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fæsten-tíd

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Transfer the last two passages to riht-fæstentíd, and add

ge-sceandness

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Shame :-- Þ þú mé ne genýde tó áreccenne míne gesceandnysse (-scynd-, v.l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 361. Add

ge-þrístian

(v.)
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Gíf morðwyrhtan ... tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, Ll. Th. i. 324, 12. Add

hosp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hosp-lic, adj.
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Insulting, contumelious, opprobrious, blasphemous Hí ( the Jews ) tó Críste hosplice word wédende sprǽcon, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 31

sundorsprǽc

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Þǽs (James and John) Críst genam oftost and Petrum tó his sundersprǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 21. Add

ofer-trahtnian

(v.)

to comment upon, expound

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to comment upon, expound Langsum hit biþ ðæt wé ealne ðisne lofsang ofertrahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 202, 28

offrung-disc

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-disc, es; m.

A paten

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A paten Ánnæ offringdisc into Nunnamynstær (he gives) one paten to the Nuns' monastery, Chart. Th. 553, 17

Linked entry: disc

of-leógan

(v.)

to lie, be false

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to lie, be false Ða ælþeódgan bearn mé oflugon filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi Ps. Th. 17, 43

scúr-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
scúr-sceadu, (or -scead; n.); f.

A protection against storms

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A protection against storms (cf. umbrella) Nys unc wuht beforan tó scúrsceade, Cd. Th. 50, 23; Gen. 813

gránian

(v.)
Grammar
gránian, p. ode; pp. od
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To groan, lament, murmur Gránude lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69. Hí gránedan murmuraverunt, Ps. Th. 105, 20

wil-gehléþa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gehléþa, þa, an; m.

A pleasant comrade

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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5

in-dryhten

(adj.)
Grammar
in-dryhten, adj.

Noble ⬩ courtly

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Ic eom indryhten and eorlum cúð I am noble and known to men, 130 b ; Th. 500, 3 ; Rä. 89, 1. Ic wát indryhtne giest, 112 a ; Th. 430, 1 ; Rä. 44. 1. Does indryhten wicg ippus ( = ? ϊππos ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 37 belong here ?

Linked entry: dryhten

irfe-láf

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-láf, e; f.

heirloom ⬩ inheritance ⬩ heir

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Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe he [Abraham] was ready to give to the flame, his dear son, the only heir that was left him on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 14 ; Exod. 403

á-fandian

(v.)
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Add: to try, test, with gen. God áfandode Abrahames . . . God áfandað þæs mannes, Angl. vii. 50, 486-9. Ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, Hml. Th. i. 268, 10. with acc.

cólian

(v.)
Grammar
cólian, p. ode, ede; v. intrans.

To COOL ⬩ to be or become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ refrigerari

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Cólaþ Cristes lufu the love of Christ cooleth Exon. 33a; Th. 104, 17; Gú. 9. Sumur-hát cólaþ summer-heat becomes cold Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 58; Reim. 67. Líc cólode the corpse became cold Exon. 51b; Th. 180, 18; Gú. 1281.

Linked entry: a-cólian

ge-ahsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ahsian, p. ode; pp. od

To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre

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Th. 870; B. 433

on-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-lǽnan, p. de; with gen. or acc.

of the loan ⬩ to lend, grant ⬩ to lease, let

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Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 3: L. In. 29; Th. i. 120, 10, 12, 14. Hí ðé onlǽnde wǽron, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 6. to lease, let Denewulf and ða hýwan on Wintanceastre ænlǽnaþ Ælfréde his deg XL. hída landes, Chart. Th. 147, 27

drúsan

(v.)
Grammar
drúsan, drúsian; part. drúsende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. intrans.

To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse

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To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE; cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse Cén drúsende the sinking flame, Elen. Kmbl. 2514; El. 1258. Lagu drúsade, wǽldreóre fág the stream became slower, stained with deadly gore, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.

gistran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gistran-dæg, (gyrstan-dæg, q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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., nú tó dæg Stephanus . . . tó heofenum férde, Hml. Th. i. 56, 28: ii. 286, 26: Hml. S. 23, 468

CNOTTA

(n.)
Grammar
CNOTTA, an; m.

A KNOT ⬩ fastening ⬩ knitting; ⬩ nexus

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Th. ii. 386, 22. To onlýsanne MS. onlýsenne ða fæstan cnottan MS. cnotten to loosen the fast knots Th. Diplm. A. D. 1035; 334, 9: Wanl. Catal. 42, 23. Mid cnottum nexibus Mone B. 3128; Homl. Th. ii. 28, 26