ge-metfæstnys
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Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf tó eádmódnysse and gemetfæstnysse (cf. the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit; quieti et modesti spiritus, l Pet. 3, 4), Hml.
sǽta
a resident, inhabitant.
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Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan). Other instances of the suffix are given in Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 34, where Hrypensis ecclesia is translated Hrypsǽttna cyrice: Hiisétena munecas Hiienses monachi, 5, 22; S. 644, 24: and in Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: séta
scearplíce
sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quickly ⬩ sharply, keenly ⬩ sharply, painfully
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Th. 209, 9; Ph. 168. sharply, keenly (of the mind) Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per ingenium poterant, Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 6 . sharply, painfully Scearplíce acerbatim, Txts. 181, 47
Linked entry: scearp
of-dæle
A downward slope, descent, incline ⬩ at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis ⬩ downwards.
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giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse they will not dam up their minds, as one banks up a deep pool, but he lets his mind flow away to the downward slope of carelessness and folly; quia (anima) se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se inferius per
byrst
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bursts, breaks, fails; 3rd pers. pres. of berstan
hemming
A kind of shoe ⬩ pero
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A kind of shoe; pero, Cot. 155, Lye
Linked entry: himming
canst
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2nd pers. sing, pres. of cunnan
birþ
bears
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bears; 3rd pers. pres. of beran
blétst
sacrificest
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sacrificest; 2nd pers. pres. of blótan
dǽd-bétan
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Gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé Gode on his gebedhúse þe hit þurh his gýmeleste gelamp si contigerit, satisfaciat Deo in oratorio per cujus evenerit neglectum, R. Ben. 36, 6.
wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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Quamobrem potest cognosci quod hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur wapentac, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem confoederates sunt. On this explanation see Stubbs' Const.
dýfst
divest, dives
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divest, dives; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of dúfan
dýhst
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dyest, dyes; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of deágan
dilfst
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diggest, digs; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of delfan
be-scyrþ
shaves
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shaves; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of be-sceran
birst
burstest, bursts
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burstest, bursts; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of berstan
cnǽwst
knowest ⬩ knows
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knowest, knows; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of cnáwan
cnidest
kneadest, ⬩ kneads
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kneadest, kneads; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of cnedan
crýt
thou crowdest
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thou crowdest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of creódan
crýpest
creepest ⬩ creeps
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creepest, creeps; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of creópan