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birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
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Ðæs dæges bierhto and ðǽre sunnan, 387, 15. Birhtu, Bt. 34, 8; F. 146, 2: claritatem. Ps. Srt. ii. p. 159, 21. In birhtum in splendoribus, Ps. Srt. 109, 3. Add

Linked entry: beorhtu

feormian

(v.)

to cleanseto furbish

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Add: to clean a place Sé þe on Sunnan*-*dæge his hús feormað, Wlfst. 212, 26. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3.

stów

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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres

wíf-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyn, wíf-cynn, es; n.

woman-kindwomenfemale sex

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[Wiðuten wifkin and childre besides women and children, Gen. and Ex. 656.] female sex Óþer ðara is wǽpnedcynnes, sunnan trió, óþer wífkynnes, ðæt mónan trió quarum lignum virile est solis, alterum est femineum lune, Nar. 25, 18.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Swegles gim, heofontungol (cf. seó sunne, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29), Met. 22, 23. Swegles gim, sunne, Exon. Th. 212, 11; Ph. 208. Swegles leóht, gimma gladost, 218, 2 ; Ph. 288. Swegles leóma, 204, 26; Ph. 103. Swegles tapur, 205, 18; Ph. 114.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Seó háte sunne scíneþ, E. S. viii. 478, 82. Scíneð sunne swegle hát, Met. 28, 61. Sceal eft cuman sumor swegle hát, Gn. Ex. 78. Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and bléda, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 14. Helle þǽre hátan, Gen. 362.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Swá hwylc Sunnan-dæg swá þǽr byð gehendost, Angl. viii. 329, 12. of scrutiny, closely Béda and Rabanus þe wel gehende an ásmeádun ymbe þisum cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 13. of kinship, association, &c.

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Ac hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?) Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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On midne dæg bið seó sunne on ðam ufemestum ryne stígende, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 18. temporal, later, after. Similar entries v. uferian, II, ufeweard, II Oððe eft uferran dógore oððe ðonne either at a later day or at the time, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 12.

æt-standan

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Add: where there is or may be movement, of a moving body, to stop, come to rest Seó sunne cymð tó þám sunnstede and þǽr ætstent. Lch. iii. 250, 24. Swá swá wæter scýt of ðǽre dúne and ætstent on dene, Hml. Th. i. 362, 22.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep, d.

Beforeante

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Ǽr sunnan his nama sóþfæst standeþ, byþ his setl ǽr swylce ðonne móna ante solem permanebit nomen ejus, et ante lunam sedes ejus, Ps. Th. 71, 17. Ǽr ðam flóde ante diluvium, Mt. Bos. 24, 38. Ǽr ðé before thee, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 26.

flís

fleecewooldown

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Voc. ii. 51, 64. what resembles, or serves the purpose of, a fleece Hié of sunnan treówcynne and of his leáfum and of his flýse þæs treówes spurmon and tó godewebbe wǽfon foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 17

súþ

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ, cpve. súþra; spve. súþmest; adj.
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Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 337, 338, for names of f

Linked entry: be-súþan

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.
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Se sunn onféng mennisc hiw the son took the form of a man, Nar. 39, 23: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 19; Cri. 721: 46 a; Th. 156, 28; Gú. 881. Heó, Elen. Kmbl. 12; El. 6. Tócnáwan heofones hiw faciem cæli dijudicare, Mt. Kmbl 16, 3.

glídan

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, and eft æfter sunnan on setl glídeð, Met. 29, 27.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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R.] and sunnan upgange between dawn and sunrise, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 6, 19; Lchdm. iii. 244, 6.

hwatung

(n.)
Grammar
hwatung, e; f.

Divination

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Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana

Linked entry: hwat

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Gif þú nelt hine tellan eác tó þám mónan swá swá tó þǽre sunnan, þonne áwǽst þú þone eástorlican regol, Lch. iii. 264, 15

un-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lytel, adj.

not littlegreatnot littlenot few in numbermuchnot littlegreat

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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.

irnan

(v.)
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Gif se móna urne swá úp swá seó sunne déþ, Lch, iii. 248, 6. Ǽfre seó sunne byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan, 234, 22. of a vessel or those on it Hí tugon úp heora segel and urnon west tó Axamúðan, Chr. 1046; P. 169, ll.