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tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate

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., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 32.

sincan

(v.)
Grammar
sincan, p. sanc, pl. suncon ; pp. suncen.
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to sink Ðá ingon sincan cum coepisset mergi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 30. Hwæðer sincende sǽflód wǽre. Cd.

Linked entry: be-sincan

dagian

(v.)
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Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde on the morrow when day was about to break, Guth. 40, 23: Hml. S. 21, 123: Chr. 979; P. 122, 26. Add

mid-dæg

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Hwæt déstú gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde ? what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590. Fram middæge oð nón a sexta hora usque ad horam nonam, 27, 188. Add

rótness

(n.)
Grammar
rótness, e; f.

gladness, cheerfulness ⬩ comfort, protection

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de merore, Rtl. 41, 5. From rótnise a tristitia, 69, 34.. Similar entries v. unrótness comfort, protection Rótnys (gebeorh, Ps. Th. : frófr, Ps. Spl. T.) refugium, Blickl. Gl. Rótnes ł ner (rótsung, Ps. Spl. T.) ðam þearfan refugium pauperi, Ps.

doppettan

(v.)
Grammar
doppettan, p. te; pp.ed

To dip often, dip in, immerse ⬩ mersāre

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Ic doppette merso, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 21

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proud ⬩ to glory ⬩ exult ⬩ to take offence through pride ⬩ to bear one's self proudly ⬩ impetuously

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Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458. Similar entries v. ofer-módigian

Linked entry: módegian

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak

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Mere thundendan (thuniendan? but cf.(?) Icel. Þundr a name of Odin; Þund the name of a mythical river) bombosae (vocis mugitum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 59

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti

sufel

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'Gáð nú and geseóðað úra wyrhtena sufl, ꝥ hit sý on ǽrne mergen geara.' And þá gewordenum ǽrmergenne hé hét beran mid him þone suflmete þe hé ǽr hét gegearwian' ite et operariis nostris pulmentum coquite, ut mane primo paratum sit.'

be-dyppan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dyppan, p. -dypte, pl. -dypton; pp. -dypped ; v. trans.

To dip ⬩ immerse ⬩ mergere ⬩ intingere ⬩ tingere

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Ic bedyppe mergo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 36

Linked entries: be-dipped be-dípan

BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Mere stille bád the sea remained still, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 2; Exod. 300. Bídaþ assan on þurste expectabunt onagri in siti sua, Ps. Th. 103, 11. Swá mín sáwl bád sicut expectavit anima mea, 55, 6.

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

fór-hradian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-hradian, -hradigan; p. ode; pp. od

To hasten before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præoccŭpāre

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Fórhradode Godes mildheortnys us God's mercy prevented us, ii. 84, 13. Ðonne hie fórhradigaþ ðone tíman gódes weorces when they anticipate the time of a good work, Past. 39, 3

Linked entry: fór-radian

weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.

guma

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. ¶ of other than mere men :-- Feásceaft guma ( Grendel ), B. 973. Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of þæs guman (Christ's) sídan, Kr. 49

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Wínes defruti, 27, 32.: meri, 87, 13. Wínes god Bachus, 61, 6. Ðæm folce (the Scythians) seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes drencas...

Cwénas

(n.)
Grammar
Cwénas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Quaines

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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwēnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen.

Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the Ribble and the Mersey

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

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