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méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ hé þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139. Swá hwæt swá

myrige

(adj.)
Grammar
myrige, adj.
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Take here mirige in Dict., and add Wæs ðǽr gehende án myrige dún mid wyrtum ámét mid eallre fægernysse and eác ful sméðe. Hml. S. 19, 108. Þeán þe þes middaneard myrge wǽre, 28, 158. Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs

Linked entries: mirigþ mirige mirige

súþan

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Add Pyhtas cóman súþan of Scithian, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 6. Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo

tó-gán

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Add Se Hǽlend betǽhte Thóman him hám tó hæbbenne and hí swá tóeódon, Hml. S. 36, 50. Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99. Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden

wlite-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-weorþ, es; n.
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer

brego-stól

(n.)
Grammar
brego-stól, breogo-stól, es; m. [brego
a ruler, prince, king;
stól
a stool, seat, throne
]

a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum

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A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom; principis sella, thronus, regnum He him gesealde bold and bregostól he gave him a habitation and a princely seat, Beo. Th. 4398; B. 2196: 4729; B. 2370. He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól

Linked entry: breogo-stól

god-wrac

(adj.)
Grammar
god-wrac, -wrec; adj.
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Impious Crist forlét mid him beón ðone godwracan þeóf Christ let that impious thief [Judas] be with him, Blickl. Homl. 75, 26. Ðá æféstgodon ðæt sume godwrece men then certain wicked men were envious of that, Shrn. 74, 28. Gangaþ út git godwrecan and

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m.

An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity ⬩ eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio

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An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was

Linked entry: býrian

ge-cnáwan

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Add: to recognize, identify an object Mid ðám þe ꝥ mód wiþ his bewende, ðá gecneów hit swíþe sweotele his ágne módor, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29. Eft hine gecneów óðer þínen, Mk. 14, 69. Beheóld hé hí and gecneów hí be hyre wlite, Hml. S. 30, 363. Hélias cóm

dihtan

(v.)
Grammar
dihtan, ic dihte; p. ic, he [dihtde = ] dihte, dyhte, pl. dihton; pp. dihted ; v. a.

to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose ⬩ parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre ⬩ to order, dictate, indite ⬩ dirĭgĕre, dictāre

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to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose; parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕre Abram ðá dyde, swá swá him dyhte Sarai Abraham then did as Sarah arranged, Gen. 16, 3: Jn. Bos. 18, 14. Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Iona Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ ... Nu sceal beón ǽfre on Ii abbod and ná biscop and ðan sculon beón underþeódde ealle Scotta biscopas forðan ðe Columban was abbod ná biscop their king gave him [Columba] the island that is called

nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

provisions ⬩ victuals ⬩ provisions served out at fixed times ⬩ rations

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provisions, victuals Se him his nest áspringeþ he whose provisions fail him, Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38. Sum sceal on feorwegas gongan, and his nest beran, 329, 3; Vy. 28. On ðæm fætelse ðe hyre foregenga hyra begea nest þyder lǽdde, Judth. Thw. 23

rýman

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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . . Þá hét

Cásern

(n.)
Grammar
Cásern, e; f. [
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Cásere
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, f. termin. Cáseren, Cásern ]

An empress ⬩ augusta

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An empress; augusta Æfter ðam ðe Róme burh getimbred wæs Dccc wintra and LXVII, féng Adriánus to Rómána ánwealde. He [Cásere] wearþ Rómánum swá leóf, and swá weorþ, ðæt hí hine nánuht ne héton búton fæder; and, him to weorþscype, hí héton his wíf, cásern

á-spanan

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Be þám men þe wífman fram his hláforde áspaneð (allicit) for unrihtum hǽmede, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 24. Sicilie healfe áspónan (-speónnon, v. l.) Læcedemonie him on fultum, and healfe Athenienses Catanenses ab Atheniensibus auxilia poposcunt, at Syracusani

deád-bǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-bǽrlíc, adj.

Deadly ⬩ mortĭfer

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Deadly; mortĭfer Him ne deraþ, ðeáh hí hwæt deádbǽrlíces drincon si mortifĕrum bibĕrint, non eis nocēbit, Mk. Bos. 16, 18

eáster-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-þénung, e; f.

The paschal feast, paschal lamb, the passover ⬩ pascha

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The paschal feast, paschal lamb, the passover; pascha Híg gegearwodon him eáster-þénunge parāvērunt ei pascham, Mt. Bos. 26, 19

eorringa

(adv.)
Grammar
eorringa, adv.

Angrily ⬩ īrate

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Angrily; īrate Hine eorringa geséceþ bócstafa brego the prince of letters shall angrily seek him, Salm. Kmbl. 198; Sal. 96

Linked entry: irringa

fram-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; subj. p. -fluge, pl. -flugen; pp. -flogen

To flee from ⬩ aufŭgĕre

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To flee from; aufŭgĕre Ðæt hí him framflugen that they should flee from them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 10

here-word

(n.)
Grammar
here-word, es; n.

Praise ⬩ applause

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Praise, applause Ða wolde Brihtrĭc geearnian him hereword tunc cogitavit Brihtricus adquirere sibi laudem. Chr. 1009; Erl 142, note 8

Linked entries: here-nes here-spel