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martyr-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-dóm, es; m.

Martyrdom

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Martyrdóm ( martirium ) þrowiende, Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 36: Menol. Fox 249; Men. 126: 287; Men. 145

ádl-seóc

(adj.)
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in bad health Ádlseóce menn beóð (cf. ualitudo hominum, 14), Archiv cxx. 297, 48

Sodomitisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sodomitisc, adj.

Of Sodom

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Of Sodom Ða Sodomitiscan menn Gen. 13, 13. Sodomitiscra cining 14, 17: 18, 20

bén-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bén-tíd, e; f. [bén a prayer, tíd time]

Prayer-time ⬩ rogation-days ⬩ time for supplication ⬩ rogationum dies

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Prayer-time, rogation-days, time for supplication; rogationum dies Ðæt is heálíc dæg, bén-tíd brému that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication Menol. Fox 148; Men. 75

fóstor-leán

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-leán, es; n.

Remuneration for fostering ⬩ nutrīcii merces

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Menol. Fox 301; Men. 152

fulwiht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht-tíd, e; f.

Time of baptism ⬩ baptismal time ⬩ baptismătis tempus

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-tiid] éces Drihtnes to us cymeþ the baptismal time of the eternal Lord comes to us, Menol. Fox 22; Men. 11

Linked entry: fulluht-tíd

beór

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Ne dranc hé beór ne ealu ne nán ðǽra wǽtan ðe menn of druncniað, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 6. Biór siceram, Knt. Gl. 1128. Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

firwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
firwit-full, adj.

Curious ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious

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R.) menn gié sint solliciti estis, Lk. L. 12, 26

Norþ-mann

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Add Þám wǽpenleásum menn onbugon þá Francan and þá fyrlenan Norðmenn, Hml. S. 29, 177

glengista

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glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare

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To tell of, relate, declare Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn.

ge-défelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-défelíc, adj.

Fit ⬩ becoming ⬩ decent ⬩ honest ⬩ honestus

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Fit, becoming, decent, honest; honestus Ðǽr syndon gedéfelíce menn runt ibi homines honesti, Nar. 37, 32

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Ǽr hé forðférde hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.

up-weg

(n.)
Grammar
up-weg, es; m.

The way to heaven

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Hí dóm hlutan, eádigne upwæg, Menol. Fox 383; Men. 193

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Ðæt góde men mid feó bicgaþ which good men buy with money, 114a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12. Ðæt bohte Abraham quam emit Abraham, Gen. 49, 30: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27. Menn heora land bohton [MS. bohtan] men bought their land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 10.

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan

un-geleáf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáf, adj.

Unbelieving

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Unbelieving Ne magon ðǽr eard niman ungeleáfe menn qui non credunt inhabitare in eo, Ps. Th. 67, 19

Linked entry: ge-leáf

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág

húsa

(n.)
Grammar
húsa, an; m.
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A member of a household Fióndes menn húsa his inimici hominis domestici ejus, Mt. Ktnbl. Lind. 10, 36

word-sáwere

(n.)
Grammar
word-sáwere, es; m.

A word-sower

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A word-sower Héton menn wordsáwere ðone æðelan láreów praedicator egregius seminiverbiits esfvocatus, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 4

Linked entry: sáwere

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