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blæse

(n.)
Grammar
blæse, blase, an; f.

a BLAZE, flame ⬩ ardor, flamma ⬩ that which makes a blaze,- A torch, lamp ⬩ fax, facula, lampas ⬩ fax, lampas

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Similar entries v. bǽl-blase. that which makes a blaze,- A torch, lamp; fax, facula, lampas = λαμπάs Blæse fax, Greg. Dial. 2, 8: Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 33.

Linked entries: blysa blase

ge-béd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-rǽden, -rǽddenn,-réddenn, e; f.

The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces

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The office of prayer, prayer; precātiōnis offĭcium, prĕces Heó hí ealle eádmódlíce heora gebédrǽddenne bæd se omnium prĕcĭbus humĭlĭter commendāvit, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 34 : R. Ben. 52.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte Engleland, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 219, 27. to instigate, incite Stihte hí Byrhtnóð, bæd ðæt hyssa gehwylc hogode tó wíge, Byrht. Th. 135, 34 ; By. 127.

Linked entry: a-stihtan

sám-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-cwic, -cucu; adj.

Half-dead

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Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild. Homl. Th. ii. 150, 16

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garments ⬩ rent clothe ⬩ scrutum, pannucia ⬩ pannis, mastrugis ⬩ rag, clout

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Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8. Sume hí cuwon heora hætera some of them chewed their garments, 404, 5.

eást-norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-norþ, adv.
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North-east Ryhte be-eástan him sindon Bǽme, and eástnorþ sindon Þyringas, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 4: 8

dalmatice

(n.)
Grammar
dalmatice, an; f.
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A dalmatic Man álegde ofer þá bǽre his dalmatican ( dalmaticam ), . . . and sum man gehrán þǽre dalmatican, Gr. D. 329, 24

árfæstnes

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Hé bæd ðone ælmihtigan for his árfæstnysse ꝥ hé þám preóste gemiltsode, Hml. S. 6, 167: 30, 350. Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, þæt hé ne árige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum, Wlfst. 59, 16

cyne-helm

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Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R. Ben. I. 31, 14. the crown, royal power Ealle ðá gyltes ðá belimpeð tó míne kinehelme ( ad regiam coronam meam ), C.

fór-mete

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Sum óðer wegférend bær fórmete (mettas tó þicgenne in þám wege, v. l.) alter viator sumendos cibos in itinere portabat, Gr. D. 128, 10. Se ríca berð máre þonne hé behófige tó his fórmettum. Hml. Th. i. 254, 30. Add

plega

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anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne cnapan geond þá strǽte yrnan, sé wæs mid ele gesmerod, and bær

swǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽlan, p. de
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Onǽl ł swǽl ł bærn lændenu ure renes Ps. Lamb. 25, 2. Hé sende of heofonum swǽlende lég, Wulfst. 213, 6

líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líc, ; adj.
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21

þeów-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-níd, e; f.

Violence or force that enslaves or subdues ⬩ oppression ⬩ enslavement

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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga (Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd(þreánýd), (Exon.

gást-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gást-leás, adj.

Lifeless ⬩ dead ⬩ exănĭmis ⬩ mortuus

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Lifeless, dead; exănĭmis, mortuus Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre, gingne, gástleásne they brought a dead man on a bier, young, lifeless, Elen. Kmbl. 1746; El. 875

ge-nyhtsumnes

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hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. a condition of plenty Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. a sufficiency, sufficient supply Sum him mid bær

firen-lic

Grammar
firen-lic, (fyrn-).

flagitious ⬩ criminal ⬩ gross ⬩ grievous

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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C. D. iv. 51, 33.

Linked entry: fern-lic

midde-winter

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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22.

líþ

(n.)
Grammar
líþ, es; n.
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Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31