mæssian
To say mass
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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14. For mé gelómlíce mæssaþ pro me
sufel
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum
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efesian
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Substitute: absolute, to cut hair Ic efesige tondeo, Ælf. Gr. 2, 157, 9. Sceára tácen is þæt þú wecge þínne scytefinger and þone midemistan on þínre swíðran hande ymb þín heáfod swilce þú efysian wille, Tech. ii. 127, 25. with acc. of person, to cut
práfost
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Add On Laurentius mæssan daegi Ælfsige ðǽm biscope in his getelde Aldred se prófast ðás feówer collectæ ǽr underne áwrát, Rtl. 185, 20-23. <b>II a.</b> a steward :-- Nonnosus wæs práfost (praepositus ) on þám mynstre þe geseted is in þám
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Wire, metal thread; often used apparently in ornamental work, so, an ornament made of wire. Cf. Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4. Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde, for ðon mé
swincan
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to toil, labour, work with effort Hwæt dést ðú on ðís folce ? hwí swingst ðú ána ? Ex. 18, 14. Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre. His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár
séman
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with acc. of person, to bring to an agreement those who have a dispute Ðá hét hé hié séman. Ðá wæs ic ðara monna sum ðe ðǽrtó genemned wǽran . . . Ðá wé hié sémdan then bade the king to bring them (the parties in a dispute about some land) to an agreement
ge-tyngnes
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Take here ge-tingnes in Dict., and add: skill in speaking, v. ge-tynge; I Getingnes eloquentia, peritia, Wrt. Voc. ii.143, 23. Getingnesse facundia, 34, 16. Meterlicere getincnesse gegódod metrica facundia (i. eloquentia) fretus, An. Ox. 125. Getincnesse
hund
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Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun). The dative plural, though sometimes like the nominative, also has both e and um as inflection. as abstract numeral Twéntig síðon seofon
á-wecgan
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Add: I. of physical movement Þæt folc mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon and mid stengum áwegdon ac hí ne mihton for ðám deófle hí styrian, (tried to overturn it with poles,) Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. Lytel wind mæg ðone cíð áwecgan (á-wecggean -wecggean, v
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scríðan
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to go, take one's way to a place Drihten gecwyð : 'Ástígaþ nú áwyrgde in ðæt wítehús. ' Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum werige gástas hwyrftum scríðaþ in ðæt sceaðena scræf, Cd. Th. 304, 17; Sat. 631. Men ne cunnon hwyder helrúnan hwyrftum scríðaþ. Beo. Th. 329
lim
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Add: any organ or part of the body Behófað þæt heáfod þǽra óðera lima, swá swá ðá lima behó;fiað þæs heáfdes. Gif án lim bið untrum, ealle ðá óðre þrowiað mid þám ánum. Hml. Th. i. 274, 7-9. Leoma lífgedál, Gú. 1019. Hé ( the Phenix) of æscan onwæcneð
god-webb
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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind
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hwæt
Quick ⬩ active ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ brave
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Quick, active, vigorous, stout, bold, brave Sum biþ tó horse hwæt one is a bold rider, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 7; Crä. 81. Nis mon ofer eorþan tó ðæs hwæt ðæt hé á his sǽfóre sorge næbbe there is no man on earth so bold as never to have anxiety for his
limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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To befall, happen, fall (to one's share), pertain, belong, affect, concern Ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa, and him gelimpþ (Cott. MS. limpþ) oft æfter heora ágnum willan, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 5. Ða unrihtwísan ne beóþ ná swylce ne him eác swá ne limpþ non sic
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex. Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote
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wergild-þeóf
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A thief whose wergild was paid as a punishmen for his crime [cf. Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge. Gif mon wergildþeóf geféhð, and hé losige ðý dæge ðám
efen-niht
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Substitute: <b>efen-niht,</b> e; f.: -nihte (?), es; n. An equinox Emniht aequinoctium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 38. Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice
on-wreón
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Add Hé onwreáh þá eorðan þe ǽr wæs oferþeaht, Ps. Th. 28, 7. Onwríg eágan míne, Ps. L. 118, 18. add: to show to others, to make known a material object Meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, Gú. 118. a non-material object Melchisedech godþrym onwráh éces alwaldan
tíd
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Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan, Gn. Ex. 125. Ic on Þín hús hálig gange, and þǽr tídum þé tifer onsecge, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b>I a α.</b> a favourable occasion or period for a person :-- Swá mon on ealdum bigspellum cwyð, ꝥ