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be-heáfdung

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Beheáfdunge underhnígan capitalem sententiam subire, An. Ox. 3042

clǽnsung

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Add: , clǽsnung. physical. cleansing from dirt Clǽnsunga purgamenta (latrinarum ), An. Ox. 3918. cleansing from impurity, disease Clǽsnunga and swiling tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3.

ge-swingan

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Gl. 713: tortus, An. Ox. 46, 48: cesum, i. percussum, 10

ge-syndrian

(v.)
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I. 56, 9, and add On eallum stówum yld ná sí gesindrod (discernatur) on endebyrdnesse, 105, 6.

hand-stoc

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Substitute: A sleeve Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14. Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, 20.

heofon-cyning

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-cyninga, and add: of the first person of the Trinity Heofoncyninges lof singað Ceraphin, El. 748: An. 723. Hefoncyninges, Gen. 659. Hé hnigon mid heáfdum heofoncyninge, 237.

læfer

Grammar
læfer, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: In local names Ad uadum qui uocatum Leuerford, C. D. i. 64, 12. Leuuremer Livermere (in Suffolk), iv. 245, 30. Cf. Liversedge, Liverpool; cf. eá-lifer. Add Læfer lamina (auri), An. Ox. 2, 26. Læfrum petalis (deauratis ), 5497.

mid-gesíþ

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Napier (An. Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable.

on-scógan

(v.)
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Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an

Linked entries: an-sceón an-scód

yfel-lic

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Add: Poor, mean, common. of persons Án yfellic (wáclic, v. l.) man homuncio , Gr. D. 7, 24.

ǽnes

(adv.)
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ǽnes, adv.

Once.

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Similar entries cf. ǽne, I Ǽnes ic swór semel juravi, Ps. L. 88, 36. Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes, Ll. Th. i. 38, 13.

Linked entry: ǽne

ge-cennan

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give it more fully, Angl. ix. 265, 13. with object In regula suindrig án éghwelc ðá ne habbas in óðrum gecendon in canone propria unusquisque quae non habentur in aliis ediderunt, Mt. p. 3, 17. with object and complementary adj.

cyrr

(n.)
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cyrr, cerr, cirr, cierr,es ; m.

A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium

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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.

Linked entries: cerr cier

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
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un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Indivisible, inseparable Ánfeald and untódǽledlíc simplex indivisumque natura, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 10: 34, 7; Fox 144, 19. Hí ðrý án God untódǽledlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 15: 248, 9: 500, 29. Ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse weorc is ǽfre untódǽledlíc, 498, 35.

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
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wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

wíd-wegas

(n.)
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wíd-wegas, pl. m.
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Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas, Beo. Th. 1684; An. 840. Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704. Cf. síd-wegas

ceósan

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Add Ceóseþ legit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

hæferblǽte

(n.)
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hæferblǽte, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>hæfer-blǽte</b> (-a), an; f. (m.) A snipe, or bittern (?) (the word translates bicoca and bugium) Hraebreblétae, hebreblétae, hæbrebléte bicoca, Txts. 44, 2. Hæferblǽte vel pur, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42: 280, 28 : ii. 11. 7.

Linked entry: -blǽta

nædre

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nædre, l. nǽdre,
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and add Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre, seó wæs ungemetlíce micel ( serpens mirae magnitudinis ), and þá men ealle ofslóg þe néh ðǽm wætre cóman, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 4. Sió nǽdre . . . lǽrde Euan on wóh.

gár-æcer

(n.)
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gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on ánne góran; andlanges ðǽre fyrh . . . on áne gáræcer . . . and se gáræcer in on ðæt land . . . tó twám gáræcer[urn]