ge-setness
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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.
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ge-mǽnsumung
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Æfter gemǽn-sumunge ł húselgange post communionem, R. Ben. 1. 69, 6
býsig
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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
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ge-cwician
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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
The darkness ⬩ shades 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
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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
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ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search 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
A going away ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtium ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors
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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
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ágen-lic
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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
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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
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
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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
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Hê him æfter þæ̂m gefeohte swîðor onsæt þonne hê æ̂r dyde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 34
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to 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
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
Custom ⬩ fashion ⬩ usage ⬩ manner 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
Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction
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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
encouragement ⬩ comfort ⬩ zeal
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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