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Crécisc

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In Crégesc, 20, 24. Stafum Créciscum litteris Graecis, Lk. L. R. 23, 38. Þá Creáciscan Argolicas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 39: Pelasgos, 41. Add

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Feówer æceras be-westan exan fornágeán Eádferðes ealdlande, C.D. iii. 411, 28

éce-lic

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On gemynde écelicre ł écum in memoria aeterna Ps. L. 111, 7. Þá écelican wuldor perhenni doxa, Hpt. 31, 18, 524. Écelicum aeternis, Rtl. 18, 21. Écelica sempiterna, 46, 22. ¶ hodiernus is glossed by écelic, Rtl. 4, 26: 57, 4: 126, 3: 174, 33. Add

fordémed-nes

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Th. ii. 238, 9. Add

hring-seta

(n.)
Grammar
hring-seta, hring-sete.
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A circus Hringsete circio (accipit in circo victor serta, Ald. 141, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 45. Hringseta circentium (gymnicorum exempla . . . praeconia circensium (cf. circenses circus, Migne) adipiscuntur, Ald. 3, 22), 75, 18: 17, 64.

lutian

(v.)
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Ic lutie delituo, An. Ox. 18 b, 20. Synne áttor lutude (latebai) on geþance, Scint. 39, 7. Lutode torpebat, Germ. 401, 23. Þisne lutigendne (latitantem) in þám scræfe þá hyrdas gemétton, Gr. D. 100, 8. Lutiende delitescente, i. latitante, An.

stíg

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Add: In Ps. L. the word is masculine Seó stíg ( semita ) wæs swíðe neara on ðǽre sídan þæs muntes . . . án lytel cniht eóde upp unwærlíce on ðǽre nearwan stíge, Gr. D. 212, 19-22: 322, 19. Stígas, stíga, Ps. Rdr. Vos. stíge, Ps. Srt.) semitas, Ps.

sweord-bora

Grammar
sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Férde se áwyrgda gást in þæs cyninges sweordboran, 187, 21

seohtre

(n.)
Grammar
seohtre, sihtre, an; f.

A pipe through which a small stream is directed ⬩ a drain

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A pipe through which a small stream is directed, a drain Andlang seohtran, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 11. Tó ðare reádan sihtran, 296, 28. In wǽtan sihtran (cf. síce, 382, 7); of ðam wǽtan síce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10.

Linked entries: síc sihtre

god-spell

(n.)
Grammar
god-spell, es; n.
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Matheus ongan godspell ǽrest wordum wrítan Matthew began first to write the gospel in words, Andr. Kmbl. 24; An. 12

æt-standan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-standan, ic -stande, ðú -standest, -stentst, he -standeþ, -stent, -stynt, pl. -standaþ; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

To stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ stop ⬩ stand near ⬩ rest ⬩ stay ⬩ stand up ⬩ stare ⬩ adstare ⬩ restare ⬩ requiescere ⬩ To stop ⬩ obturere ⬩ claudere

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Ic ætstande resto, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 62; Ælfc. T. 37, 6: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 3. v. trans. To stop; obturere, claudere Gif se mícða ætstanden sý if the water be stopped, Herb. 7, 3; Lchdm, i. 98, 5.

Linked entry: æt-stent

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Ic feng tó mínan londe and sealde hit ðon biscope ða fíf hída wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fíf hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester

on-wendan

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D. ii. 134, 18. to upset a person, a condition of things On ðǽm dóme ðæs ryhtwísan déman onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and ðá geðyncðo ( but the Latin is: In examine recti judicis mutat merita ordinum qualitas actionum), Past. 411, 24.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Ðú leofa bútan mé gif ðú mǽge live without me, if you can, Wulfst. 259, 5. Ic beó láreów georn ðæt hé monþeáwum mínum lifge I am diligent in teaching him to live according to my customs, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 5; Jul. 410.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

féþa

a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry

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Ic mid þínum wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande armed with thy weapons I will stand fast in thine army, Bl. H. 225, 34; Jul. 389. Féðan aciem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15.

of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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Grn. 3, II. Eall heora ofsprinc boren and unboren, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 263, 29. Gif his sunu and sunu-sunu swá micel landes habban, siððan biþ se ofsprinc (cf. hiora æftergengas, 24) gesíðcundes cynnes, L. Wg. II; Th. i. 188, II.

Linked entry: spring

híwian

(v.)

to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble

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, swilce ... to make appear, as if ...

hreówan

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Nú mé mæg hreówan þæt ic bæd God, 816: 819. where no subject is expressed and the cause for regret is in the genitive Ne þé hreówan þearf ealles swá micles swá þú mé sealdest you need not regret all you gave me, much as it was, Seel. 150. to affect with

drepan

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Hé wearð drepen in þá sceare percussus in inguine, 324, 14. Hé wæs in feorh dropen, B. 2981. On gemynd drepen stupefied, Gen. 1571. Add

sóþ

(prefix)
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occurs in the Northern specimens apparently corresponding to Latin pro in compounds Sóð wé cliopiaþ provocamus, Rtl. 42, 15. In sóð (sóðe, Rush.) cneóreso in progenies, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26.