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dægmǽl-sceáwere

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Substitute: An observer of the dial, an observer of times and seasons, an astrologer, diviner Dægmélsceáwere aruspex, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 12: horoscopus, 60, 11

íg-búende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
íg-búende, part.
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Dwelling in an island Swá hine cígaþ ígbúende Engle and Seaxe weras mid wífum so call it the island-dwellers, Angles and Saxons, men and women, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 185

Linked entry: ég-búende

Gallisc

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ꝥ hié sceolden mid monnum heora godum blótan, and ꝥ sceolde beón án Gallisc wǽpnedmon and án Gallisc wífmon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 6. Hiora anlícnessa ne mehton from Galliscum fýre for-bærnede weorþan, 2, 8 ; S. 94, 14. Add

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, household, house; also a hide of land

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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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'Stud the upright in a lath and plaster wall, Oxon.') Áhéng hé ðone sceát on áne studu ðæs wǽges ( in una posta parietis ). . . . Ðæt hús forbarn nemþe seó studu án (bútan ðære ánre stýðe, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 28-35.

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe

ge-ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ascung, e; f. [acsung asking]

An askinginquiryinterrogātioinquīsītio

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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25

Linked entries: geacsung áscung

oll

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Dele the bracket, and add On ol, ídel nequiquam, frustra, An. Ox. 2000. On oll and on edwít ( note to the preceding)

up-engel

(n.)
Grammar
up-engel, es; m.

An angel of heaven

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An angel of heaven Upengla fruma, Andr. Kmbl. 451; An. 226. Upengla weard, Menol. Fox 417; Men. 210

andel-bǽre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
andel-bǽre, ( = and-hél-bǽre; cf.
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Gl. 496, 42: Angl. xiii. 35, 218 (all are glosses on the same passage)

hunig-camb

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I' substitute: Angl. xiii. 368, 46, and add Sáwl gefylled trytt béóbreád ł hunigcamb anima saturata calcabit fauum, Scint. 50, 9.

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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, i. mitigata (incendia), An.

Linked entry: ge-swefian

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOTpésthe footpēs

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In our day, the legislature passed an act so late as July 30, 1855. It is styled An Act for legalising and preserving the restored standards and weights and measures.

cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, m.
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For 'Mone B. 2858' substitute An. Ox. 2935, and add:

ellen-tán

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-tán, es; m.

An elder-twig

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An elder-twig Ellentánas and áctánas, Lch. ii. 322, 19

líþian

(v.)
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Dele ', or make, ' and add Líþian mitescere, An. Ox. 3852

pricels

(n.)
Grammar
pricels, es; m. (?).
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, and add Unálýfedlicum pricelsum inlecebrosis stimulis An. Ox. 4228

sweoloþa

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Wallendre hǽte and swoloðan caumate, An. Ox. 23, 55. Add

here-toga

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Gercyning oððe heretoga consul, ii. 20, 4. used of an English official Ic Óswald mid geðafunge and leáfe Eádgáres Angul-cyningces and Ælfheres Mercna heretogan (cf. Ælfhere ducis Merciorum 33,) C.D. iii. 5, 5: 49, 29: 159, 20. Cf. Ælfere ealdorman.

bótettan

(v.)
Grammar
bótettan, p. te

To repair

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To repair Wé magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif wé willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan (cf. bétan, 239, 9), Wlfst. 303, 8. Bytlian, bótettan (printed bote atan), týnan to build, repair, fence, Angl. ix. 261, 10

ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
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Blíþlíce and gefædlíce blande et quiete, Germ. 395, 63. Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add