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crísten-dóm

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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre, 158, 31. Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan hé mæg dón, swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

gebed-rǽden

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D. 39, 13. þæ æt hý him tó Gode mid heora gebedrǽdene þingian ut orent pro ipso, R. Ben. 70, 12. Hé wylle æfter forðsíðe . . . gebedrǽdenne habban. Wlfst. 307, 24. Gebedrǽdene árǽran to promote the practice of praying, Ll. Th. i. 314, 9

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

ge-cuman

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Æt ðám weorce gecuman, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 16. Hé férde from Antiochian, forþan þe hé wæs apostol and sceolde gehwǽr gecuman, Hml. S. 10, 13. Gecuma uenire, Mt. L. 22, 3. Gecuma tó him adire ad eum, Lk. L. 8, 19.

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Dauid hit hæfde gemynt ǽr tó dónne, ac hé ne geforðede hit ná, ac hit wearð þurh his sunu geforðad, Wlfst. 277, 26. Sé þe þis forsitte and hit geforðian nylle. Ll. Th. i. 284, 4: ii. 288, 22: Chr. 1097; P. 2-53, 24. 'Man ofsleá Amanes mágas.'

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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Cf. gít; Þás þeófas willað ríxian gýta ( accented in MS. ) swíðor þonne hig ǽr dydon, Ll. Th. i. 238, 23

on-ufan

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Ǽr þon þe him se egesa onufan sǽte, Jud. 252: Sal. 88. with acc. local Ástigon onufa hús ascenderunt supra tectum, Lk. L. 5, 19: Wurpon gewoedo hiora onufa ðone folo, 19, 35. Gelionade hé onufa breóst ðæs Hælendes, Jn. R. 13, 25.

reáfian

(v.)
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Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. 2.

sceáwere

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D. 105, 28. add: one who observes secretly Þá sǽde se sceáwere (cf. wæs sum man . . . behýd þám hǽþenum, 128) þe hit ǽr geseah, Hml. S. 32, 138.

saltere

(n.)
Grammar
saltere, es; m.

a stringed musical instrument, a psalterythe book of Psalms a psalter,to sing psalms

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IIa. the book of Psalms :-- Se saltere ys án bóc, ðe hé (David) gesette þurh God betwux óðrum bócum on ðære bibliothecan, Ælfc. T.

Linked entries: psaltere sealten

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Wélandes Met. 10, 33, 35, 42 in local names of England: Ðis sint ðæs landes gemǽre æt Cumtúne (Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire) . . . hit cymð on ðæt wíde geat be eástan Wélandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23.

Linked entry: Weolud

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To takeacceptreceivesumereaccipere

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He ðæt ful geþeah æt Wealþeón he took the cup from Waltheow, Beo. Th. 1261; B. 628: 1241; B. 618: Cd. 42; Th. 54, 30; Gen. 885. Ðǽr ic beág geþah there I received a bracelet, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 19; Víd. 65: 84 b; Th. 318, 24; Víd. 3.

Linked entry: þicgan

cýþ-ness

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Add: witness, testimony Seó cýðnes þǽre ealdan ǽ testamentum ueteris legis, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 92, 21. Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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Add: used (often as substantive) of persons Seó ealde ǽ bebeád þæt gehwilc hreóflig man gecóme tó þám sácerde . . . Gif se sácerd hine hreófligne tealde . . . Swá sceal sé ðe mid heáfodleahtrum wiðinnan hreóflig bið cuman tó Godes sácerde, Hml.

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, es; m ? [and-; sacu, sæc strife, contention]

Contentionresistancedenialrefusalcontentiorepugnantiacontradictionegatio

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Contention, resistance, denial, refusal; contentio, repugnantia, contradictio, negatio Borges andsæc inficiatio vel abjuratio, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 16. Be borges andsæce concerning a refusing of a pledge, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 1, note 1.

Linked entries: an-sæc -sæc

CYND

(n.)
Grammar
CYND, es; n.

nature, KIND naturaa sort, gender natura, genus

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Cot. a sort, gender; natura, genus Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither sort [gender], neither of male nor of female, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 3; Som. 5, 32

Linked entry: cind

doppettan

(v.)
Grammar
doppettan, p. te; pp.ed

To dip often, dip in, immerse mersāre

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Ic doppette merso, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 21

FLEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FLEAX, flex, es; n.

FLAXlīnum

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Swíðe hwít fleax very white flax; bissum [ = byssus = βύσσος ], Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 94; Wrt. Voc. 40, 5

Linked entry: flex

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34. Ðæt hit þurh ðone fultum síe forþgenge that it become effective through help, Past. 14, 1; Hat. MS. 17 b, 2