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býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m.
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A byre, shed, hovel Býre mapalia, magalia, Txts. 77, 1292, 1294. Býrae magalia, 115, 155. Býre vel sceápheorden magalia vel mappalia vel capanna, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 31. Of mearcwille on duddes býre, of duddes býre on þone clofenan beorh, Cht. E. 293,

crundel

(n.)
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For the meaning of crundel v. D. D.: 'Crundel. Sus. Hmp. A ravine; a strip of covert dividing open country, always in a dip, usually with running water in the middle.' For additional examples v. Cht. E. pp. 471-3

eást-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-weardes, adv.
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Eastwards. of direction Án scínende weg mid rihte stige eástweardes wæs áþæned tó heofonum, Gr. D. 176, 2. of position Hé oðstód eástweardes wendende, Hml. S. 33 b, 162. Hé geseah þæs wífes líchaman orsáwle licgende, and þá handa . . . eástweardes gewende

Linked entry: weardes

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

for-sweltan

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Add: of persons, to die, perish. [He shal þe makie to forswelten, Jul. 19, 7.] of a (visible) thing, to die away, fade away, disappear Forswealt disparuit (omnis praestigiarum scaena ... ut fumus evanescens disparuit, Ald. 57, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84,

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.
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Substitute: A yoke of oxen, a pair of horses Se ceorl sé þe hæfð óðres geoht (oxan, v. l. ) áhýrod, Ll. Th. i. 140, 8. Iuht subiugales, uiles æquos (indomitos bigarum subiugales, Ald. 30, 12), An. Ox. 7, 135: uiles æquas, Angl. xv. 205, 101

hasu

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Add: — Wegas syndon drýge, haswe herestrǽta (perhaps herestrǽta here is used as in An. 200 of watery ways, and haswe might be equivalent to glaucus (cf. the passage under haswe), an epithet of waves, glaucae undae), holm gerýmed, Exod. 284. Haswe bléde

heáh-cyning

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Add of Deity. God the Father: — Heáhcyning, freá ælmihtig, Gen. 172. Siððan heáhcyning, wuldres wyrhta, woruld staðelode, Ph. 129. God the Son Þú sylfa cum, heofones heáhcyning, . . . Críst nergende, Cri. 150: Ps. Th. 118, 146. Heofena heáhcyning, Cri

healseta

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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the neck of a tunic. The Latin of the original narrative is: Evenit ei, ut coluber per caput eius inter tunicam et ventrem irreperet et latus suis morsibus laniaret, Mart. H. 238. Add:

Linked entry: healsed

here-strǽt

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Innan þone wege; þonne of þám wege út æt norðgæte on þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ innan þá herestrét; þonne andlang þǽre herestrét, C. D. B. iii. 468, 14-16. Tó ðǽre wîde herestrǽt; ætter ðǽre herestrǽt, C. D. iii. 73, 19. Add

sealmsang-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
sealmsang-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Celebration by psalm-singing, the service of the canonical hours Án weorc hé hæfde unforswigod and nǽfre geleórod, þæt wæs sealmsangmǽrsung and háligra gewrita smeágung he never failed to sing the hours and was never tired of studying the Scriptures,

á-wildian

(v.)
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Add: of persons Sume synd tó mándǽde on dyrnlican gálscipe inne áídlode and úte áwildode, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 15. of uncultivated growth Gif se wíngeard ne bið on riht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildað, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 15

Linked entry: -wildian

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell casa, cubiculurn, cella

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A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell; casa, cubiculurn, cella Tær ðæt hors ðæt þæc of ðære cytan hrófe the horse tore the thatch off the roof of the cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 17. Hí hine lǽddon út of ðære cytan they led him out of the cottage, Guthl. 5

Linked entry: cote

grund-leás

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Add: of an earthly pit, gulf, &c. lit. bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. v. 148, 10. On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23. fig. Ne biþ se ðurst gefylled heora gítsunga, ac seó grundleáse

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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Division, distinction, separation Tódǽlednesse discrimine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 63. a division, one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be divided Feówertýne tódǽlednyssa synd on ðam dæge . . . Óðer tódǽlednysse hátte momentum, þridde

Linked entry: -dǽledness

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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Alfred; Alfrédus. Alfred the Great, born A.D. 849, grandson of Egbert, and fourth son of king Ethelwulf, reigned thirty years, A.D. 871-901 Ða, A.D. 871, féng Ælfréd, Æðelwulfing, to West Seaxna ríce ... And ðes geáres wurdon ix folcgefeoht gefohten

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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firm, strong Stíðlíc stántorr ( the tower of Babel ), Cd. Th. 102, 14 ; Gen. 1700. of immaterial things, weather, conflict, discipline, penance, hard, severe Stíðlíc hreóhnys a severe storm, Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5. Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.
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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Death, destruction. of the death of the body Swylt háligra mors sanctorum, Ps. Th. 115, 5. Ende becwom, swylt æfter synnum, Beo. Th. 2514; B. 1255. On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34. Deáðberende gyfl ( the forbidden fruit

Linked entry: swilt

ác

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Take here the passage given under ǽc and add: dat. ǽc (ác) ; pl. ǽc Aac robor, arbor (in the Corpus Glossary this is followed by 'robor, virtus, rubor color est,' ed. Hessels. p. 103: this may suggest an explanation for the earlier gloss aac color Txts