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dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Ðæt leóht, ðe we hátaþ dægréd, cymþ of ðære sunnan the light, which we call dawn, cometh from the sun, Bd. de nat. retum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 29; Lchdm. iii. 234, 29. Ic gá út on dægrǽd exeo dilūcŭlo, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 13: Ælfc. T. 24, 11

ELE

(n.)
Grammar
ELE, es; m.

OIL ŏleum

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Genexode synt his spræcu ofer ele mollīti sunt sermōnes ejus sŭper ŏleum, 54, 22. Hí ne námon nánne ele mid hym non sumpsērunt ŏleum secum, Mt. Bos. 25, 3, 4, 9: Lk. Bos. 10, 34: Gen. 28, 18: Lev. 2, 1, 6.

Linked entries: æl ole

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parentancestorfatherforefatherpredecessorelder

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Hí forgeten hæfdon ðara wundra heora yldran on lócadan obliti sunt mirabilium quæ ostendit coram patribus eorum, Ps. Th. 77, 13.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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a share, division, or portion of land, land, country Sume hine lǽtaþ ofer landscare ríðum tórinnan. Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills.

mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assemblya deliberative or judicial meetingcouncilspeechaddressharangueconversation

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Sum in mæðle mæg módsnottera folcrǽdenne forþ gehycgan, ðǽr witena biþ worn ætsomne, Exon. 79 a; Th. 295, 30; Crä. 41: 128 b; Th. 494, 16; Rä. 83, 2. On meðle, Elen. Kmbl. 1088; El. 546: 1182; El. 593.

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morningmornthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Surt. 5, 4, 5: 54, 18: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 23. Bringþ morgen tó mannum Decembris, Menol. Fox 435; Men. 219. On morgen mane, Gen. 28, 18: Blickl. Homl. 69, 28: 231, 36. Swíðe ǽr on morgen, Ps. Th. 18, 5.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Ic wæs on pytt beworpen in lacum missus sum, 40, 15. Hé ádylfþ ðone pytt lacum aperuit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Hwylces eówres assa befealþ on ánne pytt ( puteum ), Lk. Skt. 14, 5. Hé hét ádelfan ǽnne gehwǽdne pytt, Homl. Th. ii. 02, 2.

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Twelf seoxtres beóras, 158, 22. as a foreign measure Under sestre sub modio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 15. Hund sestra ( cados ) eles, Lk. Skt. 16, 6.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Surt. ii. p. 194, 27. Sele mé staðolfæste heortan, Anglia xi. 114, 71. Staðolfæstne geðoht, Salm. Kmbl. 478; Sal. 239. 70 manna of folces ealdrum ðe ðú wite ðæt sín staðulfæste and láreówas, Num. 11, 16.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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Surt. 16, 5: 17, 37. v. dolh-, fót-, swát-, weald-, wund-swaþu; swæþ

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Ofer ymbgang supra pinnam (cf. pinnaculum, circuitus templi, 71, 69), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 41.

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Eádríc ealdorman bepǽhte hí intó his búre ( in camera sua ), Chr. 1015; P. 146, 2. a lady's chamber, bower Hé ábræc intó þám búre þár heó inne læg, Ap. Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde hé intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17.

fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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Ic þæs fǽres á on wénum sæt, hwonne mé wráðra sum aldre beheówe I was ever expecting disaster, the stroke that should rob me of life, Gen. 2699. Hé sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24.

Linked entry: fǽr

ge-méde

(n.)
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That which is agreeable to one (gen.) or in conformity with one's will, pleasure Bútan sum heora freónda þá land furþor, on þæs arcebisceopes geméde ( as may be agreeable to the archbishop), ofgán mage, Cht. Th. 355, 23.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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In ðám dagum þe hé dyde his sceápa gýminge dum gregis sui curam gereret Gr. D. 215, 9. [Hic am God ðe in min geming nam Jacob, Gen. and Ex. 2783.] ruling, rule Hér onféng Pilatus gýminge ofer Júdéas, Chr.

guma

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Gumena sum, 1499. Gumena náthwylc, 2233. Him God sealde gumena ríce, worlde tó gewealde in wera lífe, Dan. 607: Víd. 133. Hé weóld ealles þisses middangeardes, swá swá . . . gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce, secga sitlu, Met. 9, 41.

hǽþen-gild

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</b> a particular form of idolatry :-- Tó manega of þám folce . . . tó þám hǽðengilde bugon fliae Moab vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua. At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. <b>I b.

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.

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

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Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea; æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus = πέλαγος, æquor Brim sceal sealt weallan the salt sea shall foam. Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45: Andr.

Linked entry: brym

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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., closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in augustam suae mentis sedem recepta Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5.