blæse
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Ðeós wyrt scíneð on nihte swá blæse (blyse, v. l.), Lch. i. 300, 23. Blasan (-en, MS.) globi, An. Ox. 3085 : facula, 976 :3, 39. Blæsan, 2, 22. Blæsum faculis, 3522 : 4427. Blesum tedis, Wrt.
on-sígan
of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend ⬩ of violent movement
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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2. Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1.
ge-sinhíwan
Married persons; ⬩ conjuges ⬩ conjugati ⬩ conjugia
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Tu gesinhíwan sprǽcon ymbe hine ealle niht two married people were talking about him all night, Shrn. 90, 2. Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna all men's houses except the two married people's, 5.
Linked entries: ge-sam-híwan sin-híwan
twelfta
Twelfth
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¶ Passages having reference to Twelfth-night, the twelfth day after Christmas, Epiphany Ðæs embe fíf niht fulwihtiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ, ðæne twelfta dæg tíreádige hæleþ hátaþ on Brytene, (the first of January) Menol.
Linked entry: epiphania
úht-sceaþa
One who robs in the night or early morning
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One who robs in the night or early morning Eald úhtsceaða ... nacod níðdraca nihtes fleógeþ, Beo. Th. 4534; B. 2271
reord-berend
One gifted with speech, a man;
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; One gifted with speech, a man; Tó midre nihte syððan reordberend reste wunedon, Rood Kmbl. 5; Kr. 3 : Cd. Th. 223, 21; Dan. 123. Ealle reordberend, hæleþ geond foldan, Exon. Th. 18, 4; Cri. 278.
nearu-þearf
Pressing need
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Pressing need Ic on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, nearoþearfe dreáh, Beo. Th. 849; B. 422: Exon. Th. 5, 14; Cri. 69
heorde
Care ⬩ guarding ⬩ custody
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Care, guarding, custody Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.
arctos
The constellation Ursa Major
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Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ, ac he went abútan, hwílon adúne and hwílon up, ofer dæg and ofer niht one constellation is called arctos in the north part, which has seven stars, and for that is called by another
Linked entries: Boéties carles wǽn
egesa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo
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Sió dimme niht ofer eldum egesan ne brohte the dim night did not bring terror over men, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 34; Met. 12, 17: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 3; Dan. 541: Ps. Th. 66, 6. Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo.
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emne
Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just ⬩ æquālĭter, æque, omnīno
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Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just; æquālĭter, æque, omnīno Sió sunne and se móna habbaþ todǽled betwuht him ðone dæg and ða niht swíðe emne the sun and the moon have divided the day and the night very equally between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234,
dæges
Daily ⬩ die
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Daily; die Dæges and nihtes die ac nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 7: Chr. 894; Erl. 93. 5
Linked entry: dages
geohhol
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.), 92, 3. .xl. nihta ǽr geólum (middan wintra, úres Dryhtnes gebyrdtíde, v. ll.) xl. diebus ante Natale Domini, ii. 162, 12
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un-helian
To uncover ⬩ reveal
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To uncover, reveal Nis nán þing oferheled ðe ne beó unheled nihil opertum est quod non reueletur, Lk. Skt. 12, 2
bíg-nes
A bending, bowing ⬩ flexio
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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23
Linked entry: býgnes
ge-rec
Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation ⬩ regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio
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Be efen-nihte æfter Anatholius gerece concerning even-night [the equinox] after the explanation of Anatolius, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 19, note
wrohtian
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the Latin has: Mare forniidat, 210, 90) dæges and nihtes, Homl. Ass. 173, 105
líne
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Þonne getimað hyt ꝥ hig wrixliað twía on ánum mónðe, and on þám circule fíftýne niht hig onfoð on þǽre néxtan línan, and on þrittig hig geendiað, Angl. viii. 327, 40
of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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Ofgeót hý áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca hý . . . and ofgeót hý mid ðan ylcan wíne ðe hý ǽr ofgotene wǽron soak them a night with wine, then in the morning take the leaves, pound them . . . and soak them with the same wine that they
cirm
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Æt middere niht cirm ( clamor ) geworden wæs, Mt. R. 25, 6. Se forhta ceorm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18. Cyrm strepitus tonitruum, Wrt.