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dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily ⬩ diurnus, quotidianus

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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk.

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

bregdan

(v.)

to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash

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change Hí gehérað hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds varying their notes, Met. 13, 47. intrans. to move, be pulled Ne bregden nó ðá stengas of ðǽm hringum vectes a circuits numquam recedant, Past. 173, 10. of lightning, to flash Swilc leóht

BLÍCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.

to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle ⬩ lucere, fulgere, coruscare, micare ⬩ to shine by exposure, as the bones ⬩ denudando in conspectum dari ⬩ apparere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ fulgere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ I shine ⬩ to shine

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Blícþ ðeós beorhte sunne this bright sun glitters, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 19; Gen. 811, Hý fóre leódum leóhte blícaþ they with light shall shine before the people, Exon. 26 a; Th. 76, 14; Cri. 1239.

Linked entry: BLÆC

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness

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Hé swýþe weóp and mid mycelre unéðnysse his eágospind mid teárum leohte. Ðá fréfrode hine Gúthlác and him cwæð tó: 'Ne beó ðú ná geunrótsod, forþon ne bið mé nǽnig unéðnysse ðæt ic tó Drihtne fare, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 2-8.

boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angel ⬩ nuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelus ⬩ a foreboder, prophet ⬩ propheta, vates ⬩ a messenger

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Se sóda boda ðæs hean leóhtes Agustinus wæs fram him eallum bodad verus summæ lucis præco ab omnibus prædicatur Augustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 32. Brimmanna boda præco nautarum, Byrht. Th. 133, 12; By. 49.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre

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Getácnod oððe gemearcod is ofor us leóht andwlitan ðínes signātum est sŭper nos lūmen vultus tui, Ps. Lamb. 4, 7. He is wuldre gemearcad it is marked with glory, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 11; Ph. 318.

Linked entry: ge-mercian

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.

a shield ⬩ a piece of defensive armour ⬩ a shield ⬩ protection

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Scyld sceal gebunden, leóht linden bord. Exon. Th. 339, 15; Gn. Ex. 94. Scyld sceal cempan, 341, 22; Gn. Ex. 130. Rand sceal on scylde, Menol. Fox 534; Gn. C. 37.

sin-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gal, adj.

everlasting ⬩ perpetual ⬩ continual ⬩ constant ⬩ without intermission ⬩ daily ⬩ in succession ⬩ continuous ⬩ lasting

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On ðam heofenlícum éðele is singal leóht, Lchdm. iii. 240, 12: Homl. Th. i. 238, 5: Rood Kmbl. 280; Kr. 141.

Linked entry: -gal

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, difference ⬩ power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument ⬩ distinctio, discretio, distantia

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Eálá mid hú micle gesceáde God todǽlde betwih leóht and ðýstru O quam grandi distantia divisit deus inter lucem et tenebras, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 37.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.

tinder ⬩ fuel ⬩ a burner ⬩ an implement which burns

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Wé habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi

Linked entries: tender tyndre

ceápian

(v.)
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Ceápa þé mid ǽhtum éces leóhtes, Dóm. L. 30, 34. Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit! Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8.

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandman ⬩ a native

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Gesette sunnan and mónan leóman tó leóhte landbúendum, Beo. Th. 191; B. 95. Londbúendam, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 7; Crä. 29: 87 a; Th. 326, 22; Víd. 132. Londbúendum [the Jews], Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 315.

Linked entry: búend

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Leóht stíge mínre lumen semitis meis, Ps. Th. 118, 105. Stíge calce (calle? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 66: 95, 74. Gebígdre stíge flexo tramite, 149, 46: Hpt. Gl. 493, 18. Fram stíge tramite, via, 486, 68.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

hrínan

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</b> to touch, be sensitive to :-- Scíneð þé leóht fore . . . nú þú his hrínan meahte, Gen. 616. <b>I b.

nú

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Gehýran wé nú for hwon se blindo leóht onfeng, 11. used to introduce an important point in an argument, or series of statements Nú ús is gesǽd ꝥ . . . nú gif þú ǽnig þincg hæfst. . . Hml. S. 26, 256-258.

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Ne biþ ðǽr leóhtes án lytel spearca, Wulfst. 139, 11. Sleá hé him ánne spearcan, Lchdm. ii. 290, 17. Hí ásprungan up swá swá spearcan, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 23: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 31.

Linked entry: spærca

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere

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Hiofones leóhtes hlútre beorhto, Met. 21, 39. Mónan leóhte leóman . . . . hǽdre and hlútre, Az. 79. bright, untroubled, pure joy, peace, &c.: Kyning sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse, hlúttre habban rex laetabitur in Domino, Ps. Th. 62, 9.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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Þæs muneces cýte mid leóhte wearð áfylled, Hml. S. 31, 811. Heó began faran tó ðæs foresǽdan wéstensetlan cýtan, and on þǽre cýtan duru cnocode, Hml. A. 196, 25. Hé eóde on þá cétan þǽr se líchoma wæs, Bl. H. 217, 25: 219, 14.

Linked entry: céte

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.Substitute: es; m. (where the gender is marked it is masculine.
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Cf. too þone fruman sceaft (v. frum), geó-sceaft grimne),

a first shaping ⬩ birth ⬩ the first shaping of the world ⬩ the creation ⬩ origin ⬩ original constitution or condition

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Geworhte hé týn engla werod . . . on micelre fægernisse, fela þúsenda, on þám frumsceafta þæt hí . . . hine wurðedon ealle líchamleáse, leóhte and strange, búton synnum on gesǽlðe libbende, swá wlitiges gecindes swá wé secgan ne magon, Ælfc. T.

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatness ⬩ bigness ⬩ size ⬩ greatness ⬩ multitude ⬩ abundance ⬩ greatness ⬩ magnificence

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Ne meahton ásecgan for ðæs leóhtes mycelnesse, Blickl. Homl. 145, 14. Æfter micelnisse ðínre mildheortnisse, Num. 14, 19. greatness, magnificence Micylnys magnificentia, Ps. Spl. C. 8, 2. In micelnisse in magnificentia; in mikelnes, Ps.