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ge-timbrung

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Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Eást tó hearpaðe; á be hearpaðe, 404. 29. On ðone herepað, ii. 29, 14: iii. 416, 19.

Linked entry: her-pæþ

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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Be healfan stréme intó Sandfordes læce; swá andlang ðǽre lace intó Sandforda; of Sandforda eást andlang ðǽre lace, C.D. iv. 134, 21-24. Oð ðá lace; andlang lace út on Temese, v. 302, 34: 330, 28: vi. 2, 12: vi. 8, 26. On þá fúlan lace, v. 13, 22.

ryne

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Se sídfæt þe Zosimus on .xx. dagum oferfór, ꝥ eall Maria on ánre tíde ryne gefylde, Hml. S. 23 b, 761. Cum nú ymb geáres rynu, 706. Þá gelamp hit imbe geára rina, Chr. P. 3, 18. Add Gefylledum ryne consummato (vitae) curriculo, i. cursu, An.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Eálá ðæt ðú woldest ðæs síðfætes sǽne weorðan (slow to undertake the journey), Andr. Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm. Kmbl. 440; El. 220, Næs his bróðor læt, síðes sǽne, Apstls. Kmbl. 67; Ap. 34.

up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Hé becom tó ðæm heáhsetle ðære róde; on ðæm upstige (by the ascent of the cross) eall úre líf hé getremede, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.

waefer-sín

(n.)
Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Eall wered ðe æt ðisse wæfersýnne wǽron, Lk. Skt. 23, 48. On wæferséne (v. wæferness) per publicum, Hpt. Gl. 510, 12. Hí woldon ða gymstánas tócwýsan on ealles ðæs folces gesihðe tó wæfersýne, Homl. Th. i. 60, 25: 542, 32.

Linked entry: wlite-seón

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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.: to corrupt, spoil, a material object Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Gif mete sý áwyrd, 14. Áwyrd wín defrutum, An. Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Ðone blindan ðe on líchoman wæs gehǽled ge eác on móde, Blickl. Homl. 21, 10. Like the English spirit, soul it can be used to denote a person, e.g. ðæt æðele mód (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2486; An. 1244: (St.

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Ic sende eall mín wíto (plagas) ofer ðé, Ex. 9, 14. Wé geáxiaþ unge-cyndelíco wítu, Blickl. Homl. 107, 26. Nis nó ðæt án ðæt hé him úrewítu ( the pains that we inflict ) ne ondrǽde, 85, 15: Cd. Th. 289, 3; Sat. 392

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Ne mæg him mete under gewunian, Lch. ii. 198, 23: 158, 26. of continued existence Eáða mæhte ðætte hiá gewunadon wið ðiósne ondueard dæge, Mt. L. 11, 23. Urǽððo geunia getrymeð, Jn. p. 4, 3.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Homl. 33, 27. in addition, besides, too Ða styriendan nétenu habbaþ eall ðæt ða unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 26. Manegu óþru gód tó eác ðám many other goods too in addition to those, 34, 6; Fox 140, 32.

Linked entry: -anne

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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Hw;í eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9. Wénst ðú ðæt hí á þe deórwyrþran seón, 14, 2; F. 44, 2: 27, 2; F. 98, 9. v. áwa

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Eal folc wurþodon symbel-nysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 152. Weorþian wé nú tódæg ðone tócyme ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 131, II : 171, 3.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Petrus ácearf him of ðæt swýðre eáre, Jn. Skt. 18, 10. Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19. Gif man cealf of ádrífe, L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 72, 1. Hé áslóh of ánys ðæra sacerda ealdres þeówan eáre, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 51.

Linked entry: ob

lǽdan

(v.)
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Óþerne ealdne man lǽdden feówer áwyrgde englas mid mycelre réðnesse, and hine besencton on þá fýrenan , Bl. H. 43, 28.

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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He bitt sibbe rogat ea quæ pacis sunt, xLk. Bos. 14, 32. Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, 11, 12. Gif hit [cild] æges bitt if he ask for an egg, Homl. Th. i. 250, 9. Gif hit [cild] hine hláfes bitt if he ask him for bread, 250, 8.

godcundnys

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wanian Crístes godcundnysse, 198: 152, 17: 155, 84, a divine being Hit is gecynd ðǽre godcundnesse ꝥ hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume, swá swá nán óþer gesceaft ne mæg, ne mæg nán óþer gesceaft be him selfum bión ea

lícian

(v.)
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Hié cwǽdon ꝥ him ꝥ lícode eallum tó healdenne dixerunt omnes: ' Placet ea custodire, ' Ll. Th. i. 58, 29. Lícige þé . . . þæt þú mé árige complaceat tibi, at erip[i]as me, Ps. Th. 39, 15,, Hú wolde þé nú lícian gif hwylc swíþe ríce cyning wǽre . . .

CWUDU

(n.)
Grammar
CWUDU, cwuda, cweodo, cwidu, cudu; gen.ues wes; n.

What is chewed, a cud, quid manducatum, rumen

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This gum was used for chewing in the East; mastiche = μαστίχη Hwit cwudu which chew not their cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud, mastich, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 3.