glíw-cynn
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a kind of music(?) On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)
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healre
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On healre dúne; of healre dúne, Cht. Crw. 4, 25. Tó healre mere; of healre mere, C. D. iii. 79, 1. Cf. In loco siluatici ruris usitato nomine hellere lége, i. 63, 9
heáh-altar
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A high altar Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod
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hnescian
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Add: intrans. To become soft Wylle ealle ðas rinda on háligwætere oð ðæt hý wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. trans. To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25
nirwan
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Add: to confine On díglum dimnessum tó nirewiende latibulis carceralibus artandum, An. Ox. 3145. to rebuke Ná neirwð (nirwed ?) hé non arguet, Ps. Rdr. 93, 10. Þú nyrwdest mann corripuisti hominem, 38, 12
orsorg-leás
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Without security, anxious Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bið ðǽre synfullan sáwle. For þan ne sceal nǽfre se crístena man beón orsorhleás (-lic ?), Verc. Först. 138. 16
scír-biscop
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Add: [Ic beode æc ꝥ se scyrbiscop ne seo swa dyrstlece ꝥ he ne hading ne haleging ne do on þis abbotrice buton seo abbot hit him bidde, Chr. 675; P. 36, 12.]
ofer-líðan
to cross
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to cross (water), sail across Ástígende on scipe oferláð transfretavit ðone sǽe. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 1: Shrn. 88, 28: Cd. Th. 200, 26; Exod. 362. Oferlíðan transire, transfretare, Hpt. Gl. 492, 50
smeá-wrenc
A crafty device, sharp trick
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A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc Chart. Th. 339, 8
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tó-liðian
To dismember, ⬩ disjoint
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To dismember, disjoint Ðá tóliðode se engel ðæt cild on ðam disce, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 18. Biþ ðæt heáfod tóhliden, handa tóliðode (-leoþode, Exon. Th. 373, 16), Soul Kmbl. 214; Seel. 109
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syde
A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled ⬩ seething ⬩ a decoction ⬩ the broth or water in which meat has been sodden.
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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3
frum-rípa
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Add: The verses on which the passage is based are Decimas tuas et primitias tuas non tardabis reddere; primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi. De bobus et ovibus similiter facies, Ex. 22, 29-30
self-sceaft
Self-shaping ⬩ spontaneous generation ⬩ applied to Adam, who had not father and mother
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523
seofonteópa
seventeenth
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seventeenth Se wæs seofonteogeþa fram Agusto, Bd. 1. 5; S. 476, 6. Ðý seofonteóþan dæge, 3, 24; S. 557, 12. On ðone seofenteóþan dæge ðæs mónþes, Gen. 7, 11. Seofontegðan, Shrn. 91, 32
slǽp-leást
Sleeplessness
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Sleeplessness Hine gedrehte singal slǽpleást. Homl. Th. i. 86, 16. Wið slǽpleáste, genym ðysse ylcan wyrte (poppy) wós, smyre ðone man mid; sóna ðú him ðone slép on senst. Lchdm. i. 158, 1
ge-edhiwod
To give another shape to
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To give another shape to Nelle gé beón geedhíwode þissere worulde ac beóð geedhí-wode on níwnysse andgytes eówres nolite conformari huic saeculo, sed reformamini in nouitate sensus uestri, Scint. 58, 3, 4
ge-fégednes
figure, shape
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Add: (i) figure, shape Figura is gecweden on Englisc híw oððe gefégednyss, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28
syn-byrðen
The burden of sin
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The burden of sin Hí synbyrþenne, firenweorc beraþ, Exon. Th. 79, 34; Cri. 1300. Ne þearf ðæs nán man wénan ðæt his líchama móte ða synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 31
DIM
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DIM, dark, obscure, hidden; obscūrus, tenebrōsus Ðes wída grund stód deóp and dim this wide abyss stood deep and dim, Cd. 5; Th. 7, 12; Gen. 105: 24; Th. 30, 36; Gen. 478. Nǽnegum þuhte dæg on þonce, gif sió dimme niht ǽr ofer eldum egesan ne brohte
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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To place, lodge, dispose, regulate; ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare God gelogode ðone man Deus posuit hominem, Gen. 2, 8 : Homl. Th. i. 12, 33. Ða geleáfullan folc híg sylfe gelogiaþ and heora líf for Gode the faithful folk dispose themselves
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