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un-fæstnian

(v.)
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Först. 165.] [

spilcan

(v.)
Grammar
spilcan, spelcean; p. te

To bind with splints

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Gif scancan forade synd . . . hú mon spelcean scyle, Lchdm. ii. 6, 12

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hwæþere

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., Gen. 952. by gif Gif ( etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen ) his seleð him, Lk. L. 11, 8. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll.

fracoðe

(adv.)
Grammar
fracoðe, fracuðe; adv.

Shamefullyturpĭter

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Ic fracuðe forseó feóndas mine I shamefully despise my enemies, 117, 7: 62, 8

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in-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
in-weard, adv.

Within

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Ðá hig inweard fóron ðá gemytton hig twegen ealde weras when they went in, they met two old men, Nicod. 31; Thw. 18, 3

bi-hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hlǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

acclinando circumdare

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To surround or beset by leaning anything against another; acclinando circumdare Lǽmen fæt wudu-beámum, holte bihlǽnan [bilænan MS.] an earthen vessel with forest trees, with wood beset, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577

Linked entry: be-hlǽnan

tacan

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Hí tócon mycele ǽhta and fóron áweg, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 15. Hé hine lét tacan, P. 211, 35. ¶ tacan on to touch. Cf. Icel. taka á :-- Swá hwæt swá ꝥ ele on tæcð . . . ꝥ Add

gildan

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Hé þé mid góde gyldan wille uncran eaferan, B. 1184. to pay for, with idea of gratitude, to repay, make grateful return for a benefit to a person (dat. ) Swá gé weorð-myndu Dryhtne gieldað, Gú. 435.

magan

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For 'does not occur in W. S. but' substitute: magan = posse occurs in Angl. xiii. 389, 337 : Scint. 46, 6 : 159, 6; in 1. 8 for mágon l. magon. add Ne magon hý ús þonne ǽnige góde, Wlfst. 122, 7.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Gehíwian inficere, 47, 49. to form, fashion Ic eom sé þe man of eorðan gehíwode, Hml. S. 30, 63. Sé gehiéwade ( finxit ) heortan heara, Ps. Srt. 32, 15.

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crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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the three oils; for we dare not put them together in one oil vessel, because each of them is hallowed apart for a particular service.

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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For ansýne écean Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ hrusan forhtiaþ terra motu est; etenim cæli distillaverunt a facie Dei, Ps. Th. 67, 9. Heofenas blissiaþ hrusan swylce gefeóþ lætentur cæli et exultet terra, 95, 11.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Hé gesyngað ðurh ðá ðe be him bisniað (per eos, qui se imitari fecerint, delinquant) ... ðýlǽs ðá untruman be him bisneden, 451, 27-30. to take the model for, model, form after a pattern, Similar entries v. bisen, Of þínum ríce wé bysniað eall ꝥ wé gódes

á-biddan

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Gif hé wolde ábiddan æt Gode, ðæt hé móste his feónde áfyllan, Chr. 626; P. 25, 11: 1093; P. 228, 15. where the person for whom is given Ðæt oft wǽpen ábæd his mondryhtne weapon oft it (a sheath) got for its lord Rä. 56, 12. where the purpose for which

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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the island Lipara, which was next to it, could abide in their dwellings, for the heat and for the stench, 5, 4; Bos. 105, 9-12.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

lifevita

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Nalles for ealdre mearn he cared not for life, Beo. Th. 2889; B. 1442. He æt wíge gecrang ealdres scyldig he succumbed in battle, his life forfeiting, 2680; B. 1338: 4128; B. 2061.

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biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Hí ongunnon for his hreddinge God biddan, Hml. Th. i. 534, 27. to pray to (withprep. ):-- pú tó omnes sanctos bidde, ꝥ hí þé þingian, Dóm. L. 36, 23. (v. also IV) to ask for something, with gen. (v. II a.

feówertig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
feówertig-líc, adj.

Of or belonging to fortyquadrāgēnārius

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Of or belonging to forty; quadrāgēnārius He bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón jejūenium quadrāginta diērum observāri præcēpit, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 10. Ealle tíd ðæs feówertiglícan fæstenes tōtum quadrāgēsĭmæ tempus, 3, 23; S. 554, 31

ge-dál

Grammar
ge-dál, <b>;
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Först. 89, 6

dyrst-lǽcan

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Ne dyrstlǽcen hí þæt hý út of mynstre etan non presumant foris manducare, 79, 16. Add