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heáh-sácerd

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Hí lǽddon þæne Hǽlend tó þám heáhsácerde (héhsácerd, L. ad summum sacerdotem) . . . Petrns him fyligde oþ ðæs heáhsácerdes (summi sacerdotis) cafertún. . . .

on-hrínan

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Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne, v. l. ), Past. 241, 13. Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 8. with dat.

á-wéstan

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Þæne áwéstendan deófol, Angl. viii. 330, 25. Áwéstendum populantibus, An. Ox. 2715. Gehwilce ǽnlípige sind mid fǽrlicum slihte áwéste, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 10. Add

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell casa, cubiculurn, cella

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A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell; casa, cubiculurn, cella Tær ðæt hors ðæt þæc of ðære cytan hrófe the horse tore the thatch off the roof of the cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 17.

Linked entry: cote

æt-wíndan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
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Þæt hé ætwindan móste that he migh' escape (unpleasant consequences' ), Hml. Th. i. 598, 28. with dat. Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118.

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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þæt hé on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, and hæbbe þá syþþan and náne óþre þá hwíle þe seó libbe, Wlfst. 304, 21. Úre Drihten forbeád twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum ðus; ' Swá hwá swá his ǽwe forlǽt and óðer genimð. Hml. Th. 323, 31-3.

á-gyltan

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. :-- Þæt ( what ) wé mid gitsigendum eágum ágylton, Hml. Th. i. 68, 26. with object against which sin is done Swá swá wé forgyfað ðám þe wið ús ágyltað, 258, 23.

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Hwá dorste ðæs gewilnian, þæt se Ælmihtiga Cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áucennedan. æðeling?, ii. 6, 21. Bescúfende trudentes (ad erroris nau*-*fragia), An. Ox. 5477

Cásere

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Hé begeat þæs cáseres mága tó wífe, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 13. Cáseres gæfel, Mt. L. 17, 24. Cǽseres, p. 19, 5. Ðæs casseres, 22, 21. Geldas ðá ðe sint caeseres (cáseras, R.) ðǽm cásere, Mk. L. 12, 17. Cessares, Lk. L. 2, l. Ðǽm cásari (kásere, R.), Mt.

clyne

(n.)
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God him fram þæt fýrene clyne ádyde þe ofer þá ceastre wæs on þám genipe hangiende, An. Ox. 492 note. Ǽlces kynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67. Leádes clynum mastigiis, ii. 54, 75.

for-berstan

exhaustedto failbreak down

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Add: of material, to burst asunder, be lorn asunder Godwebba cyst (the veil of the temple) ufan eall forbærst, þæt hit on eorðan læg on twám styccum, Cri. 1138.

fretan

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Voc. ii. 82, 51: 52, 35. to destroy by the action of (mid) animals or things Hié þæt corn frǽton mid hirá horsum, Chr. 894; P. 88, n. 4 Ðonne hié bióð innan fretene mid ðǽre ádle dum se ista intrinsecus peste consumunt.

geard

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Add: a fence, hedge His fót wearð fæst on ánum ságle þæs geardes (on ánum hegesáhle, v. l., in sude sepis ), Gr. D. 24, 27. Hé ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20.

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf hí mé hwæt secgað þæt hí selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Add: trans, to spread the fame of a person His nama wearð gewfdmǽrsod wíde geond þæt land nomen ejus uulgatum est in omni terra, Jos. 6, 2f. to spread the knowledge of a fact, event, &c. to publish, promulgate Ðá hyrdas þá heofenlican gesihíe

grund-leás

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Þreá on helle, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse, Gen. 390. of immaterial things, boundless, insatiable Ne mæg se wéla þá grundleásan gítsunga gefyllan nec opes inexpletam restinguere avaritiam queunt, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 2, 16

lǽs

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Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde . . . and twégra getýmena lǽse, and týn cúna forð mid þas hláfordes and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Þone þe ðis land gelytlede on lǽsu[m ?] oððe on gemǽru[m ?]

ná-hwæþer

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Hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt hé náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte ( ut sedere out stare nequivisset ), Guth. 153. 14

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

récan

Grammar
récan, reccan.
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Leáses monnes word ne réce (recce, v. l. ) þú nó þæs tó gehiéranne, Ll. Th. i. 54, 3. Add Ne réces ðú ꝥ wé deádo sié won ad te pertinet quia perimus, Mk. L. 4, 38. Wé ne récað (recceað, v. l. ) hwæðer wé hit ongieten, Past. 195, 6.