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bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, a book.
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Add Ðás hálgan beoc, Txts. 175, 7, 16. v. cneóres-bóc, cwid-bóc, færeld-bóc, freóls-bóc, frófor-bóc, geán-bóc, hálgung-bóc, heáls-bóc, lǽce-bóc, lár-bóc, mynster-bóc, nam-bóc, síþ-bóc, sumer-bóc

hyse-cild

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-cild, es; n.

A male child

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Beó hit hysecild beó hit mǽdencild sit masculus infans, sit femina, L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 21: L. M. cont. 2, 60; Lchdm. ii. 172, 17.

fóre-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sittan, part. -sittende; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit before or in frontto presidepræsĭdēre

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To sit before or in front, to preside; præsĭdēre Wæs fóresittende se Arcebiscop Þeodórus the Archbishop Theodore was presiding, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 25. Fóresittendum Theodóre præsĭdente Theodōro, 4, 17; S. 585, 24

hors-hirde

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Add: an ostler Ne ne sý þín horshyrde wǽpenleás neque sit tuus agason (= prouisor equorum) inermis, Hpt. 31, 12, 269. Horshierde mulio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 29. Horshiordas pabulatores, 116, 59. Horshyrdas, 67, 70

gál-smerc

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-smerc, adj. [smercian to smirk, smile]

Lightlaughinggigglingpĕtŭlans

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Light, laughing, giggling; pĕtŭlans Gyf se munuc ne biþ gálsmerc and eáðe and hræde on hleahtre si mŏnăchus non sit pĕtŭlans, et făcĭlis et proclīvis ad ridendum, R. Ben. 7

mamorian

(v.)
Grammar
mamorian, mamrian

to be deep in thought about anything

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[Somner gives mamerung dormitio, dormitatio : cf. later English mammering He sits now in a mammering, As one that minds it not. Halliw. Dict. q

be-foran

Grammar
be-foran, <b>A. I</b> 1 a.
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D. 296, 21. of rank Swá micle swá se bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27

eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðe, sup. eáðost. -ust; adv.

Easily, readily, soon, perhapsfacĭlĭtor

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We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861. Hwá mæg eáðost [eáðust MS. B.] ða dúru ontýnan who may most easily open the door? Salm. Kmbl. 71; Sal. 36: Cd. 174; Th. 219, 6; Dan. 50: Ps.

hion

(n.)
Grammar
hion, e; f.

A bone of the head [?]

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H. 93, 2; Th. i. 605, 12 si exterius os percussum sit

ceorl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-leás, adj.
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Without a husband, unmarried Ðæt wudewe sitte .xii. mónðas ceorl ǽs. Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3

god-þrymm

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Hwilc se godþrym sý þǽre écan Godes gesihþe quae sit majestas aeternae visionis Dei, Gr. D. 245, 10. Hé geyfelsacode þone naman þæs ælmihtigan godþrymmes majestatis nomen blasphemavit, 289, 22. Add

geard-steall

(n.)
Grammar
geard-steall, es; m.
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.: Icel. garð-staðr a hay-yard); or the site of a fence (?) Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8

Linked entry: hege-steall

Cumber-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cumber-land, Cumbra-land, Cumer-land , es; n. [Sim. Dun. Cumbreland: Hunt. Hovd. Brom. Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND; Cumbria

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CUMBERLAND; Cumbria Hér Eádmund cyning oferhergode eal Cumbraland in this year [A. D. 945] king Edmund overran all Cumberland, Chr. 945 ; Th. 212, 10 ; 213, 10, col. 1, 2: Cumberland, 213, 10, col. 3 . On ðisum geáre se cyning férde into Cumerlande [

Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land

mirrend

(n.)
Grammar
mirrend, es; m.
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Ná se hordere ná sí cystig oððe myrrent ǽhte neque cellarius prodigus sit aut stirpator monasterii, R. Ben. l. 62, 3

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Ic on neorxna wonge niwe asette treów mid telgum I planted in paradise a new tree with branches, Cd. 223; Th. 295, 5; Sat. 481. síþ asettan to make a journey; iter facere He in helle ceafl síþ asette he made his journey into the jaws of hell, Andr.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

a-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
a-cerran, p. -cerde; pp. -cerred

To turnreturnverterereverti

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To turn, return; vertere, reverti Úton acerran ðider ðǽr he sylfa sit, sigora waldend let us turn thither where he himself sitteth, the triumphant ruler, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 6; Sat. 217

Linked entries: a-cærran a-cerrednes

big-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
big-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit by or nearadsidere

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To sit by or near; adsidere Se bisceop ðæt geseah ðe him bigsæt the bishop who sat by him saw it; quo viso pontifex qui adsidebat, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 22

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

simbel

Grammar
simbel, In 1. 10 for incessablia 1. incessabilia, and add — Þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 20. Heó wunode á on symbel neáh Sancte Marian cyrican
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juxta beatae Mariae ecclesiam semper manebat, Gr. D. 283, 6

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád hé him, ðæt hé geara wiste, ðæt hé hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan hé þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9