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niht-langes

(adv.)
Grammar
niht-langes, adv.

For the night

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For the night Ic bidde eów ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse and ðǽr wunion nihtlanges, Gen. 19, 2. [Ne moste nihtlonges istonden, Laym. 15504.]

gram-word

(n.)
Grammar
gram-word, es; n.
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A word or speech expressing anger, wrath, hate, evil Ne gé wið eode ǽfre gramword sprecan nolite loqui adversus deum iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 74, 5

risne

(adj.)
Grammar
risne, adj.
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Fitting, becoming, suitable Hé sóna ðám risne andsware ( congrua responsa ) onsende, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 35, MS. B. v. ge-risene and next word

hámettan

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Substitute: to bring back to a hám. Cf. hám; II 1 b a. Ealle eówre gyltendras gé hámetað omnes debitores uestros repetitis, Chrd. 116, 1

codd

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Ne bere gé mid eów pusan oððe codd nolite portare sacculum neque peram, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 20. v. beán- (not bien-), leþer-codd. Add

gewin-stów

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Add: v. ge-win; 1 a Gewinstówe scammatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 67. On gewinstówe scammate (cum mundi scammate certant, Ald. 190, 23), 95, 9

þeówian

(v.)
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1 a. Add Ne underféngon gé nó ðone gást æt ðǽm fulluhte tó ðeówigeanne for ege non accepistis spiritum servitutis in timore, Past. 263, 21

þrí

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Add: as multiplicative, three times Se earma man wile drincan ðreó swá feala, ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml. A. 145, 29

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: to watch Weardude seruauerat (vigil e speculis pernox seruauerat horam, Vit. Cuth. poet. 37, 13), An. Ox. 32, 9. Dele ge-wardod at end

gryndan

(v.)

to found.to come to the groundto descend

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Grammar gryndan, pp. ed. to found. [Ger. gründen.] Similar entries v. ge-gryndan. to come to the ground, to descend Gryndende descendens, Cot. 68, Lye

bæþ-stede

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Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add

má-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.

Very (?) skilledpowerful

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Very (?) skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472

stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
stæððig, adj.
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Staid, sober, sedate, grave Ðæt cild Cúðberhtes dyslícan plegan mid stæððigum wordum þreáde, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7. v. ge-, un-stæððig, and next word

Linked entry: stæðig

á-feóung

(n.)
Grammar
á-feóung, e; f.
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Hate Áfeónge (=? on feónge; cf. feóunga exosa, 31, 38, and gé beóð on hatunge. Mt. 10, 22) exosas (-us , Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 82

Linked entries: á-feónge feóung

hryrmpelle

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Substitute: <b>hrympel(?)</b> a wrinkle Hrypellum (hrympellum? v. ge-hrimpan, and N. E. D. rimple), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95. 73

eorþ-wæstm

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Usus nittung vel notu vel eorðwæstmas (printed -wæstm, cess) tó ǽte álýfed, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Sý ǽlcere geoguðe teóðung gelǽst be Pentecosten, and þára eorðwæstma be emnnihte, Ll. Th. i. 262, 21: Wlfst. 116, 3. Þá teóþunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe

eówer

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eówer, eówre
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of you. Add: as personal pronoun Þá Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, and iówer feáwe ofslógon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 20. Eówer ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. Drihten fandað eówre, Deut. 13, 3. with noun in apposition Eówer Rómána brocu ðe gé ealneg

geréfscipe

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Add: l. consulate, v. ge-réfa; II GerSfscipe consulatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 19: 79, 40. [Cf. Maxence steorede þe refschipe in Rome Rome Maxenlium Augustum nuncupauerunt, Kath. ii. Under Maximien hehest i Rome, Ꝥ is heh reue . . . ant se riche refschipe

hrægel-þegn

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Add: as officer of royal household Ǽlcan gesettan hræglðéne hundeahtatig mancusa goldis, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30 (from K. Eadred's will). as officer of a monastery Beón eác on hrægelhúse (hrægl-, v. l.) gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas . . . and notian

mægþ-hád

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Add: virginity as regards man or woman Mægdthád is sé þe wunað on clǽnnysse ǽfre fram cildháde ge wǽpmenn ge wífmenn. Hml. A. 20, 162. Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125. Heó

Linked entry: mægden-hád