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wiþ-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ferian, p. ede

To carry offto rescue

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Hé of heofenum hider onsende, ðe méálýsde, láþum wiðferede misit de caelo, et liberavit me, 56, 3. Míne sáwle álýs, and wiðfere láþum feóndum animam meam libera: propter inimicos meos eripe me, 68, 18.

mæsse-sang

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Add: celebration of mass Nán mæssesang beón ne mæg bútan þǽm þrím þingum, ꝥ is ofiǽtan and wín and wæter (cf. panis et vinuin et aqua sine quibus nequaquam missae celebrantur, III. 30, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 2.

reócan

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Sume hús ná gehrán seó fýlnes þæs reócendan and stincendan mistes alia habitacula exurgens foetor e flumine minime tangebat, Gr. D. 319, 11. Eóde forð feórðe healf geár bútan rénscúrum and reocendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Add

heden

(n.)
Grammar
heden, es; m.

A hood, chasubledressa jacket of fur or skin

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Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam, L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9.

Linked entries: hæðen hed-cláþ

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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a service of the church, mass Mæsse missa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 8.

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.
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Him ꝥ ha treoweð on, Kath. 1327, note.] þeo luue . . . þu treowest hire, Misc. 94, 42. Putifar trewið his wiwes tale, Gen. and Ex. 2037

Linked entry: trýwian

fóre-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A fore-tokenprodigywonderprodĭgiumportentumostentum

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He sigetácen sende manegum, fórebeácn feala folce Ægipta mīsit signa et prodĭgia in mĕdio Ægypti, 134, 9: Ps. Lamb. 77, 43: Mt. Bos. 24, 24.

cynd

(n.)
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Cniht weóx and þág, swá him cynde wǽron æðele from yldrum ( he inherited noble natural qualities from his parents ), Gen. 2771. v. módor-cynd. a kind; genus Sægdon ús þá bígengean þæt wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missen[l]ice cynd nǽdrena and hrifra

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Æfter mæssan and húsl-gonge post missas et communionem, R. Ben. 62, 7. Gancge ǽlc æfter óðrum tó húselgancge (húsle, v. l. )(adpacem, ad communionem), 114, 4: Hml. S. 236, 754

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

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Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

livingfoodsustenancenourishmentpottagevictusalimentapulmentumthat by which food is procuredmoneywagesalmsstipendiumstips

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Sealde ealle hyre andlyfene misit totum victum suum, Mk. Bos. 12, 44. that by which food is procured, money, wages, alms; stipendium, stips Ðæt he mihte dæghwámlíce. andleofene onfón ut quotidianam ab eis stipem acciperet, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 3.

ge-mǽne-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líce, adv.

Commonly, in common, generally, mutually, in turn, one amongst anothercommuniter, generaliter, invicem

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Þurh hí sende gemǽnelíce ða þing eall ða ðe to cyrican bigange and þénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron misit per eos generaliter universa quæ ad cultum erant ac ministerium ecclesiæ necessaria, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 8.

scip-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scip-mann, es; m.
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Voc. 62, 15. a sailor, one of a ship's crew Ðá ongunnon ða nýdlingas and ða scypmen ða ancras on ðone sǽ sendan woldon ðæt scyp mid gefæstnian tentabant nautae anchoris in mare missis navem retinere, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 40.

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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Ecgfriþ Norþan-Hymbra cyning sende wered and fyrd on Hibernia Scotta eálonde, and hí ða unscæððendan þeóde, and symble Angelcynne ða holdestan earmlíce forhergodon Ecgfrid rex Nordanhymbrōrum misso Hĭberniam exercĭtu vastāvit mĭsĕre gentem innoxiam et

Linked entry: hergian

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Arewan, gauelucas wǽron gescotene catapultae diriguntur, i. misse sunt, An.

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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. ; . misfó, Bt. 2 ; F. 4, 8), Met. 2, 5

ge-sceádan

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congeries, Mt. p. 4, 3. to scatter, shed Genim þás wyrte tó dúste gecnucude, gesceád (-scád, v.l. ) tó ðám sáre, Lch, i. 290, 12. non-material objects, to distinguish Ðú ðe dæg gisceádas (discernis) from næhte, dédo ússa from ðióstra gisceád (distingue) miste

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Ðá se earma man ðus mid ormódnesse sprecendé wæs sic loquebatur miser desperans, 5, 13; S. 633, 21. Tó ormódnesse ad desperationem, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 19: 21, 7; Swt. 165, 19.

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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Ǽr se þicca mist þinra weorðe, Met. 5, 6. Sió þicce ǽrlyft gravis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 74. Þiccre crassae, densae (noctis), Hpt. Gl. 446, 25. Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, Met. 20, 264. Anlíce swá ðú bærne þornas þyre Þicce fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12.

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

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I am inclined to believe that they are exceptional, and perhaps in some degree similar to the Missi of the Franks, officers dispatched under occasional commissions to perform functions of supervision, hold courts of appeal, and discharge other duties,