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godcundnys

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</b> a pious offering :-- Gif hwá ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcð, him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæsten álýsan mid godcundnysse and mid his worldǽhton (pieiate et mundanis suis possessionibus ); ꝥ is þonne, gif hé byð welig, sylle for

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe

Linked entry: ciorl

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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His scrift hit gecýðe þám biscope, hweðer hé tó þǽre bóte cirran wolde, Ll. Th. i. 212, 24

wíf-mann

(n.)
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wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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Ne scríde nán wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe (veste feminea), Deut. 22, 5. Be wífmannes beweddunge, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254. Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, L. Alf. pol. 26 ; Th. i. 78, 16.

Linked entry: wím-man

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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Proprié pugillares sunt tabulæ, in quibus scribi consuevit, quæ Græcé πινακίδια dicuntur.' In St. Luke i. 63, αἰτήσας πινακίδιον, postulans pugillarem, is in the A. Sax. Gospels, gebedenum wex-brede a waxed tablet being asked for.

áscian

(v.)
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Se scrift sceal áhsian gehwylces þinges þone þe tó him his þearfe sprycð, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 17. (1 b) and with dat. of person :-- Þæs ic hiom áxian wille, H.

Linked entry: áhsian

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5. Wé ne magon swáþeáh ealle naman áwrítan, ne furþon geþencan, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74. 'Nelle ðú áwríta (-urítte, L.) cyning Iudéana' . . .

Linked entry: wrítan

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Uton libban ðam lífe ðe scrift ús wísige, 112, 18: 150, 13. Lífe swilcum libban vitam talem vivere, Hymn. Surt. 90, 13.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Smicere on gearwum cymeþ wlitig scríðan Maius, Menol. Fox 152 ; Men. 77. Hærfest, wlitig, wæstmum hladen, 281 ; Men. 142. Ðære wlitegan byrig weallas, Judth. Thw. 23, 24; Jud. 137. In ðám wlitegan træfe, 25, II ; Jud. 255.

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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On wanre niht scríðan, Beo. Th. 1409; B. 702; Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sweart, wonn and wéste, Cd. Th. 7, 22 ; Gen. 110. Ða wonnan niht móna onlíhteþ (cf. se móna líht on niht, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 25), Met. II, 61.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Ne hé ne scrífe ðæs hlísan búton hú hé ryhtosð wyrce, Past. 323, 17. For ðám gódan hlísan (ðæt hié gifule ðyncen), 339, 25. Monige menn noldan ðone hlísan habban ðæt hié unwiése sién, nonnulli aestimari hebetes nolunt 67, 2.

ge-sprecan

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Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað, ꝥ ǽlc man sceal his scrift gesprecan (confessarium suum alloqui), Ll. Th. ii. 224, 33. to agree, settle Þá gesprǽcon hié him betweónum þæt hié wolden anwendan ealle þá gesetnessa, Ors. 6, 10 ; S. 264, 19.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Ábídan sceal miclan dómes hú him metod scrífan wille must abide the great doom, how the Lord will adjudge to him, Beo.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ge-neálǽcan

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., cumende, R.) him án bócere accedens unus scriba, 19. Mid ðý þe hí eft geneálǽcton (-neólécton, v.l. ) þám fýre, ðá tódǽlde se engel ðone lég þæs fýres, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 280, 13.

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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.), 35, 5. the clouds of night Óþðe nípende niht scríðan cwóme, wan under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 1306; B. 651: 1432; B. 714: Salm. Kmbl. 207; Sal. 103: Andr. Kmbl. 1673; An. 839: Exon.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Swylcra yrmða swá ðú unc scrife, Soul Kmbl. 201; Seel. 102. Búton hé hæbbe swylce þéningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon, Homl.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ when the confessor hears the temptations of the man who confesses to him, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20. Ðære fǽmnan tíd þe hire ( whose ) noma wæs Sc̃ca Anatolia, Shrn. 102, 34.

Linked entry: þý

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(v. lóc(a) in Dict. ) Ábídan miclan dómes, hú him metod scrífan wille, B. 979. qualifying an adj. or adv., to what extent (in a correlative phrase) Á hú lenge swíðe, Ps.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Cymeþ scríðan on tún Maius, Menol. Fox 153; Men. 78. Lencten on tún geliden hæfde, 56; Men. 28. On folc féreþ October on tún, 363; Men. 183. [The phrase is found in later English, e.g. Elde cumid to tune.

Linked entry: bold