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mós

(n.)
Grammar
mós, es; n.

Foodnourishment

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Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 11; Cri. 1507. Tó móse ł ǽte ad edulium, Hpt. Gl. 494, 66. ÐÚ his heáfod sealdest tó móse ( in escam ), Ps. Th. 73, 14. Tó móse manducare, 77, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 53; An. 27: 271; An. 136: Salm. Kmbl. 576; Sal. 287.

Linked entry: mésan

sundor-geréfland

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-geréfland, es; n.
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Æylmer habbe þat lond at Stonham þe ic hym er to hande let to reflande. And ic an Godric mine reue at Waldingfeld þa þritti acre ðe ic hym er to hande let, Chart. Th. 570, 34. See also geréf-mǽd

Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land

gnagan

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Dele bracket at end, and add Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat (corpora vermis ), An. Ox. 23, 49. Wyrmas heora bán gnagað byrnendum tóðum vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Wlfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 211.

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 2: Cd. 209; Th. 259, 6; Dan. 687: Andr. Kmbl. 1372; An. 686: Cd. 86; Th. 108, 33; Gen. 1815

be-bod

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Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne.

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rushfallglide awayto failruerecaderelabideficere

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Ðá cómon hí to sumre ceastre gehrorenre venerunt ad civitatulam quandam desolatam, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 29. Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35.

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberatetake thoughtto deliberatehesitate

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Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, ac him éce geceás líf he did not hesitate before the glory of any king on earth, but (at once) chose life eternal, Apstls. Kmbl. 35; Ap. 18

æþelborenness

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Hláford, úre ceaster is þearfende and ne mæg þíne æðelborennesse ácuman, Ap. Th. 9, 8: 15, 22. inborn nature Æþelbornesse indolem, An. Ox. 4518. v. preceding word

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.
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in a physical sense, fully formed and living at birth Ic gonge mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan, Lch. iii. 66, 29.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Add Hí fyligeað heora luste and ídelum gewille, Wlfst. 52, 15. Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114.

swegel-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-dreám, es; m.
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Cheruphim and Seraphim on swegeldreámum, Andr. Kmbl. 1439; An. 720. Swáse swegl-dreámas gé ( the good at the day of judgment ) geseón mósten, Exon. Th. 82, 35; Cri. 1349. Cf. heofon-dreám

á-blindian

(v.)
Grammar
á-blindian, p. ode
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Heo ablindeð in þe inre eien, A. R. 92. O. H. Ger. ar-blindén : Ger. er-blinden.]

ge-brycgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brycgian, p. ode; pp. od.
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream

Linked entry: brycgian

hálig-ern

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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17.

ge-spówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spówan, p. -speów, pl. -speówon; pp. -spówen [spówan to succeed]

To succeedprospersuccēdĕreprospĕrāre

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To succeed, prosper; succēdĕre, prospĕrāre Hú hyre æt beaduwe gespeów how she prospered in battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 7; Jud. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346. Him æt ðære byrig ne gespeów he did not succeed at the city, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 8

hád

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Gerceafte under heofonum hádas cennað micle and mǽte, Gú. 23, an order in a society, a rank, degree, an office Men ǽlces hádes, heáne and ríce men of every degree, high and low, Guth. 66, 6. Swá man bið mihtigra oþþe máran hádes, Ll.

hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hopp

burne

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Voc. ii. 112, 39: An. Ox. 1714: fons, Kent. Gl. 633. Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, Hé eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cumb

(n.)
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Add:to cumb, Cumb dolium, An. Ox. 56, 30

dagung

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Add: crepusculum Hwæðer hit sí þe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen d(e)agung (e written above; dagung, v. l.) utrum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an jam advenerit matutinum, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 21.