nunn-líf
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the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16
ENGEL
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He ðam engle oncwæþ he spake to the angel, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 12 ; Gen. 2910: Lk. Bos. 2, 13. God sent his engel befóran ðé Dómĭnus mittet angĕlum suum córam te, Gen. 24, 7: 16, 7.
myrgen-líc
Morning
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Morning Ðýs myrgenlícan dæge heó biþ gongende of líchoman she will depart before evening, Blickl. Homl. 141, 33
æt-ealdod
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Too aged Þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod ( too old to bear children), Hml. A. 20, 159
firwet
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Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add
ge-lífan
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Take here <b>ge-lýfan</b> in Dict., and add:
ge-tíma
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Take here <b>ge-teáma, ge-týma</b> in Dict., and see teám; III
hǽren
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Heó gegyrede hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add
heáfod-mann
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Add: a head-man, a person of high position or rank: — Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan . . . and heáfodmen teódian, Wlfst. 181, 17. Hé sende tó Scotlande, and bæd ðá heófodmenn (ealdormenn maiores natu, Bd. 3, 3; Sch. 199, 6), Hml.
óleccung
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Forsió hé ǽlce ólicunge (óliccunge, Cott. MSS.) ðisses middangeardes blandimenta mundi despiciat, 14, 2 ; Swt. 83, 6.
brýce
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Hí heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon, Gr. D. 16, 3.
ge-þreágean
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Ðæt is ðæt hé geðreáge his hiéremenn ... Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne est virga districtionis ... Si est virga districtionis, quae feriat, Past. 124, 22.
Linked entry: ge-þréwud
gita
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Cf. gít; 2 Hé þá gíta feorron adhuc longe positus, Gr. D. 36, 15. with comparatives. Cf. gít; Þás þeófas willað ríxian gýta ( accented in MS. ) swíðor þonne hig ǽr dydon, Ll. Th. i. 238, 23
rihte
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Th. 5, 2. rightly, with undisputed title Hé wes swíðe rihte mínes hláfordes kynnes his title to kinship with my lord was indisputable, Solil. H. 61, 10. v. eall-, hér-, ofdún- (cf. ádún, C. D. iii. 406, 26), sceaft-, súþ-, þǽr-, un-, úp-, west-rihte
Cædmon
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When he received this answer, then he began forthwith to sing, in praise of God the Creator, the verses and the words which he had never heard . . . Then he arose from sleep, and had fast in mind all that he sleeping had sung. . .
clǽnsung
A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity ⬩ emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas
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Wæs he mid clǽnsunge forhæfednesse weorþ and mǽre erat abstinentiæ castigatione insignis, 4, 28; S. 606, 39. Biþ heó fremiende to his clǽnsunge erit in expiationem ejus proficiens, Lev. 1, 4.
in-dryhten
Noble ⬩ courtly
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Voc. ii. 48, 37 belong here ?
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scegð-mann
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A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate (cf. wícing, sǽ-man, flot-man, scip-here and similar terms applied to the Danes) Wícing vel scegðman pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59.
un-mǽle
Spotless ⬩ without marks or spots ⬩ immaculate ⬩ virgin
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Hé on fǽmnan ástág, mægeð unmǽle, 45, 18; Cri. 721
be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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to come upon, surprise, catch Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan beæftan . . . þá befór se here hié ðǽr, Chr. 905; P. 94, 7. Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon, 1068; P. 203, 21.