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trahtnung

(n.)
Grammar
trahtnung, e; f.

Exposition ⬩ explanation ⬩ comment

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Exposition, explanation, comment Uton nú fón on ðæs godspelles trahtnunge ðǽr wé hit forléton let its resume the exposition of the gospel, where we left it, Homl. Th. i. 114, 35: ii. 72, 22. Ús gedafenaþ ðæt wé mid árfæstum geleúfan underfón Drihtnes

geopenian

(v.)
Grammar
geopenian, <b>; B. II.</b>
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Wille wé eów geopenian be ðám húsle, Hml. Th. ii. 262, 20. Add

hálig-mónaþ

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Se mónaþ ( September ) þe wé nemnað hálig*-*mónoð, Mart. H. 182, 26. Add

Scot-land

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Add Igbernia, ꝥ wé Scotland hátað Hibernia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 16

twi-sprǽcness

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Forlǽtan wé leásunga and lícettunga, tǽlnessa and twysprǽcnessa, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add

Linked entry: -sprǽcness

un-geteórigendlic

(adj.)
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un-geteórigendlic, adj.
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Inexhaustible, unfailing Wé magon þurh ꝥ ús gegaderian þæne ungeteórigendlican goldhord, Nap. 87

declínian

(v.)
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Swá swá wé ǽr declínodon mea ancilla, Ælf. Gr. Z. 102. 18. Add

nosu

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Dele 'also an', and add: a nostril; pl. the nostrils, nose 'Ðín nosu is swelce se torr on Libano. 'Ðæt is ðæt wé oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon. Mid ðǽm nosum (per nasum) wé tósceádað góde stincas and yfele. Hwæt is

éste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
éste-líce, ést-líce; adv.

Kindly, gladly, delicately, daintily ⬩ bĕnigne, libenter, delĭcāte

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Kindly, gladly, delicately, daintily; bĕnigne, libenter, delĭcāte Éstelíce bĕnigne, Ps. Spl. T. 50, 19: R. Ben. 71. Éstelíce delĭcāte, Scint. 27: Prov. 29. We ðé éstlíce mid us willaþ ferigan we will gladly convey thee with us, Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 292

Linked entry: ést-líce

flód-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
flód-wudu, m.

Flood-wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ mărīnum lignum ⬩ nāvis

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Flood-wood, a ship; mărīnum lignum, nāvis Swá we ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ flódwudu fergen as if we journey in vessels over the cold water, convey our ships through the wide sea, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 21; Cri. 854

hér-ongemong

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-ongemong, adv.

Here-among, ⬩ amongst the rest ⬩ meanwhile

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Here-among, amongst the rest, meanwhile. Gif wé Æfneres dǽda sume hérongemong secgaþ si Abner factum ad medium deducamus, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 13. Gif wé Salamones cuida sumne hérongemong eówiaþ si Salamonis ad medium verba proferantur, 49, 5; Swt.

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sangere

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add: a church-singer; cantor Sceole wé healdan úrne palm oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, Hml. Th. i. 218, 9. Bútan Iácóbe ðám songere, be þám wé ǽr sǽdon, wæs hé sanges mágister Norðhymbra cyricum, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 21

maþelian

(v.)
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Rǽdaþ, maþeliaþ contionantur, i. sermocinantur (loquuntur, Hpt. Gl. 461, 2), An. Ox. 2323. Wígláf maðelode, wordrihta fela sægde gesíðum, B. 2631. Fela wé mihton ymbe þissum þingum maðelian, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Þás þing þe wé ymbe sýn maðeligende, 307

in-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
in-beornan, p. -bearn

To burn

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To burn, be on fire Inbiorne wé inardescamus, Rtl. 95. 27

ed-níwinga

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ed-níwinga, -niówunga.
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Wé ðǽr eft edniówunga hæfdon micel gefeoht, Nar. 17, 21. Add

Linked entry: níwunga

ofer-drettan

(v.)

to take with violence

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(?)to take with violence Wé oferdryttan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. 94, 2

Linked entry: drettan

á-windwian

(v.)
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Wé beþurscon úre fýnd and áwindwedan, Ps. Th. 43, 7. Add

carful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
carful-líce, adv.
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CAREFULLY, diligently; sollicite, diligenter Se sacerd sceal dón carfullíce Godes þénunga the priest shall carefully do God's services, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25. Twá þing sind ðe we sceolon carfullíce scrutnian there are two things that we should

Linked entry: cearful-líce

treów-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
treów-weorþung, e; f.

Tree-worship

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Tree-worship Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde treówwurþunga and stánwurþunga, L. Edg. C. 16Th. ii. 248, 30. Cf; Wé forbeódaþ ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. . . ðæt is, ðæt mán weorðige .. . stánas oððe ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i.378, 17-21.

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening star ⬩ Hesperus

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The evening star; Hesperus; the Grk. ἕσπερος [Lat. vesper], the evening star, is called by Hesiod a son of and Eos, and was regarded by the ancients the same as the morning star, whence both Homer and Hesiod call him the bringer of light, ἑωσ-φόροας,

Linked entry: morgen-steorra