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steorra

(n.)
Grammar
steorra, an; m.
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Se steorra ðe wé hátaþ Ursa ne cymþ nǽfre on ðam westdǽle, þeáh ealle óþre steorran faren æfter ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 29-32. Se steorra (stearra, Lind.) ðe hí on eástdǽle gesáwon, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 9.

hleówan

(v.)
Grammar
hleówan, hleón, hlýwan; p. de.
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to make warm, cherish, protect, shelter Ðære sunnan hǽto ðe ðás eorðan hlýweþ the heat of the sun which warms this earth, Blickl. Homl. 51, 21. Wudubearwas eorþwelan hleóþ [cf. holtes hleó; or is rén the subject of the verb?]

Linked entry: hleón

hǽte

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Ꝥ seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas ne forbærne, Lch. iii. 250, 16. Þurh ðǽre sunnan hǽtan, 276, 16. Þæt hellice fýr hæfð unásecgendlice hǽtan and nán leóht, Hml. Th. i. 532, 2. <b>I a.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.
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Skt. i. 21, 44, 47. to the (earth's) surface from a point beneath it Seó burh, ðǽr sunne up on morgen gáð, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 4. Óð ðæt seó sunne eft becume ðǽr heó ǽr up stáh, Lchdm. iii. 236, 5.

Linked entries: a-hefednes up-ness upp

ge-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tæl, -tel, -teal, es; pl. nom. acc. -talu; n.
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Ágene naman habbaþ ánfeald getel, and nabbaþ mænigfeald; eác sunne and móna syndon ánfealdes geteles proper names have a singular number and have not a plural; the sun and moon are also of the singular number, 13; Som. 16, 1.

Linked entries: ge-teal ge-tel ge-tel

trendel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
trendel, es; m. I.
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a circle, ring Án wúnderlíc trendel ( mirabilis corona) wearð ateówed ábútan ðære sunnan, Chr. 806; Erl. 60, 25. Gelden trendel circulus aureus (in naribus suis, Prov. II, 22), Kent. Gl. 373 .

GIM

(n.)
Grammar
GIM, gimm, gym, gymm; gen. gimmes; m.

GEMjewelgemmaused metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.

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Hálge gimmas heofontungol sunne and móna holy gems, stars of heaven, sun and moon, Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 22, 27; Cri. 692, 695

Linked entries: gym giem

ge-þwǽre

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Habbað æðele tungol emne gedǽled dæg and nihte, sunne and móna swíðe geþwǽre, Met. 29, 37.

folc-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gemót, -mót, folces gemót, es; n.

A folk-meetingpŏpŭli consessus

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Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne, and folcgemóta on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let Sunday's festival be diligently kept, and folk-moots be carefully abstained from on that holy day, L.

Linked entry: folc-mót

cræt

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Ðá stód þǽre sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum of golde ágoten . . . ; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt of seolfre ágoten and ðá oxan ðǽrto, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 22. Se þegen álýhte of his cræte ( de curru suo ), i. 400, 26. On cræte in carruca, Wrt.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, gen. sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade; f.
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Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu betweox ðære sunnan and mankynne . . .

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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Sunne and móna iécaþ eorþwelan sun and moon increase the wealth of earth, 16 b; Th. 38, 23; Cri. 611. Ýcaþ, 119 a ; Th. 457,32; Hy 4, 93. Ðá íhte he eft his synna auxit peccatum, Ex, 9, 34.

Linked entries: écan íht

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.
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Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas oferhlifaþ, swá se fugel of beáme gewíteþ, Exon. Th. 206, 1; Ph. 120. Sóna swá . . . ðá, Met. 8, 1

Linked entry: be-sóne

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.
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Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra, Met. 28, 35. Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás wéna. . . . Gé habbaþ nú gehýred be ðan leásan wénan, ðe ýdele men gewyrd hátaþ, Homl. Th. i. 114, 13-34.

Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Dene, nom. acc; gen.a ; dat.um; pl. m.

The DanesDāni

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Sunnan dæges cýpinge gif hwá agynne þolie ðæs ceápes, and twelf órena mid Denum, and xxx scillingas mid Englum if any one engage in Sunday marketing, let him forfeit the chattel, and twelve ores among the Danes, and thirty shillings among the English,

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsian, ic -mǽrsige; p. ode; pp. od
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Ðú Sunnan dæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum to helpe thou thyself didst sanctify Sunday and didst glorify it for help to many, Hy. 9, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 26.

Linked entry: ge-mérsian

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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Se earn mæg starian on ðære sunnan leóman, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 199. Hí stóden æt ðæra dura stariende on ðæt leóht, 3, 133

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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a face, countenance; facies, vultus His ansýn sceán swá swá sunne facies ejus resplenduit sicut sol, Mt. Bos. 17, 2. Befóran ðíne ansýne ante faciem tuam, Lk. Bos. 7, 27.

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge [længce, MS. M.] the sun stood still for the length of one day, Lchdm. iii. 262, 9. Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18.

hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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Ðære sunnan hweogul solis rota, Hymn. Surt. 22, 25. Hweól rota, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 48; Wrt. Voc. 16, 20. Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbútan. Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Ðæt unstille hweól ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden ðæt óþstód, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31.

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol