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stregdan

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'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . . Hé þæt wæter stregde (sprengde, v. l.) ofer his limu 'benedictam aquam super corpus projice'. . . Benedictam aquam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 17-22

sand-corn

(n.)

a grain of sand

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a grain of sand Gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 24.

gild

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Þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear suovetaurili(a ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 33: 86, 33. Hwæðer þá landleóde crístene wǽron ðe hí on hǽðenra gildum (in hǽðennesse gedwolum, v. l.) lifdon (paganis erroribus essent inplicati ).

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Salomones reste wæs mid weardum ymbseted, ðæt waes mid syxtigum werum, 11, 16. Hé sette him weardas ofer, Jos. 10, 18: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 210. :--- fig. Geác, sumeres weard, Exon. Th. 309, 8; Seef. 54. Bánhúses weard the mind, Cd.

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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wæter of ðínum múþ ðú ne send, 247. 7. Ic nelle nán word má of ðínum múþe gehýran, Nar. 45, 23. Ic wæs sixtýne síðum on sǽbáte . . . is þys áne má I have been sixteen times in a sea boat ... this is once more, Andr. Kmbl. 984; An. 492.

Linked entries: mǽst

eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m.

A boar, wild boar aper

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A boar, wild boar; aper Sume wǽron eaforas some were wild boars, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 161; Met. 26, 81

Linked entries: aferian cum-feorm

lustbǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líc, adj.

Desirablepleasant

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Desirable, pleasant Eálá hú lustbǽrlíce tída on ðam dagum wǽron O tempora desiderio dignissima! Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 25

þurh-þráwan

(v.)

to twist through

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to twist through [Se wǽte of húse dropaþ on stán ... and ðane stán þurhþurleþ and þurhþreáwþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 11]

un-geleáfsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsumness, e; f.

Unbeliefinfidelityheathenism

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Unbelief, infidelity, heathenism Monige on Angelðeóde, mid ðý hí ðágyta on ungeleáfsumnysse ( infidelitate ) wǽron, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 22

Linked entry: ge-leáfsumness

ciric-þénung

Grammar
ciric-þénung, -þegnung.
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On þám sinoðe wǽron gesette þá hálgan cyricþénunga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 8. Cyrcþénungum orgiis, sacrificiis, Germ. 395, 65. Add

fugel

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Seóþ henne on wætre, ádó þone fugel of, Lch. ii. 336, 13. Ic sende fuhlas wédende, Wlfst. 231, 12. Add

manigfealde

(adv.)
Grammar
manigfealde, adv.
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In many ways, abundantly: His hálines and wundor wǽron syððan manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland, Chr. 641; P. 27, 25. —

smirwung

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Add: smearing, greasing, rubbing with grease Sceóna smyruncg and reáfa wæsc calciamentorum unctio uestimento*-* rumgue ablutio, Angl. xiii. 441, 1084

ofermǽt-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofermǽt-lic, adj.

Immense

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Immense Ðonne swá ofermǽtlícu rícu onstyrede wǽron ubi tot et talia regna mutata sunt, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 10

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 1794: praefigurat, 3715. þæt wæs sweotole getácnad, þá hé cniht wæs . . . mon geseah ymbe þá sunnan swelce án gylden hring, and weóll án wille ele.

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Drihtenes engel com tó his tíman on ðone mere, and ðæt wæter wæs ástyred, Jn. Skt. 5, 4. a period of time His tíma ne biþ ná langsum, Homl. Th. i. 4, 18. Hire tíma wæs gefylled, ðæt heó cennan sceolde, i. 30, 11.

Linked entries: týma tíme

for-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen

To shrink upmarcescĕre

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To shrink up; marcescĕre Wǽron sume on forclungenum treówe ahangene some were hung up on a shrunken tree, Nath. 8

Linked entry: CLINGAN

fore-weard

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, and add Ymb þá foreward þe wǽron geworhte ... And sé ðe þás foreward tóbreke, C.D. iv. 263, 13-21

un-forcúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forcúþlíce, adv.

Noblyexcellently

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Nobly, excellently Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wǽron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715

Linked entry: for-cúþlíce

be-siftan

(v.)
Grammar
be-siftan, p. te
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155