fyrn-geár
the preceding year
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Add: [1. a past year. v. Dict.] the preceding year (cf. Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]
þeorf-dæg
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A day on which unleavened bread was to be eaten Ðæt geríst preóstum tó witanne hwæt beó betwyx Eástron and ðeorfdagum. Eásterdæg wæs se forma dæg on ðære ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and ða seofon dagas, ðe ðǽr æfter wǽron, wǽron gecíged dies
á-sweartian
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Se móna mid ealle ásweartað, Lch. iii. 240, 24. Ásweartode seó heofen, 278, 3. Seó sunne ásweartade, Shrn. 67, 17. Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall mid þáre sage, Cht. Th. 339, 38. ásweartad, forsworcen, forþrysmed, Fuscalus, i. denigratus, obnubilatus
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tungol
a heavenly body ⬩ a heavenly body other than sun or moon ⬩ a star ⬩ a planet ⬩ a fixed star ⬩ a group of stars ⬩ a constellation ⬩ division of the zodiac
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a heavenly body Tungel sidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 54. Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, Met. 28, 20. Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Swá heofenes tunglu sicut astra coeli, Deut
feówertyne
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and add: substantival Twia seofon beóð feówertýne, Angl. viii. 302, 45. From feówertiénum oþ hundnigontig quinquies bilustris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 44. adjectival Feówerténe (-téno, L.) kneórisse, Mt. R. 1, 17. Gif se móna bið xiiii nihta eald, Lch. iii
geond-scríþan
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To go through or about, traverse On þisre endebyrdnysse geondscríð se circul his ryne, Angl. viii. 302, 16. Se móna gelóme geondscríð þæne circul þe hátte zodiacus, 320, 37. Zodiacus ys se circul genemned þe þá twelf tácna geondscríðað, 317, 33. Eall
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Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts
min
small ⬩ mean ⬩ vile
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small Ne ðé sunne on dæge ne gebærne ne ðé móna on niht min ne geweorþe may the sun not burn thee by day, nor the moon withhold her light from thee by night, Ps. Th. 120, 6. mean, vile Hwílum cyrdon eft minne mánsceaþan on mennisc hiw at times the vile
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líhtan
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Take here leóhtan in Dict. and add: to be light Þá sceán leóht inn, swylce níwe móna árise, swá ꝥ hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme . . . hit líhte geond ealle þá cyrcan, Vis. Lfc. 51-56. On þǽre ylcan nihte þe se behátena dæg æfter líhte nocte
weaxung
waxing, growing, increase ⬩ increase of prosperity
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waxing, growing, increase Ðonne se móna beó týn nihta eald, and ná ðænne his leóht beó ǽrest on weaxunge, Anglia viii. 323, 5. Nú hæfð se eádiga wer ús geopenod ymbe ðæs saltus weaxunge, 308, 40. increase of prosperity Eormas strange habban wexinge
nemnan
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Þú nemst bys naman Hǽlend, Mt. 1, 21. add Þ héhste gód þe wé nemnaþ God, Bt. 39, 7 ; F. 220, 31. Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne, Gr. D. 247, 14. Hér wé magon gehiéran, ðá hé be ðǽm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde, ðæt hé hine nemde se áworpna
fífteóða
The FIFTEENTH ⬩ quintus dĕcĭmus
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The FIFTEENTH; quintus dĕcĭmus Móna [MS. mone] se fífteóda the fifteenth moon, Lchdm. iii. 190, 29. Ðam fífteóðan geáre anno quinto dĕcĭmo, Lk. Bos. 3, 1. Under ðam fíftéðan dæge Kalendarum Octobris sub die quinta decĭma Kalendas Octobres, Bd. 4, 17;
sceadwung
An overshadowing
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An overshadowing On sumum earde dagas beóþ lengran, on sumon scyrtran for ðære eorþan sceadewunge (sceadwunge, MS. R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4. Se
geán
Against ⬩ over against ⬩ on the opposite side ⬩ contra
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Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun], Bd.
á-teorung
exhaustion ⬩ faintness ⬩ weariness ⬩ wasting away ⬩ decay ⬩ failing
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Add: exhaustion, faintness, weariness Áteorung heóld me defectio tenuit me, Ps. L. 118, 53. Englas ne geðafiað þæt him hunger derige oððe ǽnig áteorung, Hml. Th. i. 456, 25. wasting away, decay, failing Mid áteorungemen [niscnysse] forweornaþ defectu
strica
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a stroke of a pen, a tittle, a mark, line Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit (Mt. 5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15. Strican ł mærcunge characteres Hpt. Gl. 473, 13. Stricena apicum, stricum
ofer-irnan
to pass by running, cross ⬩ to run over, go over a subject ⬩ to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise
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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl. Th. i
ofer-teón
to draw one thing over another, to cover by drawing one thing over another ⬩ to bring to an end, finish
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to draw one thing over another, to cover by drawing one thing over another Ðonne ic oferteó heofenan mid wolcnum cum obduxero nubibus coelum, Gen. 9, 14: Homl. Th. i. 22, 11. Woruld miste oferteáh, þýstrum biþeahte, Exon. Th. 178, 35; Gú. 1254. Hé nǽfre
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dæg-steorra
The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora
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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament
fágettan
to quibble
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Add: literal, to change colour, grow dark(cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 35. v. fág) Se fulla móna fágettað, þonne hé ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið þurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. to quibble, use with double meaning Cwæð Ualerianus tó ðám