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ge-setness

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ge-setness, <b>; V.</b>
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Add Gif preóstas æfter heora gesettednesse ( secundum eorum rectitudinis normam) lifedon, Chrd. 2, 3. Add Of þisse gesettednysse þe ... wé gesetton ex ista institutione quam ... fecimus, Chrd. 28, 9.

Linked entry: ge-settedness

ge-mǽnsumung

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Æfter gemǽn-sumunge ł húselgange post communionem, R. Ben. 1. 69, 6

býsig

(adj.)
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býsig, adj.
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Occupied, diligent, laborious, BUSY, industrious; occupatus, sedulus, laboriosus, negotiosus, industrius Býsig æfter bócum occupied over books, Salm. Kmbl. 123; Sal. 61. Bogan wǽron býsige bows were busy, Byrht. Th. 134, 66; By. 110: Ps. Th. 58, 3

Linked entry: bisig

ge-cwician

(v.)
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Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

sliht

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Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

niht-scúa

(n.)
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niht-scúa, -scúwa, an; m.

The darknessshades of night

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Æfter nihtscúan, 162, 5; Gú. 971. Under nihtscúwan, Cd. Th. 124, 10; Gen. 2060. Neowle nihtscúwan, 184, 28; Exod. 114

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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Hwí worhte God pylcan Adame and Eve æfter ðam gylte? Ðæt hé geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt hí wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29.

for-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-síþ, es; m.

A going awaydeparturedeathexĭtiumŏbĭtusmors

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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12

Linked entry: forþ-síþ

ágen-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ágen-lic, adj.
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Æfter ágenlic mægn secundum propriam virtutem , Mt: L. 25, 15. Ðá áganlico propria , p. 15, 5. owed, due; debitus. v. ágan, Ágenlic(e) hérnise debitam servitutem , Rtl. 106, 13

cyning-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-ríce, es; n.
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A kingdom For ælre ðére kynga sáwle ðe æfter mé ðyses kynyngríches wældeð, C. D. iv. 229, 26. [v. N. E. D. king-rick. O. H. Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce

on-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
on-lícness, e; f.

Likeness, image

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Hé hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlícnesse, Cd. Th. 25, 19; Gen. 396; Exon. Th. 424, 10; Rä. 41, 37

stoccen

(adj.)
Grammar
stoccen, adj.
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Made of logs Andlang Teóburnan tó ðære wíde herestrǽt ; æfter ðære herestrǽt tó ðære ealde stoccene sancte Andreae cyricean to the old wooden St. Andrew's church, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 73, 20. Cf. Stokenchurch in Oxfordshire, Stokenham in Devonshire

bord-weall

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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6

on-sittan

Grammar
on-sittan, <b>. II.</b> v. sittan;
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Hê him æfter þæ̂m gefeohte swîðor onsæt þonne hê æ̂r dyde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 34

higian

(v.)
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higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Ðæt ierfe ðæt gé ǽrest æfter hiégiað (hígiað, v. l.) hereditas ad quam festinatur in principio, Past. 331, 24. Nota þæs wísdómes þe þú habbae . . . and híga georne æfter máran, Solil. H. 47, 17.

deáþ-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-dæg, es; m.

Death-day, day of death mortis dies

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Death-day, day of death; mortis dies Æfter deáþdæge after the day of death, Beo. Th. 376; B. 187: Menol. Fox 581; Gn. C. 60. To ðínum deáþdæge to thy death-day, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 6; Seel. 37

mann-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
mann-wíse, an; f.

Customfashionusagemanner of men

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Custom, fashion, usage, manner of men Æfter monwísan after the manner of men, Exon. 9 a; Th. 5, 30; Cri. 77. Hé ðære mǽgþe monwísan fleáh he shunned the customs of that country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 21; Gen. 1939

brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
brǽc, e; f.

Breachbreakingdestruction

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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251