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wyrm-melu

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-melu, (-o), wes; n.
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See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) Wyrc sealfe ... of wyrmmeluwe, Lchdm. ii. 78, 15. Nim wyrmmelu, 150, 10. Wyrmmelo, 238, 30

burg-weall

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In Lucan þǽre cæstre ... seó eá flóweþ be þám burhwealle ( juxta urbis muros ), Gr. D. 192, 16. On ðá burhwalles; of ðám burhwallan ... cn suðwardne ðone burhwal, C.D. iii. 394, 28-30.

cryppan

(v.)
Grammar
cryppan, p. te
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S. xi. 64 (where see note). Crip þínne þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 4. Ðonne þé æpples lyste, þonne cryp þú þínne swíbran þúman tó middewearde þínre handa and befóh hine mid þínum fingre and rǽr up þíne fǽste, 124, 15

Linked entry: ge-cryppan

eahtung

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Ꝥ bið seó sóðe æhtung þæs mannes lífes in þám mægne his gódra weorca, nalæs in æteównysse þára foretácna vitae vera aestimatio in virtute est operum, non in ostensione signorum, Gr. D. 90, 29.

ge-frægnan

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For strong forms see <b>frignan</b>, and to weak forms from <b>ge-frægnan, ge-frægnian</b> add Gefraignas interrogauerit, Lk. L. 19, 31. Gefraignde interrogavit, 15, 26: 23, 9. Gefraignades interrogabant, Mt. L. 12, 10.

ís

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Þá wæs Donua seó eá swá swíþe oferfroren þæt hié getrúwedon þæt hié ofer þǽm íse faran mehten; ac hié mǽst ealle þǽr forwurdon, Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 2. Add

mynegung

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Add Þý lǽs seó mynugung forlǽge. LL Th. i. 234, 29. a memorandum Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste. Ll. Th. i. 440, 29

noctern

(n.)
Grammar
noctern, es; m.
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A nocturn, one of the divisions of the office of matins Syx nocternes þæs æftran sealmas sex nocturnę, posterioris psalmi, Angl. xiii. 404, 561. Tó nocterne ad nocturnam, 426, 870. Æfter nocternum post nocturnas, 437, 1027.

riht-gelífed

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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .

ge-síþwíf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþwíf, es; n.

A woman of the class to which the 'gesith' 'comes' belongs

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A woman of the class to which the 'gesith, ' 'comes' belongs Sca anastasiam ðære hálegan gesíþwífes seó wæs swíþe æðele for worulde St. Anastasia's the holy lady; she was very noble with respect to this world, Shrn. 30, 20.

Linked entry: ge-síþman

træf

(n.)
Grammar
træf, es; n.

a tentpaviliona building

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a tent, pavilion Lǽdan ita torhtan mægð tó træfe ðam heán (cf. wæs seó hálige meówle on his búrgetelde, 22, 10; Jud. 57), Judth. Thw. 22, 2; Jud. 43: 25, 12; Jud. 255.

stihtere

(n.)
Grammar
stihtere, es ; m.
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A disposer, director Ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen mid hú micelre giefe ofer him wacaþ se Scippend and se stihtere ealra gesceafta ðonne hé hí nyle lǽtan tó hiera ágnum wilnungum ut sollicita consideratione perpendant, Creator dispositorque cunctorum quanta

un-deáþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáþlíc, adj.

Immortal

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Immortal Se líchoma bið ðonne undeáþlíc, þeáh hé ǽr deáþlíc wǽre, Blickl. Homl. 21, 31. Se ðe com deáðlíc tó ðissum middangearde ... hé árás undeáðlíc, Homl. Th. i. 222, 12, 18. Wé sprecaþ ymbe God, deáðlíce be undeáðlícum, 286, 8.

Linked entry: un-deádlíc

be-listnian

(v.)
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Se engel hine belisnode (ł geldede), Gr. D. 25, 30. Geseah hé Godes engel hine belisnian angelo eunuchizari se vidit, 26, 25: Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22. Belisnud spado, Germ. 394, 197. Eunuchi, ꝥ synd belisnode, Hml.

mánfullíce

(adv.)
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Is þe mánfullíce (nequiter) geeádmétt hine (se ), Scint. 19, 14. Þám gelíc . . . þe mangodon mánfullíce in þám temple, Ll. Th. ii. 352, 22: Wlfst. 295, 25. Hí ðone heofenlican Æðeling mánfullíce ácwellan woldon, Hml. Th. i. 402, 9.

un-stillness

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un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse hí áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2.

tiriaca

(n.)
Grammar
tiriaca, an; m.

A medicine,properly an antidote for poison,

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Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . . Nime áne lylte snǽd ðæs tyriacan, Lchdm. ii. 288, 23-290, 3

Linked entry: tyriaca

ge-miclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miclian, -myclian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Se ðe reorda gehwæs ryne gemiclaþ he who enlargeth the course of every speech, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 4; Cri. 47. Swíðe gemiclade se drihten miltheortnisse his magnificavit dominus misericordiam suam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 58.

Linked entry: micelian

ǽfen-sang

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Se ǽfensancg mid antefene sý gecweden, 39, 20. Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme, 43, 7. Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml. Th. i. 202, 26.

a-drugian

(v.)
Grammar
a-drugian, p. ode; pp. od

To drysiccari

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To dry; siccari Ðá sóna adrugode se streám alveus siccatus est, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 13