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bissextus

(n.)
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bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . . Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on ðám geáre tódæg sexta kl. Martii, and eft on merigen sexta kl. Martii, Lch. iii. 262, 7-18.

Linked entry: bises

draca

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Ðes draca fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9. Dracan gypsam (-um, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 69: 41, 41. Ðeósterfulle wununga mid dracum áfyllede, Hml. Th. i. 68, 5. Add

ealneg

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Hé nǽfre ne besyhð tó ðǽre úplican áre, ac ealneg (ealne weg, v. l. ) fundað tó ðisum eorðlicum, Past. 66, 15: 395, 29. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4.

eást-ríce

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Constantinopolis is ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes et totius caput Orientis est, 3, 7; S. 116, 13. Asia on eástríce, Affrica on súðdǽle, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 39.

ed-hwyrft

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Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . . . ne wéneð þæt him þæs edhwyrft cyme ( he does not expect to recover from his blindness ), Gn.

ést-mete

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Éstmettas (delicias) mon ne sceal lufian, ac fæsten mon sceal lufian, R. Ben. 16, 23. Lazarus geseah ðone rícan brúcan his éstmettas (fare sumptuously), Hml. Th. i. 330, 15.

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Gif him se útgang forseten sié, oþþe gemígan ne mæge, 260, 10. Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel, 212, 16

for-weorpan

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., of reckless or fruitless expenditure :-- Ðýý God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 330.

ge-geótan

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Ǽlc calic gegoten beó þe man húsl on hálgige, and on treówenum ne hálgige man ǽnig, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 21: Sal. 31

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Nam cum putredo, quae interius fervet, ejicitur, ad salutem dolor aperitur Past. 273, 22. Siþþan ꝥ geswel biþ gehweled and tóbyrst, Lch. ii. 208, 4.

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

ge-risene

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ge-risene, [7a line 4 /. Bd. i. 26.]
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Ne wére girisen t reht tó unbindanne non oportuit solui, Lk. R. 13, 16. Æfter gerisenre (-rys-, v. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita et gradu eius condignum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 10.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
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ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269, 21.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.

god-wræc

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god-wræc, god-wrec.
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Þa forlegenan and þá godwracan, Nap. 50, 7. [Cf. Icel. guð-rækr wicked.] See next word

Linked entry: -wræc

gist

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Ne aron gié gestas . . . ah gié aron burgwaro háligra non estis hospites . . . sed estis cives sanctorum, Rtl. 82, 30. a guest, one who is entertained at another's house Si tertia nocte hospitatus fuerit . . . habeat eum ad rectum tanquam de propria

horig

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Ne líchoma wunige horig ł fúl nec corpus adsit sordidum Hy. S. 26, 26. Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnum ðurh ðá untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Hml. Th. i. 472, 6. Tó horgan wege; ðonne of horgan wege, C. D. B. ii. 245, 25.

leornung

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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant

lícham-lic

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Add: bodily, corporeal, physical or material as opposed to spiritual or immaterial Nán líchamlic gesceaft næfð náne sáwle búton se man ána, Hml. A. 12, 294. Ic eom þurh míne gecynd Hchamlic man and þú eart éce God, 156, 123.

Linked entry: lícum-líc

myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
myndgian, <b>. II.</b>
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add: to bring to the notice of a person For ðám ic ðé mindgige, ꝥ þú ongite ðætte nán gesǽlþ nis on þisse andweardan lífe ut agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something