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missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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Ic ofslóh niceras nigene, Beo. Th. 1154; B. 575

stán-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
stán-beorh, -beorges; m.
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Stánbeorh steápne, Beo. Th. 4432; B. 2213. Sunt termini ab occasu stánbergas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 159, 14

swátig

(adj.)
Grammar
swátig, adj.
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Th. i. 426, 31. bloody Sweord wæs swátig, Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569. Sweord and swátigne helm, Judth. Thw. 26, 20; Jud. 338. Ðú meaht geseón on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 19; Cri. 1459

sárig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-mód, adj.

Sad-hearted, of mournful mood

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Geneósige ða ðe beóþ sárigmóde and seóce, L. Pen: 16; Th. ii. 282, 28. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942. Þa wes he sarimod and sorhful an heorten, Laym. 29791. Sorimod and wroþ, O. and N. 1218.

or-ceápe

(adv.)
Grammar
or-ceápe, -ceápes, -ceápunga, -ceápungum; adv.

Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously

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Beó hé frióh orceápunga, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. Hí onwunnon mé orceápunga ( gratis ), Ps. Spl. M. 119, 6. Orceápungum, Ps. Lamb. 108, 3

Linked entry: or-sceattinga

oret-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
oret-mæcg, es; m.

A combatant, warrior, champion

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Oretmecgas (Beowulf and his band), Beo. Th. 669 ; B. 332 : 732 ; B. 363 : (Hrothgar's men), 967 ; B. 481. Orettmæcgas (the disciples), Andr. Kmbl. 1328; An. 664. Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum.

hnítan

(v.)
Grammar
hnítan, p. hnát, pl. hniton; pp. hniten

To strike, thrust, push, come against with a shock

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To strike, thrust, push, come against with a shock Ðonne hniton féðan in the shock of meeting hosts, Beo. Th. 2659; B. 1327: 5082; B. 2544. Gif oxa hnite wer oððe wif si bos percusserit virum aut mulierem, Ex. 21, 28.

Linked entries: ge-hnǽst hnátan

strǽgl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽgl, (from Latin stragula ?), strǽl, strél, e ; f.
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A covering for beds, a rug, a mattress, bed Strégl (g over a), strél aulea, Txts. 43, 249. Strél stragua, 99, 1907. Strǽl vel bedding mataxa vel conductum vel stramentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 29. Strǽle mínum (-e ?) ic wǽte stratum meum rigabo, Ps.

Linked entry: strél

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16. Iúdas Machabéus

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

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Be ðám se Hǽlend clypað, 'Warniað þæt eówere heortan ne sýn ofersýmede (grauentur) mid oferfylle,' R. Ben. 63, 21

óga

(n.)
Grammar
óga, an ; m.

the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fearthe exciting cause of such a feelingan object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thingto fearto terrifyto frightenterrible

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Micel óga horror him becom, Gen. 15, 12. Bútan ógan (absque terrore) hé hine gerest, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 4. Ða clypode hé mid micclum ógan, Homl.

ge-setnes

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Ne secge wé nán þincg níwes on þissere gesetnysse (cf. on þyssere béc þǽra hálgena þrowunga, 36), Hml. S. p. 4, 46. On þǽre gesetnysse be worulde frymðe, Angl. viii. 307, 5. Be þǽre gesetnysse of ðám gedwylde, Hml. A. 24, 5.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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D. 33, 22. to be suited, be adapted to Gehwǽrlǽcan congruant (gymnicorum exempla congruant ad comparationem, Ald. 3, 23), An. Ox. 66

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

dynt

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, a shilling must be paid. If the bruise be black in a part not covered by clothes, there shall be a fine of thirty scatts. If it be in a part covered by clothes, for each bruise there shall be a fine of twenty scatts, Ll.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Se ðe gelýfð wíglungum oððe be fuglum, oððe be fnorum, oððe be horsum, oððe be hundum, ne bið hé ná cristen . . .

Linked entry: wílung

bedding

(n.)
Grammar
bedding, beding, e; f.

BEDDINGcovering of a bedstramentumstratuma bedlectus

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Lamb. 6, 7. a bed; lectus Gyf ic astíge on bedinge strǽte mínre si ascendero in lectum strati mei, Ps. Spl. 131, 3

Linked entry: beding

cum-líþe

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Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

ge-rípian

(v.)
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Ben. 54, 8 : R. Ben. I. 61, 5

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Ben. 131, 12