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segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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Blessing, consecration Ofer hine cymeþ mínre segnunga blóstma super ipsum florebit sanctificatio mea, Ps. Th. 131, 19. Wæs lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?)

seárian

(v.)
Grammar
seárian, p. ode
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His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seáriaþ folium ejus non decidet. Ps. Th. 1, 4,, (Regulus) slápan ne mehte, óþ swá seárigende his líf forlét, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 24

Linked entry: seár

forþ-síþ

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Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs lǽfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 27. Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16. þám bróþrum cýðde hyre forðsíð ( obitum ), Gr. D. 169, 14: Hml. Th. ii. 184, 19. Add

on-mang

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ásende his lác onmang óþra monna lácum, Gr. D. 230, 20. Syðdan hæfde gewunad onmang mannum þreó and xxx wintra, Wlfst. 292, 11. Rihtgeleáfa ásprang onmang Godesgelaðunge, 294, 3. Onǽlde his blácern onmang þǽre þearlan hǽtan þæs lustes, Hml.

sár-lic

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Him hreów his ꝥ sárlice anginn, and hine þá ná lengc áhwǽnedne habban nolde, Hml. S. 23, 401

un-lísan

Grammar
un-lísan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and Martinum bæd ꝥ hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107

wyrt-tún

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eóde into his wyrttúne ( ingressus hortum ), þá gemétte þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela, Gr. D. 67, 4-8.

níwe

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</b> recently made, not yet used or worn, still unimpaired by use :-- Heó wæsceð his wárig hrægl, and him syleð wǽde níwe, Gn. Ex. 99.

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
  • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
  • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
  • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
  • :
Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
  • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in NorthumberlandBabbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland: Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum Hér Ida féng to ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cyne-cyn onwóc, and ríxode twelf geár. He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A.

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

blind-nes

obscurity

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H. 153, 17. inability to see because of darkness Ðá ýttran þeóstru sind þæs líchaman blindnyssa wiðútan .. . bið wiðútan áblend, and ǽlces leóhtes bedǽled, Hml.

be-pǽcan

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bepǽhte in tó his búre, Chr. 1015; P. 146, I. Ne bepǽce eów mid leásum hopan, Hml. Th. i. 568, 8. Bepǽcan dissimulari, An. Ox. 5348. Þú wylt ealde witan mid þínan lote bepǽcan. Hml. S. 23, 711.

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
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</b> to help by giving, to endow, enrich :-- Eádgár cynincg þone crístendóm gefyrðrode, and fela munuclífa árǽrde, Hml. S. 21, 446. Ðone freóls gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Him tó geneálǽhton his discipuli ꝥ gehendran wǽron líchamlíce, þá þe mid móde his bebodum geneálǽhton, Hml. Th. i. 548, 26. temporal Úre hǽl is gehendre þonne wé gelýfdon, Hml.

for-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd.

to change for or fromtransformtransferremoveavertĕretransformāreto turn asidepervertdepravesubvertĕrepervertĕredeprāvāre

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to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63.

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glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship, Guthl, 11; Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

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Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne, ðæt mæge hine (Alcibiades) ðurhseón, swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ... gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpséne, ðæt mihte ðone cniht ðurhseón, ðonne ne þúhte him nó innon swá fæger,

ylp

(n.)
Grammar
ylp, (elp), es; m.
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Gif ylp gesihð láðne oððe gramne, sume wróhte hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 204, 1. Ða ylpas beóð swá mycele swylce óðre muntas, Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 9. geworhte ða ormǽtan ylpas, Norm. 14, 34

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ge-broc

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Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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færð swá wandriende from his háde and of his endebyrdnesse.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Hit nán wundor nys ðæt sé hálga cynincg untrumnysse gehǽle, nú on heofonum leofaþ . . . hæfð ðone wurðmynt ( the privilege of healing sickness ) for his gódnesse, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 277. Syndrige wyrðmenta privilegia Hpt. Gl. 517, 2.

Linked entry: wirþu