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irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Noe ðá yrþling began tó wircenne ðæt land coepitque Noe vir agricola exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. Móna se twentigoþa cild ácenned yrplincg a child born on the twentieth day of the moon will be a husbandman, Lchdm. iii. 194, 6.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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Ðæt hié selfe ne fæsten ðæs hláfes ryhtwísnesse ne ipsi remaneant a justitiae pane jejuni, Past. 137, 25. Þonne hié woldon sylfe firene fæstan (abstain from sin), Dan. 592. with prep.

ge-mǽne-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líc, adj.

Common, generalcommunis, generalis

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Hí arísaþ on ðam gemǽnelícum dóme they shall arise at the judgment of all, Homl. Th. i. 84, 22, 24. Mid ða getýdnesse ge cyriclícra gewrita ge eac gemǽnelícra cum eruditione litterarum vel ecclesiasticarum vel generalium, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 15.

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 20. Forlǽtan ða seófunga his eormþa miseras fugare querelas, 29, 3; Fox 106, 20: Met. 16, 7

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.
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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. to make firm, to fix Suíðigaþ figite

mann-swica

Grammar
mann-swica, mán-swica ?. [In favour of mán- it may be noted that mann- does not occur as the first part of this compound, but does occur with -slaga; in Wlfst. 55, 6 the a has the accent in two MSS. (though in one of these mán- is written in mánslagan, Wlfst. 26, 14), and at 114, 13 manswican is a v. l. for mánsworan.]
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In l. 2 read mannslagan, and add: a deceiver, cheat Án unlagu æt ðám ætfengan þe swicigende manswican lufedan be-westan, Ll. Lbmn, 244, 28.

ge-frédan

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Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21

láð-searu

(n.)
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a fell device, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 14; Dan. 436

rodor-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
rodor-beorht, adj.
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Th. 239, 12; Dan. 369

ancor-ráp

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Hý gehýdað scipu tó ðám unlonde oncyrrápum, Wal. 14. Add

ceahhe

(n.)
Grammar
ceahhe, an; f.
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A daw On ceahhan mere, C. D. iii. 48, 26

Dauític

(adj.)
Grammar
Dauític, adj.
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Of David Of ðám Dauíticum sealmum, Lch. iii. 428, 17

gefyrn-gewiten

(adj.)
Grammar
gefyrn-gewiten, adj.
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Long-past On ðám gefyrngewitenan tíman, Hml. S. 23, 8

offrung

(n.)
Grammar
offrung, ofrung, e; f.

the offering of a sacrifice or giftan offering, sacrifice

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God foresceáwaþ ða offrunge, Gen. 22, 7-8. Hwæðer is máre, ðe offrung (ofrung, MS. A. ), ðe ðæt weofud ðe gehálgaþ ða offrunge (ofrunge, MS. A. )? Mt. Kmbl. 23, 19. Melu oððe offrung ador, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 32. Offrung sacrificium, Wrt.

án-lépnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-lépnes, -ness, e; f.

Solitudelonelinesssolitudo

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Solitude, loneliness; solitudo Ne tala ðú me, ðæt ic ne cunne ða ánlépnesse ðínes útsetles think not thou, that I know not the loneliness of thy outsitting, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41

Linked entry: ǽn-lépnes

leóhte

(adv.)
Grammar
leóhte, adv.

Lightlyeasilygently

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Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3

un-rétu

(n.)
Grammar
un-rétu, (-o); f.

Anxietydisquiet

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Anxiety, disquiet Ðá bǽdon mec míne geféran ðæt ic on swá micelre módes unréto and nearonisse mec selfne mid fæstenne ne swencte rogantibus amicis ne me anxietate et jejunio condeficerem, Nar. 30, 23

Linked entry: rétu

biter-líce

(adv.)
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Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce (amare) bærnð ðá earman sáula, Dóm. L. 166. Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add

slítere

(n.)
Grammar
slítere, es; m.

a waster, destroyera consumer of food, a glutton

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Ðá sǽde hé him, ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26

ge-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeón, p. -þeóde

To docommitperformperficerepatrare

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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377