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ám-ber

(n.)
Grammar
ám-ber, óm-ber, óm-bor, es; m. n ?

a dry measure of four bushelsmensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellosa liquid measurebatuscadusa vessel with one handlea tankardpitcherpaillagenaurceusamphorasitulahydria

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Lk. Lind. War. 22, 10

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Ða yldstan setl on gesamnungum the highest seats in the synagogues; primas cathedras in synagogis, Lk. Skt. 20, 46. Ic hit rehte ðam yldostan Egiptan witun I told it to the chief wise men of Egypt, Gen. 41, 24

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Ðæt man funde ǽnne man tó ráde oððe tó gange, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 15. Rynestrong on ráde, Exon. Th. 400, 9; Rä. 20, 7. <b>I a.

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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<b>I a</b> fig. unyielding, stiff-necked, obstinate :-- Heó wǽron stearce, stáne heardran, Elen. Kmbl. 1126; El. 565. hard, rough, strong, of wind or weather Stearc winter aspera hyems, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

framian

(v.)
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<b>II a.</b> to prevail :-- Ne framige mon non praeualeat homo, Ps. Rdr. 9, 20. Sé þe framian ( proficere ) higð, þeáh þe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ, symle swá þeáh hé fint ꝥ hé wexe, Scint. 100, 14

ge-þungen

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On ealdormonnes húse oððe on óðres geþungenes witan, Ll. Th. i. 106, 6. Biddende his þingunge tó ánum geþungenum ealdormen, Hml. S. 3, 171. Biscepa and óðerra geþungenra witena, Ll. Th. i. 58, 5. Ercebiscop mid manegum óðrum geðungenum witum, Hml.

gold

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Golde fǽted sweord, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 47. Golde siowode segmentata (veste ), ii. 95, 49.

hreówsian

(v.)
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<b>II a.</b> of penitence in an ecclesiastical sense, to do penance :-- Hí sceolon seofon geár mid micelre angsumnysse hreówsian, Hml. A. 149, 125

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe . . .ꝥ hé þǽr frið hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 8. Scip sceal genægled (cf. naca nægledbord, Rä. 59, 5), Gn. Ex. 94. Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip on ancre fæst, B. 302. On bearm scipes, 35: 896: Exod. 375.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, talesaying, narration, telling, reportstatement of a witness, testimonya saying beforehand, foretelling

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Ælc his saȝe sæide, Laym. 26345. Heo wenden þat his sawen (2nd MS. sawes) soðe weren,749

tin-treg

(n.)
Grammar
tin-treg, -terg, es; n.: tin-trega, an; m.

Torment

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.), Lk. Skt. 16, 23. Búton tintregum þeáh on hellewíte, Homl. Th. i. 94, 6. Wrecan heora teónrǽdenne mid tintergum on him, Jud. 15, 10: Exon. Th. 114, 33; Gú. 182.

Linked entries: helle-tintreg tinterg

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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with reference to human law or obligation, misdeed, fault, crime, wrong Se cyning his feóndum swíþe árede . . . Ðyslíc wæs seó syn ( culpa ) ðe se cyning fore ofslegen wæs, Bd. 3, 22;S. 553, 21.

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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Se Hálega Gást astáh líchamlícre ansýne, swá án culfre descendit Spiritus Sanctus corporali specie, sicut columba, Lk. Bos. 3, 22: Cot. 74.

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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-lun] lay to the kernels or swelled glands, Herb. 75, 5; Lchdm. i. 178, 13

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding, e; f.
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<b>I a.</b> a reading, a single act of reading :-- Ofthrǽdlíce rǽdinga háligra bóca, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 2. Capitula rǽdinga, R.

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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Ðás ðing gebyrigeaþ ǽryst oportet primum hæc fieri, Lk. Bos. 21, 9.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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Th. 104, 1. men, the world, cf. weorold, <b>VI a</b> Hú mihte ðæt gewyrðan in werþeóde (how in the world did it happen?), ðæt ðú ne gehýrde Hǽlendes miht? Andr. Kmbl. 1146; An. 573. ¶ Werðeóde glosses nixu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 73

and-efn

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>and-ef(e)n</b> (v. evene in N. E. D.), e: pl. -ef(e)nu; f. Measure Neáh andefene prope modum, Wrt.

á-scirian

(v.)
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Áscyredum remotis, 5389. to set apart Úre Drihten áscyrede tó láfe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42. Ásceredre peculiaris, An. Ox. 11, 5.

for-wiernan

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Take here <b>for-weornan, -wernan, -wyrnan</b> in Dict. and add: to refuse something (gen.) to a person (dat.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27.