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be-standan

(v.)
Grammar
be-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detainadstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere

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To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain; adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere Him bestande man adstet quis ei L. Alf. P. 48; Th. ii. 384, 35.

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á-sittan

to sit upto remain sittingto be agroundto reduce by siegeto be apprehensive afraid

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Hé nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ hé upp ásǽte. Gr.

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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Ne oferfar þú ná Iordanen, swá swá gewuna syut of eówrum mynstrum tó farenne, Hml. S. 23 b, 614. of things, customary, usual Gewearð se micla moncwealm on Róme; ná swá hit gewuna (or substantive?)

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weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Hé wearð on micelre untrumnesse, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Wurdon ealle þá gebróþor on þǽm Arianiscan gedwolan, 6, 31; S. 284, 15. (c 3) :-- Hanna mid eallum his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 26.

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood.

first

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

a raftera ceiling

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Fyrst on húse hoc tignum uel tigillum, An. Ox. 183, 92. Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9

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læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Ðará ánum ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta to one of them, though it were the least and the humblest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 22. Ðæt læste fæc parvissimum spatium, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20. Ðone læstan dǽl þunges the least bit of aconite, L.

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ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.

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ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 216, 34. rightly, properly (of arrangement or order) Þæt hié oncnéwen hú gelimplíce úre God on þǽm ǽrran tídum þá rícu sette ut iníelligant unum Deum disposuisse tempora, Ors. 2, I; S. 64, I.

forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Brokenfracturedworn outdecayedfractuscontrītus

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On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15.

in-stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
in-stæppan, p. te

To step inenter

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Insteppaþ oððe ingáþ on gesihþe his introite in conspectu ejus, 99, 2. On unscyldignysse mínre instæppende ic eom in innocentia mea ingressus sum, 25, 11. Hí sume gesáwon englas instæppende some of them saw angels entering, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 23

gleow

(n.)
Grammar
gleow, gleó, gliw, glig, es; n.

GLEEjoymusicmusical accompaniment of a songmirthjestingsportgaudiummusicafacetiæmimusludibrium

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And gegaderade, gleowe sungon, on ðæra manna midle geongra, on tympanis, togenum strengum conjuncti psallentibus, in medio juvenum tympanistriarum, Ps. Th. 67, 24: Cot. 84. v. Grm. D. M, 854

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biblioþéce

Grammar
biblioþéce, bibliþéca.

a librarythe bible

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Add: a library Heora bibliþéca (bibliotheoco, v. l.) wærð onbærned . . . on heora bibliþécan forburnon IIII hund M bóca, Ors. 6, 14; Bos. 122, 19-23. Nime heora ǽlc sume bóc of þ ǽre bibliothécan, R.

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad. Similar entries v. for-cúþ (3 b) On þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost on þám mynstre, Gr. D. 34, 10

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weaxung

(n.)
Grammar
weaxung, e; f.

waxing, growing, increase increase of prosperity

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Nú hæfð se eádiga wer ús geopenod ymbe ðæs saltus weaxunge, 308, 40. increase of prosperity Eormas strange habban wexinge hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 198, 32. On húse his offrian wexingce oððe blisse hit getácnaþ, 202, 21: 210, 4

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

sopa

(n.)
Grammar
sopa, an; m.

A sup, draught a sup, mouthful

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Súpe cú buteran .viii. morgnas .iii. sopan 294, 1. [ Þer (in hell) is o wateres flod . . . a þusen saulen beoþ bi sore ofþurst . . . ne moten heo biden neuer o sope Misc. 152, 169. Þyse renkeȝ schul neuer suppe on sope of my seve Allit.

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gódnes

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L. 127, 5. a good act or deed Hé þancode Gode eallra his gódnyssa, ꝥ hé hine gescylde ... and him sige forgeaf, Hml. S. 14, 163. Habban ús on handa úre leóhtfatu ꝥ sýn hálige weorc, on ælmesdǽdum and on eallum gódnessum, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 38.

deád-lícnys

(n.)
Grammar
deád-lícnys, -nyss, e; f.

Deadliness, mortalitymortalĭtas

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Deadliness, mortality; mortalĭtas Ðæt he dǽlnimend wǽre úre deádlícnysse that he was a partaker of our mortality, Homl. Th. i. 36, 34.

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