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simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle; adv.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ continually ⬩ continuously ⬩ without intermission ⬩ on every occasion or opportunity ⬩ without missing ⬩ in unbroken succession

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Th. 419, 13; Rä. 38, 5. in clauses with a comparative Symle biþ ðý heardra ðe hit sǽstreámas swíðor beátaþ it keeps getting harder the more the waves beat it, Cd. Th. 80, 7; Gen. 1325: Beo. Th. 5752; B. 2880: Salm.

Linked entries: siemle symble symle

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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<b>IV c.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order, which only were known in England before the Conquest.

tó-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rendan, p. -rende

To rend in two, ⬩ tear in pieces

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To rend in two, tear in pieces Se héh ðá sacerd tóslát ł tórende woedo his summus autem sacerdos scindens vestimenta sua, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 63.

Linked entry: rendan

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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Ic him þá máðmas geald æt gúðe leóhtan sweorde, B. 2492. Mid þá leóhtan gedryht with the band in shining robes, El. 737. Dryhtnes onsién sunnan leóhtre, Cri. 1652. Sceán leóht inn. . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre, Vis. Lfc. 54. <b>I a.

cipe

(n.)
Grammar
cipe, ciepe, an; f.

An onion ⬩ cæpa, allium cæpe

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M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 24. Genim garleac and cipan take garlic and onion, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 15. Twá cipan oððe þreó gebrǽd on ahsan roast two or three onions in ashes, 1, 69 ; Lchdm. ii. 144, 14

Linked entry: ciepe

þenden

(adv.; con.)

While ⬩ as long as, ⬩ (all the) while (that) ⬩ while, ⬩ at some time during the period when ⬩ Meanwhile

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Ex. 182. where the period of the action of the verb in the first clause is included within that of the verb in the subjoined clause, while, at some time during the period when Gif ic ǽnegum þegne þeódenmádmas forgeáfe, þenden wé on ðan gódan ríce sǽton

Linked entry: þende

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes

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Is Élíg ðæt land eall mid fenne and mid water ymbseald est Elge pălūdĭbus circumdăta vel ăquis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 4. Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

ge-metgung

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Add: moderation, temperance, v. ge-metgian; I Temperantia, ꝥ is gemetegung . . . witodlíce gemetegung is eallra mægena módor, Hml. S. I. 161 : Wlfst. 247, 15. Sam hí þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ þeáh. Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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His cempan mid wolcnreádum wǽfelse hine bewǽfdon his soldiers clothed him in a scarlet robe, ii. 252, 25. Ic eom réáde bewǽfed I am clothed with red, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484. 2; Rä. 70, 1: Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 19

Linked entry: wǽfan

mete

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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.

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a clearing in a wood. Cf. snǽdan, II. Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and se alhmunding snǽd hére intó preosda byrig Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 100, 16. Be ðam gráue ðæt hit cymþ intó ðam snǽde; and of ðam snǽde iii. 399, 34.

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol,es; m.

A swathe, wrap, band, bandage; cf. swaddling band, clothes ⬩ of a funeral pile in whose fire the body is wrapped

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Voc. ii. 34, 74. Sueðelas suedilas instites, Txts. 69, 1060. Sweþelas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 48. Sweoþolas fascia [e? ], 93, 69. Suuoeðles institis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44. Suaeðila fasciarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 18. Sweþila, 34, 76. Sweþela, 82, 36.

irsigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
irsigend-líc, adj.
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There is one part in her capable of desire; a second capable of anger, a third is rational [cf. Bt. 33. 4; Fox 132, 4], Homl. Skt. 1, 97

scrift-scír

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-scír, e ; f.

The district in which a confessor exercises his functions

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I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 38: 19; Th. ii. 326, 2

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever

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Hwæt eom ic manna ðæt ic mihte god forbeódan what manner of man am I, that I could forbid God, Homl. Swt.10, 191: Elen. Kmbl. 1802; El. 903: Beo. Th. 479; B. 237. Hwæt is þinga ðe bitere síe what thing is there that is bitterer?

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter

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Ðǽm biscopum ðe hér on worlde syndon swýðe gelíce gegange ðæm biscope ðe Paulus geseah it shall happen to those bishops that are in this world as it did to the bishop that St. Paul saw, Blickl. Homl. 45, 4 : 59, 4.

god-spell

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Th. ii. 550, 1

preówt-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
preówt-hwíl, e; f.
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On ánre preówthwíle on ðære endenétan býman in ictu oculi, in nouissima tuba, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 23. Cf. be-príwan to wink with the eye, Wulfst. 148, 13

Linked entry: be-prenan

orige

(adj.)

in the following passage

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If he (the thief) run away, and gets clear off(?), then shall he (the captor. For the responsibility of one who lets a thief escape, see L. In. &sect; &sect; 36, 72) be liable to fine, L. In. 28 ; Th. i. 120, 7. (?)