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mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythechamomileox-eye

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Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f: earce, an; f.

the ark of Noaharca a chest, the ark of the covenant cista, cistella

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the ark of Noah; arca Noe on ða earce eode Noah went into the ark. Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17, 27. Under earce bord under the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333.

Linked entries: arc earce erc ærc

ge-týn

(v.)
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-týd, -tydd Tó þǽm ꝥ hé ús getýde tó eádmódnysse wege ut nos ad viam humilitatis instrueret, Gr. D. 59, 30. Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren, Past. 35, 12.

gise

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Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml. Th. i. 14, 4

hana

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On hanan welle, C. D. iii. 403, 11. Seó leó þone lytlan hanan hyre ondrǽt, gif heó him on besyhð, and ealra swíðost gif se hana hwít bið, Hml.

mylen-gear

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-gear, es; m.
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On ðone ealdan myliar ðǽr ðá welegas standað; ðæt west andlang human, iii. 421, 32

Linked entries: gear myliær

heard-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-heort, adj.

Hard-hearted, stiff-necked

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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes who is so hard of heart that he cannot weep at such misfortunes, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 40. His folc is hardheort thou art a stiff-necked people, Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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Ore, metal in an unreduced state Ǽlces kynnes wecg vel óra metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67. Seolfor ðe byþ seofon síðon ámered syððan se óra ádolfen byþ, Ps. Th. 11, 7. Gedolfene óran effossa rudera, Germ. 396, 190.

tó-cínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cínan, p. -cán, pl. -cinon ; pp. -cinen

To break (intrans.) into chinks,splitcrack

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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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We synt alýsde liberati sumus, Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5. Ðæt hí wǽron alýsede ut liberentur, 59, 4

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To gosail

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Nú is ðon gelícost swá on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 18; Cri, 852. Líðan cymeþ comes sailing, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 11; Gn. Ex. l09: 108 b; Th. 415, 23; Rä. 34, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 512; An. 256: Bt. Met.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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Forþ lúten procidamus, Ps. Surt. 94, 6

mynecenu

(n.)
Grammar
mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian, efne swá cwǽdon ǽror be munecan (v. next paragraph where preóstas and nunnan are taken together), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 31-33. Eugenia hæfde ásteald mynecena mynster, Homl. Skt. 2, 311.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Ðæt mid sumere stíðnysse tó ðam gástlícum gefeohte ús gegearcian, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 12, 26 : 374, 15. Gif hwá ða stíðnysse áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcþ si quis austeritatem perferre nequeat, quam confessarius ejus ei praescripserit, L.

þanc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-full, þanc-full; adj.
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hálsiaþ, God, ðæt þeów ðín cync úre ... tó ðé ... þancfull mæge becuman quaesumus, Deus, ut famulus tuus rex nosier ... ad te ... gratiosus ualeat pervenire, Anglia xiii. 381, 228.

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Ðætte eardlíco lusto wiðsæcgende giliorniga untýna ( inhiare ) heofonlíco, Rtl. 34, 20

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Ðiós wandriende wyrd ðe wyrd hátaþ, 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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MSS.) wǽron, búton hí bútú ætsomne sién, Past. 125, 3. of number, single (with one) Wísdóm is án ánlépe cræft ðǽre sáwle, and ðeáh witon ðæt hé sié betera ðonne ealle ðá óðre cræftas, Bt. 32, 1; F. 116, 3.

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Stande hé eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) ǽr cwǽdon, R. Ben. 69, 4.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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H. 179, 16. a hostile spirit, fiend, devil witan ꝥ þyses menniscan cynnes fýnd áblende eówre heortan, Bl. H. 151, 33. On ðá ealdon unryhtwísnesse ðæs lytegan fióndes (feóndes, v. l.), Past. 233, 18. Wið ðǽm lytegan fiénd, 433, 17.