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ǽr-morgen

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Diluculum, ðæt is se ǽrmærien (-mergen, v. 1.) betweox ðám dægrede and sunnan upgange, Lch. iii. 244, 6. Se ǽr-merigen wæs fram Adam oð Nóe, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 18. Gewordenum ðám ǽrmergene mane facto, Gr. D. 72, 11. Ǽrmergenne, 201, 25.

ge-swígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígan, p. de.
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Singeð oð þæt seó sunne sǽged weorðed; þonne hlyst geféð . . . fugol bið geswíged, Ph. 145. not to mention Huelchwoego tó éccanne, geswíga, gegéma aliquid addere, mutare (cf. II. 1), corrigere, Mt. p. 1. 9.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately

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Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.

Linked entry: heá-lic

setl

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</b> add :-- Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. 1. 1; S. 24, 18. Add Án setl æt Sc̃e Martine (cf. unam sedem in loco qui dicitur Sc̃i Martini ecclesia et unam modicam uillulam at eandem sedem, 137, 10), Cht. E. 139, 20.

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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as a technical term, the firmament, the heaven of the fixed stars Sunne sol, móna luna, roder firmamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 55-57 : 70, 8. Lyft aer, hroder aether, 52, 56. Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9.

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hremming

(n.)
Grammar
hremming, e;f

A hindering ⬩ hindrance ⬩ obstruction ⬩ obstacle ⬩ impediment

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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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Feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 18. Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25. Seó eá gǽþ onbútan ðæt land, Gen. 2, 11. Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl.

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey

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Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26

FERSC

(adj.)
Grammar
FERSC, adj.

FRESH ⬩ pure ⬩ sweet ⬩ dulcis

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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winter ⬩ winter

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Fram heánesse ðære winterlícan sunnan uppgange ab alto brumalis exortus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 42. Tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24. Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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To go without implying ascent or descent Seó sunne stígþ on ða dǽglan wegas wid hire uprynæs. Phoebus secreto tramite currum solitos vertit ad ortus, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 26. Of stíges discedite, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 41.

Linked entry: a-stígend

dæg

(n.)
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Wé hátað ǽnne dæg fram sunnan úp*-*gange oð ǽfen, Lch. iii. 234, 31-236, 2. day, time. lifetime Ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt land hire dæg . . . and efter hire dæge geselle hit . . . ðám hírode, C. D. ii. 58, 22.

sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocent ⬩ contention, unmolested, secure

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Ðo þe hadden on þesse liue alle here sunnes forleten and bet . . . alle he quað hem saclese, O. E. Homl. ii. 171, 35. Wass Crist sacclæs o rode naȝȝedd, Orm. 1900. Sacles (without strife, freely) he let hin welden it so, Gen. and Ex. 916

á-hildan

(v.)
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Sunne tó setle áhylde, Hml. S. 23 b, 498. Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf nyþer wið þá eorþan áhyldende, Lch. i. 274, 14. figurative, trans, to incline, decline Hi ( conjunctions ) áhyldað and gebígað heora swég tó ðám stæfgefége þe him ætforan stent, Ælfc.

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fæt

a vessel ⬩ utensil ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ box ⬩ casket ⬩ a compartment

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Stænne fæt (ꝥ stænna fæt, R) alabastrum, Mk. 14, 3. a compartment Þes circul(the zodiac) ys tódǽled on twelf and seó sunne geyrnð þǽs twelf fætu binnan twelf mónðum, Angl. viii. 298, 16

ge-lytlian

(v.)
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Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu solis orbis minui visus est, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22. Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. in respect to quality, degree, &amp; c.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.

Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly

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Se móna is be sumum dǽle swiftre ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 248, 3. Ða ( Alfred's ships ) wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran ge unwealtran ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 13. Wind byþ on lyfte swiftust, Menol. Fox 464; Gn. C. 3.

Linked entry: swyft

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.

BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful ⬩ lætus corde, hilaris ⬩ kind of heart, merciful ⬩ benignus corde, misericors

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BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful; lætus corde, hilaris Hrefn blaca, blíðheort, bodode cuman beorhte sunnan the black raven, blithe of heart [merry], foretold, the coming of the bright sun, Beo. Th. 3608; B. 1802: Andr. Kmbl. 2526; An. 1264.

birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
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Ðæs dæges bierhto and ðǽre sunnan, 387, 15. Birhtu, Bt. 34, 8; F. 146, 2: claritatem. Ps. Srt. ii. p. 159, 21. In birhtum in splendoribus, Ps. Srt. 109, 3. Add

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