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stæf

(n.)
Grammar
stæf, es; m.

a staffsticka written charactera letterthe old letters having been carved on stavesa mark in writinga letter as representing a minute detaila collection of written symbolsa letterwriting lettersbook-learningliteraturean element, a rudimentbaculus, virga, regulaa staff, post; a letterlearning

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Ǽlc stæf hæfþ þreó ðing, nomen, figura, potestas, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 18-5, 5. S, wuldres stæf, Salm. Kmbl. 225; Sal. 112: 250; Sal. 124. Ic háten eom, swá ða siex stafas sweotule bécnaþ, Exon. Th. 407, 4; Rä. 25, 10. Áwriten Gréciscum stafum, Lk.

Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Uton áwendan úrne willan tó Gode, 28, 174: Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 29. to return :-- Hé áwende his swurd intó dǽre sceáðe, Hml.

Linked entry: on-wendan

beorg

(n.)
Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.

a hillmountaincollismonsa heapBURROW or barrowa heap of stonesplace of burialtumulus

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Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

Linked entries: beorh berg biorg

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tollat unusquisque agnum, Ex. 12, 3. Swá swá lamb sicut agni, Ps. Spl. 113, 4. Swá sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Lambra, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. Mid lamba rysle cum adipe agnorum, Deut. 32, 14.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 306, 31: Wulfst. 267, 9. Stánbogan stapulum fæste, Beo. Th. 5430; B. 2718. Hé hét stapulas ásettan erectis stipitibus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr.

ge-beórscipe

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

ge-cirredness

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Ǽlc endebyrdnys on mynstre sceal beón gehealden be heora gecyrrednysse ( according to the date of entrance ), 112, 23. conversion Óswold hine tó fulluhte nam, fægen his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, l. á-scunian,

to abhordetestto express hate or scorn of:-- to reject because of hate or scorn

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Ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014;P. 145, 7. Wé ásittað ꝥ þá bóceras áscunion ꝥ wé ymbe heora dígolnyssa þus rúmlíce sprecað, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Hwæt hí lufian sceolon and hwæt hí sceolon hatian and ásceonian, Wlfst. 303, 24.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Nú nunc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe nú ( modo ) hás ys for hreáme, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29.

gáte-treów

(n.)
Grammar
gáte-treów, es; n.

A cornel tree?cornus sanguinea?

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Lin Genim bircean, elebeám, gátetreów, ǽlces treówes dǽl take birch, olive-tree, cornel-tree, a part of each tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm, ii. 86, 8

gétan

(v.)
Grammar
gétan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To grantto confirmassent to

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Gétton hit ælle ða óþre all the others assented to it, 656; Th. 53, 27

munuc-regol

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-regol, es; m.

the rule of a monastic orderthe monastic order which observes a certain rule

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Skt. 3, 145. the monastic order which observes a certain rule Ic geann into ǽlcum munucregole .i. pund, Chart. Th. 544, 12

fæst-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423

mán-áþ

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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Stæpe, stepe passus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 8. Ne mágon becuman ða stæpas ðæs weorces ðieder ðe hé wilnaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 17. Ágotene synt míne stapas (stæpas, Spl.), Ps. Lamb. 72, 2.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Seó blinde netele or netle the blind or dead nettle; archangelica [lamium album, Lin.], Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 51; Wrt. Voc. 31, 61: L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 4. Blinda mann a parasite; palpo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 46, 47.

for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silencekeep silentsĭlentio prætĕrīretăcēreretĭcēre

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Ǽlc cræft biþ forsúgod, gif he biþ bútan wisdóme every craft it passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10, MS. Cot

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr hé it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.

ge-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówe, -trýwe, -trúwe, -tréwe; def. se -treówa; comp. -treówra; superl. -treówest; adj.

Truetrustyfaithfulfīdusfīdēlis

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Ǽlc getreówa man every true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 9, note 12, MS. B. Mid fulre gewitnesse and getreówre with full and true witness, L. Ath. v. § 10; Th. i. 240, 9. Gif þegen hæbbe getreówne man if a thane have a true man, L. C.

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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course of a moving body Wǽron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, ðæt ǽlc man beó ácenned be steorrena gesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, Homl.