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býdel

(n.)
Grammar
býdel, es; m. [beódan to bid, order, proclaim] .
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one who bids or cries out, a herald, proclaimer, minister; præco, nuncius Býdel præco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 41: Wrt. Voc. 84, 40. Se Godes býdel a messenger of God, minister, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 2.

Linked entry: bǽdel

ge-settan

(v.)
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. ¶ of the operations of the Deity :-- On ðám feórðan dæge gesette se Ælmihtiga ealle tungla. Hml. Th. i. 100, 9. Ealle gesceafte hé gesette on siex dagum, Gú. 22.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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E. 231, 2. to remove impurity from an object Wé oft ágyltað; þonne sculon wé on þǽre forhæfdnesse ... ꝥ geclǽnsian, Bl. H. 35, 17

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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Chaucer uses heysugge (-sogge, -soke) of the sparrow: Thou (the cuckoo) mordrer of the heysugge, Parl. of F. 612. Heges-sugge (q. v.) is used to gloss the same word, vicetula as sucga does.] Sucga, sugga, suca ficetula, Txts. 62, 422. Sucga, Wrt.

Linked entry: sugga

ge-sweorcan

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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.

ge-wealdes

(adv.)
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of deliberate, voluntary action, intentionally, of one's own accord Hý fúl ne friðian willes ne gewealdes, Ll. Th. i. 162, 26. Nǽfre willes ne gewealdes ówiht dón, 178, 6.

wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
wæcnan, p. ede

To wakenarisespring

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Of idese biþ eafora wæcned, Cd. Th. 144, 20; Gen. 2392. Þat ter walde wakenen of wif and weres somninge worldes weole, H. M. 31, 5. Þu art walle of waisdom, ant euch wunne wakeneð ant waxeð of þe, Marh. 11, 1. He began to wakne, Havel. 2164.

Linked entry: a-wacnian

ofer-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, occupy, take possession ofto desist from, abstain from

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Wit sculon secge ofersittan we shall abstain from the sword, not make use of swords, 1372; B. 684. [Cf. Prompt. Parv. ovyrsyttynge of dede or time omissio]

canceler

(n.)
Grammar
canceler, es; m.
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A chancellor; cancellarius Se cyng Willelm betǽhte Rodbeard his cancelere ðæt biscopríce on Lincolne the king William transferred the bishopric of Lincoln to Robert his chancellor, Chr. 1093; Ing. 306, 7

dægréd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dægréd-líc, adj.

belonging to the morning, earlymatutinus, matutinalis

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Of or belonging to the morning, early;matutinus, matutinalis Fram heordnesse dægrédlíce a custodia matutina, Ps. Lamb. 129, 6. We sungon dægrédlíce lofsangas cantavimus matutinales laudes, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27

deáw-driás

(n.)
Grammar
deáw-driás, es; m? [dreósan to fall]

A fall of dew, dew-fall rōris cāsus

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A fall of dew, dew-fall; rōris cāsus Deáwdriás on dæge weorþeþ winde geondsáwen the dew-fall in day is scattered by the wind, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 17; Dan. 277

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoningfoolishmad

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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25

mótere

(n.)
Grammar
mótere, es; m.

One who addresses a meeting

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One who addresses a meeting Mótere vel maþelere concionator, i. locutor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 31. On mótera ford; of mótera forde andlang mótera lace. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 24

norþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþan-weard, adj.

Northward

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Northward Sanctus Paulus wæs geseónde on norþanweardne ðisne middangeard, Blickl. Homl. 209, 30. Ða Pyhtas geférdon ðis land norþanweard the Picts occupied the north of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13

Linked entry: súþan-weard

bord-rand

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rand, es; m.

The margin or disc of a shieldscuti margo

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[bord II. a shield, rand a rim, margin] The margin or disc of a shield; scuti margo Biorn bordrand onswáf the hero turned his shield's disc, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559

dox

(adj.)
Grammar
dox, dosc(?); adj.
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Of glæteriendum vel scylfrum híwe vel doxum flava specie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 21: An. Ox. 532 ( printed dexum, Hpt. Gl. 419, 24)

Linked entry: dohx

fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, foran-dæg, es; m.
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The early part of the day Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín (omnis homo primum bonum uinum ponit, Jn. 2, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 70, 26: Nap. 23. Substitute:

for-hogung

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Of forhogunge ex contemptu, Kent. Gl. 1167: Angl. xiii. 440, 1067: Scint. 203, 13. On forhogunge subsannationem, Ps. Spl. 43, 15. Add

heáfod-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽdre, e; f.

The cephalick vein

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The cephalick vein Lǽt him blód on ðam winestran earme of ðære heáfodǽdre let blood from the cephalick vein in his left arm, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 7

healseta

(n.)
Grammar
healseta, an; m.
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27