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bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. béc, bóce, bóc; d. béc, bóc.

a booka documentregistercataloguea chariera bookvolumeliterary workpages

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Þára bóca indegitament(or)um (cf.An. Ox. 4442), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 52: 47, 1. Ðára bócana librorum, Mt. p. 11, 12. Bócum cartis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 3: 19, 29: scedulis, 85, 77: tomis, 93, 20. Of bócum ex bibliothecis, An.

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Cymþ ꝥ wæter úp æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá oþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 20. On twá healfe þǽre é, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22. On ǽgþere healfe eás, 918; P. 100, 6.

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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Hé féng on his gebedo, swá his gewuna wæs, for þǽr. wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, 32. v. ǽfen-, cneów-, in-, úht-, wíg-gebed

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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<b>II a</b> α. with infin. :-- Ús gelustfullað þyssera rynela angin preóstum aetýwan, Angl. viii. 302, 32.

ge-samnung

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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Ús gedafanað ꝥ . . . Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 362, 15. with infin.

heofon-ríce

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On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard, El. 718. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1.

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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Fram kincges stáne úp tó holan stáne, C. D. v. in, 2. concave, arched Holum stánum fornicibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 5. deeply excavated or depressed, of a valley, road, &amp;c. Tó ðám holan móre ; andlang ðæs holan móres, C. D. B. ii. 247, 1.

hreám

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Add: cry, clamour Hwæt gemǽnð ꝥ word: 'Þára Sodomotiscra hreám ( clamor) ástáh úp tó heofenum.'

hungor

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Æfter þǽm wearð se mǽsta hunger siccitas fuit, praesentis tunc fufnrique anni spem gignendis terrae fructibus abnegarit, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88. 17. Hié þæs hungres ne mehte hié gerestan fames Urbem corripuit, 2, 4; S. 70, 9.

gást-lic

Grammar
gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, spiritualspiritualspiritualdivine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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Dæg mið glædnise gǽstlicum (spiritali) worðia. Rtl. 89, 26. Ealle þás þæs monnes good ge gást-lice ge líchomlice, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 31. spiritual as opposed to bodily, fleshly, physical Se gáslica wulf typicus Benjamin An. Ox. 1922.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ, oþþe on wífunge, oððe on wadunge, oððe on brýwláce, oððe gif man hwæs bitt, íonne hí hwæt onginnaþ, oþþe him hwæt bið ácenned, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 88-104.

Linked entry: wílung

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Breóst oferstág brim weallende eorlum óþ exle the boiling sea rose above the breast up to men&#39;s shoulders, Andr. Kmbl. 3146; An. 1576. Eles gecynd is ðæt hé wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan, Homl.

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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For ðan ðú tówyrpest ðíne fýnd and ealle ða ðe unrihtwísnesse ládiaþ and scyldaþ ut destruas inimicum et defensorem, Ps. Th. 8, 3.

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Icel. álfa ljóði] ; in pl. men, people, people of a country, country [cf. the use of proper names, e.g. hé gewát intó Galwalum he departed into Gaul, Chr. Erl. 5, 14] Leód Ebréa [ Abraham ], Cd. 136; Th. 171, 28; Gen. 2835.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Se man ðe tó ðon stíð biþ ðæt hé áðas sylþ ðæt hé tó nánre sybbe fón nelle homo qui adeo durus sit ut juramenta praestet, se nullam pacem admittere velle, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Úre líchoma wæs gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, 35, 12. Gescapene (-scepen, Ps.V.) hý syndon creata sunt, Ps. Rdr. 148, 5. Þá sibbe ðe þá tunglu on gesceapne wǽron, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26.

lufian

(v.)
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to bestow affection on Wé lufedon Úra wamba fylnesse and on úre gold and on úre glengnesse and on úre myclan gestreóne and on reáfiácum. Swíðor wé þæt lufedon, þonne wé dydon Godes beboda, Verc. Först. 123, 14-17. v. sceand-lufiende, and next word

open

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Ðonne hí wyrcað ðá openan scylda, Past. 439, 21. of speech, that conceals nothing Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe, nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 29. of a season, where nothing is concealed In þá openan tíd (the day of judgement), Ph.

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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It is thus explained in the Latin version of an Anglo-Saxon charter where it is found Ic an heom ealswá ðæt hý habben ðǽrofer saca and sócna iis (sanctus Petrus et fratres Westmonasterienses) etiam concedens ut insuper habeant priuilegium tenendi curiam

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc