

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