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sealm-sang

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Gebróþrum sealmsange (psalmodię) underþeóddum, Angl. xiii. 391, 376. Man gehýrde mycelne sealmsang coepit psalmodiae cantus audiri, Gr. D. 238, 29. Sealmsangum ( psalmodiis ) onþeówigende, Angl. xiii. 375, 130: 373, 116

ǽtrian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-ǽttred. to become poisonous or corrupt Ǽttredon tabescerent, Angl. xiii. 366, 14

be-héflic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héflic, adj.
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Useful, needful, necessary Ús þingð wel behéflic ꝥ; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18

bencian

(v.)
Grammar
bencian, p. ode
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To furnish with benches Hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . betweox húsan bricgian, beóddian, bencian, Angl. ix. 262, 22

ceorl-líce

(adv.)
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For 'Bridf' substitute On twám wísum is se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter, ꝥ ys gecyndelíce and ceorlíce, Angl. viii. 317, 8

ge-cnucian

(v.)
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Tabule byþ gecnucod tabula pulsatur, Angl. xiii. 402, 536. Tácne gecnucedum signo pulsato, 383, 255. Gecnucedre tabulan pulsata tabula, 390, 359. Add

gníþelicness

(n.)
Grammar
gníþelicness, e; f.
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Gnéðelicnesse frugalitatis, Angl. xiii. 32, 117: Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 34

lahlíce

(adv.)
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Laglíce legitime Angl. xiii. 394, 413. Add

sculdor

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Add: sculdra, an Hé dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende hí onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588

stole

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Sí ymbútonseald him stole circumdatur ei stola, Angl. xiii. 443, 1116. Se abbud mid stolan (stola) gefratewud, 405, 566: 403, 546. Add

ǽfen-glóma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóma, an; m.

Evening-twilight

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Crepusculum ys seó forme, ðæt ys ǽfenglðma, Angl. viii. 319, 27: Lch. iii. 242, 27

Linked entries: niht-glóm glóma

á-feormung

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Gástlicre áfeormunge ( purgaminis ), Angl. xiii. 387, 312. Wið wífa áfeormunge ( purgationem ), Lch. i. 186, 9. Áfeorm-unge mundationem , Scint. 28, 9. Add

deóp-þancol

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Witan mid deópðanclum mode, Angl. viii. 329, 11

cynnig

(adj.)
Grammar
cynnig, adj.
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Cynnegum, Angl. xiii. 36, 240

ge-mane

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Angl. i. 334. The Latin is; Homines quorum capita capita leonum

hwæt-ness

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Hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum, ꝥ ys styrung, and on Lýden, a motu siderum, Angl. viii. 318, 6. Add

barda

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Angl. viii. 451). Barda, Wülck. Gl. 289, 12. Add: barþa

féþre

(adj.)
Grammar
féþre, adj.

Laden ⬩ loaded

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Laden, loaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre better is often loaded than overloaded; meliora plura quam gravia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373

Linked entries: ofer-féþre fóþer

ge-pós

Grammar
ge-pós, l. ge-pos,
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and add Swá byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig; flegmata ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii. 299, 36

ge-widerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-widerian, to be (fair)
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weather On længtene beána sáwan, wíngeard settan, . . . and raðe æfter ðám, gif hit mót gewiderian, mederan settau, línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 9

Linked entry: widerian

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