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byrgels-sang

(n.)
Grammar
byrgels-sang, es; m.
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a dirge Wópleóþ, lícsang, byrielssang tragoediam, i. luctum, An. Ox. 3504. an epitaph, v. preceding word

Ciltern-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Ciltern-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The occupants of the Chiltern district Cilternsǽtna landes is feówer þúsend hýda and án hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 25

ciric-sang

(n.)
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a church-song; Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 8. (v. Dict.) church-singing; Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 25 (cf. hé wæs mágister ciriclices sanges (cantionis), 27). v. Dict. Hé férde and cyric*-*sang lǽrde ad docenda ecclesiae carmina diuertens, 4, 12; S. 581, 7. [Icel.

dægréd-sang

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Add: (dæge-): Matins Þæt lytel fæc gehealden sý betwyh þǽm úhtsange and þǽm dægredsange . . . and úpásprungenum dægriman dægredsang sý begunnen ( matutini subsequantur ), R. Ben. 33, 1. Dægeredsang (dæg-, v. l. ), 35, 23. Dægredsanges weorðung matutinorum

dæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-sang, es; m.
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Daily service Þé ðe his dægsang cunne, singe þone swá hé oftest mage, Wlfst. 290, 22

ge-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽte, es; n.
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An ambush, a snare Alles næhtes giséto totius noctis insidias. Rtl. 37, 19. Cf. sǽt

heáh-sǽl

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Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, 11. Add

líc-sang

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Lícsang epichedieon, An. Ox. 901 : 2, 19. Hí sungon þá ealle sealmas and lícsang þá hwle þe man ðá byrgene bufan geopenode, Hml. S. 20, 88. Add: —

lof-sang

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Add: i. a song in praise of a person Fausta adclamantes, i. alto canendo vel herigendsang vel lofsang, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 11. 11. as part of a religious service, a canticle, v. lof; II :-- Óþrum dagum on ðǽre wucan sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang,

Mage-sǽte

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In pago Magesǽtna, C. D. B. iii. 242, 23. See note, and Chr. P. ii. 197: 219. Add

on-sǽge

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Láriówas áfeóllun and út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge wearð, Cht. Crw. 19, 8. Add

on-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽte, es; n. (?)
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A sitting on an animal Æfter þám onsǽte (-sitte, v. l.) swá háliges biscopes þæt hors wiðsóc ꝥ hit wíf bǽre post sessionem tanti pontificis equus mulierem ferre recusavit, Gr. D. 183, 10. Cf. on-setl

on-sand

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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add

on-sang

(n.)
Grammar
on-sang, es; m.
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An incantation Þá drýas mid langsumum onsangum (galdrum, v. l. incantationibus) hí gólon on (hyre on gólon, v. l. ), Gr. D. 73, 26

or-sáwle

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Hé geseah þæs hálgan wífes líchaman orsáwle licgende, Hml. S. 23 b, 742. Wénest þú ꝥ ic sý orsáwle? me esse exanimem credis?, Gr. D. 268, 7. Hé eóde tó þǽre stówe þær se orsáwla (sáwulleása, v. l.) líchama (corpus exanime) læg, 84, 33. Add

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

sǽr-níd

(n.)
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dire need Drígiþ . . . sǽrnéd (særden is the original form) sorgæ, Beiblatt 16, 231. (?)

salt-haga

Similar entry: sæltna

sand-ceosol

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'Heora getel is máre ðonne sandceosol' ( super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. 139, 18) . . . Heora tel bið swá menigfeald þæt hit oferstíhð, be ðæs wítegan cwyde, sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 30-35. Add

sand-corn

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Swá swá þá sandcorn, þá þe beóð be sǽs waroðum sicut arenam, quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Add

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