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mæsse-úhta

(n.)
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Gé sculon singan sunnanúhtan and mæsseúhton, ǽfre nigon ræpsas mid nigon rǽdingum, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 4. Cf. Crístesmæsse-úhta, Chr. 1021; P. 154, 31

riht-lic

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Add Ic wolde witan hú rihtlic (justum) ꝥ sý ꝥ seó scyld sí wítnod bútan ænde, seó þe þurhtogen byþ mid þám ende, Gr. D. 334, 23. add: proper Þá dagas syndon rihtlice tó fæstenne, Shrn. 80, 2.

riht-líflád

(n.)
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam

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seomian

(v.)
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Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?) laman legre and manega gǽr wæs hleoniende in hire bedde molestia corporali percussa est, multisque annis in lectulo decubans, Gr. D. 2842

under-bæc

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under-bæc, <b>. Ib.</b>
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add: — Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástweard ongeán þá heofenan, ac seó heofon is strengra and ábrét hí ealle under-bæc westward mid hire ryne, Angl. vii. 14, 137. add: — Hit is áwriten ðæt him wǽre betere ðæt hí nó sóðfæstnesse weg ne ongeáten, ðonne

up-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
up-cund, adj.

Supernalcelestial

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Supernal, celestial Onǽled mid ðý upcundan leóhte illustrates superno lumine, Past. 49; Swt. 379, 24. Cuman tó ðam upcundan æþelan ríce, Exon. Th. 17, 10; Cri. 268. Ðæt wé magon upcund ríce gestígan, 348, 27; Sch. 34.

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

of-drǽd

(adj.; part.)
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of-drǽd, of-drǽdd,

terrified, afraid

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Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300

ofer-cýðan

(v.)

to bring stronger testimony than another

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Cf. mid áþe cýðan, gecýðan ðæt hý siððan áþwyrðe nǽron, L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 20

oftrǽd-líc

(adj.)
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oftrǽd-líc, adj.

Frequent

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Frequent Ðis syndon ða wǽpena ðe deófol mid oferswíðed biþ, ofthrǽdlíce rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 2.

spynge

(n.)
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spynge, an; f.

A sponge

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B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32. Spync ł Spynga, Lind.: spynge, Rush. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 46

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á-wídlian

(v.)
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á-wídlian, p. ode.

to contaminatedefilepolluteto profane pollute

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Tunge mín mid ǽlcere leásunge ys áwídlud (profanata), Angl. xi. 117, 41

teár

(n.)
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teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear.a drop of water from the eye,caused by emotion, generally by griefin plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, afflictioncaused by weakness.a tearlike dropthat which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Mid teára ágotennysse, Lchdm. iii. 428, 10. Mid teára gytum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 20. Eágan gefyllede mid teárum, 189, 1. Wépende mid teárum, 151, 20: Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 3. Teárum mǽnan, Exon. Th. 285, 10; Jul. 285. Teárum geótan, 95, 34; Cri. 1567.

self

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self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
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Hé eardode ána mid him sylfum, Gr. D. 105, 29. Wé magon cweþan ꝥ sé wǽre mid him sylfum þe gesǽd is on ðám godspelle ꝥ hé fæder forléte and feorr land sóhte, 106, 24. 1 γ Nú wille ic ꝥ þú sitte þé sylf on þínre cytan, Hml. S. 33, 167. <b>II a.

ge-grípan

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Nim swá mycel swá þú mid þrím fingron gegrípan mæge, Lch. i. 230, 11. Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his praehensa manu ejus, Mk. R. 1, 31. Gegripen adprehensum, Kent.

ge-rád

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Ꝥ sceolon preóstas witan mid fullum geráde (cf. witan mid wísdóme, 305, 8), Angl. viii. 312, 13. Ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað, 331, 1. Ic myngige þæne þe þis wilnað mid geráde áspyrian, 299, 3.

lagu

(n.)
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lagu, lago; m.

seawater

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Mid lande and mid loge mid wude and mid felde cum terra et cum aqua, cum sylva et cum agro, Cd. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 1. Under lyft ofer lagu, Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 21; Ph. 101. Á hafaþ longunge seðe on lagu fundaþ, 82 a; Th. 308, 30; Seef. 47.

líc-hama

(n.)
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líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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Ðonne betǽcþ Crist ða mánfullan mid líchaman and mid sáwle intó hellewíte then will Christ deliver the wicked, body and soul, into hell, ii. 608, 7. Hí tú beóþ in ánum líchoman erant duo in carne una, Bd. i, 27; S. 491, 14.

scip-here

(n.)
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scip-here, es; m.
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Ðá cóman hí sóna mid sciphere mox advecti navibus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 34. Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243.

sin-gal

(adj.)
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sin-gal, adj.
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Mid singalum bénum sedulis questibus, Hymn. Surt. 127, 14. Mid singalum gebedum orationibus adsiduis, Bd. 4, 28 ; S. 606, 29. <b>IIa.</b> of the regular succession of time, daily (cf.

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