niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan, L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7. Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll
ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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to tear (?) His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to
ge-met-fæst
Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus
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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20. Man gemetfæst
un-fæstrǽd
Infirm of purpose ⬩ inconstant ⬩ unstable ⬩ weak
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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius
uma
a weaver's beam ⬩ the name of some plant
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a weaver's beam Uma scapus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 25: scafus, 282, 8(in each case the word occurs in a list of terms connected with weaving). Huma scafus, Corpus Gl. ed. Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97,
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weorold-cearu
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Worldly care, care about things of this world Woruldcara and welan and flǽsclíce lustas forsmoriaþ ðæs módes ðrotan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 10. Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19. Twá mynecena wǽron . . . ðám gewícnode
wissigend
a director ⬩ guider ⬩ a director ⬩ ruler
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a director, guider of that which moves Cræt and his wissigend currus et auriga ejus, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 295. a director, ruler Wissiend gubernator, rector(ecclesiae), Hpt. Gl. 459, 54 Gesceafta Sceppend and wissigend. (rector) úre, Hymn. Surt. 20, 25
Angel-þeód
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Add: of the continental invaders Angelþeód (Ongel-, v. l. ) wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum invitata Brittaniam gens Anglorum . . . Angelþeód and Seaxna wæs gelaðod Anglorum sine Saxonum gens invitata. Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 1, 15. Bryttas ǽrest on Angelðeóde
bén
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Dele: 'Hence . . . boon,' in bracket read petition, and add Ǽlc ðǽra ðe bitt, and þǽre béne ne geswícð, Hml. Th. i. 250, 5. Boene supplicatione, Rtl. 46, 20: deprecationem, 40, 21. Hé Drihtene his béna bebeád, Dóm. L. 60. Boene petitiones, Ps. Srt, 19
brastlian
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Cracaþ, brastlaþ crepat, i. sonat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 64. Fýren líg bláweð and braslad reád and réðe ignea sonitus perfundet flamma feroces, Dóm. L. 151 : Wlfst. 138, 8. Bærstlaþ crepuerit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 12. Brastlade crepuit, i. sonuit, 136, 71.
cost
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Condition, mode Getíðode hé ðæs . . . ðæs costes ðe ( on condition that ) heó ðis gelǽste, Cht. Th. 540, 34. Ǽnigum coste ullo modo, Rtl. 113, 34. Unásæccendlicum costum ineffabilibus modis, 108, 27. Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé
dihtian
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To dictate, what is to be done Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað ( dictat ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. what is to be written In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11. Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere and him dihtode ( dictavit
efen
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Add: with an adverb Efen (em) swá feala totidem, Hpt. Gl. 493, 70. with a numeral Mid allra óðerra priósta bútan ðissum mæsseprióstum efen LX with just sixty other priests besides these (already named ), Cht. Th. 72, 4. Hé wunode on his ágenum mynstre
eówer
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of you. Add: as personal pronoun Þá Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, and iówer feáwe ofslógon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 20. Eówer ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. Drihten fandað eówre, Deut. 13, 3. with noun in apposition Eówer Rómána brocu ðe gé ealneg
geond-sprengan
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Substitute: To scatter over or through Se áwyrgeda gást his heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondspre(n)gde and mengde cujus praecordia malignus spiritus ingressus pestiferis vanae gloriae fastibus illum inflare coepit, Guth. Gr. 137, 6. Mec
ge-sweltan
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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39. Gesuelta mori,
glædlíce
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe hé mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22. Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám
gold-hord
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On þám þe wæs behýdd se heofonlica goldhord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Se goldhord þe þú geméttest, Hml. S. 23, 603. Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron,
heáfod-leás
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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ hé læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte
hrægel-þegn
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Add: as officer of royal household Ǽlcan gesettan hræglðéne hundeahtatig mancusa goldis, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30 (from K. Eadred's will). as officer of a monastery Beón eác on hrægelhúse (hrægl-, v. l.) gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas . . . and notian