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mós

(n.)
Grammar
mós, es; n.

Food ⬩ nourishment

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Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 11; Cri. 1507. Tó móse ł ǽte ad edulium, Hpt. Gl. 494, 66. ÐÚ his heáfod sealdest tó móse ( in escam ), Ps. Th. 73, 14. Tó móse manducare, 77, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 53; An. 27: 271; An. 136: Salm. Kmbl. 576; Sal. 287.

Linked entry: mésan

be-bod

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Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne.

ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Add: to set an example, serve as a model Hé þá leóde gebígde tó Godes geleáfan, and him wel gebysnode mid weorcum, Hml. S. 26, 73. Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, 2, 125.

ídlian

(v.)
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Add: to be or become empty, be unoccupied, v. ídel; 1 Fram ǽlce bígonge þis land ligeð tólýsed and ídlað in wéstenne ab omni cultura destituta in solitudine vacat terra, Gr.

ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.

plega

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cnapan geond þá strǽte yrnan, sé wæs mid ele gesmerod, and bær iungra manna plegan on handa, Ap.

ge-setnes

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A. 70, 126. (1 a) a medical preparation (?)

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.

BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful ⬩ lætus corde, hilaris ⬩ kind of heart, merciful ⬩ benignus corde, misericors

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Kmbl. 1319; An. 660. kind of heart, merciful; benignus corde, misericors Gebletsode blíðheort Cyning, Metod alwihta, wíf and wǽpned the merciful King, Lord of all things, blessed female and male, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 28; Gen. 192

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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., and add: crying, clamour Gehýrde hé mycelne heáf and wóp, and manige cleopodan mid mycelre stefne. Þá áhsode hé hwæt seó cleopung wǽre, Bl. H. 219, 10. Manegum stefnum and cleopungum (hreámum, v. l.) vocibus clamoribusque, Gr.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

ge-hirtan

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., and add Gehyrt vel gehlýwþ focilat, i. reficit Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82.

Linked entry: ge-hyrtan

hefe

importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight

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God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.

hálwende

(v.; adj.)
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Add: hálwynde. <b>A</b>. adjective. conducive to physical health Hálwende cleoþan medicinale, i. salutiferum cataplasma, An. Ox. 1972.

gremian

(v.)
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Add Gremið, graemid, gremid lacessit, Txts. 73, 1170. Grema lacesse, An. Ox. 46, 52. Gremman lacessere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 50. Gremmende lacessiens, 50, 56. to irritate, provoke. the object a person Hý ðé gremiað exacerbaverunt te, Ps.

a-fúndennis

(n.)
Grammar
a-fúndennis, -niss, e; f.

An experiment ⬩ an invention ⬩ a discovery ⬩ experimentum

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An experiment, an invention, a discovery; experimentum, R. Ben. interl. 59

stæf-leahter

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-leahter, es; m.
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An impropriety of speech, a barbarism Stæfleahtres barbarismi, An. Ox. 5467

út-weald

(n.)
Grammar
út-weald, es; m.

An outlying wood

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An outlying wood An útwalda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 36

Linked entry: weald

hnítan

to gore

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Add: of an animal, to gore; Án þearle wód cú hnát yfele ǽlcne þe heó gemétte, Hml. S. 31, 1042. of things Þonne cumbol hneotan, An. 4

antefn

(n.)
Grammar
antefn, = antefen, e; f? es; n? [ἀντί opposite, φωνή a voice]

An antiphon ⬩ anthem ⬩ a hymn sung in alternate parts ⬩ antiphona ⬩ cantus Ecclesiasticus alternus

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An antiphon, anthem, a hymn sung in alternate parts; antiphona, cantus Ecclesiasticus alternus Is ðæt sǽd, ðæt hí ðysne letanían and antefn geleóþre stæfne sungan fertur, quia hanc litaniam consona voce modularentur, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 24

biscop-seld

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seld, es; n.

A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see ⬩ sedes episcopalis

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[seld a seat, residence] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see; sedes episcopalis Se cyning sealde him stówe and biscopseld on Lindesfearona eá rex locum sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi tribuit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 35

Linked entry: bisceop-seld

ge-méde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-méde, superl. -médost; adj.

Agreeable, pleasing ⬩ acceptus, grātus

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Agreeable, pleasing; acceptus, grātus Swá him gemédost wæs as was most agreeable to them, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. Geméde agreeable, Bt. 11, 1; Bt. Fox 32, note 1. Gimoedo ł wala middangeardes prospera mundi, Rtl. 50, 6