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sæcc

(n.)
Grammar
sæcc, es; m.

Sacking, sack-cloth

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Ðú slite hǽran (sæcc, MS, C.) míne conscidisti saccum meum, Ps. Spl. 29, 13

Linked entries: sac sacu sæccing

sceát-líne

(n.)
Grammar
sceát-líne, an; f.

The sheet of a sail

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The sheet of a sail, the rope fastened to the lower end of a sail Sceátlíne (sceac-, MS.) propes, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 62: 63, 58. Cf. fótráp propes, 48, 25, and Icel. skaut-reip

Linked entries: fót-ráp sceac-líne

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrancean irruption, attack, a going with violence

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.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

swǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽre, swáre; adv.

Grievously, oppressivelygraviter

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Grievously, oppressively Eam ic swǽre geseald ðǽr ic út swícan ne mæg traditus sum, et non egrediebar Ps. Th. 87, 8. Se hláford hefig gioc slépte swáre on ða swyran sínra þegena, Met. 9, 56

Linked entry: swáre

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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Mr. Earle has the following pertinent note on the locality Two places have hitherto contended for this site, viz. Boddington near Cheltenham, and Buttington in Montgomeryshire, near Welshpool. But Mr. Ormerod [Archæologia, vol.

EAX

(n.)
Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.

An axis, axle-tree axis

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Met. Fox 28, 44; Met. 28, 22: 29, 36; Met. 29, 18. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor all the spacious sky turns on the same axis, 28, 30; Met. 28, 15. Ymb ða eaxe about the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.

wésten

(n.)
Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
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.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 1. Wéstene (wéstinne, Rush.), 3, 3. On ðisum wéstene (woesterne, Rush. : woestern, Lind.) in solitudine Mk. Skt. 8, 4. On ðís wéstene (wǽstenne, Rush. : woestern, Lind.) in deserto Mt. Kmbl. 15, 33. Tó wéstenne, Blickl.

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

tenalonea set of tenthe number ten

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Mid tién bebodum, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 18. Tién ceastro Decapoleas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 14. Sume tén geár, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 7. Týn þúsend (téno ł teá ðúsendo, Lind.: tén þúsende, Rush.) punda, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 24.

Linked entries: teá tién týn

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Se mónaþ (February) is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst, MSS. P. M. : scirtst, MS. L.), 264, 8.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Godes ríce ðolaþ neádunge, and ða strecan mód hit gegrípaþ . . . Eal cristen folc sceal mid neádunge and strecum móde ðæt heofonlíce ríce geearnian, Homl. Th. i. 358, 25-35.

Linked entry: strec

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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On bócum ðe ungelǽrede men þurh heora bilewitnysse tó micclum wísdóme tealdon in books which unlearned men in their simplicity have considered as great wisdom, 2, 22.

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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body,' and of the hallowed wine : 'This is my blood' . . .

Linked entry: húsl

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Med. ex Quadr: Lchdm. i. 362, 20. Mót ic nú cunnian hwón dínne fæstrǽdnesse pauculis rogationibus, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 10, 34. Hé wæs hwón giernende ðissa woroldþinga and micelra onwalda vir tranquillissimus, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 28.

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl.

Linked entry: leomu

GLÆD

(adj.)
Grammar
GLÆD, adj.

shiningbrightgladcheerfuljoyousbrightpleasantkindmildcourteous

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Mín Drihten hine gedó glædne wiþ eów may my Lord make him kind towards you, Gen. 43. 14. Ðæt we ðone Hǽlend hæbben us glædne that we may have the Saviour propitious to us, Th. Chart. 240, 26: Exon. 12 b; Th. 20, 10; Cri. 315

cniht

(n.)
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Hé his cnieht lǽrde: 'Sunu mín,' 287, 10. Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht ( Hæsten's son ) ágef and þæt wíf, Chr. 894; P. 86, 31.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Swilce hí wǽron ǽr ðám ǽnlípige góde and wǽron syððan for ðám menn ealle swíðe góde quasi ante essent singula bona, propter hominem autem omnia valde bona, Angl. vii. 20, 187. Hí ealle mid angsumum móde ǽnlipige cwǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 2.

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, es; n.
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Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínene [MS. swinen] byrst its twigs are like swine bristles, Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3

Linked entries: bryst berst bristl

candel-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
candel-stæf, es; m.
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: sceaft

dæg-hwamlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíce, adv.

Daily quotidie

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Daily; quotidie Ic dæghwamlíce mid eów wæs quotidie eram apud vos, Mk. Bos. 14, 49. Se bróðor dæghwamlíce wæs wyrse and wyrse the brother was daily worse and worse, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 24