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seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24.

Linked entry: hwanne

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22. Cf. winter-getæl

BINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BINDAN, to bindenne; ic binde, ðú bindest, bintst, binst, he bindeþ, bint, pl. bindaþ; p. ic, he band, bond, ðú bunde, pl. bundon; pp. bunden; v. a.

To BIND, tie ⬩ ligare, alligare

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Úser Hǽlend [MS. hælendes] wæs bunden fæste our Saviour was bound fast, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 5; Dóm. 66

Linked entries: a-búnden band

ferend

(n.)
Grammar
ferend, es; m. [part. of feran]

A traveller ⬩ messenger ⬩ sailor ⬩ peregrīnātor ⬩ nuncius ⬩ nauta

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Him ða ferend on fæste wuniaþ the sailors firmly rest on him, 97 a; Th. 361, 25; Wal. 25

un-swiciende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swiciende, un-swicigende; adj.

Unfailing ⬩ that does not deceive ⬩ loyal

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Ðæt ðú wið Waldend heólde fæste treówe; seó ðé freoðo sceal weorðan áwa tó aldre unswiciendo, Cd. Th. 204, 25; Exod. 424

Linked entry: swician

nép

(adj.)
Grammar
nép, adj.

Lacking ⬩ scanty

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Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges nép the force of the Egyptians was fast fettered in death, they could make no advance (when they were overwhelmed in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word

mynster-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stede, es; m.
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.

sam-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-rád, adj.

Harmonious, united

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Harmonious, united Se cræftga geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ ðæt hí hiora freóndscipe forþ on symbel untweófealde treówa gehealdaþ sibbe samráde the mighty one unites societies firmly, so that for ever they continue to maintain their friendship, faith sincere

in-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
in-beódan, p. -beád; pp. -boden

To announce ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim

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To announce, declare, proclaim Inboden fæsten indicto jejunio, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9. 5

stíga

(n.)
Grammar
stíga, (?), an; m.: stíge (?), an; f.
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A path Faestin vel ánstígan, festin (-s, MS.) vel ánstíga termofilas, Txts. 104, 1042

mæsse-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-hrægel, es; n.

A surplice

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A surplice Se sacerd scolde beón fæste bewǽfed on bǽm sculdrum mid ðæm mæssehrægle in utroque humero sacerdos velamine superhumeralis adstringitur, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 9.

campung

(n.)
Grammar
campung, e; f.
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Ic mid þín wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande and for þínre campunga ( a better reading is: for ðé campige. v. Bl. N. 5, 40), Bl. H. 225, 34

abbadisse

(n.)
Grammar
abbadisse, abbodisse, abbatisse, abbudisse, abedisse, an; f. [abbad an abbot, isse a female termination, q. v.]

An abbess ⬩ abbatissa

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An abbess; abbatissa Riht is ðæt abbadissan fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbesses dwell closely in their nunneries, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30: L. Const.

Linked entries: abbodyse abbudisse abedisse

beó

I am or shall be ⬩ be thou ⬩ sum ⬩ ero ⬩ sis

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I am or shall be, be thou; sum, ero, sis Gefultuma me fæste, ðonne beó ic fægere hál adjuva me, et salvus ero Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ic beó ero Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 29. Beó ðú sis: Beó he sit 32; Som. 36, 30 : Beo. Th. 777; B. 386

BLÉGEN

(n.)
Grammar
BLÉGEN, e; f.

A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer ⬩ pustula, ulcus

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A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer; pustula, ulcus Wið ða blégene, genim nigon ægra and seóþ híg fæste for blains, take nine eggs and boil them hard, Lchdm. i. 380, 1. Wið ða blacan blégene against black blains, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 21

þridæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þridæg-líc, adj.

Lasting three days

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Lasting three days Þreodæglíc fæsten jejunium triduanum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bed ⬩ grave

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Sceal ðis sáwelhús legerbedde fæst wunian wælræste, Exon. 47 b; Th. 164, 2; Gú. 1005: Beo. Th. 2019; B. 1007

be-bindan

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Dó on cláþ, bebind fæste, Lch. ii. 34, 25. Bebinde genóh wearme, 270, 9. Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add

be-streðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-streðan, be-streþþan, -streþian (-stryþ-); p. ede

To bestrew ⬩ scatter over ⬩ cover

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Þas geweorc stondað stíðlíce, bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 87. Substitute:

cryppan

(v.)
Grammar
cryppan, p. te
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Ðonne þé æpples lyste, þonne cryp þú þínne swíbran þúman tó middewearde þínre handa and befóh hine mid þínum fingre and rǽr up þíne fǽste, 124, 15

Linked entry: ge-cryppan

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