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god-webben

(adj.)
Grammar
god-webben, adj.
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Purple Ná mid golde ne mid godwebbenum hræglum not with gold nor with purple raiment, Blickl. Homl. 95, 19

be-lecgan

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Gif man mid tihtlan preóst beléde. Ll. Th. ii. 256, 39. Belege mid wulle cover with wool, Lch. ii. 262, 3. Mid unþeáwum beléd subject to vices, R. Ben. 121, 14. Líge belegde enveloped in flame, Dan. 296. Add

segling

(n.)
Grammar
segling, e; f.

Sailing

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Sailing Ðæt wé ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ówiht fremian mihte ut neque velo neque remigio quicquam proficere valeremus, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 25. Hé mid seglunge binnon ánum dæge com tó Antiochian, Ap. Th. 6, 27

in-timbrian

(v.)
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Trymede hé hí mid his láre and mid his manunge heora heortan intimbrede, Guth. 64, 19. Add

sceamol

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Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum, Hml. S. 21, 432. Add

middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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The midday service Úhtsang and prímsang, undernsang and middægsang, nónsang and ǽfensang, and nihtsang, L. Ælfc, C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7. De officio sextae horae. Middægsang. On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7

COCCEL

(n.)
Grammar
COCCEL, es; m.

COCKLE ⬩ darnel ⬩ tares; ⬩ zizania

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He oferseów hit mid coccele on middan ðam hwǽte superseminavit zizania in medio tritici 13, 25; Homl. Th. i. 526, 20. Se sóða Déma hit his englas gadrian ðone coccel the true Judge shall bid his angels gather the cockle 526, 21; Mt.

rǽd-þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtung, e; f.
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Counsel Hé wæs gemǽrsad ofer ealle óðere cyningas ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge ge mid his wígcræfte ob magnitudinem virium consiliorumque summam belli nomenque traduxit, Ors. 4. 1; Swt. 154, 27

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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Hi hine þǽr oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera heáfdum, and slóh hine þá án heora mid ánre æxe ýre (ére, v. l. ), Chr. 1012 ; P. 142, 24. [v. N. E. D. ear. Cf. Ger. öhr handle.]

Linked entry: ére

spora

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at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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æstel, may be quoted the following: 'Hé gesmioðade ðá gehríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit gehrínade mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded fáconleás feh.' See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

oll

(n.)

contempt, insult, contumely

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contempt, insult, contumely (in the phrase mid olle) Se deófol cwæþ mid olle ðæt hé wolde æt ðam weorce gecuman. Homl. Th. i. 166, 15. Hé áxode ðá mid olle (contemptuously) Eart ðu lá God ? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 72.

dryht-ealdormann

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-ealdormann, es; m.
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A bridesman Brýdguman and brýde mid gebedum and mid ofringum mæssepreóst sceal bletsian ... and þá drihtealdormen hí healdon, Nap. 17

teón-rǽden

Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn.
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Nánum hé ne forgeald yfel mid yfele, ac hé forbær manna teónrǽdene mid micclum geðylde, Hml. S. 31, 305. Add

wæter-streám

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Críst wolde sylf swá hálgian úre fulluht mid his hálgan líchaman and ealle wæterstreámas mid his ingange, Nap. 67. Add

á-fyllan

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</b> with prep. mid :-- Ðone sǽ mid scipun and mid his fultume áfyllan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 14. Áfyllan fatu mid wætere, Hml. Th. i. 58, 12. Seó dene wæs áfylled mid manna sáwlum, ii. 350, 9. to fill, supply abundantly, with gen.

fǽg-nys

(n.)
Grammar
fǽg-nys, -nyss, e ; f.

Difference, diversity, variety ⬩ vărietas

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Difference, diversity, variety; vărietas Ymbgyrd oððe ymbwǽfd mid missenlícum oððe mid fǽgnyssum circumamicta varietātĭbus, Ps. Lamb. 44, 15

be-gyrdan

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Útan begyrdd (accincta) mid ðám feówer godspellum, 171, 5. Þá lendenu beóð mid sáre be-gyrdedu, Lch. ii. 232, 8

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.

fully formed and living at birth ⬩ legitimate

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in a physical sense, fully formed and living at birth Ic gonge mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan, Lch. iii. 66, 29.

un-geweder

(n.)
Grammar
un-geweder, es; n.

Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest

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Bad weather, storm, tempest Se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe and mid eallon ungewederon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 33. Hefigtýme geár on ungewederan, ðá man oððe tilian sceoldon oððe eft tilða gegaderian, 1097; Erl. 234, 24

Linked entries: ge-weder un-weder

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