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gidding

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Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml. Th. ii. 134, l. of formal or serious speech. a dark saying, riddle, an enigma Geddunga enigmata Wrt.

húru

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B. 369: Ap. 42 : An. 549.

Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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Eást-Engle, and ii. Eást-Sexe, and iii. Middel-Sexe, 1011; Erl. 144. 33. In provincia quæ nuncupatur Middel-Seaxan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 59, 20

Linked entry: Seaxe

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Necessary, needful Ys cræft mín behéfe þearle eów and neódþearf est ars mea utilis valde vobis et necessaria, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 17. Is eallum mannum nédþearf and nytlíc ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25.

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27.

dim

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Add: dark, without light, gloomy Ꝥ under þǽre brygce urne swýþlíce sweart and dim ( niger et caliginosus ) eá, Gr. D. 318, 28. Dimne and deópne hellewítes grund, Wlfst. 48, 2. Of dymmum díglum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt.

on-sægedness

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Gl. 477, 12) viventis hostię, An. Ox. 3010.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Wídan feore as long as life lasts, 301, 23 ; Fä. 23. Ne seah ic wídan feorh never in all my life have I seen, Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014. Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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We say to blow as the wind, and to blow or blossom as a flower. v. bláwan

ge-læccan

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Add Ic gelæcce arripio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 12. without sense of violence. to take, take hold of, catch Þá árás hé and gelæhte hine be þám swuran, and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30,335. to take, catch fish, &amp;amp;c.

ÆLF

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLF, es; m.

An ELFgeniusincubus

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An ELF ; genius, incubus Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B. 112

æf-reda

(n.)
Grammar
æf-reda, an; m.

Tow, oakum

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An. Ox. 1649), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 58. Putamine of æfredan, ácumban, An. Ox. 3728. Stamine æfredan, putamine of hniglan, 7, 266

Linked entry: æbreda

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Add Iosue hæfde sige and slóh þá hǽðenan . . . þonne hæfde Amalech sige and slóh ꝥ Godes folc, Hml. S. 13, 15-18. add: <b>V a.

brassica

(n.)
Grammar
brassica, an; m.

Colewort,brassica,cabbage

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Colewort, brassica, cabbage; æ, f Wyrta sindon betste béte and mealwe and brassica beet and mallow and cabbage are the best herbs, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 1

Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years.

hálig

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Englas and heáhfæderas and wítgan and ealle hálige, Bl. H. 103, 33. Hálge and gecorene, Past. 467, 32. Hí hálge cwelmdon, bærndon gecorene, Jul. 15. a godly person. Cf. <b>A. V.

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 25, col. 1

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To meanto intend to convey a certain senseto intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement to meanpurposehave as an object to which the mind is directedintendto signifyhave a certain signification or purpose

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Gen. 18, 20. to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement Cweþan swá he tó ánum sprece and hwæðre ealle mǽneþ to say, as if he speaks to one and yet means all. Exon. 283; Th. 84, 24; Cri. 1378.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )

a source of waterscaturigo, scatebrafonsfonsa springing, rising, spring in day- spring,what springs up or from.an ulcer, a sore, pustulea fluxa squirting, sprinkling

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Similar entries v. fǽr-, wen-, wund-spring. a flux Wið ðæs magan springe, ii. 190, 16 (where see note): 192, 12. a squirting, sprinkling Mon sceal ǽr mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian and þweán ða stówe, 202, 21.

Linked entries: ge-spring sprengan

dún-land

(n.)
Grammar
dún-land, es; n.

Down or hilly land terra montāna

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Down or hilly land; terra montāna: it is opposed to feld-land plain or level land Faraþ to Amorréa dúne and to óðrum feld-landum and dún-landum and to unhéheran landum venīte ad montem Amorrhæōrdrum et ad cētĕra campestria atque montāna et humĭliōra

Linked entry: dún