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bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy

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He bletsode hí benedicebat eos, Mk. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 38. Mid heora múþe híg bletsodon, and mid heora heortan híg wergdon ore suo benedicebant, et corde suo maledicebant, Ps. Lamb. 61, 5.

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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And ofgá ǽlc man his tihtlan mid foreáðe (cf. L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 10: L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 30), L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 1-5. Ic eom unscyldig æt ðære tihtlan ðe N. mé tíhþ, L. O. 5; Th. i. 180, 16.

Linked entry: tyhtle

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an ; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.
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Mid ðæm sueorde hiera tungna tǽlinge, Past. 28; Swt. 199, 6. (2 a) a language, speech :-- Hí sprecaþ níwum tungum, Mk.

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)
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Norðerne ýst, Met. 6, 14. Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Gást ýstes spiritus procellae, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 25. Mid ðý storme and mid ðære ýste onwend tempestate convulsa, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 11.

á-beódan

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(l a) where the message is given by a clause Hé ábeád þæt ǽgðer ðára folca óþrum ágeáfe ealle ðá men ðe hié gehergead hæfden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 12. to announce what is coming Heáhengel hǽlo ábeád Marian, ðæt heó Meotod sceolde cennan, Men. 50: An. 96

Linked entry: eoton-weard

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Word mín onfóh . . . ; ongit míne clypunga cúðum gereorde verba mea percipe; intellige clamorem meum, Ps. Ben. 5, 1. <b>I a.</b> the voice of a trumpet, notes of a horn :-- On gehreorde ł on stefne béman in voce tubae, Ps. L. 46, 6.

ge-wǽde

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'Ymbscrýdað eów mid mildheortnysse ... and mid geðylde,' Hml.

tin-treg

(n.)
Grammar
tin-treg, -terg, es; n.: tin-trega, an; m.

Torment

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On tintregum gegripene tormentis comprehensos, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24. Tintregum (tintergum, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 16, 23. Búton tintregum þeáh on hellewíte, Homl. Th. i. 94, 6. Wrecan heora teónrǽdenne mid tintergum on him, Jud. 15, 10: Exon.

Linked entries: helle-tintreg tinterg

ge-winnan

(v.)
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tó gewinnanne opes, honores ambiant, Met. 19, 44.

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

æmtegian

(v.)

to be at leisure

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MS. 26 b, 16

altar

(n.)
Grammar
altar, es; m.

An altar ⬩ altare

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An altar; altare Befóran ðam altare ante altare, Mt. Bos. 5, 24

a-sterfan

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

To cause death ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ necare ⬩ eradicare

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To cause death, kill, destroy; necare, eradicare, Mt. Rush. Stv. 15, 13

Linked entry: a-styrfan

be-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
be-clyppan, bi-clyppan; p. -clypte; pp. -clypt

To clip ⬩ embrace ⬩ amplecti

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Th. 118, 61 : Mk. Bos. 9, 36

Linked entry: bi-clyppan

byfor

(n.)
Grammar
byfor, es; m.
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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 13, MS. T. v. befer

eorsian

(v.)

to be angry

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Spl. 4, 5 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 22

fern

(n.)
Grammar
fern, es; n.

Fern ⬩ fĭlix

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Fern; fĭlix Fern [MS. B. fearn], Herb. 78; Lchdm. i. 180, 23

fóre-sændan

(v.)

to send before

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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41, MS. D

geafol-monung

(n.)
Grammar
geafol-monung, e; f
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Sittende to geafol-monunge sedens ad teloneum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 14

Iúla

(n.)
Grammar
Iúla, an ; m.

December ⬩ January

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Fox 439; Men. 221

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