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ofer

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Ǽlc man ofer eall férdon, Hml. S. 23, 266. Add Þá ásweoll him se líchama ofer healf his body swelled through a half of it; dimidia pars corporis ipsius turgescens, Guth. Gr. 153, 12.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.

hwǽr

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S.) ic am, ðér ǽc ðegn mín bið, Jn. L. 12, 26.

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe, on ðam sylfum lande ðe ðeós rǽden on stænt, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 22. Rǽdenne condicione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 59. Ðan (on ða ?) rǽdenne ea conditione, Hpt. Gl. 492, 8.

á-mearcian

(v.)
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Þǽra mónða naman synd hér ámearcode, 298, 8. to mark out, distinguish by a mark Ǽlc þǽra stæpa þe wé gestæppað, ealle hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum on heofenum, Wlfst. 302, 28. to mark, give a distinguishing form to, denote Týn

Linked entry: mearcian

brýce

(n.)
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Hé forgeaf fæla ǽhta þám Crístenum him tó gemǽnan brice, Hml. S. 2, 283. <b></b> usufruct :-- Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas, Cht.

saltere

(n.)
Grammar
saltere, es; m.

a stringed musical instrument, a psalterythe book of Psalms a psalter,to sing psalms

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Ǽlc bróður singe twegen salteras sealma . . . vi. mæssan oððe . vi. salteras sealma each brother shall sing two portions of psalms from the psalter. Chart. Th. 614, 7, 11

Linked entries: psaltere sealten

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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Mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícum onscytum almost all men calumniate [lit. strike from behind] each other with shameful attacks, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 84.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ðæt hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 11. to settle with (wið) a person, to come to terms, be reconciled. v. 6.

dón

(v.)
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</b> to do, practise, exercise, pass time, lead a life :-- Bútan þé ic dede þone hálgan dæg (I spent the day ) æt Drihtnes ácennisse, ac ic dó mid þé ðone hálgan dæg æt Drihtnes ætýwnesse, Shrn. 48, 8-10.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Disc discus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 22: 290, 20. Clǽnsa ǽryst ðæt wiðinnan ys calices and disces munda prius quod intus est calĭcis et paropsĭdis = παρoψίs, ίδos; f. Mt. Bos. 23, 26.

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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Ne mæg man ðone strangan his ǽhta and his fatu bereáfian, and on his hús gán nēmo pŏtest vāsa fortis ingressus in dŏmum dirĭpĕre, Mk. Bos. 3, 27.

Linked entries: fatu ge-fǽtan

wlǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wlǽta, wlǽtta, an; m.

nausealoathingwhat produces nausea an object of loathingdefilementdisfigurement

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Bútan hláfe ǽlc mete tó wlǽttan byþ gehwyrfed, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 35. Seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó sáre oððe tó wlǽttan, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16. Wlǽttan sentina (ab omni spurcitiae sentina immunes, Ald. 10), Ánglia xiii. 28, 28.

Linked entries: wlǽtung wlott

beód

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Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode on his beóde þá gerýnu úre sibbe, Hml.

botl

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Th. ii. 144, 3. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge botles ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedi-ficii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

efen

(n.)
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Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne everything that can be divided into four exactly, Angl. viii. 306, 30

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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Ac ǽlc mon ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum forlǽt his Sceppend and his fruman sceaft si primordia vestra auctoremque Deum spectes, nullis degener exstat, ni vitiis pejora favens proprium deserat ortum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17-21. a creation, what is

fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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S. 28, 172.H Ꝥ ǽlc geréfa fylste óðrum tó úre ealra friðe, Ll. Th. i. 236, 27. Ic beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescipe and tó ealles folces þearfe, Cht. E. 230, 17: Wlfst. 268, 2: 295, 3: Ll. Th. ii. 312, 39.

hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with, have intercourse with, to marryconcumbere, coire, nubere

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Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht-ǽwe hǽmþ if any man lie with the lawful wife of another, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21. Hé hǽmþ unrihtlíce he commits adultery, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16.

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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Ǽlc ðæra sprǽca is tódǽled on manega ðeóda, and ða sint tólegena and tódǽlda mid sǽ and mid wudum and mid muntum, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 34