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bylda

(n.)
Grammar
bylda, an; m.

a house ⬩ A BUILDER ⬩ ædificator

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[ Similar entries bold a house] A BUILDER; ædificator Sum biþ bylda til hárn to habbanne one is a good builder to raise a house, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 29; Crä. 75

Linked entry: byldan

be-clemman

(v.)
Grammar
be-clemman, p. de ; pp. ed

To fetter ⬩ bind ⬩ tie ⬩ inclose ⬩ glue together ⬩ BECLAM ⬩ vincire ⬩ includere ⬩ glutinare

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To fetter, bind, tie, inclose, glue together, BECLAM; vincire, includere, glutinare Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he inclose it. with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Beclæmed glutinatus, Lye

Linked entry: be-clæmed

tæl-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-mearc, e; f.

A date

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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849

preóst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
preóst-lic, adj.
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Seofon preóstlice tíde septem canonice horę, 426, 866

Sardinie

(n.)
Grammar
Sardinie, pl.

The Sardinians,

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The Sardinians, the people or the island of Sardinia Hú Sardinie wunnon on Rómáne, Ors. 4, 7, tit.; Swt. 4, 16. On Sicilium and on Sardinium ðǽm íglondum, 4, 7; Swt. 164, 23

un-gescrépu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gescrépu, un-gescrépo; f. or un-gescrépe; n.

Inconvenience ⬩ an inconvenient thing

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Inconvenience, an inconvenient thing Mid ðý ðá se foresprecena bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo woon (ðyllíce ungéscrǽpo wonn ?) cum tempore non pauco frater praefatus tali incommodo laboraret, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 22

ymb-tyrnan

(v.)
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to turn round Feówer and twéntig tída beóð ágáne, ǽr ðan ðe heó beó ǽne ymbtyrnd, Lchdm. iii. 254, 15. to surround Mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede circumlutus locus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15

hærfest

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Saints' day winter time captures autumn, Men. 140-204] :-- Tó hærfestes emnihte, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 21. On hærfeste gefór se here on Miercna lond, 877 ; P. 74, 21,, Wé weorðiaí heáhengles tiid on hærfeste, Michaheles, Men. 177.

tennan

(v.)
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&

on-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
on-ryne, es; m.

a running on, course ⬩ a running on or against, an attack

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a running on, course Onryne tíde cursu temporis, Hymn. Surt. 36, 8. a running on or against, an attack Ne ðé ǽniges yfeles onryne (anryne, MS. H. ) dereþ, Lchdm. i. 328, 1, MS. B

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessen ⬩ abbreviare, minuere ⬩ to become short, be lessened, fail

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Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Gif drihten ðás dagas ne gescyrte ... he gescyrte ða dagas nisi breviasset dies ... breviavit dies, Mk. Bos. 13, 20.

Linked entries: ge-scert scyrtan

þrowere

(n.)
Grammar
þrowere, es; m.

a sufferer ⬩ a sufferer for religion ⬩ a martyr

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Sce Ciricius tíd ðæs þroweres, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ðrowres, Rtl. 50, 15. Ðrowre martyrem, 2. Monge Godes þrowera, Exon. Th. 113, 5; Gú. 153: 111, 25; Gú. 132. Ðrowara ðínra martyrum tuorum, Rtl. 63, 16, 34. Ðrowerana, 44, 32.

ge-rǽcan

Grammar
ge-rǽcan, <b>; I 3 a.</b> add: to attain (cf.
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21

midne-dæg

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On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add

tó-hlídan

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On þám sixtan dæge æt þére sixtan tíde dæges þes heofon tóhlýt fram eástdǽle oþ þæne westðǽl, Verc. Först. 133, 2. Þá tóhlád se hróf þæs gebedhúses aperto tecto oratorii, Gr. D. 275, 16. Add

seofoþa

(num.; adj.)

seventh

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.: ðý siofunda, Rush.) tíde, Jn. Skt. 4, 52. Óþ ðone seofoþan (tó ðæm seofunda, Lind.: siofund, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 26. On ðone seofeþan dæg, Gen. 2, 2

líc-þegnung

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Add: — Ðǽr wæs sumre tide ylding tó gefyllanne þá lícþénunge his bebyrginge (þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan, v. l.) cum mcm esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5. Hé é

mis-lícness

Grammar
mis-lícness, mist-lícness, e; f.

Diversity ⬩ variety

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Ðás ylcan mislícnyssa ðæra foresǽdra tída, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 12

scín-lǽc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽc, scín-lǽce, -lác; adj.

Magical ⬩ phantasmal

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L.) nædran, Ors. 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Álésedo from ǽlcum ongifeht scínelácum libera ab omni inpugnatione fantasmatica, Rtl. 98, 26

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity

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Skt. 2, 7. temporal, space of time Næhtes rúme noctis spatio, Rtl. 36, 35.

Linked entry: rúmian