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ge-siftan

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Dele the passage, and add Genim gréne rúdan leáf, scearfa smale and cnuca swíðe, and beren meala gesift dó þǽrtó, Lch. iii. 8, 15. Þæt folc nam gesyft melu (conspersam farinam), Ex. 12, 34

preóst-reáf

(n.)
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preóst-reáf, es; n.
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Vestments of a priest Be þǽre gesceádwísnysse on gyrelan þæs preóstreáfes ut in cultu vestium discretionem teneant, Chrd. 64, 27

bytme

(n.)
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bytme, (-ne), byþne, an ; f.
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Hí sǽton ufan on þǽm wætre swá swá scipes byðme (bytme déð, v. l. ), þonne hit fleóted on streáme, Mart. H. 118, 20. Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes, Gr. D. 347, 23. the head of a dale. Cf. Icel. botn On byttman díc, C. D. iv. 39, 7.

Linked entries: byþne bytne botm

symbelness

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Add Seó symbelnyss þǽre hálgan róde úpáhafennysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 398. Hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende hé ánne bróðor tó Pafnuntię and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnysse, 33, 61

wesan

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wesan, I a.
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Add Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs ( unde interim pauperes vixerunt), Cht. Th. 162, 31. Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.

be-hreówsian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to repent Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. <b>Ia.</b> with object, to repent of, with acc. Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T.

tiger

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Gelamp þæt twá hréðe deór, þe sind tigres gehátene, þǽr urnon and ábiton swá hwæt swá hí gemétton ...

háwian

(v.)
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Þæt man geseó þæt ðæt hé æfter háwode ut aspiciat, ut videat, Solil. H. 27, 4.

crístel-mǽl

(n.)
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crístel-mǽl, (cýrstel-), es; n.
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a cross On wearddúne þǽr þæt crístelmǽl stód, Cht. E. 294, 21. Tó þám cýrstelmǽle ; of þám cýrstelmǽle, Cht. Crw. 25, 24. Tó ðám langan cýrstelmǽle, C.

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feormian

(v.)

to cleanseto furbish

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Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3. Hwítlas on sǽ wacsan and feormian, Bd. 4, 31; Sch. 540, 12.

ge-fadung

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Wé gelýfaþ þæt mid þisse gefaduncge ǽgðres weorces tíma mæge beón geendebyrd hac dispositione credimus utraque tempora ordinari, R. Ben. 73, 7. Æfter þǽra hundseofontigra gefadunge according to the Septuagint, Angl. viii. 336, 10.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde folca mǽste, Gen. 749.

fremful-lic

(adj.)
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fremful-lic, adj.
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Profitable, advantageous, beneficial Is swíðe fremfullic þæt gehwá hine gelóme and geornlíce tó Gode gebidde, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 3. Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101

slíf

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Eall wæs gesýne, fram þám littlan fingre tóweard þæs earmes, and sumne dǽl of þǽre slýfe, Vis. Lfc. 85. Add

lyffettan

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Swá gewuna is ꝥ þǽra liffetendra (adulanlium) tunge cwylmeð þæs sáwle þe hí gehýran wile . . . preóstas liffetende syrwdon, Gr. U. 34, 26-35, 1. Add

lád-rinc

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lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

efen-lǽcend

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Þæt forme werod bið þǽra apostola and heora efenlǽcendra, Hml. Th. i. 396, 18. Hwæðer þes árwurða wer lǽfde ǽnie efenlǽcendras ( imitatores ) his mægena, Gr. D. 23, 1. Add

sceáp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sceáp-lic, adj.
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Of a sheep, of sheep Swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia (cf. suouetaurili oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 32), An. Ox. 11, 187

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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On þǽm eástemestan onwalde, 6, 1; S. 252, 5. Cf. west; adj

fremming

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A. 11, 272. (2 a) with gen. of what is done :-- Þǽre lufe fandung is þæs weorces fremming, Hml. Th. ii. 314, 29. Ágyfan Gode þínre carfulnysse weorc and fremmincge ... Æfter ðínre carfulnysse gódre fremmincge, 334, 23-27.