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tapor

(n.)
Grammar
tapor, (-er, -ur); m.

A taper; also the wick of a lamp

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C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 4. Se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déþ, Wulfst. 36, 5. Taperas cerei, Anglia xiii. 402, 529: 403, 541. Ðrítig teapera, Chart. Th. 473, 32. Ðá com ðæs landes menigu mid leóhtfatum and mid taperum, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 24.

Linked entries: tapor-berend teaper

á-sceádan

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Sý fram ásceádan excipiatur, i. segregatur, 145, 11. to separate, dissociate, literal Þém áscádendum, quia carbones inseparunt scoria de ferro [marginal gloss on cum carbonibus], Bl.

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cirm

(n.)
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Mid cyrme hlyhhan cum strepitu ridere, Scint. 172, 17. Cyrmum clangoribus, An. Ox. 5247. [v. N. E. D. chirm.]

clýsing

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Add: closing, stopping; a bar Higlísta écer[e] clýsunga (cf. écum loce, R. Ben. 22, 5) wé fordémað scurilitates aeterna clausura dampnamus, R. Ben.

feax

a bush

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Similar entries v. feaxede [cf. (?) Icel. vallar-fax the wood (poet.).] Oð ealdan hege; on westhealfe ealdan hege tó feaxum; ðonne west from feaxum, C. D. iii. 429, 12

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

geard

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Gaerdas crates (cf. hegas crates, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1. an enclosure Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, C.

ge-máh

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(Seó) scamleáse, gemáh (in Proverbiis mulier ilia) procax [cf. gemágnum (-mághum ?) andwlitan procaci vultu (Prov. 7, 13), Kent. Gl. 193], An. Ox. 5277.

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Cnæplingc ofer eal gewídmǽrsude (cum) puer late crebresceret, 2585. See preceding word for other examples

ge-wǽge

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L. 6, 38. a definite amount Genim ðú huniges ánre yndsan gewǽge (cf. genim huniges áne yndsan, 17) take an ounce weight of honey, Lch. i. 76, 11. Genim þǽre wyrte twégra trymesa gewǽge, 78, 24: 180, 27. Genim týn penega gewǽge, 116, 5: iii. 46, 11.

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.
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Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu, 54, 8. Eart þú edneówe, earne gelícast, on geogoðe nú gleáwe geworden, 102, 5

lǽs

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qui istam terram diminuerit in pascuis siue metis, C. D. v. 253, 36. ¶ beólǽs pasture where there were many flowers for bees ? Cf. Beó-leáh, C. D. iii. 75, 37 :-- On beólése . . . út þurh beóleáse, C. D. B. iii. 249,31. Add

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

rǽd-fæst

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For ðan þe Rómánisce witan wǽron ðá mihtige and rǽdfæste on weorcum (cf. Judas is informed of the power and policy of the Romans, 1 Macc. 8), 25, 646

Úse

(n.)
Grammar
Úse, Wúse, an; Ús (or Úse; indecl.?), e; f.

Ouse

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The name of several rivers in England, Ouse Andlang Úsan óð hí cómon tó Bedanforda, Chr. 1010; Erl. 143, 33. Of Úsan up on Wilbaldes fleót ... On Úsan; andlang Úsan (the charter refers to Northamptonshire). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 454, 14-25.

Linked entry: Wúse

á-dílgian

(v.)
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á-dílgian, á-díligian.

to destroy, &c., obliterateto blot out iniquity, &c.

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Add: to destroy, &c., obliterate Ic ádýlgie diruo, An. Ox. 18 b, 19. Hosp ádílegode calumpniam explodit 1263. Hergung ádíligode Godes cyrican, Chr. 793; P. 57, 2. Hí woldon his gemynd on erðan ádílgian, 979; P. 123, 21.

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
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ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Cf. hé wæs mytcle scame þrowiende and hé swá scamiende út of ðám temple wépende gewát, 119, 87) eóde út of ðám Drihtnes temple, Hml. A. 122, 170. Sé bið eádig þe on mé ne bið geǽswicod (scandalizatus, Mt. II, 6), Hml. Th. i. 480, 19.

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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The previous canon enjoins that ' ǽnig preóst ne stande on leásre gewitnesse '; in the present one the ' bísæce ordél' may be ordeals which, it was contended, had been conducted improperly (cf.

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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[Cf. ofer-etes = comessationes (in Rom. 13, 13), Rel. Ant. i. 131, 32: O. L. Ger. ovar-át: O. H. Ger. ubar-ázi, -ázzi; f. crapula, commessatio. ]

snícan

(v.)
Grammar
snícan, p. snác, pl. snicon

To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptileof imperceptible movement to sneak to hanker after

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To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile [Sume wuhta] creópaþ and snícaþ, eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan and snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26) Met. 31, 6. Wyrm com snícan Lchdm. iii. 34, 21.

són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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Gif hit mycel geférǽden is sýn hý (the psalms) mid antefene gesungene, gif seó geférǽden lytel is, sýn hý forðrihte bútan sóne gesungene si major congregatio fuerit cum antiphonis, si vero minor in directum psallantur R. Ben. 41, 9.

Linked entry: be-sóne