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raciend

(n.)
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raciend, es; m.
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One who addresses an assembly Se sóðsagola raciend and déma, sé þe mid his áþenedre handa gestilleþ ꝥ gehlýd eallra manna, and hí gespaneð tó ánum dóme concionator verax extensa manu omnium tumultus sedat, eosque ad unam sententiam revocat, Gr.

tó-brýsan

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Þá tóglidenan stánas ná ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tócwýsdon ac hí eác swylce mid ealle his bán tóbrýsdon ( ossa contriverant ), Gr. D. 125, 21. His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, (a different word from preceding ?)
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to make an agreement with Ac nales æfter micelre tíde þæt hié waredon (geweredon, v.l.) wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið hieora geféran sed non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. l, 15 ; Sch. 40, 7

buoptalmon

(n.)
Grammar
buoptalmon, es; n. [βούφθαλμον=βοῦς, ὀφθαλμός]

Ox-eye, chamomileanthemis nobilis

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Ox-eye, chamomile; anthemis nobilis, Lin Buoptalmon . . . heó hafaþ geoluwe blóst-man eal swylce eáge, ðanon heó ðone naman onféng Ox-eye . . . it has yellow blossoms all like an eye, whence it took the name, Herb. 141, l; Lchdm. i. 262, 4

heaðorian

(v.)
Grammar
heaðorian, heaðerian; p. ode

To restrain

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To restrain Se godcunda foreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 31.

meaht

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Sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 22. great power or strength, mightiness. as an attribute of God His miht bið á éce, Bl. H. 31, 26. Mihte potestatis ( divinae ). An. Ox. 12, 11.

Frysisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Frysisc, Fresisc; adj.

Of or belonging to FrieslandFrisianFrīsĭcus

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Ðǽr wearþ ofslegen Lucuman, and ealra manna, Frysiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucuman, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, 897; Th. 176, 34, col. 2; 177. 34

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scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir, 494, 2. Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29

þan

(adv.)
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þan, þon; adv.
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Ger. þan.] so, as Wiþ ðæs ic wát ðú wilt higian þon ǽr þe ðú hine ongitest towards it I know thou wilt hasten as soon as thou perceivest it, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 8. [Cf. O.

Linked entries: þanne þon

tó-sceádan

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Add -Swá mycel swá tósceát eastdǽl fram westdǽle quantum distat ortus ab occidente, Ps. L. 102, 12. Tósceáden (-an?) distare, An. Ox. 441

ǽwisce

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
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Ǽwiscu (here or under ǽwisc; adj. ?) ludicra, i. inhonesta (neu timeat scriptor terrentis ludicra linguae, Ald. 214, 19), An. Ox. 21, 6

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á-hwænne

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I. 2, 1: 103, 4. at every time, at all times Þá módigan unrihtlíce dydon áhwonne ( usquequaque ), Ps. L. 118, 51, 43

á-scilian

(v.)
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As a gloss to enucleare the verb seems connected with scealu; cf. á-scealian:as a gloss to dividere, it seems cognate with Icel. skilja. Áscilian enucleare (the corresponding gloss in An. Ox. 3898 is: enucleare i. manifestare spyrian), Wrt.

Linked entries: scilian á-scelede

ge-cýþnes

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Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12. Gecýþnessa testamentorum (duorum), An. Ox. 1547

oþ-íwan

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Add On þǽre tíde oðéwde Fulcanio þæt íglond, þæt næs gesewen ǽr þá, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 31

fæsting

(n.)
Grammar
fæsting, e; f.

An entrusting, act of confidence commendātio

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An entrusting, act of confidence; commendātio Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan óþfæste, and he hine on ðære fæstinge forferie if any one commit his infant to another's keeping, and he die during such keeping, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 5

teóðung-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
teóðung-georn, adj.
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Sedulous in paying tithes Ælmysgeorn and cyricgeorn and teóþunggeorn tó Godes cyricean and earmum mannum eleemosynas libenter erogans, et ad ecclesiam libenter frequens, et sedulo decimas erogans ecclesiae Dei ac pauperibus, L. Ecg.

tiht

(n.)
Grammar
tiht, es; m.
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A charge, an offence with which one is charged; crimen Legerteám oððe tiht flagitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 34. Gif hwá cyninges borg ábrece, gebéte ðone tyht (tihtlan, MS. H.) swá him ryht wísie, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8

dirige

(n.)
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]