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of-hreówan

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Ofhreów þám hálgan þæs haran frecednyss, Hml. S. 31, 1060. Hé wæs tó þám earmheort ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire dreórinesse, Gr. D. 18, 13. Add: with dat. of pers. only Gode ofhreów ðá and cwæð tó ðám engle, Hml. S. 13, 254.

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Maskell's Monumenta Ritualia, i. cii Ðæt synd ða hálgan béc ... sangbóc ..., L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13. Mæssepreóst sceal habban ... sang-bóc ..., L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 1. Nú sindon ðǽr ( in the church at Exeter) ii. fulle sangbéc.

ge-ánlǽcan

(v.)

to uniteuniteTo join togetherto get together, collect, assemble

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Hé wearð geánlǽht mid geleáfan tó ðám hálgan were, 19, 103. Geán-lǽht ascissitur (militonum catenis), An. Ox. 4178. Wǽron þá fyrmestan heáfodmenn Hinguar and Hubba, geánlǽhte, þurh deófol, Hml. S. 32, 30. intrans.

ge-settan

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</b> to put a thing in a certain position. to put as representative, put for On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, Hml. Th. L 612, 12. to put off, away Nathan ... hym of gesette þone naman Tyrus, Hml. A. 184, 87

siþ-fæt

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Þara rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced, and þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod uia justorum recta facta est, ei iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S 2, 62. On síðfætum þínum in semitis tuis, Ps. L. 16, 5

eardian

(v.)
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Hú good is ꝥ mon eardige on ðára gebróðra ánnesse quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, 139, 30. of the unborn child in the womb On þám hálgan breóstum hé eardode nigon mónaþ, Bl.

ge-deorf

(n.)
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Ðá hremmas flugon . . . and se hálga his geswinces breác, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13-20. trouble, laborious effort, difficulty &#39;Micel gedeorf bið mé þæt ic míne feónd lufige.

tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter,break to pieces,crush,bruise

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Ætslád se hálga wer . . . swá ðæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, 512, 12. Sum cild beam under ánum yrnendum hweóle and wearð tó deáðe tócwýsed, 26, 25: 166, 20. Tócwýsed hreód arundinem quassatam, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20.

a-þweán

(v.)
Grammar
a-þweán, ic -þweá, -þweah, ðú -þweahst, -þwyhst, -þwehst, he -þwyhþ, -þwehþ, pl. -þweáþ ; p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógon; pp. -þwegen [a from, out; þweán = þweahan to wash]

To wash outto washcleansebaptizeanointabluerelucrelavarebaptizareunguere

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He þegnas mid ða hálgan wyllan fulluht-bæðes aþwóh milites sacrosancto fonte abluebat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 13 : 3, 7; S. 529, 14 : 1, 7; S. 478, 41. Wætere aþwegen and bebaðod lotus aqua, 1, 27; S. 496, 17 : 4, 19; S. 588, 9.

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristanecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

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leornung-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-cniht, es; m.

scholardisciple

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Ðá undergeat se preóst ðæt hé ne mihte ðone hálgan wer líchamlíce ácwellan, and wolde ðá his leorningcnihta sáwla fordón, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 30

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
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v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructedwithout hindrancefreeimmunis

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Unobstructed, without hindrance, free; the term is used of land that after several lives was to revert to the grantor, and seems to render the word immunis in the Latin charters On ða gerád, weorce hé ðæt hé weorce, ðæt ðæt land seó unforworht intó ðære hálgan

wiþer-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-hycgende, adj.
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Ongan meldigan helle hinca ðone hálgan wer, wiðerhycgende, Andr. Kmbl. 2345; An. 1174. Ðú (the devil) scealt, wiðerhycgende (the adversary of God and man ), wergðu dreógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1900; El. 952.

Linked entry: wiþ-hycgan

ciric-sceat

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ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
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., and add Gange ǽgðer ge cyricsceat ge teóðunge intó þám hálgan mynstre, Cht. E. 236, 2. Freoh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreóm þingum, án is circsceat, C. D. ii. 400, 29.

Eáster-lic

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On þá hálgan eásterlicon tíd, Ll. i. 244, 3. Þá eásterlican dagas, Bl. H. 35, 31. v. Eáster, Æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, Angl. viii. 330, 6

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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On ðære hálgan Rómánisce cyricean, 1, 27; S. 489, 33. Fram ðam Rómániscan Pápan, 2, 20; S. 522, 19. Ealde Rómánisce weorce geworhte, 1, 33; S. 498, 31. Gúþlác ys on Rómánisc belli munus, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 10, 24.

wrǽþþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþþu, (-o); indecl. : wrǽþþ, e; f.

wrathangerinjury

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Hæbbe hé Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart. Erl. 253, 14. injury Ðú in wrǽððo giscildnise tu in injuria defensio, Rtl. 105, 9

ge-efenlǽcung

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Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his geefenlǽcunge ( according to whom he imitates ); gif hé geeuenlǽcð Gode on gódum weorcum hé bið Godes bearn gecíged; gif hé geeuenlǽcð deófle ... hé bíð deófles bearn, Hml.

ge-impian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-impian, p. od
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To engraft; fig. to introduce into, mingle in Ðonne hwelc æfter hálgum háde hine selfne fæstlíce geimpað on eorðlicum weorcum cum quilibet post sanctitatis habitum terrenis se actibus inserit, Past. 133, 25.

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