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trymming

(n.)
Grammar
trymming, e; f. I.a

strengtheningconfirmingestablishingedificationthat which strengthens or supportsa foundation that which edifies

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Nú wylle eów secgan sum ðing ðe eów máge tó trymminge that may serve for your edification, Homl. Ass. 26, 50. Tó geleáfan trymminge for the confirmation of belief, 5, 111. Trimminge, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: truming

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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áslídað on ðǽm unðeáwe. Past. 313, 17. On lust áslád in luxum labescit, An. Ox. 4651. Mín fót áslád. Hml. Th. ii. 392, 10. Þæt ic ne áslíde, Ps. Th. 16, 5. Gif se man æfter his fulluhte áslíde, Hml. Th. i. 292, 23. Gif hwǽr áslídon, 170, 18.

CAT

(n.)
Grammar
CAT, catt, es; m.
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Ger. kazza, f; Dan. kat, m. f: Swed. katt, m: Icel. köttr, m; Fr. chat, m: Span. gato, m: Ital. gatto, m: Lat. cătus, m: Grk. κάττα f: Wel. cáth: Corn. cath, f: Ir. cat: Gael. cat, cait, m: Manx cayt: Armor. kaz, m.]

Linked entry: catte

dóm-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
dóm-fæst, adj. [fæst fast, firm]

Firm in judgment, just, firm, powerfuljnstus, pŏtens

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Twelfe wǽron dǽdum dómfæste the twelve were powerful in deeds, Apstls. Kmbl. 9; Ap. 5. Ic séce swegelcyning, dómfæstra dreám I seek the King of heaven, the joy of the just, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 6; Gú. 1056

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick tobetake oneself togo or come under, below or beneath anythingto go intoenter a placeto undergoinhærēresŭbīreināreintrāre

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Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein, Chr. 755; Th. 87, 3, col. 1. Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor when Grendel's mother came in, Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

nyt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-líc, adj.

Usefulprofitablebeneficial

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Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works, iii. 184, 28. Mǽden ( a girl born on the eighth day of the moon ) is nytlíce, 188, 6.

gefér-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
gefér-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To keep company or fellowshipaccompanyassociateassŏciāre

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Ðǽr beóþ geférlǽhte on ánre súsle, ða ðe on lífe on mándǽdum geþeódde wǽron there shall be associated in one torment those who in life were united in evil deeds, Homl. Th. i. 132, 20 : 414, 34

ge-rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rihtan, -ryhtan; p. -rihte; pp. -rihted, -riht

To set right or straight, to direct, correctdirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre

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Gerihtaþ Drihtnes weg dirĭgĭte viam Dŏmĭni, Jn. Bos. 1, 23. Fram sumum ungetýddum gerihted a quodam impĕrīto emendātum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 24. Mín mundbyrd is geriht to ðære róde my protection is directed to the cross, Rood Kmbl. 259; Kr. 131

Linked entry: ge-ryhtan

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1

Linked entry: for-súgan

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.
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When he was on the way thither and the other troops were on the road home, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 32. Swá heó ǽr dyde þyderweardes as she did before when on the way to that place, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 724.

fore-stæppan

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Of wiðmetennysse forestæppendra gódra wera ex praecedentium comparatione, Gr. D. 8, 20. Take here the instances given under fore-stapan, fore-steppan, and add

Linked entry: fore-steppan

ge-lystan

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Geseah heó ǽnne leahtric and hý gelyste þæs lactucam conspiciens concupivit, 30, 33. with infin. of action a person desires to do Hwílum hié wel gelyst út gangan and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. with dat. of person (and infin.)

glíwian

(v.)
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An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan, ii. 249, 35. Hyndehlýpan, 421, 19. a precipitous fall in a river (?) Andlang slades tó Wulláfes hlýpan, C. D. iii. 431, 17. Tó preóstan lýpan, C. D. B. ii. 310, 25.

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

sǽl

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wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, es; m. n. (?)

Rust

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on weg ádrifan of mínre tungan, Shrn. 35, 20. Similar entries v. syn-rust

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Gr. 50, 15; Som. 51, 20. one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.' v. Maskell's Monumenta Ritualia, i. cii Ðæt synd ða hálgan béc ... sangbóc ..., L. Ælfc.

wealdende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wealdende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ruling powerful

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Hwæþer ðú nú wéne ðæt ðæs cyninges geférrǽden and se wela and se anweald ðe hé gifþ his deórlingum mæge ǽnigne mon gedón weligne oððe wealdendne? an vero regna regumque familiaritas efficere potentem valent? 29, 1; Fox 102, 4.

Linked entry: ge-wealdende