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sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg, Gen. 41, 45. Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów, Mk. Skt. 14, 47. Ða word ðæs sacerdes vox praedicatoris, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 1. Ðone clǽnan sacerd ( Christ ), Exon.

up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Seó dún stent ... twelf míla on upstige fram ánre byrig there is an ascent of twelve miles from the town to the hill, Homl. Th. i. 502, 6. especially the ascension of Christ to heaven Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl.

bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018. Hió unc bǽddan tó gemangum they urged us to marry, Shrn. 40, 29. Stinge finger on múð, bǽde tó spíwanne (cf. néde hine tó spíwanne), l. 17, Lch. ii. 286, 20.

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carryconveybearleadconductferrevehĕredūcĕre

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He geferode hine mid mycclum wurþscipe to Scæftes byrig he conveyed it with great honour to Shaftesbury, Chr. 980; Erl. 129, 33. Ðæt he úsic geferge in Fæder ríce that he convey us into his Father's kingdom, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 1; Cri. 345.

wrecan

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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<b>IV e</b> I. add :-- Hé wræc on þǽre byrig hiora misdǽda, Ors. 6, 6; S. 262, 2. ¶ add: :-- Hit God wræc on him, 4, 7; S. 184, 7. Add

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycþ on ðám sandum neáh ðære byrig ðe Tarsit hátte, Ps. Th. 47, 6

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270. Ðá ǽnlecan heápas investes catervas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 40.

Linked entry: án-lic

án-rǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
án-rǽd, adj. [án one, rǽd counsel]

One-mindedunanimousagreedperseveringresolutepromptvehementunanimusfirmus consiliiconfidensaudaxvehemens

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Th. 3062 ; B. 1529: Byrht. Th. 133, 2; By. 44

sinc-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gifa, an ; m.
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Hé his sincgyfan ( Byrhtnoth ) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62 ; By. 278. Cf. sinc-gim, -þegu

or-mǽte

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Ontend mid byrne þǽre ormǽtestan wælhreównesse ardore immanissimae crudelitatis exarsit, Gr.

sceáþ

(n.)
Grammar
sceáþ, scǽþ, e; f.

A sheath

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Of scéþe, Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a. Brugdon scealcas of sceáþum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230. Scǽþum, Cd. Th. 120, 9; Gen. 1992.

Linked entry: scéþ

wácian

(v.)
Grammar
wácian, p. ode.

to be or become weakwant resolution or courage.to be or become weaknot able to endureto failto become poor or mean.

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Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.

Linked entry: ge-wácian

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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[Ð]is earan Cwǽnðrýðe geðincgo and biscopes and þeára þegna on Cantwara byrg, C. D. B. i. 533. 2. Abban ... geðinga tó krístes cirican, Txts. 449, 71. Ðis sint Ecgberhtes geðingeo and Æðeluulfes uuið arcebiscep, 436, 14. Gethingio aparitio, Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]

A woman who bakespistrixa bakerpistor

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pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford, Egypta cynges byrle

Linked entry: bæcystre

fót-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-mǽl, es; n.

A foot-mark or printfoot-spacesignum vel mensūra pĕdis

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Ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes that he would not flee a foot-space of land, Byrht. Th. 139, 57; By. 275. On twentigum fótmǽlum feor twenty feet deep, Elen. Kmbl. 1658; El. 831: Nar. 35, 2; 36, 12

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To helpgive helpaidprotectadjŭvāreauxĭliāriprotĕgĕre

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To help, give help, aid, protect; adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, protĕgĕre Ongan him fylstan began to give help to them, Byrht. Th. 139, 37; By. 265.

Linked entry: filstan

méce

(n.)
Grammar
méce, es; m.

A swordfalchionblade

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Heardne méce, Byrht. Th. 136, 47; By. 167. Mécea gemánan, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6; Æðelst. 40. Mécum mylenscearpan, Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24

un-forcúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forcúþ, adj.

Not despicablenot ignoblenot wickedhonourablenoblegood

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Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51. Eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, Andr. Kmbl. 2527; An. 1265. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte ... ic wille ðé, eorl unforcúð, biddan, 949; An. 475. Ðegn unforcúð, Menol.

ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ferian, ferigan, ferigean, fergan; to ferianne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey] .

to carryconveybearleadconductferreportārevehĕrededūcĕreafferreto betake oneself tose gerĕreversērito godepartvehiīre

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Th. 58, 12. to go, depart; vehi, īre Mid friþe ferian to depart in peace, Byrht. Th. 136, 68; By. 179. Ðonne God geond wéstena wíde feraþ Deus, dum transgrediēris per desertum, Ps. Th. 67, 8

Linked entries: fergan ferigan fergan

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Þrý wǽron on ðæs þeódnes byrig, ðæt hié noldon hyra þeódnes dóm þafigan onginnan, Cd. Th. 227, 18; Dan. 188. Þeódnes ( Constantine ) willan, Elen. Kmbl. 534; El. 267. Ásecgan suna Healfdenes, mǽrum þeódne, mín ǽrende, aldre ðínum, Beo.