þá
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Hwá mæg áuht óþres cweþan bútan ðú wǽre se gesǽligesta, ðá ðú mé wǽre ǽr leóf þonne cúþ, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 26. <b>III a.
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 5: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6. Of ðære tíde úhtsanges ex tempore matutinae synaxeos, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 13: Shrn. 94, 32. Hwá áwecþ ðé tó úhtsancge ( ad nocturnos )? Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 27.
líf
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D. iii. 117, 25 (in Dict. ) the active pleasures or pursuits of the world Ǽghwylc ælda bearna forliéte ídle lustas, lǽne lífes wynne, Sch. 100. phrases with prepositions, on lífe alive Nis ǽni man on lífe þe ǽfre gehýrde . . . Ll.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Siþþan wé hit hátaþ wyrd, syððan hit geworht biþ; ǽr hit wæs Godes foreþonc. Ða wyrd hé wyrcþ oþþe þurh ða gódan englas, oþþe . . ., 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5-23.
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MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Voc. 72, 45 : Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 51. Hwylc þyncþ ðé ðæt sý ðæs mǽg ðe on ða sceaðan befeóll quis videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidet in latrones? Lk. Skt. 10, 36. Meig contribulius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 26. Meeg, Ep. Gl. 6 f, 17.
hwanan
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Ongitan hwæt hié send, and hwonan hí send, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 5. ' Wást ðú hwonan ǽlc wuht cóme?' 'Ic wát ǽlc wuht fram Gode cóm, 5, 3; F. 12, 21. Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócen, An. 683.
a-gyltan
To fail in duty ⬩ to commit ⬩ become guilty ⬩ offend ⬩ sin against ⬩ delinquere ⬩ committere ⬩ admittere ⬩ peccare
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Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41. Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut delinquat in semet ipso, Ps. Spl. 35, 1. Agyltan wið to offend or sin against.
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á-uht
Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid
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Aught, anything; aliquid Eálá, ðæt on eorþan áuht fæstlíces weorces ne wunaþ ǽfre alas, that on earth aught of permanent work does not ever remain, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 32; Met. 6, 16.
CLÆMAN
To CLAM, smear, anoint ⬩ linere
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To CLAM, smear, anoint; linere Ic clæme lino, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1. Som. 30, 35. Ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce and clæmst wiðinnan and wiðútan mid tyrwan mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus, Gen. 6, 14.
fæder-líc
Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral ⬩ patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus
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Sume syndon patronimica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman some are patronymics, which are fatherly nouns, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 52
for-screncan
To supplant ⬩ overcome ⬩ oppress ⬩ cast down ⬩ supplantāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ elīdĕre
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Forscrenct elīsa vel dejecta, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 36; Wrt. Voc. 45, 68. Crist arǽrþ ða forscrenctan Christ raises the oppressed, Homl. Th. ii. 414. 23
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lícham-
Bodily
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Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6. Seó stów ðe Drihten líchomlíce néhst on stód on middangearde, Blickl. Homl. 125, 15. Hié hine líchomlíce gesáwon they saw him with their bodily eyes, 135, 19.
mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.
big-gyrdel
A belt, girdle ⬩ a purse, public purse, treasury ⬩ zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus
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Bígerdel saccus, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 68; Wrt. Voc. 16, 41. Cyninges [MS. kinges] gafoles bígerdel saccus vel fiscus, 65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63. Biggyrdel fiscus vel saccus publicus, 17; Som. 58, 94; Wrt. Voc. 22, 11
ge-frægen
Heard of ⬩ known
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Heard of, known Egsa mára, ðonne from frumgesceape gefrægen wurde ǽfre on eorðan greater terror than was ever heard of on earth since the creation, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 28; Cri. 840.
syn-líc
Sinful
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Sinful Hé sceal scyldan cristenum mannum wið ǽlc ðara þinga ðe synlíc biþ, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 24. Anbúgan tó nánum fúllícum and synlícum luste, Past. 14; Swt. 83, 15. Fyrenlusta and synlícra dǽda á má and má, Wulfst. 56, 7.
un-cweþende
not having speech ⬩ not having a voice ⬩ inanimate
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not having speech Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, Salm.
wídan
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Ælfc. P. 26, 28; Th. ii. 374, 7, 22. Ðæt wæs háligdóm se mǽsta of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23
wlátian
To cause a person ⬩ loathing
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To cause a person (acc.) loathing Mé wlátaþ nauseo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Zup. 158, 7. Ús wlátaþ for ðisum mete anima nostra nauseat super cibo isto, Num. 21, 5. Ðonne hié mete þicgeaþ and drincaþ, ðonne wlátaþ hié, Lchdm. ii. 220, 5.
beorg
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L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 5. Cumulus, i. tumulus, apex, aceruus, coaceruatio beorg, Wlck. Gl. 216, 26: An.