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sægen

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Holofernes æfter þissere segene gebealh hine cum cessasset loqui Achior verba haec indignatus est Holofernes, 107, 145. Hé cwæð þæt hé wolde þám wífe gemyltsian, ac hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan . . .

wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wíglere, (wiglere ?), weohlere, es; m.

A divinersoothsayeraugursorcerer

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Ðes and ðeós wiglere hic et haec augur Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22 ; Zup. 49, 2. Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð mid ððum ðincge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108. On gellcnysse wígleres and rǽdendes ( arioli et coniectoris ), Scint. 75, 12.

Linked entry: weohlere

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER păter

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A FATHER; păter Fæder and módor a father and mother; hic et hæc parens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 48. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm.

limpan

(v.)
Grammar
limpan, p. lamp, pl. lumpon

To befallhappenpertainbelongaffectconcern

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Eádig biþ ðæt folc ðe him swá on foldan fægre limpeþ beatum populum, cui hæc sunt, 143, 19: Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 26; Seef. 13. Hwæt limpeþ ðæs tó ðé of hwylcum wyrtruman ic ácenned sí quid ad te pertinet qua sim stirpe genitus?

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Haec locutum est os meum . . . : Holocausta offeram tibi, Ps. Th. 65, 12-13. Tiber, Cd. Th. 9, 2; Gen. 135. v. timber

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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D. iii. 5, 7. a precipitous fall in a river (cf. stæþ-hlípe), leap as in salmon leap Of ðǽre ealdan hæcce into présta hlýpe, intó ðám bece . . . tó Freóbearnes hlýpe . . .

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

níten

(n.)
Grammar
níten, niéten, neáten, nýten, es; n.

An animalbeastcattle

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Ðis nýten haec pecus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 10. Ðis nýten istud animal; ðyses nýtenes istius animalis; ðás níhtenu ista animalia, 15; Som. 18, 34-36. Swá nýten geworden eom ut jumentum factus sum, Ps. Spl. 72, 22.

cípe-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cípe-mann, (cíp-), es; m.
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Seó landbúnes is swíðost cýpe*-*monnum geseted haec colonia est maxime negotiatorum, Nar. 33, 15. ¶ The word occurs in local names, Cýpmanna del, Chýpmanna ford, C. D. vi. 269. v. cép-, cépe-, cýp-, cýp-, cýpe-mann in Dict

Linked entry: ciépe-mon

ge-maca

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Th. i. 134, 20] Hic et haec conjunx þes and þeós gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. 73, 12. Wudewan hád is ꝥ man wunige on clǽnnysse . . . æfter his gemacan, ǽgðer ge weras ge wíf. Hml.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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</b> add :-- Nǽron þis ná úre weorc, ac hit wǽron þára háligra apostola haec nostra non sunt, sed sanctorum apostolorum, Gr. D. 165, 26. Þá ádúne ástígað on sǽon scipum dónde weorcu (operationes) on wæterum manegum. Ps. Rdr. 106, 23.

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Gecier lá, ne folga mé, ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan, Past. 295, 15. to statement or affirmation Geá, lá, geá; gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde ... vere aliquantum; imo si haec repente provenerint ..., Solil. H. 34, 11.

ÁC

(n.)
Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.

OAKquercusroburThe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a

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an OAK ; quercus, robur Ðeós ác hæc quercus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 46. Sume ác astáh got up into an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31. acc. Ác an oaken ship. Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21. Geongre áce of a young oak, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9.

Linked entries: ác-drenc ǽc

á-reccan

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Ðis wé willað hwéne rúmedlícor áreccean haec paulo latius replicando disseramus, 75, 17. Sié áreaht expolietur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 69

of-áxian

(v.)
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Ðeós Iúdith ofáxode hú Ozias gespræc haec cum audisset quoniam Osias promisisset, Hml. A. 108, 209. Þá lúdéiscan ofáxodon hú úre Drihten árǽrde Lazarum ofdeáðe, 66, 26. Ofáxa hwæt se cásere be ús geboden hæbbe, Hml. S. 23, 465.

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Th. i. 334, 1. of calumny, backbiting Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe, Wlfst. 70, 15. to blaspheme, blame Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam, Angl. xi.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

hóp

(n.)
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. ¶ in local names :-- In marasco terram unius aratri inter haec quatuor confinia . . . ab austro Beðlinghope in palude, C. D. v. 68, 14. In Eásthope, ii. 137, I. In wiðingmere; ðæt út wið hopwudes wíca, iii. 391, 23.

lufian

(v.)
Grammar
lufian, p. ode

To love

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Ðes lufigenda wer hic amans vir; ðis lufigende wíf hæc amans fæmina, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 49. Hé wæs fram eallum mannum lufad, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11: 5; 19; S. 637, 19

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, 35, 5; Fox 164, 31.

BEÓDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓDAN, biódan; ic beóde, bióde, ðú beódest, býtst, býst, he beódeþ, být, pl. beódaþ; p. ic, he beád, ðú bude, pl. budon; pp. boden; v. trans.

BIDto commandorderjuberemandareto announceproclaiminspirebodethreatennuntiareannuntiarenuntium vel mandatum deferreprædicaresignificareinspirareminari alicui aliquid to offergivegrantofferrepræbere

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BID, to command, order; jubere, mandare Ðás þing ic eów beóde hæc mando vobis Jn. Bos. 15, 17. He beád Iosepe ðæt he bude his bróðrum dixit ad Joseph ut imperaret fratribus suis Gen. 45, 17 : Ors. 6, 7; Bos. 119, 38 : Andr.