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Sunnan-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-úhta, an; m.
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-'On Sunnandæg ðú cymst tó mé'. . . Se apostol on ðam Sunnanúhtan ǽrwacol tó ðære cyrcan com, Homl. Th. i. 74, 20. Gé sculon singan Sunnanúhtan, L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 4

ir-lic

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Críst sylf wrát gewrit swýðe eorlicum wordum for Sunnandæges weorcum, Wlfst. 207, 3. See next word. Add

Linked entry: eor-lic

reste-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
reste-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath

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On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30

resten-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
resten-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, Sabbath

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Se Sæternesdæg wæs geháten restendæg... on ðam dæge læg Cristes líc on byrigene, and hé árás of deáþe on ðam Sunnandæge, and se dæg is cristenra manna restendæg, Homl. Th. ii. 206, 3-33.

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessnessfrivolityvanitytriviality

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Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán man hine tó unnytnesse tó swíðe ne geþeódde, Wulfst. 227, 6. Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23

Linked entry: nytness

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Th. i. 414, 9. add Se Sunnandæg waes ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið eft se néxta ł ættemesta, Wlfst. 210, I. Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr.

freót

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Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes, Ll. Th. i. 104, 6.

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather herbs on Sunday, Wulfst. 231, 18. Ic læs I collected, Elen. Kmbl. 2474; El. 1238.

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Fæst ǽlc dæge tó nónes and tó ánes métes búton sunnandæg, and forgá hwít, Wlfst. 289, 25. Cf. Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II.

rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce, ðæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and ðǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne, ac ðære wucan rǽdere on ðone Sunnandæg mid bletsunge hit beginne ... Nánes mannes stefn gehýred ne sý bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes, R.

be-hát

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Add: a promise 'On sunnandæge þú cymst tó mé.' Se apostol blissode on ðám beháte, Hml. Th. i. 74, 20: 466, 30. Hé gefylde his behát þe hé gecwæð, ii. 284, 17. Hé þæt behát mid weorcum gefylde, 486, 24.

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to fast.
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Þá þe Sunnandæges freóls heóldan and heora lencten wel gefæsten, Wlfst. 244, 19. Þæt þú þín lengten rihtlice gehealde and dæghwámlíce tó ánes mǽles þæt fæsten gefæste, 247, 34. Þæt hí þæt fæsten þe lustlícor gefæstan, 181, 20.

manian

(v.)
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Wé maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18. Add Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20.

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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Healde man ǽlces sunnandæges freólsunga fram nóntíde ðæs Sæternes dæges óþ ðæs mónandæges líhtinge, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20: Wulfst, 117, 4: 207, 12. Ðæt ða gesceaftu gesewenlíce wurdon þurh ðæs dæges líhtinge, Hexam, 4; Norm. 8, 3.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

an-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
an-bídian, l. an-bidian (and-),
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Ꝥ wé anbydion þæs sunnandæges, Angl. viii. 310, 38. Anbidian (and-, v. l. ) þæs écan ǽristes, Hml. S. 25, 144. Andbidiende þæs écan lífes, Ælfc. T. 19, 45. v. ge*-*anbidian

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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fæðme belocen ufewerd arca habuit quatuor angulos ex imo assurgentes, et iisdem paulatim usque ad summum in angustum attractis in spatium unius cubiti fuit collecta, Angl. vii. 34, 365. intrans. to fall, happen, occur Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg

ge-coren

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Se sunnandæg is swíáe micelum gecoren eallum Godes gesceaftum, for ðám þe hé wæs ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið se néxta, Wlfst. 209, 31.

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Spl. 18, 14. to take into one's power, to seize Ne dýde man on Sunnandæges freólse ǽnigne forwyrhtne man . . . ac wylde (wylde man hine, v. l. ; the old Latin version has capiatur) and healde, ðæt se freólsdæg ágán sý, L. C.

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Hé sý on swége gelencged eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) on Sunnandæge, 37, 8. as (if) Hí ridon tó Bosanhám eallswá hí sceoldon tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 35. correlative forms Eallswá bealdlíce mót se ðeówa clypigan God him tó Fæder ealswá se cyning, Hml

eáster-dæg

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Aprł lóca hwǽr þú finde .xiiii. nihta ealdne mónan, ofer ꝥ se niésta Sunnandæg bið Eástordæg, Lch. iii. 226, 20. Nǽfre ne sý se hálga Eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr þám þe seó lenctenlice emniht sý ágán, 256, 11: Angl. viii. 309, 37.