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mæsse-reáf

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For 'Vestment' 1. 'Vestments', and add Eall swá be mæssereáfe þe sume menn maciað of heora ealdum cláðum, Hml. A. 35, 279. Se hálga Swídun on scínendum mæssereáfe stód swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 354.

menen

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In line 8 for mennen is l. mennenu, and in last line dele þeów-, and add: In Ps. L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246.

mónaþ

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. ¶ for the name of the months see Chr. P. Appendix A. and the Martyrology given in the Shrine. Add

weall-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.

a walled stronghold a fortress a wall for defence a bulwark

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Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058. a wall for defence, a bulwark Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ? quid deposuisti maceriam ejus? Ps. Th. 79, 12. Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston, Cd. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483.

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, adj.
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Add: [Without positive (for ǽrne mergen l. ǽrnemergen), but see ǽr; adv.] From ǽran morgene, Chr. 538; P. 17, note 11. Ðá ðe on ǽran tíman lífes wǽron, Lch. iii. 436, 5. Ðǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristinae, An. Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875.

á-teorigendlic

getting exhaustedweariedfailingtransitoryperishabledefective

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Ox, 3718. transitory as opposed to eternal,perishable For áteorigendlicere edwiste, Hml. Th. i. 56, 16. Þá ðing ðe wé geseóð on ðisum lífe sind áteorigendlice, 252, 6.

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

lookseehowever

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look, see, look you; the word often occurs in connection with a pronominal form, and seems equivalent to a suffixed -ever, loca hú however,. Efne oððe lóca nú hér hit is en, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 56 : Homl. Th. i. 358, 9.

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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Seó geofu wæs broht for ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes . . . and seó synn wæs ádilegod, Blickl. Homl. 5, 4-6. Syn, 3, 7.

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

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The weak p. cúðe, pl. cúðon, for cunde, cundon, is formed regularly from the inf. cunnan. The pp. generally takes the weak form, in Anglo-Saxon as well as in the cognate words; but strong and weak forms are both found, in A.

ge-sceððan

(v.)

To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy tonocere, adversari

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With regard to the form 'scód' instead of 'skóþ,' see Grm. And. u. El. 93] To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy to; nocere, adversari Gisceðeþ nocebit, Rtl. 8, 29.

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Ic ꝥ for ðínre cýððe, and þé weorðne wiste þyses tó gewitanne I send it for your information, and as knowing you worthy to know this, Lch. i. 326, 8. God eal þæt tó cýþþe and geswutelunge bróhte, iii. 432, 14.

Linked entry: cýþ

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5. Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17.

Linked entry: fell

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30.

Linked entry: líccettan

nearu

(n.)
Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinementduranceprisona straitdifficulty

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Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land the difficulties of the situation forced them to the north for they knew that to the south of them lay the land of the Ethiopians, Cd. Th. 181, 29; Exon. 68.

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Ðone eásterlícan regol the rule for determining Easter, Lchdm. iii. 264, 16. Ðonne byþ hé geteald tó ðam mónþe and bē his regolum ácunnod, 250, 6. On mynsteres reogolum gelǽred monasterii regulis erudita, Bd. 1, 27;S. 489, 10.

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At leastat all eventsat any ratein any casehoweverevenyetonlyindeedcertainlyespecially

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Ðæt deáh tó ǽlcum and húru tó deópun dolgum it is good for all, and especially for deep wounds, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 114, 1. Ðæt man cristene men and unforworhte of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde certainly not to a heathen nation, L.

Linked entry: híru

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Stephanus hine ( Christ ) geseah standende, forðan ðe hé wæs his gefylsta, Homl. Th. i. 48, 29.

godcundnys

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Be þám dǽle þe sió mennisce gesceádwísnes mæg ongitan ðá godcundnesse, 39, 10; F. 226, 28. divine service Ic wille ðet ðá híwan á hwílæ ðǽ crístendóm sié fullícæ mid hira godcundnessæ for mé sién uolo ut familia ... quamdiu christianitas permanserit

hreówan

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Först. 105, 9