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míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.

dryhten-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
dryhten-dóm, es; m. [-dóm termination, q. v.]

Sovereignty, majestydŏmĭnātus, majestas

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Sovereignty, majesty; dŏmĭnātus, majestas Se hálga hérede on héhþo heofoncyninges dryhten-dóm the saint praised the majesty of heaven's king on high, Andr. Kmbl. 1997; An. 1001

ge-crymian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-crymian, ge-crymman
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To crumble bread Nim of ðám hálgedan hláfe þe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg feówer snǽda and gecryme on þá feówer hyrnan þæs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28

Linked entry: crymian

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Hé wolde guman findan þone þe him on sweofote sáre geteóde, B. 2295. to determine a course of action Hé ꝥ on his móde gehogod and geteód hæfde, ꝥ hé wolde ealle his þeóde fordón totam eius gentem delere decreuerat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 7. of the decrees

sypian

(v.)
Grammar
sypian, (?), sipian (?); p. ode

To delay, be slow

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(The reference is to an illness which begins on the 5th, 17th, or 27th day of the month.) Sypigende senescens, frigescens, Germ. 397, 345

spinel

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Ox. 17, 37

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, p. ode

To be (good or bad) weather

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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Þrittig fæðma on heáhnisse thirty cubits in height, Gen. 6, 15. Of eorþan heánesse óð heofones heáhnesse a summo terræ usque ad summum cæli, Mk. Skt. 13, 27.

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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'Abstinentiam ovorum et casei incipimus feria secunda post quinquagesimam:' — Ðis sceal on Wódnes dæg, on ðære syxteóðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Fríge dæg innan ðære cýs-wucan this [Gospel] must be on Wednesday, in the sixteenth week after Pentecost

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

The early name for the month of May

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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

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.

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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on feterum fiþrum dealne (cf. the description of a falcon's equipment given in a M.

med-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
med-spédig, adj.

Unprosperouspoorly provided

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Unprosperous, poorly provided Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off

sand

Grammar
sand, sand.
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Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An.

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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His reáf wæs geworht of oluendes hǽre his raiment was wrought of camel's hair, ii. 38, 9. Ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle that iron come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20.

Linked entry: hér

wudu-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bearu, (-o), wes; m.

A grove of treesa wood

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Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt omnia ligna sylvarum, Ps. Th. 95, 12: Exon. Th. 191, 5; Az. 83. On feldum, and on mǽdutn, and on wudubearwum, and on sealtum merscum. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 7. Da wudubearwas nemora, Nar. 22, 15.

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or uponfugere, obrepere

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To steal away or upon; fugere, obrepere Gif hwá on óðre scíre hine bestele if any one steal himself away into another shire, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10. Bestelan on Theodosius hindan to steal upon Theodosius behind, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.

þurh-gangan

(v.)

to go over or throughperambulateto pierce

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to go over or through, perambulate Þurh-gangende perambulante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6. to pierce Ne forhtast ðú ðé on dæge flán on lyfte, ðæt ðé þuruhgangan gáras on ðeóstrum, Ps. Th. 90, 6. [Goth. þairh-gaggan: O. H. Ger. durh-gangan.]

líc-mann

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Add: — Gewát se Gád of worulde tó helle. Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, sléfan; p. de

To slip or put a garment on a person to dress carelesslyA garment rumpled up about any part of the persona snore slop worn by bankers or navigators

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To slip or put a garment on a person Hé hine sylfne ungyrede, and ðæt reáf ðe hé on hine hæfde hé sléfde on ðone foresprecenan man . . . Sóna swá hé mid ðan hrægle swá miccles weres gegyred wæs Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 18.

Linked entry: slífe-scóh