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a-bacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bacan, ic -bace, ðú -bæcest, -bæcst, he -bæceþ, -bæcþ, pl. -bacaþ; p. -bóc, pl. -bócon; pp. -bacen

To bakepinserecoquere

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To bake; pinsere, coquere Se hláf þurh fýres hǽtan abacen the bread baked by the heat of fire. Homl. Pasc. Daye, A. D. 1567, p. 30, 8; Lisl. 410, 1623, p. 4, 16; Homl. Th. ii. p. 268, 9

eormen-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
eormen-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

The human race hūmānum gĕnus

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The human race; hūmānum gĕnus God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race on earth, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 3; Vy. 96 : Beo. Th. 3918; B. 1957

fǽr-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-gryre, es; m.

A perilous horror terror perīcŭlōsus

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A perilous horror; terror perīcŭlōsus Ða hyssas þrý fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon the three youths had passed through the fire's dire horror, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 14; Dan. 463. Wið fǽrgryrum against perilous horrors, Beo. Th. 350; B. 174

fleó

(n.)
Grammar
fleó, indecl. n.

A white speckdisease of the eyealbūgo

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A white speck, disease of the eye; albūgo Ðæs eágan wǽron mid fleó and mid dimnesse twelf mónþ ofergán whose eyes had been for a twelvemonth overspread with the white speck and with dimness, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 96, 14

fulluht-nama

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-nama, an; m.

The baptismal or Christian namenōmen tempŏre baptīzandi impŏsĭtum

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The baptismal or Christian name; nōmen tempŏre baptīzandi impŏsĭtum Hér Godrum se norþerna cyning forþferde, ðæs fulluhtnama wæs Æðelstán here [A.D. 890] Guthrum the Northern [i.e.

gást-gerýne

(n.)
Grammar
gást-gerýne, gǽst-gerýne, es; n.

A ghostly or spiritual mysterya mystery of the mindspīrĭtāle mystēriumănĭmi mystērium

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A ghostly or spiritual mystery, a mystery of the mind; spīrĭtāle mystērium, ănĭmi mystērium Him ða æðelingas ondsweorodon gástgerýnum the princes answered him in spiritual mysteries, Andr. Kmbl. 1716; An. 860 : Elen.

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geal-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
geal-ádl, e; f. [gealla gall, bile]

Gall-diseasethe jaundiceictĕrusίκτερos,aurūgo

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Gall-disease, the jaundice; ictĕrus = ίκτερos, aurūgo Of gealádle cymeþ greát yfel ... se líchoma ageolwaþ swá gód seoluc from jaundice comes great evil ... the body becomes yellow like good silk, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 19-22

ge-tión

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tión, p. -tióde; pp. -tiód

To appointdetermineordainstătuĕredecernĕre

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To appoint, determine, ordain; stătuĕre, decernĕre Swá him æt frymþe Fæder getióde as the Father appointed to it at the beginning, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 28; Met. 24, 14; 13, 26; Met. 13, 13: 11, 76; Met.11, 38

bord-gelác

(n.)
Grammar
bord-gelác, es; n.

A missile, darttelum

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[lácan to play, sport, fly] What flies against a shield, hence,- A missile, dart; telum Ðý-læs ingebúge biter bordgelác under bánlocan lest the bitter dart enter in under the skin, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 9; Cri. 769

stýfician

(v.)
Grammar
stýfician, p. ode
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Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again

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wuldor-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-fæder, m.

The father of glorythe heavenly Father

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The father of glory, the heavenly Father Weorc wuldorfæder (wuldurfadur, Txts. 149, 3) facta Patris gloriae, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21. Lif mid wuldorfæder, Menol. Fox 291; Men. 147, Mid ðinne wuldorfæder, Exon. Th. 14, II ; Cri. 217

fald-gang

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The pasture land grazed by the animals belonging to a fold (?). (Cf. fold-course a sheep-walk, N. E. D.) Sceóte man ælmessan, swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sulhgange peninc, swá æt faldgange pening, Wlfst. 170, 37. Substitute:

Linked entry: fald-gang-penig

ge-swincness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swincness, e; f.
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Tribulation, trouble, trial On mínre geswinc*-*nysse (tribulatione) ic þé tó clypige, Guth. 28, 23. Sé þe manigfealdlice geswincnysse and earfoðnysse dreógeð qui suffért temptationem, 12, 6. Geswincnyssa ł gedréfednyssa tribulationes, Ps.

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rǽd-bora

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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) sí þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

rún-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
rún-cofa, an; m.

The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast

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The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast Hé mæg on his rúncofan rihtwísnesse findan on ferhþe fæste gehýdde (cf. ðonne fint hé ðær (on his gemynde) ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde,Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 51), Met. 22, 59

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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(Often in the Chronicle. ) of things Sió hefige eorþe sit ðaelig-acute;er niþere be ðæs cyninges gebode, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13. Flód mycel on sæt there was a great flood in the river. Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 35.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
æðeling, es; m. [æðele, -ing son of, originating from] .

the son of a kingone of royal blooda noblemanthe kingGodChristregia subolesvir nobilismanmenpeoplehomohomines

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the son of a king, one of royal blood, a nobleman, used also in poetry for the king, God, and Christ; regia suboles, vir nobilis Se iunga æðeling regius juvenis, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 27: 3, 21; S. 550, 40: 2, 14; S. 517, 22.

twi-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-wyrdig, adj.

Making contradictory or discordant statementsat variance in what is said

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Making contradictory or discordant statements, at variance in what is said Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8.

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Wé byddað þá bóceras þe þás þing fulfremedlíce cunnon ꝥ heom hefelíce ne þince þás þing þe wé medomlíce iungum cnihtum settað, Angl. viii. 321, 43.

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer; capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum Sió fǽhþ gewearþ gewrecen wráþlíce

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo