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neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Th. i. 414, 9. add Se Sunnandæg waes ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið eft se néxta ł ættemesta, Wlfst. 210, I. Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr.

treów

(n.)
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</b> add :-- Stód þǽr án medmycel ród on þǽre eorðan, and wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesyne swá wolde beón gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 72

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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Him leofre wæs ðæt hié Rómánisce cyningas hæfden ðonne of heora ágnum cynne, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 25. Ealle ða Rómániscan men þe Hannibal geseald hæfde, 4, 11; Swt. 204, 7

sangere

(n.)
Grammar
sangere, es; m.

a singera poet

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Homl. 207, 31. a poet David wæs sangere sóðfæstest, swiðe geþancol tó þingienne þeódum sínum wid ðane Sceppend, Ps. C. 50, 6. Alse þe holi songere seið on his loft songe, O. E. Homl. ii. 117, 22

sang-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sang-cræft, es; m.

the art of singing, musican art of singingthe art of composing poetry

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Wæs hé swýðest on cyricean sangcræft getýd Rómánisce þeáwe maxime modulandi in ecclesia more Romanorum peritum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 19.

Linked entry: sang

Cridian tún

(n.)
Grammar
Cridian tún, es; m. [tún a town:
  • Flor.
Cridiatun]

CREDITONDevonshire oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi

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CREDITON, Devonshire, formerly the seat of the bishops of Devonshire, so called because it is situated on the banks of the river Creedy; oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi Hér æt Kyrtlingtúne forþférde Sideman bisceop, on hrædlícan deáþe: se wæs Defnascíre

ge-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allureenticeincitepersuadeinducedrawallicereillicereincitarepersuadereinducere

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Wæs hám gelaðad and gesponen [gesponnen, MS.] was called and drawn home, 4, 23; S. 593, 17

Linked entries: ge-speón ge-spón

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, -stihtan, -stitian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [stihtian to dispose]

To disposeorderdeterminedispōnĕreappōnĕre

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Mellitus and Justus gestihtedon ðæt heó ðǽr wolden ðære wísan ende gebídan Mellitus ac Justus ibi rērum fĭnem expectāre dispōnentes, 2, 5; S. 507, 35, Ðæt cúþ is ðæt ðæt mid Drihtnes mihte gestihtad wæs quod Dŏmĭni nūtu dispŏsĭtum esse constat, 1, 14;

Linked entry: ge-stitian

hláf-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-mæsse, -messe, an; f.

Lammas, a name for the first of August

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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory,glorious

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Tírfæst hæleð, bisceop se góda ... ðam wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 7. Tírfæstne hæleð (Moses), Cd. Th. 181, 19; Exod. 63. Hwǽr ic tírfæste treówe funde ambulans in via immaculata, Ps. Th. 100, 6: Exon. Th. 473, 7; Bo. 11.

tó-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rendan, p. -rende

To rend in two,tear in pieces

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Wághrsegl temples tóre[n]ded (tórended, Rush.) wæs in tuu velum templi scissum est in duo, 15, 38. Grin biþ tórænded laqueus cóntritus est, Ps. Th. 123, 7. Wurmes wullen todelen þine þermes, lifre and lihte torenden, Fragm. Phlps. 6, 59.

Linked entry: rendan

á-spanan

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Wæs hé ásponen (-sponnen, -spannen, v. ll.) of Kent fram Willferðe invitatus de Cantia a Wilfrido, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 346, 1. ¶ without object Hé út gewende and him þá tó áspeón þet hé heafde .xx. scipa, Chr. 1009;P. 138, 18. Add

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Brengþ eorþe ǽlcne westm and ǽlc túdor ǽlce geáre, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 14 : Met. 29, 58. metaphorical Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988.

Linked entry: tuddor

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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se cniht þe wæs átogen of þám wætre, Gr.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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H. 69, 19. ꝥ hálige sǽd him of þæs láreówes múþe wæs bodad and sægd, 55, 30 intrans. Se Hǽlend þe hé embe bodade, Hml. S. 22, 53. Boda heom be þám Hǽlende, 21

frófor

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Sé Hálga Gást wæs . . . þǽm apostolum tó frófre geháten, 131, 13: Gen. 955: 1108. Þá gódan God geseóð heóm tó frófran and tó gefeán and tó áre, Shrn. 202, 16. His swǽsne sunu . . . feóres frófre, Exod. 404; Cri. 338.

ge-síne

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I. of non-material objects, when visible results are produced, to be seen, evident, with noun Wæs wælræs wera wíde gesýne, B. 2947. Syndon þíne mihta ofer middangeard gesýne, Hy. 9, 50.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Næs ǽnig mann swá mǽre þæt hé on án ne sceolde tó helle swá hé forðfaren wæs; and þæt wæs ǽrest for Adames gewyrhtum, Wlfst. 16, 15. Þá þe be gewyrhtum (-gewyrhte, v. l.) áwyrgede wǽron qui merito maledicebantur . Bd. 4, 26 ; Sch. 505, 7.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Hé cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18.

on-týnan

(v.)

to openof places or things,to make an opening into open, allow to burst forthto open so as to admit of ingress or egressto open (a door)to open the mouth, lips, to speakto open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight toto open the ears, to listen to a personto disclose, reveal, display

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to open. of places or things, to make an opening in Seó eorþe hié ontýnde and hió forswealh ðæt wæter, Blickl.