leóf
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Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D. ii. 133,3.
tácn
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Add Ic wát ꝥ hé hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan . . . gýman wé nú hwæder hé ꝥ tácen þǽre wunde hæbbe, Hml. S. 30, 269. Add Þás tácnu ( signa ) fyliað þám þe gelýfað, Mk. 16, 17
cweþan
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S. 8, 59. (2 a) to use a particular phrase :-- Wé cweðað níwne mónan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca, Lch. iii. 242, 15. where the subject of discourse is object of the verb, to tell, speak of. Cf. secgan; II 2.: sprecan; III c.
fyllan
to fill ⬩ to fill ⬩ to fulfil
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Wé þín hús écum gódum fyllað, Ps. Th. 64, 1. Fyllað eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, Gen. 1533. with prep. mid Ꝥ leóhtfæt man mid ele fylleþ, Bl. H. 127, 30. Ðú fyldest þás eorþan mid mistlicum cynrenum nétena, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 25.
CULFRE
A dove ⬩ CULVER ⬩ pigeon ⬩ columba
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Ða hálgan apostolas wǽron swilce culfran the holy apostles wen as doves, Homl. Th. i. 586, 1: Homl. Blick. 23, 27 . Bilwyte swá culfran simplices sicut columbæ, Mt. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Th. 54, 6
Linked entry: culufre
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.
recen
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[Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken, Gen. and Ex. 3485. Louerd, ic ( Moses ) am unreken of wurdes, 2817. My rankor refrayne for þy reken ( apt ) wordes, Allit. Pms. 60, 756. (See the glossary for other instances.
þǽr-tó
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Skt. i. 23, 3-5. marking addition, besides Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 1.
Eást
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Rufinus wolde habban þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, 6, 37; S. 296, 6. Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv
mǽl
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Æthelthryð) is áwrytan ꝥ heó wel drohtnode tó ánum mǽle fæstende, bútan hit freólsdæg wǽre (cf. seldon bútan máran symbelnesse má þonne ǽne síðe on dæge (semel per diem ) ꝥ heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 17), 20, 42.
ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Ǽwum cerimoniis, Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26. matrimony Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ, Jul. 297. Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26.
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.
swaþu
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Wé sóðfæstes swaðe folgodon, Andr. Kmbl. 1346; An. 673. Him on swaðe fylgeþ follows in his track, pursues him, Salm. Kmbl. 186; Sal. 92: Exon. Th. 397, 25; Rä. 16, 25: 487, 23; Rä. 74.
eáster-dæg
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Þá Eásterlican dagas tácniaþ þá éccan eádignesse . . . swá magon wé þe máran blisse habban þá Eásterdagas, Bl. H. 35, 34. Easter Sunday On Martius ofer .xii. kł.
here-gild
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To Wulfstan such taxes were 'scandlice nýdgyld,' and he reproaches his countrymen, 'Wé him(the Danes) gyldað singallíce and hý ús hýnað dæghwámlíce,' Wlfst. 163, 10.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Ánfeald neód ús is, ðæt wé ða bóclícan láre mid carfullum móde smeágan; óðer ðæt wé hí tó weorcum áwendan, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 23. Hé férde embe sumere neóde he was going about some necessary business, 508, 15.
gildan
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Ne þearf hé hine búton be healfan were gyldan . . . healf wer ætfealð, 354, 19.
abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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In regard to general ecclesiastical discipline, all these communities were at this early time subject to the bishop of the diocese, and even to the pastor of the parochial district within the bounds of which they were established.
wanian
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Wé sceolon ða fúlan gálnysse symle wanian, Homl. Th. i. 96, 22. Dæghwomlíce wé sceolon úre synna wanian ; for ðan ðe hí beóð gegad*-*erode tó micelre hýpan, gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ, ii. 466, 6.
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sweotol
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Hit is on ús eallum swutol and gesýne, ðæt wé oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, Wulfst. 159, 5. Sweotol and geséne, Cd. Th. 170, 1; Gen. 2806. Hé wundra fela weorodum gecýððe sweotulra and gesýnra, Andr. Kmbl. 1129; An. 565. Swutelra, Menol.