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sundor-hálga

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-hálga, an; m.
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A Pharisee, (but in one passage it seems to mean) a scribeHoml. Th. ii. 428, 3: 420, 34: 422, 3. Twegen men . . . án wæs sunderhálga, and óðer wæs openlíce synful, Bóceras and sunderhálgan, Scint. 203, 3. Ða Fariséiscan and sundorhálgan (scribes) hine

Linked entry: hálga

hal-stán

Similar entry: heall-stán

tácnung

Grammar
tácnung, V.
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Sende se pápa tácnunga hú hé ꝥ hálgian, and on hwylcum stówum on Britane hí settan scolde, Chr. 995; P. 128, 34. Add

wæter-streám

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Críst wolde sylf swá hálgian úre fulluht mid his hálgan líchaman and ealle wæterstreámas mid his ingange, Nap. 67. Add

hálgung

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Add: consecration. v. hálgian; Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 360, 17.

fóre-býsen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-býsen, e; f. [fóre, býsen an example, model]

A fore-modelan exampleexemplum

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A fore-model, an example; exemplum Arcebisceop sceal hálgian and getryman mid gódan mynegunga and fórebýsene an archbishop shall hallow and strengthen them with good admonitions and example, Chr. 694; Th. 67, 43

Langa-Frige-dæg

(n.)

Good-Friday

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Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 558, 16.

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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What is left of the housel Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa Frigedæg ... Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ...

ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286.

Linked entry: hálgung

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Þá cyrican þe hí him gegearcod hæfdon, hé hét hálgian, Chr. 995; P. 128, 37

húsel

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Hé gehálgode húsel of hláfe and of wíne, Angl. vii. 44, 415. tó húsle (ge)hálgian to consecrate (bread and wine) for the Eucharist Hí hálgodon hláf and wín tó húsle, Hml.

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Th. 10, 21 ; Gen. 160. a place in a series Onféngon hí ða teóþan stówe on ehtnysse Godes cyrcena æfter Nerone, Bd. 1, 6 ; S. 476, 22. place, room, stead Se ðe lifigende wǽre ðæs hádes hæfde mihte óþerne biscop his stówe tó hálgianne ðér se óðer forþférde

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companionfellowcompanion or follower of a chief or kingsociuscomes

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Wæs se bisceop gelaðed sumes gesíþes cyricean to hálgianne episcopus vocātus est ad dedicandam Ecclesiam comĭtis, 5, 5; S. 617, 34; Shrn. 69, 32: 70, 23: 122, 18. On gesíþes hád in the condition of a comrade, Beo. Th. 2598; B. 1297.

Linked entries: ge-sóð ge-síþman

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ða dagas ðe gé sceolun Drihtne hálgian and wurðian feriae Domini, quas vocabitis sanctas, Lev: 23, 2.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Nis eów ðæs weorces þearf, ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian 205, 36. Wræclícne hám weorce tó leáne, Cd. Th. 3, 18 ; Gen. 37. Ða ðe ðý worce gefǽgon 232, 31; Dan. 268.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Similar entries (v. also ge-hálgian, hálgian.) Beón tó tácnum, tó mete, Gen. I. 14, 29. Næs him se swég tó sorge, Cd. Th. 232, 22; Dan. 264. Ða þeódlogan ðe taliaþ ðæt tó wærscype, dæt . . . Wulfst. 55, 15. Ne sete ðú him ðás dǽda tó synne, Homl.

Linked entry: -anne