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CRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
CRUMA, an; m.

A CRUMB, fragment mica

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We hédaþ ðæra crumena ðæs hláfes we take care of the crumbs of the bread Homl. Th. ii. 114, 33. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum catelli edunt de micis Mt. Bos. 15, 27; Lk. Bos. 16, 21.

Linked entry: croma

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgressionprevaricationstubbornnesstransgressioprævārĭcātioperversĭtas

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Ðæt gé ne beón scildige scamlícre forgǽgednysse ne sitis prævarĭcātiōnis rei, Jos. 6, 18

líc-rest

(n.)
Grammar
líc-rest, e; f.

tombsepulchre

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Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan ðære lícreste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 150. Heó hyre lícreste geceás ón élíg byrig she chose her burial place in Ely, Lchdm. iii. 430, 17

on-grislíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-grislíc, adj.
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On ðære angrislícan gesihþe horridae visionis;, 5, 12 ; S. 628, 19. Ongrislíco hǽr horridi crines, 5, 2; S. 615, 1. Ongristlíce on stefne, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 34, 26

on-lǽtan

(v.)
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Fæstan twegen dagas on ðære wucan, bútan hý ouermicel geswinc habben. Gif hý út an æcere wurc habben, ðæs middæges gereord is singallíce tó anlǽtenne (on-, MS. T.), R. Ben. 66, 1

Linked entry: an-lǽtan

sund-corn

(n.)
Grammar
sund-corn, es; n.
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Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning of the volume). Sundcornes leáf, ii. 342, 9. Gif men weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran, wyl sundcorn on ealaþ, 320, 6.

uma

(n.)
Grammar
uma, huma, an; m.

a weaver's beamthe name of some plant

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Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97, 1832). the name of some plant Genim uman, and medmicelne bollan fulne ealað; bewyl ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 12

Linked entry: huma

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan, 234, 7. Tó ðám anheáfdan, iii. 279, 17, 18 (cf. andlang heáfda, 26). Be onheáfdan, 464, 19. Oþ ðá andheáfda; of ðám andheáfdum, 408, 28

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

basing

A mantle

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Hí gemétton ðǽra drýmanna basingas, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 24

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.
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On ðæm dæge God tóscéd on twá eorðan and sǽ, Shrn. 63, 24: 62, 35. Ðæt Severus onféng micelne dǽl Breotone and ðone mid díce tósceádde fram óþrum þeódum ut Severus receptam Brittaniae partem vallo a caetera distinxerit, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 3.

un-hlíseádig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hlíseádig, adj.

Disreputable

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Disreputable Ðæs unhlíseádgan infamis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 49

Linked entry: hlís-eádig

wyrmsig

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrmsig, adj.
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Purulent Ðǽm wyrmsigum purulentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 56

Linked entries: ge-wurms wurmsig

á-hréran

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Ðæt áhrérede mód commotae mentes, Past. 297, 16. Add

Linked entry: hréran

blind-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
blind-boren, adj.
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Born blind Égo ðæs blindborenes, Jn. L. 9, 32

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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On ðæt eástre síc, C.D. iii. 438, 28. Add

bifigendlic

(adj.)
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tremendous An þám byfgendlican ( tremendo ) dæge, Chrd. 93, 27

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns; Stæfes, stæfe, hwæles, dæges, wæter, fæder, æcer: or before st, sc, fn, ft; Gæst, æsc, hræfn, cræft: before pp, bb, tt, cc,

á-biddan

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Ðǽm ðe bið máre befæst, from ðǽm máre bið ábeden, R. Ben. 14, 4. where the person for whom is given Willtú wit unc ábiddan drincan?, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30. the request given in a clause Ðú ábǽde æt mé, ðæt ic ðé write.

be-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
be-cyme, es; m.

A BY-COMINGan event or coming suddenlyeventus

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A BY-COMING, an event or coming suddenly; eventus Ðæs gehátes and ðæs wítedómes sóþ se æfterfyligenda becyme ðara wísena geséðde and getrymde cujus promissi et prophetiæ veritatem sequens rerum astruxit eventus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 35

ciric-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-fultum, es; m. [fultum help, aid]

Church-help, ecclesiastical supportecclesiæ auxilium

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Church-help, ecclesiastical support; ecclesiæ auxilium We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas geóguþe geornlíce lǽran ðæt hí ciricfultum habban we enjoin that priests diligently teach youth that they may have ecclesiastical support, L. Edg. C. 51; Th. ii. 254, 26

Linked entry: cyric-fultum