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ildian

(v.)
Grammar
ildian, p. ode

To delaydeferput off

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To delay, defer, put off Nis forðí nánum synfullum tó yldigenne ágenre gecyrrednysse ðýlæs ðe mid sleacnysse forleóse ða tíd Godes fyrstes it is not, therefore, for any sinner to delay his own conversion, lest by remissness he lose the time of God's

BOLCA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLCA, an; m.

The gangway of a shipforus navisthe cargo of a ship

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He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway, 610: An. 305

ge-híwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwian, -hiewian; p. ode; pp. od

To marry

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To marry Forðæm hit is awriten ðæt hit síe betere ðæt mon gehiewige ðonne he birne, forðæm bútan synne he mæg gehíwian for it is written that it is better to marry than to burn, because a man may marry without sin, Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 33; Hat. MS

þri-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
þri-gilde, adv. (or case of a noun þri-gilde.

With a treble payment

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Gylde hit þrygylde, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 11. Gauge tó ánfealdum ordále oþþe gilde .iii. gylde, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 15

blód-ryne

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Sum wíf wæs on blódryne þearle geswenct, Hml. S. 31, 1256. Gefór on blódryne effusione sanguinis, quod Graece apoplexis vocatur, mortuus est, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 27. Ðeós wyrt þone blódryne gewríð, Lch. i. 306, 22. blódrynas áfeormaþ, 300, 16.

eall-lencten

(n.)
Grammar
eall-lencten, es; m.
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The season of Lent Fram idus Septembris oð lenctenes anginne on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden; ofer ealllencten (eal-, v. l.) oþ Eástran oð ǽfen fæsten ab idibus Septembris usque ad capud quadragesime ad nonam semper reficiant; in quadragesima usque

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hete-lic

malignanthardsevere

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Add: of persons, malignant Dydon þá heáfodmenn swá swá ꝥ hetelice wíf (Jezebel) him bebeád, Hml. S. 18, 194. of things, hard, severe mæg him wénan hetelices leánes, Wlfst, 191, 23.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e; ;f.;

A meal, refection, food

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Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27

ge-styllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styllan, p. de

To springmove rapidly

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To spring, move rapidly Hwílum he to eorþan gestylde at times he descended to earth, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 34; Cri. 648.

þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.

therewithwith thatstraightwayat the same time

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Grammar þǽr-mid, temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

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CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his ciefese Constantius gave the empire to Constantine, his son, whom he had by Helena his concubine [wife, v. notes to Ors. Bos. p. 28, col. 2, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 41.

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Add: to abstain from, not to use, go without, not to take cuæð ðæt hit wǽre good ðæt mon foreóde flǽsc and wín bonum est non manducare carnem neque bibere uinum, Past. 319, 4. eft ett þæt ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180, 9.

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diácon

(n.)
Grammar
diácon, deácon,es ; m.

A deacon, minister of the church, levitediācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs

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Se mót fulligan cild, and ðæt folc húsligan [i.e. he mót eác hláf sillan, gif þearf biþ he may also give the bread, if need be, L. Ælf.

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lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leaveto remain

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Se forma lǽfde his bróðer his wíf primus reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo, Mt Kmbl. 22, 25. Ða men ðe beæftan him lǽfde ǽr those men that before he had left behind him, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 13.

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and-efn

(n.)
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Ǽlc hæfð beþám andefnum þe ǽr æfter eornað each will have according to the extent of his previous efforts, Shrn. 201, 2

líc

(adj.)
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Add: the living body of a man or animal wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 23: Hml. S. 31, 333. mid hǽran gescryddon tó líce, 12, 36. Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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him sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse, 107, 159: Hml. Th. ii. 486, 4: Hml. S. 7, 344. Mid endebrednisse áwríta ex ordine scribere, Lk. R. 1, 3. Þurh (be, v. l.) endebyrdnesse, Gr.

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Lege ðé his teáge an sweoran. Lchdm. iii. 42, 13. cyning gebond fýrnum teágum, Exon. Th. 46, 7; Cri. 733. Liðewácum tagum (teágum?, tánum?, or tógum? as an alternative gloss to lentis. v.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24. Preóstas magon bútan fére (without ill result?) þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46.

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a-dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dwæscan, p. ede, te; pp. ed, t; v. a. [a, dwæscan to quench]

To quenchput outstaunchappeaseextinguere

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Efne swá he mid wætre ðone weallendan lég adwæsce even as he with water the raging flame quenches, Exon. 122a; Th. 467, 23; Alm. 6. Eall mín unriht adwæsc omnes iniquitates meas dele, Ps. Ben. 50, 10

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