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dæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-sang, es; m.
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Daily service Þé ðe his dægsang cunne, singe þone swá hé oftest mage, Wlfst. 290, 22

Eoforwíc-scír

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Eádweard cyng grét Tostig eorl and ealle míne þegenas on Eoferwícscíre, C. D. vi. 203, 22. Add

fird-searu

Similar entry: fyrd-rinc

flǽsc-sand

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-sand, e; f.
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A portion or dish of meat Gif man næbbe smeámettas, sylle man twám and twám twá flǽscsande; and tó heora ǽfen-þenunge sylle man twám and twám flǽscsande oððe óðre smeámettas, Nap. 23

Linked entry: sand

ge-scád-

(prefix)

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ge-seáw

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Add: Full of moisture, soaked Nim þæs eceddrences swá mycel swá þé þince, dó rædic on ꝥ seáw þæs drinces, lǽt beón nihterne on, syle on morgenne . . . þæne rædic swá geseáwne tó þicganne, Lch. ii. 286, 12

Gleáwceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáwceaster-scír, e; f.
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Gloucestershire Intó Gleáwecesterscýre,C. D. ii. 132, 30. Tó Gleáweceastrescíre (Gleáwcestrescíre, v. l. ), Chr. 1016; P. 152, 10. Tó Gleáwcestrescíre, 1038; P. 161, 18. ¶ Latin form :-- In Glocestriae schira, C. D. iv. 273, 24

hand-seax

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Lytel swurd oððe handsex sica, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 23. Handseax coarim (cultrvm?), ii. 16, 10. Add: —

hagal-scúr

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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add

heáh-sǽl

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Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, 11. Add

líc-sang

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Lícsang epichedieon, An. Ox. 901 : 2, 19. Hí sungon þá ealle sealmas and lícsang þá hwle þe man ðá byrgene bufan geopenode, Hml. S. 20, 88. Add: —

lof-sang

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Add: i. a song in praise of a person Fausta adclamantes, i. alto canendo vel herigendsang vel lofsang, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 11. 11. as part of a religious service, a canticle, v. lof; II :-- Óþrum dagum on ðǽre wucan sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang,

nægel-seax

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Add: a razor Swá swá næglseax ( nouacula ) scearp þú dydest fácn, Ps. L. 51, 4. Nægelsexes tácn is ꝥ þú mid þínum scitefingre dó ofer þínne óþerne swilce þú ceorfan wille, and stráca syþþan on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú scearan wille, Tech.

nearu-searu

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Add: An evil, mean trick . Similar entries Cf. nearu-þanc, -wrenc

on-sand

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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add

on-sang

(n.)
Grammar
on-sang, es; m.
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An incantation Þá drýas mid langsumum onsangum (galdrum, v. l. incantationibus) hí gólon on (hyre on gólon, v. l. ), Gr. D. 73, 26

práfost-scír

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Hé sí ádrǽfed of endebyrdnesse právostscíre deiciatur de ordine prepositurę, R. Ben. I. 111, 15: Gr. D. 50, 7. Wé þá synderlíce práuost hátað þe under óðrum ealdrum þǽre práuostscýre gýmað (prioratus curam gerunt), Chrd. 52, 15. Add

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

salt-haga

Similar entry: sæltna

sand-ceosol

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'Heora getel is máre ðonne sandceosol' ( super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. 139, 18) . . . Heora tel bið swá menigfeald þæt hit oferstíhð, be ðæs wítegan cwyde, sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 30-35. Add

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