feówertig-feald
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Þis feówertigfealde fæsten (Lent) wæs ásteald . . . ðá ðá Móyses fæste feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tósamne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 1: Wlfst. 285, 15. Add
þurh-standan
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to persist, continue Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum nocte subsequent in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 8
wéden-heort
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Sumre nihte þá þá hé ýpte swá wéden-heort mycle stefne nocte quadam cum magnas voces scilicet ut insanns ederet, Gr. D. 247, 15. Add
Linked entry: wóden-dreám
á-dwínan
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Ðá nigontýne geár gedóð ðæt án dæg mid ðǽre nihte ádwínð, and swylce ic swá cweðe tó náhte gewyrð, Angl. viii. 308, 32. Áduínendan tabida, Txts. 104, 1044. Add
sunn-beám
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-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.
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merigen-lic
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Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice lofsangas matutini, R. Ben. I. 45, 16. Merrigenlice, 37, 14. On mergenlicum lofsangum, 42, 9.
setlung
a taking of a seat ⬩ a sitting down ⬩ setting of the sun ⬩ occasus
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Lamb. 138, 2. setting of the sun; occasus Seó niht hæfþ seofon dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS. P.) Lchdm. iii. 242, 26. Æfter sunnan setlunge, 266, 5. Fram sunnan uprine óþ setlunge, Ps. Spl. 112, 3. Setellung, 49, 2
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un-wérig
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Add: unwearied Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte anwérig on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum node subsequenti indefessus in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 7
sícle
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In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16
móna
the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon
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On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ... on tweigra nihta mónan, etc., 154, 15-28, 156, 1-16. Hé gesette ðone mónan fulne, 238, 27. Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan, 248, 25-26
hwæt-hwára
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Þæt þá munecas hwæthwára furþor restan þonne healfe niht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur, R. Ben. 32, 13. Gelencged hwæthwára, 37, 8. Syricas hwæthwára (-hwega, v. l. modice ) beteran, 91, 11.
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han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium, that is, cock-crow, Lchdm. iii. 244, 4.
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rímere
A computer ⬩ reckoner ⬩ calculator
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A computer reckoner, calculator Betwux ðisre sprǽce sceal se rímre geþencean, ðæt hé gedó ðæt Februarius mónþ ðý geáre hæbbe þrittig nihta ealdne mónan Anglia viii. 307, 34
merigen
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Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R. Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne þenc þú be mergene,' Hml, S. 31, 57. Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158
treów-wæstm
fruit of a tree
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fruit of a tree Treówwæstmas wurdon ðære nihte þurh forste swíðe fornumene, Chr. 1110; Þurh wæstma forweorþenesse, ǽgðer ge on corne and eác on eallon treówwæstman, 1103; Erl. 239, 3
dagian
To DAWN, to become day, be day ⬩ lucescere
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Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.] as though it were day all night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 1
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gereord-dæg
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A day on which a meal or feast is celebrated On þám mónðe þe Aprilis [hátte], þǽre nigeðan nihte, on þám drihtenlican gereorddæge (on Holy Thursday. Cf. tó þon hálgan n
flyge-reów
Wild-flying ⬩ wild inflight ⬩ vŏlātu férus
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Wild-flying, wild inflight; vŏlātu férus Flygereówe þurh nihta genipu neósan cwómon, hwæðere . . . the wild-flying [evil spirits] came in the darkness of night to find out, whether . . . Exon. 37b; Th. 123, 10; Gú. 320
gǽlsa
A glutton ⬩ one who is inordinately fond
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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15
á-fleón
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Se mæssepreóst andswarode ꝥ hé wǽre on niht onweg áflogen hunc presbyter fugisse respondit, Gr.