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hærfest-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest-tíma, an; m.
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Autumn Autumnus. ꝥ ys hærfesttíma, cymð tó mancynne binnan seofen nihta fyrste autumn comes on the seventh of August, Angl. viii. 311, 18

wuldor-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-geweorc, es; n.
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Glorious work; a glorious work Þæs eádigan Cristofurus wuldorgeworc synd nú lang tó ásecganne þe Dryhten þurh hyne geworhte, Angl. xvii. 122, 4

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, <b>; VI.</b>
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On þám dæge ys seó forme tíd prima geháten, on þǽre sceolon gemearcode cnihtas geornlíce tó Gode clypian, Angl. viii. 319, 42. Add

fore-mearcod

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Voc. ii. 68, 64, Mid foremearcedum collectum cum prenotatis collectis, Angl. xiii. 391, 378. For Cot. 157 substitute and add:

wéstig

(adj.)
Grammar
wéstig, adj.
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Waste, desert, desolate Of Angle se á syððan stód wéstig ( desertus Bd. 1, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 16. Wéstig is stów desertus est locus Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig (woestig, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. Woestihg (woestig, Rush.), 14, 15.

Linked entry: woestig

íg-búende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
íg-búende, part.
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Dwelling in an island Swá hine cígaþ ígbúende Engle and Seaxe weras mid wífum so call it the island-dwellers, Angles and Saxons, men and women, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 185

Linked entry: ég-búende

cantere

(n.)
Grammar
cantere, es; m.
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One who sings the psalms in church Fram cantere beó ongunnan antefn mid sealme a cantore inchoetur antephona cum psalmo, Angl. xiii. 428, 904

cyfel

(n.)
Grammar
cyfel, (cýfel?), es; m.
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Man sceal habban cyflas, Angl. ix. 264, 11

Linked entry: cufel

cylen

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On odene cylne macian, Angl. ix. 262, 2. Add

cirn

(n.)
Grammar
cirn, cirin, e; f.
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Man sceal habban . . . cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 11. v. ceren in Dict

Linked entries: cyrin cyrn

gearn-winde

(n.)
Grammar
gearn-winde, an; f.
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Hé sceal habban fela towtóla spinle, reól, gearnwindan, Angl. ix. 263, 11. Add

hunig-camb

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I' substitute: Angl. xiii. 368, 46, and add Sáwl gefylled trytt béóbreád ł hunigcamb anima saturata calcabit fauum, Scint. 50, 9.

méle

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Man sceal habban bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. [v. N. E. D. meal.] Add:

samod-sprǽc

(n.)
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Ǽfter óþrum gástlicre getimbrunge samodspǽcum post cetera spiritualis edificationis colloquia, Angl. xiii. 401, 511

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torchpiuusbold

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the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter c, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is céna torch; piuus, tæda; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter c, but for cén a torch, as,— RUNE byþ cwicera gehwám cúþ on fýre torch on fire is well known

Linked entry: C

ceder-treów

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Cedertrýwes twyg, Angl. viii. 332, 37. Cedortreówu ... þá myclan cedertreówu cedros ... cedros Libani, Ps. Th. 28, 5. Add

eofor-spreót

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Eoforspreótum (cf. eofursputum, Angl. xiii. 29, 40) venabulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 44. For Cot. 200 substitute

fiþerling

(n.)
Grammar
fiþerling, es; m.

A quarter

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A quarter Quadrans, ꝥ ys fyðerlinc . . . quadrans byð se feórða dǽl þǽra þinga þe man mæg rihtlíce tðdǽlan on feówer, Angl. Viii. 298, 10

Fríg-dæg

Grammar
Fríg-dæg, Fríge-dæg.
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Frígedæges þrowunge parasceue passione, Angl. xiii. 409, 633. Þæs Friándæges (cf. O.Frs. Frigendei) sexta feria, R. Ben. I. 43, 12. Add

ge-rímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rímian, p. ode
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To calculate, compute Understand þú p. ic wyð þé nú gerímige understand the computation that I am making with you, Angl. viii. 307, 40

Linked entry: rímian