mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt hé eald sý on wísdóm. Se hálgaþ Godes húsel, L. Ælfc. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 20. Beggen sind on ánum háde, se biscop and se mæssepreóst, ðæt is on ðam seofoþan ciricháde, L. Ælfc.
Linked entries: mæsse-þegen bisceop bóc
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Eal ðæt gehýddes lutige omne, quod clausum latet, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 15. Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast.
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Eal gesceaft cwíðdon cyninges fyll, Kr. 56. a fall in a moral sense Hí ðone fiell fleóð ðǽre synne, Past. 399, 17. Similar entries v. fǽr-fill; ge-fill; and see fell, fyl, fyll in Dict. for other passages
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf all the troops dispersed, 1094; P. 229, 30. Sende se cyning heretogan mid mycelre fyrdinge, Hml. A. 103, 46: 104, 55. 'Hæbbe hé mid him tó þǽre fyrdincge Jóhannem and Paulum . . . ' Se heretoga férde mid þǽre fyrdiucge, Hml.
tó-slítan
To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different
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Ðá hét ic eald hrægl tóslítan and habban wið ðæm fýre jussi scissas uestes opponere ignibus, Nar. 23, 30.
weorþscipe
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Ealne ðæne bysmor wé gyldaþ mid weorðscype ðám ðe ús scendaþ, Wulfst. 163, 10. Mid wurðscipe underfón, Chr. 785; Erl. 57, 19: Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 26. Him cómon lác tó wurðscipe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 32.
mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft the universe. Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12. Mǽre wundur mirabilia, Ps. Th. 106, 30: 110, 3. Sunne mǽre tungol the sun, resplendent star. Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14; Æðelst. 14. Mǽrost tungla, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 28; Ph. 119.
ge-hál
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Th. i. 98, 11. entire, sound, in good condition, uninjured Hire líchama wæs gefunden eal gehál, Chr. 798; P. 56, 33. Þǽre kicenan getimbrung stód gehál and gesund ( sanum ), Gr. D. 124, 14.
ge-nip
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Mid þýstro genipum þæs muntes cnoll eal oferswógen wæs, Bl. H. 203, 8. Mid þeósterlicum genipum oferhongen, Hml. Th. i. 504, 30. darkness, obscurity. of night; in pl. shades of night Þrang þýstre genip, þám þe hé sceóp nihte naman, Gen. 139.
cýþþu
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Hé þæs Ælmihtigan mihte his hláforde cýdde and his leódum eallum, Hml. S. 25, 792. kinsfolk In cýððo his in cognatione sua, Mk. L. R. 6, 4. In cýððo ðínre in cognatione tua, Lk. R. L. 1, 61
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an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things, Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3. On anginne in principio, 1; Norm. 2, 26.
DWELLAN
To lead into error, deceive, mislead ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre ⬩ To prevent, hinder, delay ⬩ impĕdīre, tardāre ⬩ To continue, remain, DWELL ⬩ mănēre, habĭtāre
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Se ealda dweleþ miltse mid máne the old one [the devil] prevents mercy with wickedness, Frag. Kmbl. 62; Leás. 33. v. n.
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ge-samnung
A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia
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Ealra heora eágan on ðære gesamnunge wǽron on hyne behealdende omnium in sy̆năgōga ŏcŭli ĕrant intendentes in eum, Lk. Bos. 4, 20: 8, 49: Jn. Bos. 6, 59; 18, 20.
Linked entries: ge-samning samnung ge-somning ge-somnung
þingung
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. ¶ Especially intercession to the Deity :-- Ðæt ic mid eallum ðone wæstm árfæstre ðingunge geméte ut apud omnes fructum piae intercessionis inveniam, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 39. Hé ðære eádigan Marian fultumes and ðingunge bæd, Homl. Th. i. 448, 19.
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Siþþan Rómáne gesáwan ðæt him mon swelcne wrenc tó dyde, ðá flugon hié, 4, 1; Swt. 156, 8. a modulation of the voice Biþ ðæs hleóðres swég eallum songcræftum swétra, and wynsumra wrenca gehwylcum, Exon. Th. 206, 28; Ph. 133.
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be-wyrcan
surround
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Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean arma aureis includere laminis, Nar. 7, 12. to furnish with buildings Bufan ðǽm wealle ofer ealne þone ymbgong hé is mid stǽnenum wighúsum beworht (habitaeulis defensorum dispositis), Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 74, 21. to shut
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Ofer ealne geáres fæc, Wlfst. 102, 15. Þá lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, ac sculon fæc habban betweónum, Lch. ii. 186, 13. Ymb lytel fæc paulo post, Past. 283, 1.
ge-lícian
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Th. i. 254, 3. to seem good Ús eallum gelícode þá, ꝥ wé sendon Paulus and Barnaban, Ll. Th. i. 56, 19
geár-gerím
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Cf. winter-gerím. in chronological reckoning. anno mundi Fram frymðe middaneardes tó dám flóde, ꝥ wæs geárgerímes twá ðúsenda wintra and twá hund wintra and twá and feówertyg wintra ... þonne wæs ealles áurnen geárgerímes fram frymðe middaneardes oþ
ge-tyngnes
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Hí eallra gereorda getingnesse hæfdon they had skill to speak in all tongues, Btwk. 214, 32. Þurh getingnesse per facundiam, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 12. elegance of speech, v. ge-tynge; 2 Mid þæslicere race getinnysse (getignysse, Hpt.