tapor
A taper; also the wick of a lamp
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Swegles tapur the sun, Exon. Th. 205, 18; Ph. 114. Onfangenum tapere accepto cereo, Anglia xiii. 403, 548. Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðæm tapore (-ure, Hatt. MS.) ðæs godcundan liegges, Past. 36; Swt. 258, 13.
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cirm
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Se forhta ceorm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18. Cyrm strepitus tonitruum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 26: clangor, tubarum sonus vel vox tubae, 131, 52: clamor tubis, 126, 49: clangor (salpicum ), An. Ox. 1642. Ceorm, Hpt. Gl. 445, 12.
fretan
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R. 12, 40. of animals Ðæt ilce ðæt se hund áspáw, hé hit eft frit, Past. 419, 30. Fryt devorat, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 31. Fretan lurcare (gulosa beluarum ingluvies praedam lurcare non audens, Aid. 49, 8), Wrt.
ofen
An oven, a furnace
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Se ofn ðære singalan costnunge, caminus Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 29. Ða fúlnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes fornacis 5, 12; S. 629, 21 : Cd. Th. 245, 13; Dan. 462. Axan of ðam ofene camino Ex. 9, 8.
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áþ
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Þá salde se here him foregíslas and micle áþas, þæt hié of his rice uuoldon, 878;P. 76, 13. Add
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Sume synt yrþlincgas sume scéphyrdas sume oxanhyrdas alii sunt aratores, alii opiliones, quidam bubulci, 19, 3. Laboratores sind yrþlingas and ǽhtemen, tó ðam ánum betǽhte, ðe hig ús bigleofan tiliaþ, Ælfc. T.
GRIM
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Mycel wól and grim acerba pestis, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 29. Se grimma wítedóm dira præsagia, 3, 14; S. 541, 9.
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scíne
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Is seó womb wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 16; Ph. 308. Mægþ scýne, Beo. Th. 6025; B. 3016. Se scýna stán, Andr. Kmbl. 1532 ; An. 767. On stede scýnum, Exon. Th. 70, 33; Cri. 1148. Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, 85, 6; Cri. 1387.
strǽt
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Skt. 6, 56. Hí synd stǽnene mid ðám ðe man strǽta wyrcþ, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 134. Ðá arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 8
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tyslian
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
á-blinnan
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S. 30, 36, Clypa, ne áblin ðú, Hml. A. 138, 9. Ǽfre syngiende and nǽfre áblinnende, Nar. 47, 13. with gen. Se ðe nǽbre ne áblinð ungestæððignesse cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur Past. 71, 3. Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl.
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geap
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Sé þincð nú wærrest and geápest þe óðerne mæig beswícan, 17, 23
leóran
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On swá hwelcre stówe swá mín gemynd sý mǽrsad . . . se unclǽna ne leóre on ðá stówe, Shrn. 104, 28. to pass away at death, pass from this world to the next Tódæg þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, Shrn. 119, 29.
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad Ðá wæs Petrus sárig contristatus est Petrus, Jn. Skt. 21, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 248, 11. Ic mé sylfa eam sárig þearfa pauper et dolens ego sum, Ps. Th. 68, 30.
wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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Ða þeówas ðe se hláford wæccende (-o, Lind. wæcende, Rush. uigilantes) gemét, Lk. Skt. 12, 37: Blickl. Homl. 145, 6. Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Some of the offences to which it applies may be seen from the following passages :--
á-syndran
to separate objects already connected ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ to except ⬩ to place at a distance ⬩ to prevent intermixture ⬩ keep apart ⬩ to prevent association ⬩ participation ⬩ cut off
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Swá hí swíþor beóþ ásyndrode fram.
GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Nis nǽnig swá gleáw there is none so skilful, Cd. 221; Th. 286, 10; Sat. 350: Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 17; Cri. 220: 120 b; Th. 463, 27; Hö. 76: Andr. Kmbl. 2992; An. 1499.
scolu
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Sum leorningman on scole scholasticus quidam, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18. Ic ( Ethelwulf ) on Róme Englisce scole gesette, Chart. Th. 116, 33. Se ( Marinus ) gefreóde Ongelcynnes scole be Ælfrédes béne West-Seaxna cyninges, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 19.
be-limpan
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Belamp ꝥ se arƀ férde tó Róme, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 7. Ðætte ne wyrsa ðé bilimpe (blimpe, L. contingat ), Jn. R. 5, 14. Þæt him ne belimpe se egeslica cwyde that the terrible sentence be not applied to them, Hml.