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byrd-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
byrd-dæg, es; m.
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A birth-day; natalis dies

ceáp-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-dæg, -dæges; -dagas; m.
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A bargaining or market-day Ceáp-dagas the Nones or stated times when the common people came to market; nonæe,Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 27; Wrt. Voc. 53, 36: Cot 142

Linked entry: cípe-dæg

dǽd-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-céne, adj.

Deed-bold agendo fortis, audax

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Deed-bold; agendo fortis, audax Com ingán ealdor þegna, dǽdcéne mon the prince of thanes, the deed-bold man, came entering, Beo. Th. 3294; B. 1645

dǽd-from

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-from, adj.

Deed-strong agendo strenuus

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Deed-strong; agendo strenuus Hí beóþ ðý dǽdfromran they are so much the more energetic, Ps. Th. 109, 8

dǽd-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-fruma, an; m. [dǽd a deed, fruma II. an author, inventor]

A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor

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A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer; facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor Eádmund cyning, dýre dǽdfruma king Edmund, the dear deed-doer, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 9; Edm. 3: Andr. Kmbl. 149; An. 75. Grendel, diór dǽdfruma Grendel, the dire perpetrator, Beo

dǽd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-hwæt, pl. ; adj.

Deed quick or active, strenuous, boldpromptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus

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Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold; promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus Hæleþ dǽdhwate men prompt of deed, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 26; Jul. 2. Ge wǽron dǽdhwæte ye were bold of deeds, Elen. Kmbl. 584; El. 292: Exon. 13 a; Th. 24, 15; Cri

dǽd-leán

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-leán, es; n.

A deed-loan or reward, a recompencefactorum præmium

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A deed-loan or reward, a recompence; factorum præmium Him eallum wile mihtig Drihten dǽdleán gyfan the mighty Lord will give them all a recompence, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 20; Exod. 263

dǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-líc, adj.

Deedlike, active activus

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Deedlike, active; activus Twegen dǽlnimende cumaþ of ðam dǽdlícum worde duo participia veniunt a verbo activo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 30. Dǽdlíce word activa verba, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 28. Ðás and ðylíce synd activa, ðæt synd dǽdlíce gehátene, forðanðe

dæg-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-fæsten, es; n. [fæsten a fast]

A day's fastdiei jejunium

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A day's fast; diei jejunium Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm.

Linked entries: dæg-swǽsendo fæsten

dæg-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-feorm, e; f. [feorm food, sustenance]

Food for a day unius diei victus

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Food for a day; unius diei victus Áne dægfeorme a day's sustenance, Cod. Dipl. 477; A. D. 958; Kmbl. ii. 355, 5

dæg-hluttre

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hluttre, adv. [hluttre brightly, clearly]

Brightly as dayclare instar diei

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Brightly as day;clare instar diei Dýre Dryhtnes þegn dæghluttre scán the Lord's dear minister shone brightly as day, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 23; Gú. 665

dæg-hwamlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíce, adv.

Daily quotidie

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Daily; quotidie Ic dæghwamlíce mid eów wæs quotidie eram apud vos, Mk. Bos. 14, 49. Se bróðor dæghwamlíce wæs wyrse and wyrse the brother was daily worse and worse, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 24

dæg-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-lang, dæg-long; adj.

Lasting a day

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Lasting a day Dæglongne fyrst per totam diem, Salm. Kmbl. 1000; Sal. 501

Linked entry: dæg-langes

dæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-líc, adj.

Daily quotidianus

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Daily; quotidianus Twá dæglíc fæsten oððe þreó dæglíc is genóh to healdenne biduanum vel triduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

dæg-rím

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-rím, es; n. [dæg day, rím a number]

A number of days, a course of daysdierum numerus

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A number of days, a course of days;dierum numerus Wiste ðe geornor ðæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen, dógora dægrím he knew the better that his life's end was passed, his days' number, Beo. Th. 1650; B. 823. Upon ðæt ígland ðǽr Apollines dóhtor wunode

dæg-sceald

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-sceald, eses; m. [dæg day, sceald = scild, scyld a shield]

A day shield or screen diei velamen

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A day shield or screen; diei velamen Dægscealdes hleó wand ofer wolcnum the day shield's shade [i. e. the pillar of cloud] rolled over the clouds, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 22; Exod. 79

Linked entry: sceald

dæg-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-steorra, an; m. [dæg a day, steorra a star]

The day starlucifer, aurora

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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament

dæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíd, e; f. [dæg day, tíd time]

Day-time, time diei tempus

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Day-time, time; diei tempus On ðære dægtíde at that time, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 4; Gen. 1659. On dæg-tídum in the day-time, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 26; Rä. 18, 3: 126 a; Th. 484, 23; Rä. 71, 6

dæg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíma, an; m. [tíma time]

DAY-TIME, daydiurnum tempus, dies

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DAY-TIME, day; diurnum tempus, dies Þurh dægtíman oððe geond dæg sunne ne forswǽle ðé ne móna per diem sol non uret te, neque luna, Ps. Lamb. 120, 6

dæg-wæccan

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wæccan, pl. f. [wæcce a watching]

Day-watchings excubiæ

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Day-watchings; excubiæ, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 68; Wrt. Voc. 18, 20