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ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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Seó stemn þǽre heortan bið swíðe gedréfed on þǽm gebede ( in prayer ), Bl. H. 19, 10: 217, 28. On þára apostola gebede when the apostles pray, 141, 3. Þá gebróðor tó gebede hyldon, An. 1029.

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sitsit downsettleleanreclinesĕdēreconsīdĕrediscumbĕreto occupypossessinhabitpossĭdērehăbĭtāre

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Hie hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne they had sat out their time of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31. to occupy, possess, inhabit; possĭdēre, hăbĭtāre Ðeáh ðe wyrigcwydole Godes ríce gesittan ne mágon quamvis maledīci regnum Dei possĭdēre non possint, Bd.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

dreám

Grammar
dreám, drém, drím.
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Ic wynsume stemne ormǽtes dreámes gehýrde uocem cantantium dulcissimam audivi (Bd. 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 352, 15. Býman bleówan mid swíðlicum dreáme . . . Betwux þisum dreáme clypode Drihten (v. Ex. 19, 19), 196, 26. Swinsunge, dreáme armonia, An.

heófian

(v.)
Grammar
heófian, p. ode

To lamentmournwailbewail

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Mid heófigendum stemnum with lamenting voices, ii. 420, 16

M

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Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Stemn is geslagen lyft ... ǽlc stemn biþ geworden of ðæs múþes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múþ drýfþ út ða clypunge and seó lyft biþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 31-35.

Linked entries: lift loft

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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Hé cwæð mid sárlícre stemne, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205. Sárlíc leóþ tragoediam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 37. Hwílum gyd áwræc sárlíc Beo. Th. 4224; B. 2109. Næs heo næuere swa sarlic, ꝥ wes Wenhauer þa quene, sarȝest wimmone, Laym. 28457

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Hwílum losaþ sió stemn sometimes the voice is lost, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm, ii. 264, 14. Hwæt losaþ ǽfre ðam ælmihtigan Gode what is ever lost to the Almighty God? Homl. Skt. 11, 278.

Linked entry: lorian

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division.a dividing into parts,partitionseparationa part of a whole,separate portion,sectiona mark which divides,dividing-pointdistinction,differencedistributionscattering,dispersingdissension,want of union or peace,discretion

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Ðæt forme tódál is vox stemn . . . Sume tódál sindon pedes, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Zup. 289, 15-290, 13. Tódál divisiones, Kent. Gl. 766. Capitulas, ðæt is tódála angin, R. Ben. 42, 1.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Th. i. 222, 4, 7. exhalation, air impregnated with odour Wynsum brǽð stémde of þǽre hálgan róde, and þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 109. Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, swylce þǽr lǽgon lilie and rose, 4, 32.

hæleþ

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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.

hreám

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Seó syn bið mid stemne (voce) þonne se gylt bið on dǽde; and seó syn bið mid hreáme (clamore ) þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame swylce hé his yfel óþrum mannum bodige, Angl. vii. 46, 446-452: Gen. 18, 20-21.

hrýman

(v.)
Grammar
hrýman, hréman; p. de

To callcry outto cry outboastexultlamentmurmur

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Mid micelre stemne hrýmende crying with a loud voice, Homl. Th. i. 46. 33

Linked entry: hríman

georn-full

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Ðæt bið ðæt mon his stemne gehiére þonne ðá gecorenan menn giornfulle bióð his worda tó gehlystanne cujus vocem amicas auscultare est electos quosque verbum praedicationis illius desiderare, Past. 381, 18. with clause Wæs hé sóna geornfull ꝥ hé wolde

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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For hwí ðé hátan dysige men mid leásre stemne wuldor?, Bt. 30, 1 ; F. 108, 2.

mótan

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Me mæig, gif hit mót gewiderian (granted good weather), mederan settan, Angl. ix. 262, 9. ꝥ se stemn and se helm móte þý fæstor and þý leng standon, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 33. <b>I b 2.

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Ðæt hí gehíran óðerra fugela stemne that they hear the sounds of other birds, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 21: Gen. 7, 31. Hér wæs ðæt micle fugla wæl in this year [A.D. 671] was the great destruction of birds, Chr. 671; Erl. 34, 33.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Heó ne gehýrde ná hyre leófan sunu stemne ( but suna ll. 20, 24), Wulfst. 152, 16. Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu geþeóþ, L. Wg. 11; Th. i. 188, 10. Cyning ðe macode hys suna (sune, Lind.: sunu, Rush. filio ) gyfta, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 2.

Linked entry: suna

ge-stillan

(v.)
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Shrn. 72, 3. in reference to sound, to silence, to prevent a sound Hi willað gestillan his stemne. Hml. Th. i. 156, 17. to silence a person JJæt folc hine wolde gestyllan. Hé hrymde ðæs ðe swiðor, Hml.

ge-dréfan

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Seó stemn þǽre heortan bið swíþe gedréfed on þǽm gebede, Bl. H. 19, 10. Wearð seó æðele gedryht gedréfed þurh þæs deófles gehygdo.