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béc-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽde, an; f.
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Reading of books Heó inne heora leornunge and heora béc-rǽdon beeódon illi intus lectioni uacabant , Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 7 n

Linked entry: rǽde

sigor

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Tó þon ꝥ hé synderlíce sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum hellegástum quatenus ruinae illius singularem inter ceteros palmam teneret, Gr. D. 189, 25. See next word. Add

ge-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
ge-mang, prep. [ge-mang a mixture]

AMONGinter, in medio.

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AMONG; inter, in medio. dat Ðeós sprǽc com út gemang bróþrum exiit sermo iste inter fratres, Jn. Bos. 21; 23. Arís gemang him surge in medium, Mk. Bos. 3, 3. Gemang ðám interim, Gen. 43, 1.

Linked entry: on-gemang

racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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Ne biþ ná gebeorhlíc, ðam ðe wið God hæfþ forworht hine sylfne, ðæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse æfter ðam racige, ac stande ðǽr úte, Wulfst. 155, 21

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in orderdisposearrangeregulateordĭnāredispōnĕre

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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own

be-stelan

to robto go secretlystealthilyto steal

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.): Hiene bestæl se here intó Werhám Wesseaxna fierde . . . hié hié nihtes bestǽlon þǽre fierde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 7-11. without pronoun Bistilð sió slǽwd on ús mentis desidia furtim torpore mactatur, Past. 283, 3.

gist-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gist-hús, (<b>gæst-hús,</b> q. v. in Dict.), es; n.
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. ¶ used of permanent lodging :-- Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse (cf. hé ðær drohtnode fíftýne geár, l. 216). . . þá cwæð hé tó þám húshláforde . . ., Hml. S. 30, 258

mylen

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Ic gean Ǽdwine muneke þá mylne þe Ringware áhte . . . and ic gean ꝥ myln þe Wulnóð áhte into S Eádmunde, C. D. iv. 59, 11-15. Andlang streámæs on ðá mylne, v. 340, 21

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, ; gen. hós; m.

A heel, hough

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Dó on ðínne winstran scó under dínum hó put it into thy left shoe under thy heel, Lchdm. i. 396, 2. Áhefþ hys hó ongeán me levabit contra me calcaneum suum, Jn. Skt. 13, 18: Gen. 3, 15.

Linked entries: hó-banca

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell casa, cubiculurn, cella

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Gecyrde he to sumes hyrdes cytan he turned into a shepherd&#39;s cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 14. In ðæm he hæfde cirican and cytan in hac habuit ecclesiam et cubiculum, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24, col. 2. Cyte cella, Wrt. Voc. 85, 75.

Linked entry: cote

folc-stede

(n.)
Grammar
folc-stede, -slyde, es; m.

Folk or dwelling-placepŏpŭli lŏcushabĭtācŭlum

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Se ðe gegán dorste folcstede fára he who durst go into the folk-place of the hostile, Beo. Th. 2930; B. 1463. Ðǽr folcstede fægre wǽron where the dwelling-places were fair, Cd. 91; Th. 116, 8; Gen. 1933.

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Ðá hét Benedictus beran ða tócwysedan lima on ánum hwítle intó his gebedhúse, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 21. Sem and Jafeth dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23.

Linked entries: hwida hwien

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Add: to thrust, cast into a place Seó gýtsung manega bescýfð (precipitat) on fýr, Prud. 60. þeacute; se Ælmihtiga [on] heolstor besceáf, An. 1193. Hí hine on cwearterne bescufon, Hml. i. 18, 440. Hét ontendan fýr, and hí tómiddes besceófan, 7, 219.

drencan

(v.)
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.

scegð

(n.)
Grammar
scegð, scǽð, es; m.: e; f.

A light, swift vessel

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Ic gean mínre scǽðe for mínre sáwle intó Hramsége healfe ðam abbode and healfe ðam híréde, Chart. Th. 598, 9. Syððan hé tó lande cymþ, ðonne forlǽt hé ðæt scyp standan; for ðam him þincþ syððan ðæt hé mǽge ǽð bútan faran ðonne mid.

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

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Swegen lǽdde his here into Wiltúne, 1003; Erl. 139, 14. Hió becwið án pund tó Wiltúne ðám híwum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 1. ¶the name occurs in several Latin charters In uilla regali qui appellatur Uuiltún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 320, 15.

ofen

(n.)
Grammar
ofen, ofn, es; m.

An oven, a furnace

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Ðás þrí cnihtas hét se cyning áwurpan intó byrnendum ofne the fiery furnace, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 26. Geond ðone ofen, Cd. Th. 238, 13; Dan. 354. On fýres ofen (ofn, Lind.) in caminum ignis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 42.

Linked entry: ofn

be-twynan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twynan, prep. dat.

Between, amonginter

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Between, among; inter Him betwynan among them, Mt. Jun. 9, 3: Jn. Bos. 16, 17. Ge habbaþ lufe eów betwynan dilectionem habueritis ad invicem, Jn. Bos. 13, 35

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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Add: of the relation of a thing (or things) to surrounding objects with which it is grouped Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] þára unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, Ll.

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Neowle næssas headlands that plunge into the water, 2826; B. 1411. Hié Geáta clifu ongitan meahton, cúþe næssas, 3828; B. 1912.

Linked entries: næsse ness