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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.

hete-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
hete-grim, adj.

Of malignant cruelty or fierceness

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Of malignant cruelty or fierceness, Andr. Kmbl. 2789; An. 1397: 3122; An. 1564

oncýð-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
oncýð-dǽd, e; f.

A deed causing distress, an injury

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A deed causing distress, an injury Oncýðdǽda wrecan, Andr. Kmbl. 2360; An. 1181

fleax

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Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add

be-míðan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To conceal Bemíþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, occultare, An. Ox. 983: Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 35. Wé magon monnum bemíðan úrne geðonc, Past. 39, 12. Bemíþende recludentes, An. Ox. 2334. God gecýþde ꝥ mannum bemiðen wæs, Bl. H. 199, 32: Gr.

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.
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Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, v. scír, Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 29. Án scíregemót sæt æt Ægelnðþes stáne . . . ðǽr wæs Bryning scírgeréfa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 54, 14.

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þri-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-wintre, -wintra, -winter; adj.

Of three yearsthree years old

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Geoffra mé án þriwintre hrýðer and ǽnne þriwintre ramm and ánne þriwintre gát sume mihi vaccam triennem et capram trimam et arietem annorum trium, Gen. 15, 9. Hé ásende him tó án ðrywintre cild, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.

slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56, 32. ]maturarum, grene slane wose: and pl. slon occurs Alis. 4983. In Baker's Northants. Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H. Ger. sléha, sléa prunella, agacia: Ger. schlehe: Dan. slaaen

Linked entries: slág sláh

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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á-tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
á-tǽsan, p.de

To tear with a weapon

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To tear with a weapon (lit. or fig. ) Án scytta ásceát áne flán and átǽsde ðone cyning betwux þǽre lungene, Hml. S. 18, 221. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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as soon as any person was dead, the body was laid out, with the feet to the east and the head to the west.

mós

(n.)
Grammar
mós, es; n.

Foodnourishment

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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.

antefn

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

An antiphonanthema hymn sung in alternate partsantiphonacantus 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 seesedes 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