hundtwentig-wintre
A hundred and twenty years old
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A hundred and twenty years old Ic eom tó-dæg hundtwentigwintre centum viginti annorum sum hodie, Deut. 31, 2
maca-
Fit ⬩ suitable ⬩ convenient
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Fit, suitable, convenient Mið ðý dæg maccalíc [macalíc, Rush.] gecuom cum dies opportunus accidisset, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21
ofer-heáfod
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Add: [v. N. E. D. over-head]: <b>ofer-heáh.</b> Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : <b>ofer-hebban.</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself:
forþ-fór
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Be ðon hálgan lífe and forðfóre Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 14: Gr. D. 20, 20. Hé bodode hire forðfóre ( obitum ), 169, 14: Guth. 94, 3. ¶ where death is commemorated On ðone endlyftan dæg þæs mónðes bið þǽre hálgan abbodissan forðfór, Shrn. 137, 32.
ge-scapennys
A creation, creating, formation ⬩ creātio, figmentum
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A creation, creating, formation; creātio, figmentum Se emnihtes dæg is se feórþa dæg ðysse wornlde gescapennysse the day of the equinox is the fourth day of the creation of this world, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 14, 16; Lchdm. iii. 238,
un-teald
Uncounted
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Uncounted Gyf se ðæg byð forlǽten unteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eall ðæs geáres ymbryn þwyres, Lchdm. iii. 264, 12
stán-clif
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A rocky cliff, a rock Hé of stánclife burnan lǽdde qui eduxit aquam de petra rupis, Ps. Th. 135, 17. Beorgas ðǽr ne muntas steápe ne stondaþ, ne stánclifu heáh hlifiaþ, Exon. Th. 199, 8; Ph. 22. Sume flugon æfter stánclifum, Elen. Kmbl. 269; El. 135.
dim-lic
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Se beorhta dæg tódrǽfð þá dimlican þeóstru ðǽre sweartan nihte, Hml. Th. i. 604, 1: Hml. S. 5, 108. Add
fore-stæppan
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Forestepþ procedit, An. Ox. 51, 65. Hig þæne forman dæg forestæppað, Angl. viii. 330, 23. Se dæg forestóp þá niht eall oð Crístes ǽriste; ac syððan hé þá niht gewuldrode mid his ǽriste, heó forestóp þæne dæg, 319, 40. Hé hí forestóp on heofenan ríce,
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bealcan
to emit ⬩ utter ⬩ pour out ⬩ eructare
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to emit, utter, pour out; eructare Dæg ðam dæge bealceþ word dies diei eructat verbum, Ps. Spl. 18, 2
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óþer-geáre
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Next year Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna scyle beón óþergeáre on þisne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 16, 19
áninga
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Is se dæg cumen ꝥ ðú scealt áninga (certainly) óðer twéga líf forleósan oððe lange dóm ágan mid eldum, Wald. 14. Add
ceorl-líce
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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
geár-langes
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For a year Lǽt hit standan geárlanges dimitte illam hoc anno (Lk. 13, 8), Hml. Th. ii. 408, 6. Cf. dæg-langes
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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Add: a bosom, lap Faethm gremium (gremen, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 3. Faeðm sinus, 120, 66. Openige nú þín se fægresta fæþm and se clǽna, Bl. H. 7, 25. On fæþme gremio, An. Ox. 32, 11. On fæðme (in fæðem, L.) fædres in sinu patris, Jn. R. 1, 18. the
ge-hlid
A lid ⬩ covering ⬩ roof ⬩ an inclosure ⬩ a vault ⬩ tectum ⬩ clausūra ⬩ septum
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A lid, covering, roof, an inclosure, a vault; tectum, clausūra, septum Ic cann ealle heáh-heofona gehlidu I know all the roofs of the high heavens, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 3; Gen. 584 : Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 25; Cri. 518. Ðonne bearn Godes þurh heofona gehleodu
wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde
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bríce
Useful ⬩ utilis
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Useful; utilis Dæg byþ eallum bríce day is useful to all, Runic pm. 24; Kmbl. 344, 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135
midde-sumor
Mid-summer
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Mid-summer Ðis godspel gebyraþ on middesumeres mæsseǽfen, Lk. Skt. 1, 1, rubric. On middesumeres dæg, Herb. 4, 5; Lchdm. i. 90, 17
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midde-niht
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midnight Gif þunor cumeð on forantniht . . . Gif hé cymð on middeniht (midde niht ?) . . . Gif hé on dæg cumð, Archiv cxx. 47, 12-16. (?)