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bises

(n.)
Grammar
bises, indecl. m.

A leap yearbisextile, bisextus

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A leap year; bisextile, bisextus Bútan bises geboden weorþe, feorþan geáre unless a leap year is appointed, [being] the fourth year, Menol. Fox 64; Men. 32

Linked entries: bissextus bissexte

Cant-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-ware, gen. a; dat. um; acc. e; pl. m.
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Agustinus nú on Brytene rest, on Cantwarum Augustine now rests in Britain, among the inhabitants of Kent, Menol. Fox 207; Men. 105

Linked entry: Cont-ware

Dún-holm

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-holm, e; m. [Flor. Dunhelm: Brom. Durem, Durham: dúna hill, holm water, an island]

DURHAMDunelmia

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Ða menn hine befóron innan ðære burh æt Dúnholme the men surrounded him in the burgh at Durham, Chr. 1068; Erl. 205, 34: 1072; Erl. 211, 9, 29: 1075; Erl. 212, 35: 1080; Erl. 216, 12: 1087; Erl. 224, 6, 32: 1087; Erl. 226, 9: 1096; Erl. 232, 39

dwellan

(v.)
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To lead astray, lead into error Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 89, 8. Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. intrans. To go astray, wander Dwelet obambulat, An. Ox. 47, 1.

ofer-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-grǽdig, adj.

Over-greedy, too covetous

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Over-greedy, too covetous Menn beóþ ofergrædige woruldgestreóna, Wulfst. 81, 13

Weód-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Weód-mónaþ, es ; m.

August

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Shrn. 110, 33 : 124, 14 : Menol. Fox 273; Men. 138

Linked entry: weód

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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On geáre in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110. Ðríwa on gére thrice a year, Thw. Exod. 23, 17. Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde annos æternos in mente hăbui, Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36.

Linked entries: gǽr gér

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj. <b>I a.</b>
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Gif hwelc forworht monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn (apud potentem quempiam virum), Past. 63, 2. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Tuoege scyldgo woeron sume ríce menn (feneratori), Lk. L. 7, 41. Add

fóre-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-gleáw, adj.

Very prudentprovĭduspræ aliis săpiens

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Fóregleáwe ealde úþwitan very prudent ancient philosophers, Menol. Fox 328; Men. 165

seofon-tíne

(n.; num.; adj.)
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seventeen Æfter seofentýnum nihtgerímes, Menol. Fox 50; Men. 25. Hé lyfode seofentýne gér, Gen. 47, 28. Seofontýne, Bd. 1. 5; S. 476, 7: 2, 15; S. 519, 13

heaðu-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-róf, adj.

Famed for excellence in battle

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Th. 767; B. 381; 1732; B. 864; 4388; B. 2191: Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 21; Ph. 228; Menol. Fox 27; Men. 14

læt-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-rǽde, adj.

deliberate

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and very deliberate, and men suppose that it is from stupidity and from cowardice, and yet it is from wisdom and caution; the Latin however has 'sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur,' Past. 20, 1; Swt. 149,14

circul-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
circul-cræft, es; m.

Circle-craft, the zodiacsphæræ cognitio

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Circle-craft, the zodiac; sphæræ cognitio Sceal on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas shall by circle-craft [or the zodiac] find out holy days, Menol. Fox 134; Men. 67

ǽðel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽðel, es; m.

A native countrycountrylandpatriaterra

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Menol. Fox 236; Men. 119

nyten

(adj.)
Grammar
nyten, adj.

Ignorant

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Ignorant Ðæt ðás nytenan menn ðíne mihta oncnáwon, Homl. Th. i. 62, 14

druncnian

(v.)
Grammar
druncnian, p. ode ode; pp. od.

become drunk inebriārito sink,mergi

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to be or become drunk; inebriāri Iohannes se Fulluhtere ne dranc náðor ne wín, ne beór, ne ealu, ne nán ðære wǽtan ðe menn of druncniaþ John the Baptist drank neither wine, nor beer, nor ale, nor of the liquor from which men become drunk, Homl.

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot beforeanticipatecome beforepreventanticĭpāreprævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

dysegian

(v.)
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Suá micle suá hé má wát and wísra bið ðonne óðre menn, suá hé má dysegað and suiður wienð wið ðone cræft ánmódnesse quo plus sapiunt, eo a concordiae virtute desipiscunt, Past. 347, 12. On Nóes dagum ðá ðá menn dysgodon tó swýðe, Hml. S. 13, 185. Add

Liger

(n.)
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the Loire Wið þá mycclan eá þe menn hátað Liger, Hml. S. 6, 159

eáþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-mód, adj.

Humble, lowly, obedienthŭmĭlis, obēdiens

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He eáþmóde him eorlas funde he found men obedient to him, Menol. Fox 195; Men. 99. His ætgiefan eáþmód weorþeþ he becomes obedient to his feeder, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 27; Vy. 91

Linked entry: eæþ-mód