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tín-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-nihte, adj.

Ten days old

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Ten days old On .x. nihtne mónan bidde swá hwas swa ðú wylle, hyt ðe byoþ gere. Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not

sunn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sunn-líc, adj.
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On swá hwilcum sunlícum mónðe swá se móna geendaþ, Lchdm. iii. 250, 3

were

(n.)
Grammar
were, wered a troop, wered sweet, were-mód. v. wer, weorod a troop, weorod
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sweet, wer-mód

fætt

(n.)
Grammar
fætt, m. Dele: the MS. has sefa ? geðang. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215.

snáw-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-ceald, adj.

Cold as snow

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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædmon,
  • MS. C. C. C. Oxford
: Cædmon,
  • Bd. 4, 24
  • ;
  • S. 170, 50
; Cedmon,
  • S. 597, 12
: Ceadmon,
  • MS. B. S. 597, note 12
: Cadmon,
  • Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11
, :
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cæd
linter
,
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mon
homo
]

linter ⬩ homo

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He became a monk of Whitby, and died in the monastery about A. D. 680. A full account is given of him in Bede's History, bk. iv. ch. 24.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will

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disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will Oft ða unwaran láreówas for ege ne durron cleopian, ondrǽdaþ him sumra monna unðonc saepe rectores improvidi humanam amittere gratiam formidantes loqui pertimescunt, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 12.

Linked entry: un-þances

feós

(n.)
Grammar
feós, of cattle, money, or wealth,
  • Ors. 2, 4
  • ;
  • Bos. 43, 15: Chr. 999
  • ;
  • Erl. 134, 36: Bt. 14, 2
  • ;
  • Fox 44, 22
  • ;
gen.
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of feoh

Winter-fylleþ

(n.)

the month of October

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Cf. winter, I Se teóða mónð, October, Winterfylleð, swá hine cíg[a]ð ígbuende, Engle and Seaxe, Menol. Fox 365; Men. 184. Ðone teóðan mónð mon nemneþ on Léden Octember, and on úre geðeóde Winterfylleð, Shrn. 136, 31: 143, 32

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

The early name for the month of May

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Ðonne Drymelces mónað bið geendod ðonne bið seó niht eahta tída lang, 87, 28. Ðrymylce mónað, Chr. Erl, Introd. xxxi, margin

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

geán

(prep.)
Grammar
geán, prep.

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.

nemnan

Grammar
nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
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Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát (hominem aestimare non possis), Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13. add: to mention a subject (person or thing) Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð

ang-

(prefix)
Grammar
ang-, a prefix, as in ang-breóst, ang-mód, ang-módnes, ang-sum, etc. from ange

narrow ⬩ vexed

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narrow, vexed

Linked entry: -sum

nǽting

(n.)
Grammar
nǽting, e; f.

Blaming ⬩ upbraiding

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Blaming, upbraiding Ac hú wéne wé hú micel scyld ðæt síe ðæt monn áþreóte ðære nǽtinge yfelra monna and nime sume sibbe wið ða wierrestan pensandum ergo est, quando ab increpatione quiescitur, quanta culpa cum pessimis pax tenetur, Past. 46, 6; Swt.

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, p. ode

To be (good or bad) weather

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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2

dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
dafenian, dafnian; p.ode ; pp. od

To be seemly or becoming ⬩ decere

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To be seemly or becoming ; decere Swá swá dafnaþ munuce as becomes a monk; sicut decet monacho, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5

ceorl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-leás, adj.
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Without a husband, unmarried Ðæt wudewe sitte .xii. mónðas ceorl ǽs. Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3

frician

(v.)
Grammar
frician, (frícian (?) the MS. has frícudun (fricedan, v.l.) ; but cf. (?) frick to move briskly, D. D.).Add: