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á-blycgan

(v.)
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á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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Th. i. 314, 16 : Hml. A. 116, 447 : Hml. S. 3, 120. Wurdon þurh ðæt wundor áblicgede, 5, 89: Hml. Th. i. 386, 35. Ábliccedum attonitis An. Ox. 3506. v. un-geblyged in Dict

ǽþm

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Add Ǽþm alitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 71. Æthm, ii. 99, 78.

ǽt

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Add: food Æt edulium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 5. He ǽtes ne gimde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 16. móse, ǽte ad edulium, i. ad uescendum, An. Ox. 3762. Be ǽte de cibo, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20.

cwilman

(v.)
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Add: to torment Ansýn þara cwelra þe cwylmað ðá earman tortorum facies, Dóm. L. 203: Wlfst. 139, 5. se draca ne ceówe ne ne cwelme, Gr. D. 324, 27. Ic eom cwielmed on ðýs liége, Past. 309, 7. Cwylmed, Bl. H. 63, 6: Dóm L. 216. <b>I a.

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eardung

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Add: abstract, living, dwelling. of men (or spirits) Eardung wæs municipatus fuerat, An. Ox. 2, 395: 4853. Ne biþ Crístes eardung (or ?) on þǽre heortan, Bl. H. 13, 23.

ge-hwider

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. 3, 17 ; Sch. 267, 17.

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Brǽd heáfod hider and geond, Lch. ii. 38, 4. <b>II a.</b> with a verb of looking :-- Ic lócade hider and geond ( huc illucque ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 622, 2

geára

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Take here <b>geára, geáro</b> in Dict. and add Geára oþþe geógára jam Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geára gewunan oððe gewunede obtani 65, 3. Þǽm þa geára ábolgen wæs for manna synnum, Bl. H. 9, 6.

gold-blóma

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Add: A gold-bloom (v. N. E. D.), marigold(?). In favour of the meaning 'golden mass' it may be noted that blóma is not found in A.

hen

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Voc. i. 77, 35. Henn, 281, 29: 41, 18. Án henne ǽg unum ovum gallinaceum, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 301, 18. henne ǽges hwíte , Lch. ii. 110, 2. Hænne flǽsc næs swíþe gesoden, 194, 7. Oþ hénne stigele Cht. Crw. 7, 53.

húru-þinga

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Add: an emphatic modification of húru. v. húru; þám þone mete, þone þágýta fullfremedlíce geblissiende þicgean ne mihton, húruþinga (húru, v. l. saltem ) geómriende onbyrigdon, Gr. D. 170, 7.

hræd-ness

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Voc. ii. 105, 24. Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr.

hreóh-nes

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On þǽre hreóhnesse, gedréfnesse ea tempestate (florens ), An. Ox. 2420. a rough place, desert(?) Hine hig tihton on unwæterigre stówe ł on reóhnesse ( in inaquoso ), Ps. L. 77, 40. v. hreóh a storm

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(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity forseóð selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað sýn sylfe góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.

leóma

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Ox. 88. a ray, portion of brilliant light. of the light of a heavenly body Swá under ánum leóman þǽre sunnan (ánum sunnan leóman, v. l.) sub uno solis radio, Gr. D. 171, 12. Under ánum leóman (sunnan leóman, v. l. ), 172, 22: An. Ox. 2970.

med-micel

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Bd. 5, 12, infra. ] add: with reference to quality, degree, &c. of persons or personal attributes Ðá metmiclo pussillanimes, Rtl. 11, 39.

reccan

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Þá reccinge þe rehte, Hml. S. 30, 376. Ǽr ðiosum rehton (reahton, v. l. ostendimus] hwelc beón sceolde ðe ðǽm biscepdóme cuman sceolde; willað reccan (demonstremus) ðǽron libban scyle, Past. 73, 21-23: 173, 14.

swín

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Ne án ne án swín næs belyfon næs gesæt on his ( William I ) gewrite, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 29. Genim swínes scearu þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62. 27.

gang-dagas

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gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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Cómon þá scipo þám gangdagum (gan-, v. l.), Chr. 1016; P. 149, 3. þám gongdagan, 1063; P. 191, 9. Ofer Eástron ymbe gangdagas oþþe ǽr, 892; P. 82, 30. þe stalað . . . on Gang-dagas . . . willað . . . sié twybóte. Ll. Th. i. 64, 24.

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan