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saltere

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Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32. Mid sange. . . sealteres cum decantatione psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. Hí singan sealtere psallant psalterium, 412, 679.

searu

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Add Sé áwyrgeda gást þæs preóstes heortan mid his searwes áttre geondsprengde, Guth. 44, 13. Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlan mín ierre mid eówrum searwum ne forte indignatio mea succendatur propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, Past. 435, 10.

út-hleáp

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Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde . . . and hine mon geáhsige, fare þǽr hé ǽr wæs, and geselle his hláforde . LX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 126, 9-8. See also 86, 1-10: 210, 20

beó

(v.)
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', and add: dat. pl. beón Sume gesceafta týmað búton hǽmede; þæt sind beón, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 16. Beón, gif hí man ácwellað, cwelle hig man Iaþe . . . and ete man ꝥ hunig ꝥ hig worhton, Ll. Th. ii. 164, I. Bián apes, Ps.

bóc-cræft

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Hé wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig þæt hé sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas leornian ... forsægenum þám onginnum þára bóccræfta Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat ... despectis litterarum studiis, Gr. D. 95, 12-26: 96, 19.

Dene-mearc

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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36.

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte accidit nobis siti laborare, Nar. 7, 29

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),

enduranceforbearanceabstention

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Similar entries v. for-beran 3, for-byrdig Ðæt hí beóð on ǽlengum ðingum and on ǽlcre longunge geðyldige and on forebyrde eáðmóde patientiae longanimitate humiles, Past. 41, 17. abstention, Similar entries v. for-beran 5 Hió gesette ofer eall hyre ríce þæt

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Voc. ii. 123, 67. þæt flǽsc beó gebrǽd on fýre, Angl. viii. 322, 14, 16. Nán ðing hreáw, ne on wætere gesoden, ac gebrǽd tó fýre, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 5. Dǽl fisces gebrédedes (-bréddes, R.), Lk. L. 24, 42. Gebrǽdedne æppel, Lch. ii. 132, 14.

ge-wind

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Cf. windan; 4 Wíngearda gewind capreoli (cf. capreoli vel cincinni wíngearda hócas þe hí mid bindað þæt him néhst bið, 38, 59), Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 10. what is woven.

ge-wísian

(v.)
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Þæt wé ús sylfe ge þá þe wé wísian sceolan swá gewísian swá swá úre ealra þearf sý, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 24. (1 a) to direct a person to (tó ) something :-- Ꝥ gesceád hí gewýsigen sceall tó weldǽdum, Hml. S. 1, 148. with dat.

lácnung

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Wite hé þæt hé þá gýmenne þára umtrumra sáula tó rihtre lácnunge underféng noverit se infirmarum curam suscepisse animarum, R. Ben. 51, 12.

nytan

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Cf. witan; 8 Nát hé þára góda þæt hé mé ongeán sleá, B. 681. Hí ðæs godcundan gesceádes nyston ðurh stemne, Hml. Th. i. 106, 4. Eom ic cnæpling and nytende mínes færes, ii. 576, 15. with dat. infin.

of-sittan

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Add Wæs álýfed þám ealdum mannum þæt hí móston heora fýnd mid stranglicre mihte ofsittan, and mid wǽpne ácwellan, Hml. Th. i. 522, 15. <b>II a.

on-wealh

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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.

cúþ

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Be ongytenesse þǽre cúþan eástortíde de agnitione certa temporis paschalis, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 684, 20. Cúþum experto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 22: An. Ox. 2488. Tó sóðan ł cúðan pro certo, Hpt. Gl. 416, 42.

geong

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Fram þǽre sylfan iungan mearunesse ah ipsa rudi (cunabulorum) teneritudine, 1491. Gebyrdtída iungan iugeþe (ab ipsa) cunabulorum teneritudine, 2843.

lár

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On ríme wæs þreó þúsend þǽra leóda álesen tó láre ( to instruct Elene about the cross ), El. 286. Wé beódað þǽm mæssepreóstum . . . ꝥ hig swíðe geornlice ymb þæs folces láre sýn . . .

beorhtnes

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Sé hátte Lucifer for þǽre miclan beorhtnisse his mǽran híwes, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35. Seó earme sáwl geseah miccle beoroht-nesse . . . þú gesyhst eallra háligra beorohtnessa, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 27-34. Add

sǽ-fisc

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Habbað eów anweald ofer sǽfyxum (cf. þǽre sǽ fixas, Gen. 1, 28), Hex. 20, 5. Ne þicgen hié fenfixas ne sǽfixas, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Add