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andettan

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Ic andette þæt hig cómon tó mé fateor, venerunt ad me, Jos. 2, 4. to confess a person (v. andettere), acknowledge excellence in something Ǽlc ðǽra de mé andet ætforan mannum, ic andette hine ætforan mínum Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 27.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Gif ðæs módes forhæfdnes mid ungeðylðe ne ascóke ( excuteret ) ðá sibbe of ðǽm sceáte ðǽre smyltnesse, Past. 311, 15. Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14.

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

bufan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
bufan, prep. adv.
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Tugon hié hrægl bufan cneów, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16. upon Lege míne tunecan bufon ðǽra deádra líc, Hml. Th. i. 72, 33. <b>B.</b> adv. of previous mention :--- Swá hit bufan hér áwriten is, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 21.

dígolnes

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Add: secrecy, privacy, solitude Hwý hié þára geearnunga hiora dígelnesse (diég-, v. l.) and ánette bet trúwien ðonne ðǽre hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen qua mente utilitati ceterorum secretum praeponit suum, Past. 46, 2. a secret, mystery Heó þurhwunode

frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Lege tó ðǽre wunde, oþ ðæt þú ongite ꝥ seó frécnys (frǽcnes, v.l. ) sý út átogen, Lch. i. 92, 19. Ungecyndelic is ǽlcre wuhte ꝥ hit wilnige frécennesse oððe deáþes. Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 8: 20; F. 72, 6. Betwuh ðá frécnesse stówe inter Scyllam, Wrt.

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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Ne wilnað ná se wísa tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié, ac wýscð ðæt hit ( the wrongdoing) him (the wrongdoer) gehreówe, ðæt hé (the wise man ) hit mæge siððan forgifan, Past. 220, 16. Þec gelegdon on bend hǽðene . . .

ge-timbrung

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Paulus spræc be ðǽre getimbrunge þǽre geleáffullan gelaðunge. Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22.

here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Add: On ðá strét; andlang strét. . . on ðone herepað; of ðám herepað . . . on ðá strét; of ðǽre stréte, C. D. iv. 49, 6-13. For weg see C.

Linked entry: her-pæþ

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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</b> of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 93, 18.

up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Hé becom tó ðæm heáhsetle ðære róde; on ðæm upstige (by the ascent of the cross) eall úre líf hé getremede, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.

Linked entry: waad

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Seó niht hæfð seofan dǽlas . . óþer is uesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfensteorra betwux ðǽre repsunge æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28: Angl. viii. 319, 28. Ðá éfern (éfen, R.) warð vespere facto, Mt. L. 26, 20.

on-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.

to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice)to raise (as barm does), to leavento take up, beginto take awaymetaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)

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Spl. 71. 7. metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense) Ǽlc ðæra ðe hine onhefþ, hé sceal beón geeádmét. Homl. Th. i. 202, 33. Ǽlc ðe hine anhefþ, hé biþ geneoþerad, and ǽlc ðe hine geneoþeraþ, hé biþ mid weorþmynte onhafen. . . .

Linked entries: an-hebban in-hebban

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Hé com on ðære syxtan ylde on ðysne middangeard mancyn tó álýsenne, 71, 26: Homl. Th. i. 62, 11

Linked entry: middan-eard

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Ðǽr se wísdóm á wunaþ on gemyndum there wisdom ever dwells in mind, 7, 79; Met. 7, 39. Me hæfþ ðeós gnornung ðære gemynde benumen this grief has deprived me of the recollection, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 20.

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Hié simle lócigeaþ tó ðære eorþan ad terram semper inclinantur, Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 155, 20. Hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 17. In ðé sáule sóðfæstra simle gerestaþ, Exon. Th. 4, 16 ; Cri. 53 : Met. 20, 238.

Linked entries: symble symle

bútan

(con.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; conj. [be, útan out] .
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Sume men sǽdon ðæt ðǽr nǽran bútan twegen dǽlas some men said that there were but two parts. Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 6

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticeemplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Swylce ðǽr clýða togelǽd wǽre as if a poultice were laid there, Herb. 51, 2; Lchdm. i. 154, 18.

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

Cwénas

(n.)
Grammar
Cwénas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Quaines

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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwēnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen.

Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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He ðǽr wolde dígol beón he would there be hidden, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4. Is seó forþgesceaft dígol and dyrne the future condition is dark and secret, Menol. Fox 585; Gn. C. 62.