þegnest
Service
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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)
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hóring
An adulterer, fornicator
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An adulterer, fornicator Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181
ammi
Ammi, an African umbelliferous plant ⬩ millet ⬩ bishopwort ⬩ ammi Copticum
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Ammi, an African umbelliferous plant, millet, bishopwort; ammi Copticum [ἄμμι g. ἄμμεως] Ðeós wyrt ðe man ami, and óðrum naman milium, nemneþ this wort which is named ammi, and by another name millet, Herb. 164, 1; Lchdm, i. 292, 20.
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lógian
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add
stæf-rǽw
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Add: [ an alphabet, v.
searu-cræft
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Add Iugelera serecræftas magorum molimina .i. ingenia, An. Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An.
wóh
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Sume habbað swídne langne and swíðe rihtne weg; sume habbað swíðe scortne and þeáh wóne, Solil. H. 44, 9. Wóhe hornas curua aera, An. Ox. 50, 44. I a. rugged, uneven, rough :-- Wóge sméþiende hylcas asperas conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1770. Add
feówer-gild
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In the passage the word might be taken as the case of a noun, or as an adverb
gicel
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Dele ís at end, and add: <b>, gicele, an;</b> f. Ickle (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Gecilae stiria Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 26. Gecele, i. 289, 33.
ge-crístnian
To administer the rite of crístnung to a person
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The rite was introductory, and preceded, sometimes by years, that of baptism. The person who had undergone the rite became a Catechumen], and add Se bisceop hí gecrístnode, and tǽhte hí þá gerýna þæs hálgan geleáfan, and gefullode hí, Hml.
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wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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Habbaþ emne wǽga aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 36. as a definite weight, a wey Án wég spices and céses, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 312, 8.
mearc-ísen
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Dele last passage, and add Mercísene cauterio, An. Ox. 2, 61
scunung
An abomination
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An abomination On scunungum in abominationibus, Cant. M. ad fil. 16
hlyst
hearing ⬩ hearing ⬩ listening
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Add: hearing as one ot the five senses, faculty of hearing Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 4, 6. Ic syngode on gesihðe and on hlyste, eác on swæcce, on stence, and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16. Hé his hlyst næfde, Hml.
ryne
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Flugulum rynum fugitiuis disscursibus (apum), An. Ox. 7, 29. Add Singal rine perpes (aqueductuum) decursus, An. Ox. 509.
Galmanhó
An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St. Mary's ⬩ abbātiæ nōmen ăpud Eborācum
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An Anglo-Saxon abbey at York, afterwards St.
ge-swelg
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A gulf, whirlpool, an abyss Betwyx sandhriccan (and) geswelge swyliendes inter Scyllam et barathrum uoraginis, An. Ox. 635. Grutte, on geswelge in woraginem, 701. Geswelgum carybdibus, i. uoraginibus, 4620
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heord-rǽden
Guard ⬩ guardianship ⬩ care ⬩ keeping
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Gehwilc hæbbe him betǽhtne engel tó hyrdrǽdene each has an angel assigned to him as guard, i. 516, 32. Se stæf getácnaþ gýmene and hyrdrǽdene the staff indicates care and guardianship, ii. 280, 35. Tó heordrædene ad custodiam, Hymn. Surt. 11, 27.
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weorold-spéd
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Hé him weoruldspéde and ǽhte ( locus faculiasque ) forgeaf, 3, 24; S. 556, 42. Ðé Dryhten geaf welan and wiste and woruldspéde, Andr. Kmbl. 636; An. 318. Ðonne hié wilniaþ ðæt hié hira woruldspéda (world-, Cott.
ǽfre
ever ⬩ semper, ⬩ at all times, on every occasion ⬩ ever, at any time, in any case ⬩ unquam ⬩ whatever, (as) ever, &c.
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Add: ever; semper, of eternity Wæs ǽfre on his écum rǽde ðæt hé wolde gewyrcan ðás woruld, Hex. 22, 7. Nǽnig ys sé ðe ǽfre lybbe, Scint. 215, 2. of continuity or continuous recurrence in time, at all times, on every occasion Ǽfri is deinceps, An.