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ed-

(prefix)
Grammar
ed-, prefixed to words, denotes anew, again, as the Latin re- meaning rursus, dēnuo, itĕrum. Edniwian

to renew, to make new again ⬩ renŏvāre

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to renew, to make new again; renŏvāre

geár

(n.)
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Annus Solaris hæfð . . . twelf mónðas, and ꝥ gér hæfð nigon þúsend tída and seofon hund tída and syx and syxtig, Angl. viii. 320, 19.

ge-rǽde

(n.)
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ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and gearkie hig, and wyrce of him . . . brídelþwancgas and gerǽda (frenos et phaleras), Coll. M. 27, 35

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander

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Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander Hól and hete and rýpera reáflác ús derede slander and hatred and the rapine of robbers hath harmed us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 70. Hól calumnia, Off. Episc. 8, Lye.

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune

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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.

næced

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Add: næcedu Þǽr is hunger and næcedu, and þǽr is yrmðo and nearones, and þær is unmǽte cyle and unáhefendlic hǽto geméted. Verc. Först. 169

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
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On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo

huntnaþ

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Dele second passage, and add Harold þóhte þone kingc Eádward þár tó habbenne for huntnoðes (huntoðes, v. l. ) þingon, Chr. 1065 ; P. 190, 28. Wearð se cyng Willelm on huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, 1100; P. 235, 16

cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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Herodes sende ǽnne cwellere, and bebeád ðæt man his heáfod on ánum disce brohte Herod sent an executioner, and commanded that they should bring his [John Baptist's] head on a dish, Mk. Bos. 6, 27.

út-fær

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: 'Far of þínum lande and of þínre mǽgðe and of þínes fæder húse ?

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Onlýsde and gefreoðode absoluti. Gr. D. 344, 2

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.

Beautiful ⬩ fair ⬩ bright

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Beautiful, fair, bright Is se forrynel fæger and sciéne, Met. 29, 25: Cd. Th. 41, 14; Gen. 656. Cwæð ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, 17, 26; Gen. 265. Wæsim wlitig and scéne, 30, 16; Gen. 467. Deór wundrum scýne (the panther), Exon.

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus

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-tidan] and fæstentídum [MS. -tidan] geornlícost beorgan one ought most earnestly to take care at festival-times and fast-times, L. C. S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17.

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service

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Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28

lustfullung

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-Ic gesyngode on yfelre geðafunge, and on unclǽnre lustfullunge, Angl. xi. 112, 14. Nihtsumere wynne þá ásmeádan lustfullunga opulentí luxus exquisita oblectamenta, An. Ox. 325

Hámtún-scir

Grammar
Hámtún-scir, l. scír,
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Bearrucscíre and Hámtúnscíre and Wiltúnscíre, 1011 ; P. 141, 17

eorþ

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ, e; f.

The earth ⬩ terra

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The earth; terra Seó [MS. sie] eorþ is dryge and ceald, and ðæt wæter wǽt and ceald the earth is dry and cold, and the water wet and cold, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 34

Linked entry: rima

rád-stefn

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Perhaps an instance of such service is given in the following Án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnódes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges . . . and Tofig Prúda cóm ðǽr on ðæs cinges ǽrende, C. D. iv. 54, 8-13

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris

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and æt Grimbolde mínum Mæsse-Prióste, and æt Iohanne mínum Mæsse-Preóste.

-méde

(suffix)
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Dele 'subst, and', and (-mádu) at end, and add: