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crúc

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Se preóst mæssode be crúce, Vis. Lfc. 74. Add

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being

heals-fang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-fang, es; n.

'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'embracingto embrace

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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'

Linked entries: and-fang fang

ge-edbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to be born againto regeneratefacere ut aliquis renascaturregenerare

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To cause to be born again, to regenerate; facere ut aliquis renascatur, regenerare Ðonne he unc hafaþ geedbyrded óðre síðe when he hath caused us two to be born again a second time, Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 30; Seel. 100

Linked entry: ed-byrdan

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Sý ágifen be emnihte oððe latest be ealra hálgena mæssan let it be paid by the equinox, or at latest by All-Hallows' Mass, Wulfst. 208, 5

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun, þrop, ðrop conpetum, Txts. 53, 557: Wrt

Linked entry: þrop

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Th ii. 130, 28 : Beo. Th. 1653; B. 824

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Be muneca reste. Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R. Ben. 47, 2. ; a place of rest, resting-place; Ðú eart seó séfte ræst sóðfæstra, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 34.

Linked entries: ræst reste

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Fram unclǽnum gáste swenced beón ab immundo spiritu vexari, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11. Mid ða ádle swenced affectus incommodo, 4, 31; S. 610, 21.

ge-sacan

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If eówan could here be intransitive. like the compound æt-eówan, gesacu and ecghete would be parallel

ge-híran

(v.)
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Áhyld ðín eáre tó ðæs wǽdlan béne, þæt God eft ðíne stemne gehýre, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 19. Heora béna wǽron æt Gode gehýrede, Bl.

cídan

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Ben. 89, 14. to quarrel Cídde altercaretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 62: 5, 61. Getugun ł cédun litigabant, Jn. R. 6, 52

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Ben. 9, 4. On ǽlcum þingum hié sceolon habban ðone regol tó láreówe, 15, 20. Benedictus nam ðone hálgan regol ðe hé mid his handum áwrát, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 66

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

a-cealdian

(v.)
Grammar
a-cealdian, p. ode; v. intrans.

To be or become coldalgerefrigescere

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To be or become cold; algere, frigescere, Past. 58, 9

æmtigean

(v.)

to be at leisure

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to be at leisure, Ælfc. Gf. 33; Som. 37, 14

singend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
singend-líc, adj.
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That may be sung Singendlíce cantabiles, Ps. Spl. 118, 54

Buccingahám-scír

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Innon Buccinghámscíre be Cilternes efese, C.D. iv. 232, 32. Add

eácniend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
eácniend-lic, eácnigend-lic; adj.
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To be increased For eácniendlicum pro augendis, An. Ox. 1078

ge-wísness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wísness, e; f.
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Teaching Be lǽcecræftes gewísnesse peri didaxeon, Lch. iii. 82, 2

Linked entry: wísness

ge-wæstmbǽrian

(v.)
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to be fruitful; fecundare, multiplicare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 48