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flán-hred

Grammar
flán-hred, -hræd.
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Swift as an arrow Flánhred dæg (the day of death. Cf. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, Job 7, 6), Reim. 72. Substitute:

hæbbed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæbbed-ness, hæbbendness ? v. hæbbend-lic, e ; f.
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, restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3

þurh-standan

(v.)
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to persist, continue Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum nocte subsequent in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 8

un-geþinged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþinged, adj.

Undeterminedunsettled

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Undetermined, unsettled Se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran ungeðinged ( the time is not fixed and known beforehand; repentina dies illa), Past. 43; Swt. 317, 12

Linked entries: ge-þingan un-þinged

ge-dafenlicness

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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add

líhting

Grammar
líhting, shining.
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Swá micel swá þæs dæges líhting geþafige quantum hora permittit, R. Ben. 67, 8. Ealle þás þing þurh lífes líht-incge gefyllan haec omnia per hanc lucis viam (has vitani been read?), 5, 8. Add

irfan

(v.)
Grammar
irfan, p. de

To inherit

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Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant

scima

(n.)
Grammar
scima, an ; m.
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-Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116

Linked entry: scimian

norþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

gearwung

(n.)
Grammar
gearwung, e; f.

A making readypreparationpræpărātio

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Gearwunga dæg parasceue, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 31

Linked entry: ge-gearwung

huntnold

(n.)
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' Wǽre þú tó-dæg on hunt*-*nolde (venatione) ?, Coll. M. 21, 34. Cf. (?) færeld for suffix.

un-wérig

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Add: unwearied Þone æftran dæg mid his nihte anwérig on bénum hé þurhstód secundo die cum node subsequenti indefessus in precibus perstitit, Gr. D. 200, 7

bryne-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
bryne-hát, adj.

Burning hotardentissimus

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Burning hot; ardentissimus Ǽr se wlonca dæg bodige brynehátne lég ere the awful day proclaim the burning hot flame, Exon. 110b; Th. 448, 9; Dón. 51

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Se endenéxta dæg þises and weardan lífes, Hml. A. 53, 85. Þæt endenécste gelimp supprema (ultima) sors, An. Ox. 1834. Sum hláford becóm tó his endeniéxtan dæge, Gr. D. 88, 7.

Linked entry: endemestness

merigen-lic

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Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice lofsangas matutini, R. Ben. I. 45, 16. Merrigenlice, 37, 14. On mergenlicum lofsangum, 42, 9.

þá

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Add Þám forman, dæge azimorum, þá hí eástron offrodon, Mk. 14, 12

brond-hord

(n.)
Grammar
brond-hord, es; n.

a burning, hord a hoard, treasureA burning or ardent treasure, a treasure exciting ardent desiresardens thesaurus

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[brand II. a burning, hord a hoard, treasure] A burning or ardent treasure, a treasure exciting ardent desires; ardens thesaurus Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now

Linked entry: brand-hord

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At nightnight

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Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27. Dæges and nihtes die et nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22. Deges and naehtes, Ps. Surt. 31, 4

ǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽne, adv.

Oncealonesemelsolum

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Ǽne on dæge once in the day, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 35 ; Met. 8, 18. Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410

GEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
GEÓL, giúl, iúl, geóhol, es; n.

festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium

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Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol Epiphaniæ, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8.