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ge-métan

(v.)
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, Ors. 5, 6 ; S. 228, 2.

hrægl

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Ox. 3588.

marman-stán

(n.)
Grammar
marman-stán, es; m.

Marblea piece of marble

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Marble, a piece of marble Gehér ðú marmanstán, Andr, Kmbl. 2994; An. 1500. Þrúh of marmanstáne, Homl. Th. i. 564, 20. On ðam marmanstáne, 506, 11: Blickl. Homl. 203, 35: 207, 13

Linked entry: marma

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode
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Him on healfa gehwam hettend seomedon mægen oððe merestreám on each side of them lay foes pressing, the Egyptian force or the Red Sea, 191, 4; Exod. 209. Ðǽr ic seomian wát ðínne sigebróðor I know thy brother lies in prison there, Andr.

Linked entry: semian

balsam

(n.)
Grammar
balsam, es; n. [balsamum, baldsamum, i; n.]

Balsambalmbalsamum

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Balsames teár the tear or juice of the balsam-tree; opobalsamum, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 55; Wrt. Voc. 33, 51. Héddern ða balsamum on wǽre a store-house in which was balm, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19, note

Linked entries: baldsamum balzam

gehæft-world

(n.)
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Ox. 3996. of moral excellence On heálicere héhnysse geufere[de] edito (virginitatis) fastigio sublimati, An.

treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
treówen, tríwen, trýwen; adj.
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On treówenum mortere, Lchdm. ii. 180, 4. Trýwenan, i. 220, 11: 230, 10. On treówenre cyste, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 69. On treówenre róde. Nicod. 34; Thw. 20, 6. Hyre goldfágan treówenan cuppan, Chart. Th. 536, 18.

Linked entries: tríwen trýwen

pípe

(n.)
Grammar
pípe, an ; f.
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Hearpe and pípe drémaþ eów on beorsele, Wulfst. 46, 16. i. silfren pípe, Chart. Th. 429, 20. of other tubes In pípan; of pípan in wiði bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 2. Dó mid pípan on, Lchdm. ii. 126, 3.

ge-smiþian

(v.)
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Add: to make skilfully Billfrið se oncræ hé gesmioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint Billfrið the anchorite -made the ornaments that are on the cover of the book, Jn. p. 188, 4.

deópnes

(n.)
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deópnes, diópnes,deóp-ness, deóp-nys, deóp-nyss,deóp-niss,e ; f.

DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo

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DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss; prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo Onafæstnod ic eom on líme deópnesse ... ic com on deópnysse sǽ infixus sum in līmo profundi ... vēni in altitudĭnem măris, Ps. Lamb. 68, 3.

Linked entry: diópnys

a-grýndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grýndan, p. -grand, pl. -grúndon; pp. -grúnden

To groundto descend to the earthad solum descendere

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To ground, to descend to the earth; ad solum descendere Gim astíhþ on heofonas up hýhst on geáre and of tille agrýnt the gem [i. e. the sun] rises in trie heavens highest in the year and descends from its station. Menol. Fox 220; Men. 111

Linked entry: gryndan

cyt-wér

(n.)
Grammar
cyt-wér, es; m. [wér a weir]

A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos

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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod.

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communionadmission to fellowship with othersparticipation

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Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on his ríce, and mǽnsumunge on his godcundnysse, i. 140, 11

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed On ðam sinoþe (on ðære ceastre Nicéa) wǽron gesetteða hálgan cyricþénunga, and se mæssecréda, L. Ælfc. C. 4; Th. ii. 344, 9. The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

ofer-módig

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Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1 ; S. 62, 6. Add

þanc

(n.)
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þanc, es; m.
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There was too much fear of God in his mind for him to partake of human glory, following the dictates of pleasure, Exon. Th. 112, 7; Gú. 140. on þanc, tó þances, tó þance to the satisfaction of a person, so as to please, cf. O.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

ecg-wæl

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-wæl, es; n.

Sword's wail, slaughterstrāges glădio cæsōrum

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Sword's wail, slaughter; strāges glădio cæsōrum On ecgwæle [MS. ecgwale] amid the slaughter of swords, Cd. 96; Th. 126, 2; Gen. 2089

Linked entry: wæl

hund-endleftigoða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-endleftigoða, num.

One hundred and tenth

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One hundred and tenth On ðæm eahta and hundælleftiogoðan psalme in the hundred and eighteenth psalm, Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 23