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cýþan

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Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne don't count your chickens before they are hatched; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Prov.

trúwian

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
trúwian, p. ode

To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that

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To trust, confide Ic trúwige fido . . . ic trúwige confido, ic trúwode confisus sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33 Zup. 204, 14-16.

Linked entry: trúgian

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 16. to write to a person, write with the intention of sending what is written Mé geþúhte wrítan ðé, ðú se sélusta Theophilus, Lk.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

gítsung

Grammar
gítsung, Add: <b>giétsung, gídsung</b>
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Voc. i. 287, 68: ii. 8, 61. Se þridda leahter is auaritia, ꝥ is seó yfele gítsung (gýttsung, v. l.), Hml. S. 16, 280. Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas gítsung is wyrtruma ǽghwylces yfeles, Wlfst. 69, 9.

of-munan

(v.)

to recall to mind, recollect

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Ic wát æác ðæt ic hyt hæfde swá cléne forgeten ðæt ic hyt nǽfre eft ne ofmunde I know too that I should have so clean forgotten it, that I should have never again recalled it Shrn. 198, 4

hird

(n.)

retinue, ⬩ court

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This form as it occurs in late specimens may be merely a contraction of híréd [q.v.], or it may be a form influenced by the Danish hirð. In the former case it should be written hírd

Linked entry: in-hirdmann

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, hó, hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms.

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.

to bring up or forth ⬩ to disclose, reveal, declare, manifest ⬩ to come forth, ⬩ to proceed ⬩ to be disclosed

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On his ágenum dagum ypped weorðeþ sóðfæstnes orietur in diebus ejus justitia, Ps. Th. 71, 7. Ypped earð in mægne ðínum exortus es in virtute tua, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 188, 9. Ðæt ypped wæs prolatum, Hpt.

Linked entry: uppe

ge-stígan

(v.)
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(l c) to go on to a ship :-- Ic on ceól gestáh, An. 901. Gestág in scipp ascendens in nauiculam, Mt. L. 9, l.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecrate ⬩ dedicate ⬩ initiate ⬩ ordain ⬩ hallow ⬩ make holy ⬩ sanctify ⬩ consecrāre ⬩ dedĭcāre ⬩ sacrāre ⬩ inĭtĭāre ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ sanctĭfĭcāre

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Th. ii. 596, 5 : Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3 : 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18. He wæs gehálgod fram Scottum ordĭnātus a Scottis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 22. On gehálgodre cirican in a consecrated church, L. Edg. C. 30; Th. ii. 250, 19

Læsting

(n.)
Grammar
Læsting, Læstinga eá
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Lastingham in Yorkshire Fram ðám bróðrum ðæs mynstres ðe Læstinga eá is nemned, Bd. pref: S. 472, 17. Getimbrede ðǽr mynster ðæt is nú gecýged Læstinga eá, 3, 23; S. 555, 3. Hé gewát tó his mynsterscire ðæt is on Læstinga eá, 5, 19; S. 639, 14.

ge-béd-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-dagas, pl. m.

Prayer-days ⬩ Lītănia mājor ⬩ Lītănia mĭnor

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Th. i. 244, 11

ofer-eáca

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Th. ii. 328, 3

síþe

(n.)
Grammar
síþe, (from sigþe), es ; m.

A scythe ⬩ implement for mowing

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Voc. ii. 35, 1: falx, 38, 51: i. 34, 64: falcastrum, 16, 16: 85, 3: ii. 33, 74. Befeóll án síþe of ðam snǽde intó ánum deópan seáþe, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10. Hé sceal habban . . . síþe, Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: sigdi

á-fæstnian

(v.)
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Ic geséþe vel áfæstnie confirmo, i. astruo , Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 29. Áfestnað affirmat , Kent. Gl. 805. Áfestniað defigunt , 847. Ic áfæstnode fixi. Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 3. Ic on gewryte áfæstnode ꝥ ic wǽre þæs deófles, Hml. S. 3, 415.

brǽdan

(v.)

to roast

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Th. i. 430, 16. Hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan, Shrn. 116, 3. Þæt lamb brǽdan, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 13. Brædan frixiri, i. coqui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 3. Brǽdendum assantibus (titionum globis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 23: 5, 8.

funta

(n.)

a spring

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; the word occurs only in place-names Lond æt Cendeles (Ceadeles, C. D. B. iii. 40) funtan C. D. ii. 293, 20. In loco qui Fobbefunte nominatur, 138, 35. Ðis syndon ðá landgemǽre tó Fobbefunten, iii. 279, 13.

Linked entry: fynt

solor

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Rdr. 101, 7. a residence Ic þeówode in þam solore þǽre Constantinopoliscan byrig in Constantinopolitanae urbis palatio deserviens, Gr. D. 248, 14. a raised platform Solere pulpito, An. Ox. 2, 211

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful

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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.

á-dreógan

to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform

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Add: to bear off Ic ádreóge digero, An. Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12.

Linked entry: á-dreósan