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mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode (mearc a limit)

To fix the bounds or limits of a place

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To fix the bounds or limits of a place Se mearcode ða stówa ðe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon metatus est locum, in quo tentoria figere deberetis, Deut. 1, 33

mortere

(n.)
Grammar
mortere, es; m.

A mortar

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A mortar Mortere mortariola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 28. Se ealra mǽsta mortere girba, 42, 22: i. 20, 25. Gepuna eall tósomne on ánum mortere, Lchdm. i. 216, 13: 142, 18

mótere

(n.)
Grammar
mótere, es; m.

One who addresses a meeting

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One who addresses a meeting Mótere vel maþelere concionator, i. locutor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 31. On mótera ford; of mótera forde andlang mótera lace. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 24

nihternness

(n.)
Grammar
nihternness, e; f.

Night-time

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Night-time Ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternnessum on menn becumaþ then will God protect thee against evil dreams that come to men at nights, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22

norþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþan-weard, adj.

Northward

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Northward Sanctus Paulus wæs geseónde on norþanweardne ðisne middangeard, Blickl. Homl. 209, 30. Ða Pyhtas geférdon ðis land norþanweard the Picts occupied the north of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13

Linked entry: súþan-weard

ge-werdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hurtinjurelæderenocere

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To hurt, injure; lædere, nocere Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewurde if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17: 26; Th. i. 50, 24

ge-niman

Grammar
ge-niman, <b>;
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XIV.</b> add Genam deófol him andan wið, Hml. A. 195, 17. Add Hé genam þurh heora láre on his orþance þá egeslican dǽda, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 20

þurh-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-fére, adj.

That may be passed through or overpassableperviouspenetrale

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That may be passed through or over, passable, pervious Geat þurhfére porta pervia, Hymn. Surt. 112, 9. The neuter used substantivally translates penetrale : -- On þurhférun in penetralibus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 26

Linked entry: þurh-fær

weorold-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-spédig, adj.
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Rich in this world's goods, wealthy Se ðe wilnaþ ðæt wolde on ðam angienne his lífes woroldspédig (woruld-, Cott. MSS.) weorðan qui in principio hereditari festinant, Past. 44; Swt. 333, 2

Linked entry: spédig

á-déman

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Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add

brim

(n.)
Grammar
brim, es; n. (not m.),
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Monnum bið ðonne (in June) gewunelic ðæt hí líðað on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88, 2. Ofer sǽs brim, Bl. H. 143, 6. dele passages from An. 496, Edw. 12, and add

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. de
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To build, fence (?) Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1

clǽn-ness

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Clǽnnys pudor, An. Ox. 5176. Clǽnnysse pudoris, 4176: celibatus, 9, 19. Clǽnnysse, geþincþe propositi, i. gradus, 3451. On clǽnnysse in proposito, i. gradu, 2565. Heortan clǽnnesse cordis munditiam, 40, 8. Add

fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, foran-dæg, es; m.
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The early part of the day Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín (omnis homo primum bonum uinum ponit, Jn. 2, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 70, 26: Nap. 23. Substitute:

freónd-spéd

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Bið þæt ǽghwylcum men sélre þæt hé hine gehealde on his freódóme gesundne, þeáh þe hé his freóndspédum treówige, þænne hé scyle æfter þám bendum þæs freódómes ceápian, Nap. 26. Add

for-hogung

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Forhogung contemptus, i. contemptio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 81. Of forhogunge ex contemptu, Kent. Gl. 1167: Angl. xiii. 440, 1067: Scint. 203, 13. On forhogunge subsannationem, Ps. Spl. 43, 15. Add

gearwe

Grammar
gearwe, yarrow.
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Geruuae, geruę, millefolium, Txts. 76, 623. Gearuuae, 639. Gearewe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 1. Seó reáde gearuwe, Lch. iii. 24, 2. Wyl on meolcum þá reádan gearwan, ii. 354, 9. Add

fullwian

(v.)
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Take here <b>fullian</b> in Dict., and add Ic þé fullwie on mínne Godfæder, Shrn. 106, 13. Ðá ongan hé fullwian ðá óðre cnihtas, 78, 28

Linked entry: fullian

for-sworcenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sworcenness, e; f.
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Obscurity, darkness On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, Wlfst. 139, 1. Næfð mín niht náne forsworcennysse, Hml. Th. i. 428, 30. Forsworcennyssa obscura, Hy. S. 23, 31: 37, 4

Linked entry: -sworcenness

glíw-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-gamen, es; n.
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Musical entertainment, music Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris (Is. 5, 12), Wlfst. 46, 16