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late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Ic ðæt gecneów tó late too late I perceived it, 72 a; Th. 269, 2; Jul. 444: Elen. Kmbl. 1412; El. 708. Síð and late at last, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 275. Ǽr oððe lator prius aut posterius, Athan. 25. Lator tardius, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10.

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Holo, p. 6, 12. a den used to keep animals in Hola cabearum (patefactis cavearum clustellis. Ald. 49, 3), An. Ox. 3560. an aperture passing through anything; a pore Hol spiramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 6

lungre

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Add: of prompt action Eódon lungre under linde, nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend, An. 46. Lungre leórdan, nalas leng bidon, 1044. of violent action Ic lungre earn deópe gedréfed, Cri. 167.

prica

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Add Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó ððer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 42. add Ǽlce geáre wanað án tíd and án prica and se nigonteóða dǽl ánes prican, Angl. viii. 308, 46.

be-hófen

(v.; part.)

suppliedprovidedornatus

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supplied, provided; ornatus Ðætt ealle Godes cyricean sýn wel behófene that all God's churches be well supplied or well provided [with all they have need of] L. Edm. E. 5; Lambd. 58, 7; Wilk. 73, 13

dréfednes

(n.)
Grammar
dréfednes, drefed-ness, drefed-nyss, e; f.

Vexation, affliction, tribulationvexātio, afflictio, tribulātio

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Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 31

swaðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swaðrian, swæðorian; p ode
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Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570

Linked entries: swæðorian swodrian

á-sciran

(v.)
Grammar
á-sciran, (e, y); p. -scær, pl. -scǽron; pp. -scoren
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Wæs án ormǽte clif áscoren rihte ádúne, Hml. S. 31, 316. Of áscoren raderetur, An. Ox. 2, 337

Linked entry: á-sceran

fore-sceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fore-sceáwodlíce, adv.

Consideratelywith due considerationwith foresight

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, Angl. xiii. 370, 76

ge-smeágan

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Gesmǽgeð retractat, An. Ox. 50, 54. Hiá gesmeáwdon (cogitabant) bituih him. Mt. L. 16, 7. Gesmeáudon (gismeádun, R.), Lk. L. 20, 5. Gesmeáge cogitare, 5, 21. Beón gesmeád conici, i. intelligi, An. Ox. 1 2688. Add

smeá-mete

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Sylle man tó middægþénunge twám and twám án tyl cýssticce and sumne smeámete (cibaria alia) . . . and on ǽfen twám and twám án cýssticce and sume smeámettas (cibaria alia), Chrd. 15, 2-5: 14, 36, 37. Add

un-þæslic

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Unþæslic absurdus, An. Ox. 27, 26. Swýðe unþæslic (inconveniens) mæg beón geþúht ꝥ sé nyte Drihtnes andgit, sé ;Þe mid him byð geworden án gást, Gr. D. 136, 21. ;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ, swá he tobrǽdde his feðeru sīcut aquĭla provŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et super eos vŏlĭtans expandit ālas suas, Deut. 32, 11.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

ge-séðan

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Add Ic gesébe vel áfæstnie confirmo, i. astruo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 28. Geséþ conprobat, 10. to declare true, state as a fact, assert, affirm Hé geworhte twá mycle leóhtfatu swá Genesis geséð, Angl. viii. 299, 14.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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as soon as any person was dead, the body was laid out, with the feet to the east and the head to the west.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 10. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the genitive or dative. where in the main clause is a verb, verbal noun, or adjective taking after it such a case, and where the substantive clause stands as object Ǽnig ne wénde

æppel-sceal

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-sceal, e; f.

A film about the kernels of an apple

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A film about the kernels of an apple

ærce-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-biscop, ærce-bisceop, es; m.

An archbishop

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An archbishop, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 35

æsul

(n.)
Grammar
æsul, es; m.

An assasinus

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An ass; asinus, Mt. Rush. Kmbl. 21, 2

alþes

(n.)
Grammar
alþes, gen. s.

of alecervisiæ

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of ale; cervisiæ [MS. cervise],Rtl. 116, 42