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lím

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Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449

sundorsprǽc

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Þǽs (James and John) Críst genam oftost and Petrum tó his sundersprǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 21. Add

swefel

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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211

winter-stund

(n.)
Grammar
winter-stund, e; f.

A year's space

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A year's space Móste ic áne tíd úte weorðan, wesan áne winterstunde, Cd. Th. 23, 35; Gen. 370

ge-líc

(adj.)
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and the compensation for destroying an eye are equal, Ll.

in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Householdfamilyhouse

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Household, family, house Tirus wæs on Cryst gelýfende ende hé sylf and eall hys ynhýréd Tyrus believed on Christ, he himself and all his household, St. And. 30, 15. Inhýredes clientelæ, Hpt. Gl. 523.

searu-net

(n.)
Grammar
searu-net, searu-nett, es; n.
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Kmbl. 127; An. 64. Searonettum beseted beset with snares, 1885; An. 945

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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shod, Rask's Gr. by Thorpe, § 326. the perfect participle ends in ed, od, but when the letters t, p, c, h, x, and s, after another consonant, go before the infinitive an, the vowel before the terminating d is not only rejected, but d is changed into

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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For ðan ðú tówyrpest ðíne fýnd and ealle ða ðe unrihtwísnesse ládiaþ and scyldaþ ut destruas inimicum et defensorem, Ps. Th. 8, 3.

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

ge-cnúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnúwian, pp. ge-cnúwad, ge-cnúad
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To pound together Genim rúdan and wermód, gecnúwa and meng wiþ eced and ele, Lch. ii. 18, 6: 12: 19. Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Hæfde wuldres beám werud gelæded, hálige heápas, Exod. 568. an (armed) retinue: Ic and mínra eorla gedryht, þes hearda heáp, B. 432, Elene heápe gecoste lindwígendra land gesóhte, El. 269. a crew Heápum agminibus (remigantum), An.

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Se wyrm getrúwode wíges and wealles the dragon trusted to battle (or under?) and bulwark Beo. Th. 4635 ; B. 2323. Him wæs hild boden, wíges wóma, Elen. Kmbl. 37 ; El. 19 : Andr. Kmbl. 2709; An. 1357 : Exon. Th. 277, 5 ; Jul. 576.

á-bǽdan

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Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14

unriht-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gítsung, e; f.

Greedcovetousness

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Greed, covetousness Ða welan, and ðæt mycele gylp, and seó unrihtgítsung, and ðæt man ðæm earman forwyrne, ðæt is eal swíþe mycel synn beforan Gode, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: Wulfst. 290, 26.

hrycg-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hrægel, es; n.

A dorsalmantle

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A dorsal is also a wall-hanging of tapestry, used chiefly in the church at the back of the stalls.' vii setlhrægel and iii ricghrægel and ii wahræft, 429, 28

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurstcopsewood

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The word occurs most frequently in compounds, e.g. hnut-hyrst, æsc-hyrst, etc. and is still found as hurst in names of places. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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Hé sceal fæstan tó nónes, and forgange (forgán, v. l.) flǽsc and wín jejunare debet ad nonam, et abstinere se a carne et vino, 134, 20

Linked entry: for-gán

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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Hí hluton, teledon they cast lots and counted, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105. Tele nú ða lenge ðære hwíle, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6. Tele ðú ða gesǽlþa wiþ ðám sorgum strike a balance between the happiness and cares, 8, tit.; Fox x, 22.