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sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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time, occasion Ðá becom se apostol æt sumum sǽle (on one occasion ) tó ðære byrig Pergamum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 24: 70, 23. On sumne sǽl quandoque, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 66. Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13.

Linked entry: sél

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Sume hí cómon feorran quidam ex eis de longe venerunt, Mk. 8, 3. Nú sceal hé sylf faran now must he himself come, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 18; Gen. 556. Hire selfre suna her own sons, Beo. Th. 2234; B. 1115.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

ge-fullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullian, p. ode; pp. od

To baptizebaptizāre

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To baptize; baptizāre He gefullode ðone sunu he baptized the son, Homl. Th. i. 352, 20. Gyt beóþ gefullode ðam fulluhte, ðe ic beó gefullod baptismo, quo ego baptizor, baptizari, Mk. Bos. 10, 39. Gefullod, Mt. Bos. 3, 14, 16 : Mk.

swínen

(adj.)
Grammar
swínen, adj.
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Surt. por-cina ), Ps. Th. 16, 14: Shrn. 111, 7. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst. Lchdm. i. 156, 2

gigant

Grammar
gigant, l. gígant,
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Scoldon gígantas bión eorþan suna. . . . Ðá sceolde ðám gígantum ofþincan ꝥ . . . hwylc dysig Nefrod se gígant worhte, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 8-17. Gód and geafolic gíganta geweorc, B. 1562 : 1690

nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
nirwett, n. (not m. )
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</b> a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?) confinement) of hell) álýsde, Hml. Th. i. 34, 32

wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Sumes mannes hús (domus) wæs getimbrod mid gyldenum stafum . . . Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5.

wyrt-tún

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Hæbbe ma[n] ǽfre on preósta mynstre wynsume wirtúnas ( ortos olerum ), ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre sumne smeálicne ést findan, Chrd. 15, 36. v. ge-wyrttún; wyrt-geard. Add

út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going outegressexit

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On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

hálig-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-wæter, es; n.

Holy water

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Holy water Sumne dǽl ðæs háligwæteres de aqua benedicta, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 19: L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 24: L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 28. Mid háligwætere with holy water, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 4.

ge-ælfremedan

(v.)

to alienate, estrange

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Geælfremede synt þá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores, Ps. L. 57, 4

Linked entry: ælfremedan

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)

to cover with a shadow, overshadow

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Surt. 139, 8

Linked entry: sceadwian

á-stýfecigan

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Hí sint tó manienne ðonne hí lícettað ðæt hí willen ástýfecean ðæt yfel on him selfum, ðæt hí hit ðonne ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum. monnum admonendi sunt, ut si eradicare mala dissimulant saltem seminare perlimescant, Past. 427, 18.

a-getan

(v.)
Grammar
a-getan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To seizetake awaydestroycorripereeriperedelere

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To seize, take away, destroy; corripere, eripere, delere Sumne sceal gár agetan the spear shall take one away, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 11; Vy. 16: Andr. Grm. 1144: Exon. 127b; Th. 491, 3; Rä. 80, 8.

bæftan

(adv.)
Grammar
bæftan, bæfta; adv. [be-æftan, q. v.]

Afterbehindhereafterafterwardspostea

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After, behind, hereafter, afterwards; postea Git synd fíf hungor gér bæftan adhuc quinque anni residui sunt famis, Gen. 45, 11. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta he alone was left there behind, Gen. 32, 24.

clǽn-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-georn, adj.

puritatis amans

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Ne mágon ná swilce men macian wununge ðam clǽn-geornan Gode on clǽnre heortan no such men can make a dwelling in a pure heart for a God desirous of purity, Basil, admn. 7; Norm. 48, 19

cine-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cine-líc, adj. [cyn fit, suitable]

Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequatecongruus, cornpetens

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a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a suit

dalc

(n.)
Grammar
dalc, dolc, es; m.

A clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet fibula, spinther, regula

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Ic geseah sumne gildenne dalc on fíftigum entsum vidi regulam auream quinquaginta siclorum, Jos. 7, 21. Dolc oððe preón spinther, Wrt. Voc. 74. 59

Linked entry: dolc

earnung

(n.)
Grammar
earnung, earning, e; f.

An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio

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Hwylce earnung. uncre wǽron such deserts have been ours, Exon. 100a; Th. 377, 3; Seel. 166. Se gewuldorbeágaþ ðé on earnunga qui cŏrōnat te in miseratiōnĭbus, Ps. Spl. 102, 4

Linked entries: ærnung earning

ele-berge

(n.)
Grammar
ele-berge, an; f. [ele oil; berge = berie a berry]

An olive, the fruit of an olive-tree ŏlīva

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Syndon bearn ðíne swá swá nywlícra elebergena oððe guógaþ elebeáma sunt fīlii tui sīcut nŏvellæ ŏlīvārum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3.He úteóde on ðæne múnt Oliuarum, ðæt is Elebergena egressus ībat in montem Ŏlivārum, Lk. Bos. 22, 39