Angles ég
ANGLESEY
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ANGLESEY, so called after it was conquered by the English: it was anciently called Mona Hugo eorl wearþ ofslagen innan Angles ége earl Hugo was slain in Anglesey, Chr. 1098; Ing. 317, 31
mæsse-niht
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Móna áþístrode on middes wintres mæsseniht, Chr. 827; P. 60, 23. On ealra hálgena mæsseniht, 971; P. 119, 23. On Sćĕ Ambrosius mæsseniht, 1095; P. 230, 27. Add
blácung
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In blácunge (pallore) and on cwacunge þæs untruman mannes, Gr. D. 326, 5. Glædne andwlitan búton blácunge and forhtunge, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27. Se móna blácunge (pallorem) healdende, Hy. S. 35, 11. Add
feós
- Ors. 2, 4 ;
- Bos. 43, 15: Chr. 999 ;
- Erl. 134, 36: Bt. 14, 2 ;
- Fox 44, 22 ;
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of feoh
or-mǽte
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Add: immensely Hé rád tó ormǽte caflíce, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28. Hé (Job) hæfde ormǽte micelne híred, 446, 14. Se móna is ormǽte brád, Lch. iii. 242, 24
under-scyte
Intercepting ⬩ intervention
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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32
twéntigoða
Twentieth
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Twentieth Se twénteogoða(-tigoða) uicesimus, se án and twénteogoða uicesimus primus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 283, 6. Móna se twéntigoþa . . . móna se án and twéntigoða, Lchdm. iii. 194, 5-9. Se fíf and twéntugoþa dæg þæs mónþes, Nic. 1.; Thw. 1, 11. On ðære
frǽcenful
Dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Dangerous, perilous; perīcŭlōsus Móna se þreótteóða frǽcenful ys to angennene þing the thirteenth moon is perilous for beginning things, Obs. Lun. § 13; Lchdm. iii; 190, 11: 15; Lchdm. iii. 190, 30: 17; Lchdm. iii. 192, 14
á-deorcian
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Substitute: To become dark, become tarnished Sunne áþýstrað and móna ádeorcað, Wlfst. 92, 21. Nú hit (a)deo(rcað) en tetrica aura est, An. Ox. 56, 200. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad ( obscuratum )? Past. 133, 10
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fágettan
To turn colour, change, vary ⬩ văriāre
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To turn colour, change, vary; văriāre Se móna fággeteþ [fágetteþ MS. R; fágeteþ MS. P] oððe asweartaþ the moon turns colour or becomes dark, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 240, 23; Wrt. popl. science 5, 15
dunnian
To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken ⬩ obscūrāre
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To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken; obscūrāre Se móna ða beorhtan steórran dunnaþ [MS. dunniaþ] the moon obscures the bright stars, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 35
dunnian
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Substitute: To grow dark, become invisible Swá déð se móna mid his blácan leóhte, ꝥ þá beorhtan steorran dunniað the stars become invisible when the moon shines, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35
deáþlicness
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Substitute: Mortality. liability to death Þonne se móna wanað, þonne tácnað hé úre deáþlicnesse, Bl. H. 17, 24. mortal life, this world Tó þínre mildheortnesse becuman of þisse deáðlicnesse, Angl. xii. 509, 19
stýfician
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To root upLchdm. iii. 184, 18. Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again
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ge-neáhsen
Near
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Near Hwílum móna sunnan sínes leóhtes bereáfaþ ðonne hit gebyrigan mæg ðæt swá geneáhsne weorðaþ sometimes the moon deprives the sun of its light when it happens that they get so near, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 23; Met, 4, 12
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sǽ-flód
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Add Hér is seó endebyrdnes mónan gonges and sǽflódes. On ðreóra nihta ealdne mónan wanað se sǽflód oþ ꝥ se móna bið .xi. nihta eald. Of xi. níhta ealdum mónan weaxeð se sǽflód oþ .xviii. nihta ealdum mónan, Angl. xi. 6, § 5
wederian
To be (good or bad) weather
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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2
embe-gang
A going round, circuit ⬩ circuĭtus
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A going round, circuit; circuĭtus Se embegang ðara landa the circuit of the lands, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 402; A. D. 944;Kmbl. iii. 421, 6. Se móna hæfþ læstne embegang the moon has the least circuit, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 38. Embegang dón processiōnem făcĕre,
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tín-nihte
Ten days old
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Ten days old On .x. nihtne mónan bidde swá hwas swa ðú wylle, hyt ðe byoþ gere. Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28
firl
Distance
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Distance Ne þincð ús hwílum se móna þe brádder pe án scyld for þǽre firle, Solil. H. 66, 32. Se ylca þorn efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá hé of þám man áfleáh, and on þá fyrle gewát, Guth. 68, 23