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earc

(n.)
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earc, e; f.
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Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce, Chr. 855; P. 66, 28. In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.) in arcam, Mt. R. 24, 38. In ærce (erce, R.), Lk. L. 17, 27. the ark of the covenant Dryhten bebeád Móyse hú hé scolde beran ðá earce . . .

hoh-full

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Cf. hogian; Þá þá se munuc lange þurhwunode on þǽre ánwilnysse, þá cwæð se hálga tó þám hohfullum munece. Hml. S. 31, 1084

beám

a beamposta beam of light

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Man þá beámas gelegð and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9. v. sýl-, wín-beám. a beam as part of an implement:-- Borige hé on þám beáme (of the plough) Lch. i. 402, 1.

hwanan

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Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócen, An. 683.

hreóf

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</b> of a disease :-- Cniht geþreád mid þǽre hreófan ádle puer morbo elephantino correptus, Gr. D. 157, 6. of a thing, Wal. 8 (in Dict.)

læt

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Hí wǽron genýdde ꝥ hí for þǽre lættran tíde ( tardiori hora ) wunedon læng þonne hí sceoldon, 126, 26. Oð ðá lætran tíde, 24

lǽnan

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his ǽhta ( pecuniam suam vel possessiones ) tó nánum unrihtum gafole ne lǽne; ꝥ is ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde; ac for lufe lǽne gehwá óðrum his feoh and his ǽhta, 194, 15-19. to grant Se góda líchama þancode Gode ealre þǽre

hwílwend-lic

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Þǽra hǽðenra wíta synd hwílwendlice, Hml. S. II, 127. For þissum hwí-wendlicum yflum brúcað ðǽra écera góda on worulda woruld, 30, 449. temporal, not spiritual Ðám rícan wæs forgolden mid ðám hwílwendlicum spédum, Hml. Th. i. 332, 5.

manig-feald

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Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem machinam, An. Ox. 119. Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque legalium tormenta poenarum, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 27.

consul

(n.)
Grammar
consul, es; m.

A consul

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Án consul forsóc ðone MS. þæne triumphan one consul [Fabius] declined the triumph 2, 4; Bos. 42, 43. Senátas cómon ongeán hyra consulas the senators came to meet their consuls 2, 4; Bos. 43, 5, 20, 26.

Linked entry: geár-cyning

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 23980

gímen

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Godes engel beheád him þæt [hé] sceolde habban gýmene ǽgðer ge ðǽre méder ge þæs cildes, Hml. Th. i. 196, 19. Hé ne forlǽte ðá giémenne hira úterran ðearfe exterioris vitae providentiam non relinquat Past. 137, 13.

on-gitan

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Hé ongæt (oncneów, v. l.) þæt heó wæs gehǽled in þá ylcan tíde ea hora saluti restitutam virginem agnovit, Gr. D. 29, 29.

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Þæt mennisc þone eard bógodan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 12. Býes ( fossidete ) ríc, Mt. L. 25, 34. Búian inhabitare, An. Ox. 11, 13. Godes templ búgian, Hml. S. 3, 353. Mæg ic býa possidebo, Lk. L. 10, 25. Tó býenna possidenda, p. 9, 16.

ge-regnian

(v.)
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Þæs geregnedan concinnati (cf. ? concinnati facinoris, Ald. 38, 27), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 80. Geregnodae mendacio conposito, Txts. 76, 618. Gerénode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 63. to ornament, adorn Gé gehrínas (ornatis) byrgenna sóðfæstra, Mt. L. 23, 29.

ge-endebyrdan

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ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Þurh þæs geendebyrdan prófostes misfadunge per ordinationem prepositi, R. Ben. 124, 4. with object a thing Ús nǽfre swylc ege ne wearþ ǽr tó helle geendebyrded. Bl.

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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Ox. 1838 Similar entries (v. hlít Ia). the result determined by lot, the lot falls on a person: Ðá gefeóll þæt hlot ofer Júdan cyn, Hml.

in-gehygd

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Mé þingð ꝥ on þæs hálgan weres inngehigdum wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video inesse, Gr. D. 130, 9. conscience Þá déglan ingehygde úre gesiónde sweðe secreta conscientiae nostrae videns vestigia, Ps.

settan

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Add Se cásere sette gebann, þæt wǽre on gewritum ásett eall ymbhwyrft, Hml. Th. i. 30, 1. Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .

lícettan

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Hé him sǽde ꝥ hé ofslóge Saul, and wolde mid þǽre leásunge lícettan wið Dáuid, Hml. S. 12, 250. to feign something, with acc. to present a false appearance of aquality, property, &amp;c. feign humility, &amp; c.