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dígle

(n.)
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dígle, dígol, es; n.
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Yppan digla úre pandere secreta nostra, Coll. M. 34, 15. Dióhla archana, Kent. Gl. 359. Deiglo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Hé heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ, Bl. H. 179, 26. v. dígol; n. in Dict

dim-nes

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Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml. A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus, An. Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt.

dréfedness

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For hwí forgetst þú úre dréfednesse ( tribulationis ), Ps. L. 43, 24. Add

dríman

(v.)
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Uton dréman ( jubilemus ) Gode . . . on sealmum wé drýman him, Ps. Spl. 94, 1, 2. of musical instrument Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele. trans.

Linked entries: dreman drýman

dropa

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Add: a drop In ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll in navem eamdem una pluviae gutta non cecidit, Gr. D. 196, 6. Ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 5.

druncennes

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Úre Hǽlend forbeád þá druncennysse, Hml. A. 6, 148. Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, 145, 34. Add

dumbness

(n.)
Grammar
dumbness, e; f.
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Dumbness Úre Drihten gehǽlde þone wódan fram his dumbnesse, Nap. 18

Linked entry: dumnys

dwola

(n.)
Grammar
dwola, an; m.
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one who errs, a person without understanding Líf dwolan uita uecordis (cf. gedwolenum uecordi, Kent. Gl. 308), Scint. 223, 3. a heretic, schismatic Dwola hereticus, An. Ox. 27, 14. Dwolan scismatici, 2854

eafoþ

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Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes; úðe ic þæt þú hine selfne geseón móste, 960. Hine God mægenes wynnum, eafedum stépte, 1717. Cf. afol. Add

ealdian

(v.)
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Þá cyricsangas ðe mid langre gýmeleásnesse ealdian (-igan, v.l.) ongunnon carmina ecclesiastica, quae longo usu vel negligentia inueterare coeperunt, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 675, 9. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, Gn. Ex. 158

eald-wita

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Manige úre ealdwitan wǽron clǽnsiende ꝥ eáge heora módes multi nostrorum mentis oculum mundantes, Gr. D. 272, 1

ealu-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-geweorc, es; n.
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On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7

eardung

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D. 184, 26. of beasts, v. eardian, 3 Úre fór wæs þurh þá lond and stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and wildeóra per bestiosa serpentiosaque loca nobis iter erat, Nar. 10, 5.

Eáster-mónaþ

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Þone mónaþ man nemneð on Læden Aprelis, and on úre geþeóde Eastermónaþ, Shrn. 69, 16. Add

eáþ-mód

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Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26. Þú eádmódra ealra lócast Dominus humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám eádmódum mediocribus, An. Ox. 4121. Wæs heó on eallum þingum þe eáþmóddre, Bl.

ed-cenning

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ed-cenning, -cynning.
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Edcynninge hé hét þæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, on ðám beóð úre líchaman geed*-*cynnede tó unbrosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 23-27. Add

efen-sácerd

(n.)
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efen-sácerd, es; m.
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst

Linked entry: sacerd

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

éhtan

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éhtan, éhtian.
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Mið ðý oehtas iúch (eówer héhtende beóþan, R.) cum persecuti uos fuerint, Mt. L. 5, 11. Þá þe éhtiað mé, Ps. L. 34, 3. Éhte ł éhtigende is ( persecutus est ) feónd sáwle míne, 142, 3. Hig éhton ł hig éhtegende wǽron, 68, 27. Saulus, hwæt éhtesðú mé?

elcian

(v.)
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Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán þone deáð Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not avoid it . . . at the end of this world they will receive death. Our Saviour did not delay to meet death, Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.