slífan
To slip ⬩ put a garment on a person
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Sóna swá hé mid ðan hrægle swá miccles weres gegyred wæs, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 18. [Slive to dress carelessly, Cumb. A garment rumpled up about any part of the person is said to be slived. Sliver a snore slop worn by bankers or navigators, Linc.
ufan-weard
top of
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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18.
ge-wand
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Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.
of-lǽte
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Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð ꝥ þis lác sý Drihtne geoffrod for þám nunnum.' Gr. D. 153, 7.
brægdan
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to modulate; modulari Hí gehéraþ hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds modulate their songs, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 94; Met. 13, 47
frimdig
Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ inquisītīvus ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ requīrens
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Inquisitive, asking, desirous; inquisītīvus, desīdĕrans, requīrens Man him sóna funde, ðæs ðe he frimdig wæs one soon found for him, what he was desirous, Ælfc. T. 36, 13. Swá gé frimdie wǽron sīcat dīcĭtis, Ex. 12, 31.
mid-wist
The being with others ⬩ presence ⬩ society
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The being with others, presence, society Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present, Wulfst. 36, 2.
blǽstan
to blow ⬩ rush
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Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11
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fant-bæþ
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Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76
gearo-snotor
Very wise ⬩ valde săpiens
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Very wise; valde săpiens Gidda gearosnotor very wise in songs, Elen. Kmbl. 835; El. 418. Giedda gearosnottor, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 2; Cri. 713
Linked entry: gearu-snottor
gryndan
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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]
Eádbald
Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640
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Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent.
freó-bearn
One free-born ⬩ a noble child ⬩ prōles ingĕnua ⬩ fīlius nōbĭlis
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Freóbearn Godes the noble son of God, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 24; Cri. 643. Freóbearn wurdon alǽten líges gange the noble children were delivered from the course of the flame. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 19; Dan. 262
bisceop-sunu
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A spiritual son at confirmation (v. bisceopian) Gif hwá óðres godsunu sleá ... Gif hit biscepsunu sié, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20 (cf. In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22).
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Eafora æfter yldrum the son after the parents, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 1; Gen. 1129. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum I taught sons to obey their parents, Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.
irfe-stól
An hereditary seat
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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176
HYPE
The HIP ⬩ haunch
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Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night [Song of Sol. 3, 8], Blickl. Homl. 11, 18.
hreófla
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Dele passage from Bede, and add Ðá geslóh hine sóna se snáwhwíta hreófla ( statim orta est lepra in fronte ejus, 2 Chr. 26, 19), Hml. A. 58, 186. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319.
holh
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Gif þonne seó nǽdre befleáh hine in hwylc holh, gif hé þonne gebletsode þæs hóles múð mid þǽre halgan róde tácne, sóna ofer ꝥ wæs seó nǽdre getogen deád of þám hóle quem si quando serpens in foramine fugerit, signo cruces os foraminis benedicit, statimque
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.
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