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lád

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All the following passages occur in charters of Oswald, bishop of Worcester Sí hit ǽlces þinges freoh bútan ferdfare and walgeworc and brycggeworc and circanláde, C.D. iii. 5, 14: 159, 31.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, ⬩ portion

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Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32.

hám-fæst

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Ic and míne geféran on Ephesa byrig hámfæste wǽron I and my companions had our home in Ephesus 23, 739. Add: —

ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.

blíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
blíce, es; m.

An exposure ⬩ denudatio

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[blícan II. to shine by exposure, as the bones] An exposure; denudatio Gif bánes blíce weorþeþ, þrím scillingum gebéte if there be an exposure of the bone [by wounding], let amends be made with three shillings, L. Ethb. 34; Th. i. 12, 4

ge-byre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas

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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe ; f.
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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device ; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: sirwe syrwa

west-healf

(n.)
Grammar
west-healf, e; f.
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The western side On westhealfe ab occasu, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 13: ad occidentem, Num. 3, 23. On westhealfe ðære cyrican ad occidentalem ecclesiae partem Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 543, 34 : Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 10

ge-hendnys

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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

blissigend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
blissigend-lic, adj.

Joyous

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Joyous Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplic swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlic tó ðám écum lífe, Hml. Th. i. 354, 11

mánful-lic

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Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn tó dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add

weorold-þing

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Add: a secular matter Hí beóð ábysgode ná ymbe godcundlice þing, ac ymbe woroldþing non diuinis, sed uanis solent instare loquelis, Chrd. 34, 12

clypnys

(n.)
Grammar
clypnys, clypenes, -nyss, -ness, e; f.

An embrace ⬩ complexus

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An embrace; complexus To clypnysse ðæs heofonlícan brýdguman eádig fǽmne ineóde ad complexum sponsi cælestis virgo beata intraret Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 6

Linked entry: clypenes

un-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæst, adj.

Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak

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Hwæt getácnaþ ðonne ðæt flǽsc búton unfæsð weorc and hnesce...? Oft ðeáh gebyreþ ðætte sume on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene quid per carnes nisi infirma quaedam ac tenera acta signantur?

á-stihting

(n.)
Grammar
á-stihting, e; f.

Instigation

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Instigation Of ástihtinge instinctu, i. doctrina, An. Ox. 2707. [So also Hpt. Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]

belced-sweora

(adj.)
Grammar
belced-sweora, adj.

Possessed of an inflated neck ⬩ inflata cervice præditus

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Possessed of an inflated neck; inflata cervice præditus Ic eom belced-sweora I am neck-inflated Exon. 127 b; Th. 489, 24; Rä. 79, 1

Linked entry: sweora

eln-boga

(n.)
Grammar
eln-boga, an; m.

An elbow ⬩ cŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde the arm had no bending at the elbow, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entries: el-boga elm-boga

in-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
in-færeld, es; n.

An entrance

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An entrance Úre gást forhtode tó eówrum infærelde elanguit cor nostrum ad introitum vestrum, Jos. 2, 11. Infæreld introitus : infærelda vestibula, introitus, Hpt. Gl. 498

un-ceápunga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ceápunga, adv.

Without payment or recompense ⬩ gratis

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Without payment or recompense; gratis Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé unceápunga orlæg secge, Cd. Th. 262, 18; Dan. 746

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