midne-dæg
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg (middum dæge, v. l. ) oþ nón, Shrn. 67, 18. On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add
weorold-wíte
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí, bétan for Gode búton worldwíte; and gif bit ofer nigan niht gewurðe, bétan for Gode and gilde .xii, ór, L. N. P. L. 10; Th. ii. 292, 7
god-dohtor
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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add
Linked entry: dohtor
þurh-wacol
Very watchful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ very wakeful ⬩ quite sleepless
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Hí on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44. Hí ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. Hí heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.
Linked entry: þurh-wacian
hróc
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S. 23, 77. v. niht-hróc. Add
swíge
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Add Man gehýrde in swígre nihte mycelne sealmsang coepit in nocturno silentio psalmodiae cantus audiri, Gr. D. 238, 29. On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost swígost wæs intempestae noctis silentio, 11
gist
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gest, þridde niht ágen héwe,' Ll.
be-stelan
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Hí nihtes bestǽlon ðære fyrde they stole upon the army by night, Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 13. Ðý-læs he on niht onweg fluge and bestǽle lest he should have fled and stole away by night, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 11
Linked entry: bi-stelan
winter
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Ðænne þæs ( Feb. 2) emn fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum, Men. 24. ¶ weak forms :-- Tó ðám middan wintran, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24. Ǽr mydda-wintran, Lk. l, 26 rbc. Ær myddan wintran. Jn. l, 15 rbc. Add
wæccer
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Vigilant, watchful Þurh niht wæcer [printed wæter) pernoctans (Lk. 6, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 42. Mid wæccere (wæccre, Bd. M. 84, 2) móde is tó smeágeanne vigilanti mente pensandum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2
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á-wunian
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Ic stille and swá swá deád áwunade . . . ic swígende ealle þá niht áwunade quietus et quasi mortuus permanens . . . tacitus tota nocte perduro, Bd. 5, 6;Sch. 578, 6-11. Heó ðǽr áwunode þone dægand ðá niht on hire gebede, Hml.
fore-stæppan
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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, Hml. Th. i. 50, 3. Forestópun mé grynu deáþes praeoccupauernut me laquei mortis, Ps.
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scearpian
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Ðú scealt ymb .iii. niht scearpian, 264, 1. Scearpigean, iii. 132, 31
mete-leás
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Þá león leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml. S. 16, 82. Add
lengan
To pertain ⬩ belong
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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9
ge-tǽse
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
ǽfen-rǽding
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Niht-sang aefter æfterrǽdincge (l. ǽfen-) completorium post collationem 423, 828
Linked entry: æfter-rǽding
hird-ness
watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch
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Ben. 21, 11. a watch, period during which watch is kept: -þúsend geára ... swá swá heordnes (custodia) on nihte, Ps. Rdr. 89, 4.
dæg-wóma
The rush of day, the dawn ⬩ diei apparitio, aurora
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Dægwóman bitweon and ðære deorcan niht between dawn and the dark night, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 7; Gú. 1191
Linked entry: wóma
sǽ-grund
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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde ꝥ hé sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899