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mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A dayseasonan appointed time

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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339.

Linked entry: mál-dæg

ge-nefa

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Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin Adrianus, Traianuses nefa (genefa, v. l.) Hadrianus, consobrini Trajani filius, 6, 11; S. 266, 6

æf-þanc

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æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Better. of health Cwæð ðæt heó gelýfde ðæt hire sóna sél wǽre quia crederet eam mox melius habituram, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 11. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, S. 616, 34 : 5, 5 ; S. 618, 4. Sóna him biþ sél.

brægdan

(v.)

to modulate;modulari

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to modulate; modulari Hí gehéraþ hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds modulate their songs, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 94; Met. 13, 47

freó-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
freó-bearn, es; n.

One free-borna noble childprōles ingĕnuafīlius nōbĭlis

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Freóbearn Godes the noble son of God, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 24; Cri. 643. Freóbearn wurdon alǽten líges gange the noble children were delivered from the course of the flame. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 19; Dan. 262

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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A spiritual son at confirmation (v. bisceopian) Gif hwá óðres godsunu sleá ... Gif hit biscepsunu sié, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20 (cf. In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22).

for-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-licgan, -licggan, -ligan; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie]

To lie in a forbidden mannerfornicatecommit fornicationfornĭcāriadultĕrāre

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To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre Ðá forlǽg heó hý sóna then she soon committed fornication, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 21. Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge that no woman commit fornication, L.

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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Hine man sóna unscrýde and ða reáf nime ðe hé ǽr notode mox exuatur rebus propriis quibus vestitus est, R. Ben. 101, 22. Hé hét hine unscrýdan, Hontl. Th. i. 432, 3: 424, 12. Gif hwá his líc forstǽle, nolde hé hine unscrýdan, 220, 8.

and-wyrdan

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Ic ðá sóna eft mé selfum andwyrde and cwæð. Past. 5, 22 : Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 3. Hé him andwyrde þissara worda, Gr. D. 299, 5. Ðá andwearde se Hǽlend and cwæð, Hml. Th. i. 166, 14. Onduearde (onwyrde, R. ), Mt. L. 15, 26. Onduarde, 12, 39.

cweorn

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Þá sóna þá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽron lægde, þá orn (grand, v. l. ) seó cweorn þurh godcunde miht, and se abbod . . . stód be þǽre cweorna, Mart. H. 200, 22-26. Coern (cwearne, R.) mola, Mk. L. 9, 42.

for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Hé mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 27.

ge-eácnung

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Sóna swá eall seó geeácnung gedón beó, Lch. i. 218, 23. Geeácnungum partubus, An. Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Sóna swá hé hit gedruncen hæfde misit ei calicem uini benedictum ab episcopo; quem ut bibit, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 8. to absorb In gedrincaþ combiberint, contraxerint, Germ. 391, 18

holt

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Seó eorðe sóna swá swá hyre God bebeád stód mid holtum ágrówen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf. too beorh-holt, C. D.

Eádbald

(n.)
Grammar
Eádbald, -bold, es; m. [eád happy, bald bold]

Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640

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Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent.

gearo-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-snotor, -snottor, gearu-snottor; adj.

Very wisevalde săpiens

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Very wise; valde săpiens Gidda gearosnotor very wise in songs, Elen. Kmbl. 835; El. 418. Giedda gearosnottor, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 2; Cri. 713

Linked entry: gearu-snottor

gryndan

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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]

HYPE

(n.)
Grammar
HYPE, es; m.

The HIPhaunch

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Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night [Song of Sol. 3, 8], Blickl. Homl. 11, 18.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parentancestorfatherforefatherpredecessorelder

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Eafora æfter yldrum the son after the parents, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 1; Gen. 1129. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum I taught sons to obey their parents, Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.

Linked entries: ældran ildra