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lustbǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líc, adj.

Desirable ⬩ pleasant

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Desirable, pleasant Eálá hú lustbǽrlíce tída on ðam dagum wǽron O tempora desiderio dignissima! Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 25

máse

(n.)
Grammar
máse, an; f. (

Mouse

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Mouse in) tit-mouse Másae parrula, Ep. Gl. 20 b, 13. Máse parula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 62: 116, 36

mis-healdsumness

(n.)
Grammar
mis-healdsumness, e; f.

Want of observance ⬩ negligence

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P. iii. tit. 11; Th. ii. 196, 3

Linked entry: -healdsumness

geonglicnes

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Þænne forman synd geoguðe oððe geonglicnysse úre tída cum prima sunt adolescentiae uel iuuentutis nostrae tempora, Scint. 124, 3. Add

rihtwís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rihtwís-líc, adj.

Righteous ⬩ just ⬩ rational

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Righteous just, rational For ryhtwíslícum andan per zelum justitiae, Past. 17, tit. ; Swt. 107, 7 : 21, 6; Swt. 163, 20

mis-hworfen

(part.)
Grammar
mis-hworfen, pp.

Perverted ⬩ inverted

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Mishworvenre tíde tempore praepostero, Hpt. Gl. 496, 42

hræd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-líc, adj.

Quick ⬩ hasty ⬩ sudden ⬩ speedy ⬩ precipitate

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Æfter hrædlíce tíde after a short time, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 28. Hé wæs mid hrædlíce deáþe forgripen morte immatura præreptus est, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 36. Ðǽr forþférde Sideman bisceop on hrædlícan deáþe died suddenly, Chr. 977; Erl. 127, 36

telgian

(v.)
Grammar
telgian, p. ode
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To put forth shoots, to flourish Treów telgade tír welgade good faith flourished, glory abounded, Exon. Th. 353, 57; Reim. 34

un-fulfremed

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Gewitenre tíde unfulfremedre praeterito tempore imperfecto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 130, 13. Add

mære

(n.)
Grammar
mære, mare, mere, an; f.

A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep

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Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins, þá trað hón fótleggina swá at nær brotnuðu. Þá tóku þeir til fótanna, þá kafði hón höfuðit, svá at þar dó hann') Mære faecce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 44: incuba, 111, 46.

ǽrend-wreca

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Philippes tíd ðæs apostoles and ðæs Godes ǽrendwrecan, Shrn. 78, 4. Ærendwreocan, 108, 14. Ðá sende hé his ǽrendwreocan tó Wulfhearde, Cht. Th. 47, 9. Érendwrecan legati, Ps. Srt. 67, 32. Ðá kyningas Gode and his ǽrendwrecum hérsumedon, Past. 3, 6.

heáfod-beáh

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Add: — Mon hehþ þone heáfodbeáh æt þæs ærneweges ende currenti in stadio jacet praemium corona, Bt. 37, tit.; F. xviii. 9

wæcc

(n.)
Grammar
wæcc, e; f.
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Watch, vigil Mid þý hé behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes hé gefealh his wæcce (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30

ofer-fær

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Fram Abrahame wæs ðá forð oð Móises tíde and Israéla oferfær út of Egyptum v c wintra, Sal. K. 184, 11. Add

hærn

(n.)
Grammar
hærn, e; f.

The tide, waves, sea ⬩ a wave

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The tide, waves, sea Hærn æstus, flustrum, Cot. 81, Lye. Hærn eft onwand back went the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1062; An. 531

Linked entry: hraen

ymb-lǽr(i)gian

(v.)
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)

searu-sǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-sǽled, adj.

Cunningly tied

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Cunningly tied Nelle ic unbunden ǽnigum hýran, nymþe searosǽled (cf. searu, III. and searu-bunden), Exon. Th. 406, 12; Rä. 24, 16

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Ðonne on sumeres tíd sunne hátost scíneþ, 212, 12; Ph. 209. Ðú ðe ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, and ðæs sumeres dahum langran, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5. Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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Fox 401; Men. 202. the time of a man's life; tempus vitæ humanæ On midle mínra dagena in the midst of my days, Ps. Th. l01, 21. Heora dagena tíd dies eorum, 77. 32. On þreóra monna dæg in three men's days or lives, Bd. App.

a-swundennes

(n.)
Grammar
a-swundennes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Slothfulness ⬩ idleness ⬩ inertia

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Slothfulness, idleness; inertia His líf toscǽgde fram ussa tíðe aswundennysse vita illius a nostri temporis segnitia distabat, Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 35