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á-licgan

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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low Mín wynn álæg there was an end to my joy, Ps. Th. 119, 5. Nó hira þrym álæg, An. 3. Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5.

Linked entry: á-lecgan

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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Sió filmen biþ þeccende and wreóde ða wambe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 17. ¶ In the following passages Grein suggests that the form is quite a different word = comburere, and Cosijn (P.

Linked entry: þacian

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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If a gesithcund man owning land, neglect the fyrd, let him pay 120 shillings and forfeit his land; one not owning land, 60 shillings; a churlish man, 30 shillings; as a fine for neglecting the fyrd, L.

for-weorþan

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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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Hwæt ic þínra bysna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan, Gen. 533. somewhat, any, at all. Cf. á-wiht Gif hit hwæt elles gesélde if it happened at all differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. Gif hit hwæt ælcor (elles, v. l.) bið sin alias, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7

acolitus

(n.)

ἀκόλυθοςA light-bearerluciferstateconditionordogradus

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= ἀκόλυθος A light-bearer; lucifer Acolitus is se ðe leóht berþ æt Godes þénungum acolite is he who bears the light at God's services, L. Ælf. P. 34 ; Th. ii. 378, 7 : L. Ælf. C. 14 ; Th. ii. 348, 4. state, condition; ordo, gradus, etc

fierd

(n.)
Grammar
fierd, e; f.

An armyforceexpeditionexercĭtusexpĕdītio

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An army, force, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Of ðære fierde from the army, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 18: 876; Erl. 78, 9: 885; Erl. 82, 23: 919; Erl. 104, 26. Ǽr sió fierd gesamnod wǽre ere the army was assembled, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 21

sweor-ród

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-ród, e; f.
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A cross suspended from the neckChart. Th. 551, 5.429, 15.

bisceop-lic

episcopalpontifical

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Add: bishop-like, proper to a bishop Hé ne gefremede náht biscoplices, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 20. episcopal, pontifical Biscoplic wurðscipe flamininus honor, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 54. Biscoplic stól pontificalis cathedra, An. Ox. 2029.

hwæl

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Add: A large kind of whale (as compared with hran, q. v. ) Hran oððe hwæl ballena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 67. Hwæl ballenam .i. diabolum, An. Ox. 6, 12. God gesceóp þá micelan hwalas ( cete grandia ), Gen. 1, 21. Hwælas, Angl. viii. 310, 18

hyse

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Add: a man Swylce geongum hægstealde, rince, hysse sicut effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 3476. Swá ungebyrdum hysse, 7, 247. Ungebarde hysse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 33. (All three are glosses to Ald. 48, 2.) a shoot, scion Hisses, hosses pampinos, Hpt.

mete-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
mete-rǽdere, es; m.
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20

úp-lic

Grammar
úp-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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Tó þám úplican lífe ad superos, 2214

rím-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
rím-áþ, es; m.

An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators

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An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators L. Ath. i. 9 ; Th. i. 204, 15. (cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)

cnossian

(v.)
Grammar
cnossian, he cnossaþ; p.ode; pp. od

To beatstrikedash; tundiquassariillidi

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To beat, strike, dash; tundi, quassari, illidi Yða gewealc mec oft bigeat, æt nacan stefnan, ðonne he be clifum cnossaþ the rolling of the waves has often caught me, at the vessel's prow, when it strikes on rocks Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Seef. 8

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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a weir, a dam Salomon sǽde ðætte suíðe deóp pól wǽre gewered on ðæs wísan monnes móde, and suíðe lytel unnyttes út fleówe.

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Æt þǽre ee, S. 24, 33. Tó ánre eá (éá, MS.), Hml. S. 30, 328. Be þǽre eǽ, Chr. 896; P. 89, 11. On þǽre ǽ þínes willan torrente voluntatis tuae, Ps. Th. 35, 8. Ofer þá eá (éa, MS.), Ors. 1, l; S. 8, 30. Ic ána wát eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25.

ge-sǽlan

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Add: of a person, to succeed in a purpose, bring about something.

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrustguidanceto hand overpaygiveto assigndestineyield toto direct

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Add: to entrust, commit to a person for safe keeping, guidance, &amp;amp;c. Ic betiæce committo (Dei mei potestati), An. Ox. 3395. Hwá betǽhð (credit) eów ꝥ eower ys ?, Lk. 16, 11. Eádmund betǽhte Glæstingaberi S.

ærne-weg

(n.)
Grammar
ærne-weg, es; m. [ærnan to run, weg a way]

A running-waya way fit for running ona broad roadvia cursui aptaplatea

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A running-way, a way fit for running on, a broad road; via cursui apta, platea Æt sumes ærneweges ende at the end of some course, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 9. Gescroepe ærneweg via apta cursui equorum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41