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lǽst

(n.)

actperformance

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Nalles hige gehyrdon háliges láre siððan leófes leóþ lǽste neár swég swiðrode they did not neglect the holy one's [Moses] teaching, after the loved one's lay, when the time drew nearer for action [crossing the Red Sea], and his voice died away, Cd. 158

scort-wyrplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scort-wyrplíc, adj.
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On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2

Linked entry: -wyrplíc

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)

rót-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
rót-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of refreshing Ǽlc rihtwís man, ðonne hé ðysne sealm singþ, wilnaþ him sumere róthwíle on ðissere worulde, and éc reste æfter ðisum, Ps. Th. 14, arg.

on-efn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

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Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33. See for other examples

Linked entry: efen

dógor-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-gerím, es; n. [gerím a number]
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Number of days, allotted time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Wæs eall sceacen dógorgerímes all the number of his days was departed, Beo. Th. 5449; B. 2728.

éc-nes

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Add: all time Nǽfra from ðec wæstm accenned bið in écnisse (ék-, R.) ( in sempiternum ), Mt. L. 21, 19: Hml. Th. i. 58, 8. On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32.

ge-wrixlung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlung, e; f.
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gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three months, . . . so that each season has three months, Angl. viii. 319, 5

Linked entry: wrixlung

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Úhtna gehwylce, 287, 3; Wand. 8: 471, 24; Rä. 61, 6. as an ecclesiastical term, the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns De nocturna celebratione.

froht

(adj.)
Grammar
froht, adj.

Timid

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Timid; Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 40

ge-brégdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brégdnes, -ness, e; f.

Feardreadtĭmorterror

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Fear, dread; tĭmor, terror.Som. Ben Lye

Sunnan-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-úhta, an; m.
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The time before day-break on Sunday; as an ecclesiastical term the hour of matins on Sunday, or the service then held:?-'On Sunnandæg ðú cymst tó mé'. . . Se apostol on ðam Sunnanúhtan ǽrwacol tó ðære cyrcan com, Homl. Th. i. 74, 20.

for-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyltan, p. -gylte; pp. -gylt
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Ꝥ man freóge ǽlcne wítefæstne man þe on his tíman forgylt wǽre, Cht. Th. 551, 15. Þone cwide þe se apostol be swá forgyltum cwyþ, R. Ben. 50, 1

ægsa

(n.)
Grammar
ægsa, an; m.

Feartimor

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Fear; timor, Mt. Rush. Stv. 14, 26

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Dict. to await, wait for, bide one's time, with gen. Hé bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.

ge-cope

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cope, adj.

Fitpropercongruusopportūnus

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Fit, proper; congruus, opportūnus We sculon geleornian ðæt we gecope tíd [MS. tiid] arédigen we must learn to arrange a proper time, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 277, 1; Hat. MS. 51 b, 8.

langsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langsumlíce, adv.
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long, during or for a long time Hit God siþþan longsumlíce wrecende wæs, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 17. Hé tó þǽre dura cóm and þǽr langsumlíce swýðe cnucede ( he knocked long and loudly ), Vis.

ofer-faran

Grammar
ofer-faran, <b>II α.</b>
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II δ. add: The passage glossed is: Vastae solitudinis secreta penetrans, Ald. 51, 5, with reference to time Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran ꝥ þú ne freóde þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse?, Hml. S. 23 b, 522.

syndrige

(adv.)
Grammar
syndrige, adv.

apart, separately, by one's selfsingly, one at a time

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Lind. 20, 7. singly, one at a time Ða ongunnon cuoeða him swyndria (singillatim), Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19. Ongunnon suindrige ( or adj.?) éghwelc (singuli )cwoeða, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 22