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HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

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Gewyrc ánne hring ymb ðone slite make a ring round the incision, L. M. 1. 45; Lchdm. i. 112, 1. Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast benedices coronæ anni benignitatis tuæ, Ps. Th. 64, 12.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Him man swýðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 19. Þe fæstlícor þǽm wergan gáste wiþstondan, Bl. H. 135, 10. expressing firmness of purpose.

ge-nemnan

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Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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[Ich wille ðæt hit cume in ongeǽn, ððer ðæt man hit ofgó on hise gemóð, 387, 22.] Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .

Linked entry: of-eode

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Swíðe gelýfed mann and ðearle eáwfæst, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 4. Ðú eall geworhtest þing þearle gód (cf. swíþe góde, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 22), Met. 20, 45. Behéfe þearle utilis valde, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 31.

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 278, 18. Ðý læs hí him and his freóndum sceþeden ne sibi suisque nocerent, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 35. Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl.

Linked entry: sceaþan

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Constantínus hét ðæt man cyricean timbrede, and ðæt man belúce ǽlc deófulgyldhús Constantine ordered churches to be built, and every heathen temple to be closed, Ors. 6, 30; 605. 127, 36: Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 22, .

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

ge-setnes

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Man árǽrde cyrcan . . . and mynsterlice gesetnyssa, Hml. S. 26, 86. an ordinance, a law, decree, statute Decretum, i. institutum, positum, consilium, placitum geþóht statutum laga, diffinitum gesetnes judicium, Wrt.

æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtakemovetangereapprehenderemovere

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He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4

Linked entry: et-hrínan

hrot

(n.)
Grammar
hrot, es; n.

scummucus

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Thick fluid, scum, mucus Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain

Linked entry: rot

neb-wlitu

(n.)
Grammar
neb-wlitu, e; f.

The form of the facethe facecountenance

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Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5. Sege ús his nebwlite describe his face to us, 456, 15. Ne behealde gé heora nebwlite, ii. 404, 28

gleow

(n.)
Grammar
gleow, gleó, gliw, glig, es; n.

GLEEjoymusicmusical accompaniment of a songmirthjestingsportgaudiummusicafacetiæmimusludibrium

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And gegaderade, gleowe sungon, on ðæra manna midle geongra, on tympanis, togenum strengum conjuncti psallentibus, in medio juvenum tympanistriarum, Ps. Th. 67, 24: Cot. 84. v. Grm. D. M, 854

Linked entry: gliw

græs

(n.)
Grammar
græs, es; n.
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Ða ðe of græses deáwe geworht wǽron those that were made of the dew of grass, Shrn. 66, 3. Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid hiora múþe some of them pulled the grass with their mouth, 41, 2: Past. 23, 1; Swt. 173, 20

glæsen

(adj.)
Grammar
glæsen, adj.

Made of glassgreyvitreus

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Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle hé sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge tó hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe hý earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23. v. a-, ge-scirpan

ge-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnan, -sceánan, -scénan; p. de; pp. ed

To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shattercontĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre

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Ðú ðæs myclan dracan heáfod gescǽndest tu confrēgisti căput dracōnis magni, 73, 14. Ða he sylfa oft gebræc and gescǽnde quas ipse ălĭquando contrīvĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 27. Gesceányþ heáfda conquassabit capita, Ps. Spl. C. 109, 7

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, p. ode.

to drawto writecompose

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to draw a figure, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl.

a-hnescian

(v.)
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Substitute: á-hnescian, -hnexian. to become weak An hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentie swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 15. to make weak, weaken, soften Ðá ánrédnesse his heortan áhnescian (-nescian, v. l.) cordis

créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

dǽd-bót

Grammar
dǽd-bót, penitence, penance.
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Hreówe and dǽdbóte dón þæs mycclan yfeles and mánes, Bl. H. 79, 5. Add