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merigen

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add: — Wæs þá geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge, Lch. iii. 232, 12. Drince on morgenne scenc fulne þises drences, tó middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 7. Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R.

ge-andwerdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwerdian, Add: -weardian
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Hé . . . hine sylfne beheáfdodne æfter ðon ðridan dæge eft geondweardode (-ne, MS.), 181, 2. Þá þá hé wæs geondweardod and gecýðed Benedicte praesentatus Benedicto, Gr. D. 129, 20 note. Swylce hé tó þám egefullan Godes dóme geandweardod (-werded, R.

Linked entry: ge-andweard

tó-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ferian, p. ede

To carry in different directionsdiffeneto removeget rid ofto put offto digestdigerere

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godcundre byþ geteald rihtwísnysse ac gyltes úres quotiens orantes non cito exaudimur, nostra nobis facta in oculis proponamus, ut hoc ipsum quod differimur non divinae reputetur justitiae sed culpe nostre, Scint. 35, 10. to digest; digerere Ðæt seó dæges

morgen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-líc, adj.

morningof to-morrow

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Ic beó ðýs morgenlícan dæge (on the morning of this day: St. Mary's death seems to have taken place on the day when she says this) gongende of líchoman, Blickl. Homl, 143, 2: 139, 18. of to-morrow Se morgenlíca dæg crastinus dies, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34

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dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris, Gr. D. 135, 12.

ildan

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Ne yldon wé ná fram dægedæge þæt wé tó Gode ne gecyrron, Wlfst. 151, 15. with dat. infin. Bl. H. 7, 33 (in Dict.). absolute or uncertain Ic ylde elongo, prolongo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 23. Ylde, elcode distulit, i. moram fecit, abduxit, 141, 46.

for-gifenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíc, -gifendlíc, -gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; comp. m. ra; f. n. re; sup. ost; adj.

givingdativegivingdătīvusforgivingpardonablebearableremissustolerābĭlis

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 19. forgiving, pardonable, bearable; remissus, tolerābĭlis Ic eów secge, ðæt Sodom-warum, on ðam dæge, biþ forgifenlícre ðonne ðære ceastre dīco vōbis, quia Sŏdŏmis, in die illa, remissius ĕrit quam illi cīvĭtāti, Lk. Bos. 10, 12

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deág

(n.)
Grammar
deág, deáh, e; f.
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Dǽge fuco, 2, 23. Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge (dége, v. l.) (de colore ) hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218

geohhol

(n.)
Grammar
geohhol, gehhol, gehol, geól; n. pl. (cf.
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., and add Þý twelftan dæge ofer geohhel (geohol, ge(o)h(o)l (the o's above the line), geochol, v. ll.) epifaniae, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 9. On Gehhol (Geól, Geohhol, v. ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 23.

Linked entry: geól

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

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Þuner Jovem, 112, 5. it is mostly in connection with the fifth day of the week that the word occurs On ðam fíftan dæge ðe gé Ðunres hátaþ, Hontl. Th. ii. 242, 23. Ðunres-dæges nama is of Iove, Anglia viii. 321, 16. On ðone Hálgan Ðunres-dæg, L.

cýping

(n.)
Grammar
cýping, cýpingc, cíping,e; f. [ceáping, ceáp a price, q. v. II.].

a bargaining, setting a price, marketing, chapping, traffic negotiatio, nundinaa market-place, market forum

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Ðæt hí Sunnan dæges cýpinga georne geswícan that they strictly abstain from Sunday marketings, L.

twifealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
twifealdlíce, adv.
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Doubly, to twice the amount On ðam sixtan dæge hig gaderodon twyfealdlíce -in die sexta collegerunt cibos duplices Ex. 16, 22: L. Alf. pol. 39; Th. i. 88, 4. Gé gedóþ hyne helle beam twyfealdlícor ðonne eów ( duplo quam vos ), Mt.

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495. Ǽr dæges hwíle before day-time, 4630; B. 2320. On dæges hwíle in the day-time, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 4; Dan. 349.

be-sceótan

(v.)

to dashflingto shut upto dashto happenoccur

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D. 234, 18. intrans. to dash, fling one's self Curtius þǽroninnan besceát, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 31. to happen, occur Gyf se terminus bescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 16.

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts. 133

bisceop-stól

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Hé gesæt þone bisceopstól an þára twégra apostola dæge on Wintanceastre, 984; P. 124, 5. Hé betǽhte his bisceopstól óþrum bisceope, Hml.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, es; n.

Animal-kind, beast-kind animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus

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On ðam syxtan dæge God gescóp eall deórcynn on the sixth day God created all kinds of animals, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 16; Lchdm. iii, 234, 14: Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 27.

DÍGOL

(n.)
Grammar
DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol,es; n.

Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium

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He ðý þriddan dæge of dígle arás he rose the third day from the secret place [the grave], Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 13; Pa. 62