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
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a 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
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His scrift hit gecýðe þám biscope, hweðer hé tó þǽre bóte cirran wolde, Ll. Th. i. 212, 24
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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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
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Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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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
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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 down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to 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' . . .
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LIBBAN
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.
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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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
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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.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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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.
HÚ
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.
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
A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin
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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
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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.
þe
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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
hú
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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.