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telga

(n.)
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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan ( ferula ) þe hé géwunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa, Gr. D. 229, 21

a-cwencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwencan, p. de, te, pl. don, ton; pp. ed, d, t

To quenchextinguishput outextinguere

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To quench, extinguish, put out; extinguere Bæd ðæt hí ðæt leóht acwencton prayed that they would put out the light, Bd. 4,8; S. 575, 40, note, MS. B. Úre leóhtfatu synt acwencte lampades nostræ extinguuntur, Mt. Bos. 25, 8.

hefig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-líc, adj.

Grievoustroublesome

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Grievous, troublesome Ne sig ðé hefilíc geþuht ðæt ðæt Sarra ðé sǽde let not that be grievous in thy sight which Sarah hath said, Gen. 21, 12.

fant-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
fant-hálgung, e; f.
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Þurh þá fonthálgunge gewyrð sóna Godes midwist, and ðurh ðá orðunge þe se sácerd on þæt wæter orðað, þonne hé font hálgað, wyrð deófol þanon áfyrsad, Wlfst. 36, 2

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Se þén þe þám untrumum gebróðrum þénað sý careful (car-, v. l. ), 60, 21. careful, painstaking, applying care to what one does, heedful Carful gestaþeliend zelotypus plasmator, An. Ox. 364.

húfian

(v.)
Grammar
húfian, p. ode
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To put on a hufe Hé his suna húfode swá drihten bebeád he put bonnets upon them, as the Lord commanded; imposuit mitras ut jusserat dominus, Lev. 8, 13

Linked entries: ge-húfod un-húfed

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, a species of ( wild) beast.
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Add:after deórcynn (l. 4) and ealle nýtena þe on feówer fótum gáð (cf. God geworhte þǽre eorðan deór ( bestias) æfter hira híwum and þá nítena (jumenta ). Gen. 1. 25)

ge-witennes

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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32

weorold-hremming

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hremming, e; f.
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Hindrance caused by viordly affairs Geríst ꝥ þá þe God habbad tó yrfewerdnysse, ꝥ hig hogion ꝥ hí Gode þeówian bútan woroldhremminge (absque ullo impedimenta seíuli ), Chrd. 75, 35

Linked entry: hremming

blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
blinnan, part. blinnende; ic blinne, ðú blinnest, blinst, he blinneþ, blinniþ, blinþ, pl. blinnaþ; p. ic, he blan, blon, blann, blonn, ðú blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen; v. intrans.

To cease, rest, leave offcessare, desinere

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Blǽd his blinniþ his prosperity ceaseth, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 29; Reim. 53. We Dryhten bletsigaþ, ne ðæs blinnaþ áwa to worulde we bless the Lord, nor cease from this for ever, Ps. Th. 113, 25.

Linked entry: blin

hreðer-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer-loca, an; m.

The breast

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The breast, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 1; Gú. 1237: 82 a; Th. 309, 17; Seef. 58: 23 b; Th. 65, 17; Cri. 1056: Elen. Kmbl. 173; El. 86

fremþe

(adj.)
Grammar
fremþe, adj.

Strangeforeignaliēnusexternus

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Hí awurpon ða ealdormenn ðæs fremþan cyninges they cast off the aldermen of the strange king, 3, 24; S. 557, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 18: Jn. 10, 5

ge-feccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feccan, -feccean ; p. -feahte, -fehte; pp. -feaht, -feht

To fetchbring toaddūcĕre

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To fetch, bring to; addūcĕre He mæg ða sáwle gefeccan under foldan it can fetch back the soul under the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 139; Sal. 69.

Linked entry: ge-fetian

ís

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Þá wæs Donua seó eá swá swíþe oferfroren þæt hié getrúwedon þæt hié ofer þǽm íse faran mehten; ac hié mǽst ealle þǽr forwurdon, Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 2. Add

þæder

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Dó man þǽm túna teóðunga þæder (ibidem) þe tó mynstre hýrað. And ǽlc preóst ... þæder (ad ipsum hospitale ) his teóðunga dó, Chrd. 51, 12-15. to a matter ꝥ hé tó þám gódan gewilnungum cume, þe þæder þurh méda gelaðod næs, Chrd. 61, 28

Linked entry: þadder

Cumber-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cumber-land, Cumbra-land, Cumer-land , es; n. [Sim. Dun. Cumbreland: Hunt. Hovd. Brom. Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND; Cumbria

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On ðisum geáre se cyning férde into Cumerlande [Cumberlande, col. 2] in this year the king went into Cumberland, 1000; Th. 248, 29, col. 1 ; 249, 29

Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land

geár-gerím

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Þá wæs ágan geárgerímes ... feówer þúsend and hundteóntig and þreó and sixtig geára, Wlfst. 15, 1. in Roman history Ic ymbe Rómána gewin on þǽm geárríme (-geríme) forð ofer þæt geteled hæbbe ( I have not followed the chronological order, but have anticipated

gráf

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Add: [The word seems feminine in the compound wíþig-gráf in the following passage On beorg; ðonne on wíðiggráfe; ðonne on ðone weg, C.

heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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The inhabitants of heaven Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95.

Linked entry: heofon-ware

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p.te.

to drawstretchto draw the mind to somethingto inciteexhortprovokesolicitprompturgepersuadeto suggestbring to the mindto instructteach

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Þe deofel heom tuhte to þan werke, O.E. Homl. i. 121, 33. A þet wit cume forð ant tuhte ham þe betere, 247, 6. Tuhten and teachen, 267, 15. Þet tu ne schuldest nout tuhten ne chasten þi meiden uor hire gult, A.R. 268, 21.