grǽdan
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Ðonne grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht prædicator clamat quasi gallus cantat in nocte, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 32; Hat. MS. Hine mon sceal swíðe hlúde hátan grǽdan oððe singan he must be bidden to cry out or sing very loud, L.
Linked entry: han-grǽd
mǽting
A dream
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A dream On xxii nihta seó mǽtinga biþ eall costunge full; ne biþ ðæt ná gód swefen, Lchdm. iii. 156, 7. Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 24; Dan. 141
líc-mann
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His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ...
á-spendan
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Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 428, 29
circul
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Rímcræftige men wyrcað heom fægere circul of þám fíf stafum . . . on þám circule fiftýne niht hig onfóð . . . Ðys ys ꝥ eahtoðe geár on þám circule, Angl. viii. 327, 36-47. Ðás circulas synt behéfe eallum gehádedum mannum. . . .
rest
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36.
þeahtere
A counsellor
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A counsellor On v. nihte mónan gang tó ðinum þeahtere, Lchdm. iii. 170, 3. Ðæs cyninges þeahteras regis consiliarii, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 25. Gé yfelan þehteras! ic nǽfre mé ne gebidde on eówer god, Nar. 42, 6
a-cræftan
To devise ⬩ plan ⬩ contrive as a craftsman ⬩ excogitare
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To devise, plan, contrive as a craftsman; excogitare Úton ðeáh hwæðere acræftan hú we heora, an ðyssa nihta, mágan mǽst beswícan let us however plan how we can, in this night, most weaken them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 19
CEALC
Plaster, cement, chalk; ⬩ calx arenata, calx
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Plaster, cement, chalk; calx arenata, calx Iuuinianus wæs sume niht on ánum niwcilctan húse: ðá hét he bétan ðǽr-inne mycel fýr, forðon hit wæs ceald weder.
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wann
Dark ⬩ dusty ⬩ sable ⬩ lurid ⬩ livid ⬩ blue-black ⬩ livid ⬩ swarthy ⬩ dusty ⬩ dark-hued ⬩ dark ⬩ dingy
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Seó deorce niht won gewíteþ. Exon. Th. 204, 17; Ph. 99: 292, 23; Wand. 292. Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum, 178, 34; Gú. 1254. In ðisse wonnan niht, 163, 30; Gú. 1001. On wanre niht scríðan, Beo.
Cippan-ham
CHIPPENHAM,
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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A.
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ge-nípan
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Þǽr niht ne genípð (genimð? v. ge-niman; d) nǽfre þeóstra þæs heofenlican leóhtes scíman, Dóm. L. 253
wípian
To wipe
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Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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Ðú dæg settest, and deorce niht tuus est dies, et tua est nox, Ps. Th. 73, 16: 142, 4.
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leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Gé syttaþ ealle niht and drincaþ óð leóhtne dæg, and swá áwendaþ dæg tó nihte and niht tó dæge, 297, 28. Be leóhtne dæg in matutino, Ps. Th. 72, 11. Dó ðíne ansýne esne ðínum leóhte faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, 118, 135.
hreð-mónaþ
March
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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7
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ge-nípan
to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep
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un-geára
not long ago ⬩ lately ⬩ before long ⬩ soon
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of past time, not long ago, lately Ic wæs ungeára on niht ábysgod on wæccum nuper occupatus noctu vigiliis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 39. Ðæt wæs ungeára, ðæt ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, Beo.
á-libban
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Gif lama weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht álibbe, i. 172, 17. to live a life, pass one's days Hé oferférde and álifde his selfes ylde mid andgite aetatem suam intellectu transibat, Gr. D. 338, 23
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langian
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Syððan langað seó niht and wanað se dæg, Angl. viii. 311, 28. Éfern longeð aduesperascit Lk. R. 24, 29. impers. to cause longing, &c. Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel. 154.