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dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l. ) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete

deópnes

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Add: I. a deep place Diópnis chaos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 53. Deópnysse voragine, An. Ox. 4340. IX. depth of meaning, mystery :-- Þæt ðám gódum ne sý oftogen seó gástlice deópnyss, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 5. Diópnise ríces heofna mysteria regni coelorum, Mt.

ealdor-leg

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-leg, es; n.
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Nelle ic lǽtan þé ǽfre unrótne æfter ealdorlege mínre ( after my life's course is ended ) geweorðan, Gú, 1234

ge-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrde, adj.
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In agreement with (gen. cf. (?) ge-weorþan (with gen.) ; I a γ, b γ, c γ, 2 c γ), making acknowledgement of Him man wearp uppan ꝥ hé scolde beón ðes cinges swica and hé was ðas gewyrde ( he was in agreement with this i. e. he admitted the charge.

græft

(n.)
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Voc. i. 75, 24: celatura, i. sculptura, ii. 130, 58. Græftas emblemata, uarietates, uasa uarię sculpta, An. Ox. 50, 26. Ísenum græftum carpenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 77. On heora græftum in sculptilibus suis, Ps. L. 77, 58: Ps. Vos. 105, 36.

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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Voc. ii. 98, 12. Hridder capisterium, 92, 3: 19, 38.

Italia

(n.)
Grammar
Italia, e, an (Latin forms also occur) ; f.
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Th. ii. 498, 24), Hml. S. 31, 12. Hé gefór on Italie (cf. in Italiam, l, ii; S. 50, 24), Ors. S. 2, 3. Hié sendon on Italie æfter Hannibale. . . he sceolde Italiam forlǽtan, 4, lo; S. 200, 30-33.

leóþ

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Voc. ii. 23, 24) carmine rythmico i numerali, Hpt. Gl. 415, 55. Sigarlic (þæt sigorlice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 49) leóþ hé sinþ carmen triumphale decantet, An. Ox. 1347.

wandung

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Add: e; f. a turning aside from a task. v. wandian ; <b>II a.</b> Tó þám cyninge ic mé dæghwámlíce bútan ǽlcre wandunge ( sine intermissione) tó gebidde, Chrd. 99, 19. feeling of respect. v. wandian ; <b>II b.

wæter-flód

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-flód, es; m. n.

A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b

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On wæterflódum in aquoso, 62, 2

hár-hune

(n.)
Grammar
hár-hune, [and hár hune], an; f.

Horehoundmarrubium vulgare

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Rómáne marubium nemnaþ and eác angle háre hune the Romans name it marrubium, the English also call it horehound, Herb. 46; Lchdm. i. 148, 14. Genim ða háran hunan take horehound, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 24.

Linked entry: hune

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soakto steep in a liquidto soakto lie in a liquid

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. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.

torn-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
torn-wyrdan, p. de

To address abusive words toto vituperate

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: Uxores eorum obviam occurrunt, orant, in praelium revertantur: cunctantibus obscoena corporis ostendunt, quaerentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere), Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 2

Linked entry: torn-word

cíle

Grammar
cíle, l. cile,
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On cele in frigore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 9. Cyle algore, Wülck. Gl. 254, 42. Sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 11. For ungemetlicum cyle, 33, 4; F. 130, 34: Lch. ii. 56, 17: Hml. S. 31, 60. On middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse, Hml.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Th. i. 318, 19. Wíf ꝥ bið be (vivente viro), ánum were ii. 158, 5.

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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To please Ic lícige placebo, Ps. Spl, T. 114, 9.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

cýs-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-wuce, an; f. [cýse cheese, wuce a week]

Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ

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In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order, which only were known in England before the Conquest.

ǽren

brazensounding as brass, tinkling(?)

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Voc. ii. 122, 45

cneów-holen

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-holen, cneó-holen, es; m. n?

KNEEHOLMknee-hulverknee-hollybutcher's broom;ruscumvictoriolaruscus aculeatusLin

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M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 10: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 9: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 15: iii. 4, 29: 30, 14. Wyrc to drence twá cneówholen make into a drink the two knee-hollies L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 8

Linked entries: cneó-holen holen

ge-tilian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tilian, -tilgan; p. ode; pp. od.

to strive afterto get by strivingto obtainprocureacquireacquīrĕreto treat a patient;curāre

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Hæbbe ic þearfe ðæt ic ðíne hyldo getilge I have need that I acquire thy grace, Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 8; Hy. 4, 29.

Linked entry: ge-teolod