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byrðen-strang

(adj.)
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ad; Burthen-strong, strong to bear burdens; oneribus portandis robustus Assa is stunt nýten, and byrðenstrang an ass is a foolish beast, and strong for burdens, Homl. Th. i. 208, 13

ge-síþcund

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Drihten on ðreó tówearp þá cneordnysse, þæt wæs wælisc (servile) and on cyrlisc cynn (simple) and on gesýðcund cynn (gentle), Angl. xi. 3, 63. of the gesíþ class Gif gesíðcund mon (cf. se gesíð, 5) þingað wið cyning . . . oþþe wið his hláford for þeówe

sellan

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</b> add :-- Man bróhte his heáfod on ánum disce and sealde þám mǽdene; and þæt mǽden hyre méder, Mt. 14, 11

mægen-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-spéd, e; f.

Abundance of strengthstrengthpowervirtue

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Hé mec for miltsum and mægenspédum nǽfre wille án forlǽtan on account of his mercy and his might he will never forsake me, 42 a; Th. 140, 17; Gú. 611: Andr. Kmbl. 2572; An. 1287. Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps.

lang-fǽre

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Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua An. Ox. 2072. Treówa . . . langférran, Angl. viii. 327, 24. Add

wíl

(n.)
Grammar
wíl, a wile.
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Dele: v. flige-wíl, and add (?) Wocia, wýla catenarum, An. Ox. 3560. Wíla, 7, 257

Linked entry: wyla

beán-scealas

(n.)
Grammar
beán-scealas, l. -scealu, e; f.
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and add Beánscalu quisquiliarum, An. Ox. 608. Bénsceala (printed -sæala), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 16

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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Ágyfe man mínra (king Alfred ) ealdormanna ǽlcum án hund mangcusa . . . and Æðeréde ealdormenn án sweord on hundteóntigum mancusum, 489, 29-33. Ic geann ǽlcum bisceope v. mancessa goldes, 544, 8. Án hund mancosa, 596, 9. Mancussa, 530, 13.

gearcian

(v.)
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Éce brynas gearcigendum eterna incendia preparanti, Angl. xi. 116, 18. <b>I a.</b> to dress food, skins, &amp;c. :-- Ic bicge hýda and fell and gearkie (praeparo ) hig mid cræfte, Coll. M. 27, 29. Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml.

ge-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stæððig, adj. [stæðig firm]

Steadfastfirmstăbĭlisfirmus

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Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt ðam gestæððigan Gode, endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from the steadfast God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 14

ende-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
ende-spæc, ende-sprǽc, -spǽc, e; f.

An epilogue

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An epilogue Þysse lyttlan bóce endespǽce hujus libelluli epilogum, Angl. xiii. 447, 1166. Substitute:

sárga

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sárga, l. sarga,
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and add Heargan (seargan? cf. salpistę trúþ*-*hornes-743) salpistę, An. Ox. 7, 57

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, -drync, es; n.

A drinkingcompotatioconvivium

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A drinking; compotatio, convivium We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking nor any vanity, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 27; Vy. 57 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25

Linked entry: ge-drync

ge-fleard

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Beón hí ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27. Hig prútlíce gýmað þæs miotacismus gefleard, Angl. viii. 313, 25. Gedwolmanna gefleard schismaticorum deliramenta, An. Ox. 418

tíd-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sceáwere, es; m.
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An observer of times and seasons, an astrologem Tídsceáwere horoscopus (horoscopus astrologus, qui horas, maxime natales, inquirit vel considerat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 18

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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and add Nolde úre Drihten for his myldheortnesse ꝥte ðes middangeard nǽre (wǽre ?) ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

á-sceótan

(v.)
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D. 49, 7. to shoot, strike an object Hí cwǽdon ꝥ se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ( lance ) ꝥ geswell; þá dyde hé swá, and þǽr sáh út wyrms, Hml. S. 20, 63. Ásceótende eviscerando, An. Ox. 46, 47.

friþ-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-mǽl, -mál, es; n.

An article of peacepācis pactio

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An article of peace; pācis pactio Ðis synd ða friþmál and ða fórword these are the articles of peace and the agreements, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6

ge-lómlícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lómlícian, p. ode; pp. od

To become frequent

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To become frequent Manig yfel we geaxiaþ hér on lífe gelómlícian and wæstmian many an evil we learn has become frequent in this life and flourishes, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2