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á-gyltan

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Hwǽr ágylte hé ǽfre on his gegerelan?, 167, 34. (2a) with acc. :-- Þæt ( what ) wé mid gitsigendum eágum ágylton, Hml. Th. i. 68, 26. with object against which sin is done Swá swá wé forgyfað ðám þe wið ús ágyltað, 258, 23.

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Fæst ǽlc dæge tó nónes and tó ánes métes búton sunnandæg, and forgá hwít, Wlfst. 289, 25. Cf. Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II.

oft

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Oft nalles ǽne, B. 3019 : Cri. 1195. Oft nalæs seldon, Ps. Th. 74, 4. Oft and gelóme, Gen. 1670: Hy. 3, 46. Oft gelóme, Gen. 1539. Swíðe oft, Mt. 23, 37: An. 618. Búta oftor (crebro) geðuógon hondo, Mk. L., R. 7, 3 : Dan. 758.

wáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wáþ, e ; f.

wandering roving hunting

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Wáþum strong, fugel feþrum wlonc, 204, 18; Ph. 99: 208, 26; Ph. 161. hunting Deáð, egeslíc hunta ábít on wáðe, nyle hé ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan death, dread hunter, persists in his hunting, never will he abandon any track, Met. 27, 13

Linked entries: wǽðe wǽðan

á-dílgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-dílgian, á-díligian.

to destroy, &c., obliterateto blot out iniquity, &c.

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Nú man ǽlc yfel mæg mid góde ádílgian (-dílegian, Hatt. MS.) cum mala cuncta bonis sequentibus deluantur, 348, 16. Similar entries v. also a-dylegian in Dict

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe (in cases where the validity of the ordeal was disputed a priest was not to swear to the validity?

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

hærfest

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest, es; m.

Harvest, autumnautumpnusautumnautumnusautumn

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Harvest, autumn Hærfest autumnus, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 9; Wrt. Voc. 53, 23. Autumnus is hærfeste, Lchdm. iii. 250, 11. Se hærfest welig on wæstmum the autumn rich in fruits, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 27 : 21; Fox 74, 22; Bt. Met.

Linked entry: herfest

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

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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Ben. 39, 14. a division, dividing-point, break, pause Idus tódǽleanyssa ðæs mónðes, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 6. Cesuras, ðæt synd ða tódǽlednyssa on ðám versum . . . Ða tódǽlednyssa on ðám versum synd feówer, Anglia viii. 313, 38

Linked entry: -dǽledness

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast,scatter seedto spread abroad,scatter,disperse,to disseminate opinionsdistribute favourssow dissension

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To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, of concrete objects Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376.

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode

to make clear or manifest, to shew, declareto become manifest

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to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare Ǽlc gesceaft ðæt sweotolaþ, ðæt God éce is Deum aeternum esse cunctorum degentium commune judicium est, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.

A kind of treewooda treea woodAbies

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Oftost on treówcynne beóþ ða treówa getealde feminini generis and se wæstm neutri generis, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Zup.20, 14. Man worhte Noes earce of ðam treówcynne ðe is genem-ned Sem, Salm. Kmbl. p. 184, 16: Nar. 10, 13.

þaccian

(v.)
Grammar
þaccian, p.ode

to patclapstrike gentlywith the open hand or the liketo clapput one thing to another

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Ǽlc ðara manna ðe óðerne swíðe lufaþ, hine lyst bet þaccian and cyssan ðone óðerne on bær líc, ðonne ðér ðǽr cláðas beotweóna beóþ, Shrn. 185, 31. [This carter thakketh his hors uppon the croupe, Chauc. C. T. 7141.

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhapshaplyby chance

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Perhaps, haply, by chance Wénunge(-a) farsan, forsitan, fortassis, fortasse Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 229, 1: Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 23. Wénunga forsitan Ps. Spl. 80, 13.

Linked entries: wéning weninga

ge-trymman

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Man þá burh worhte and getrymode æt Witanhám, Chr. 913; P. 97, 33. Hé his forðfóre getrymede mid onfangennesse þæs dryhtenlican líchaman obitum suum dominici corporis perceptione munivit, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 359, 8.

ge-hátan

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Hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wígweorðunga, B. 175.

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Ǽlc hyht lífes omnis spes vitæ, Rtl. 3, 28. Ðú cégst his noman Johannes and ðé biþ ðonne hyht and gefeá vocabis nomen suum Johannem et erit gaudium tibi et exultatio, Blickl. Homl. 165, 10.

Linked entry: hiht

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óðor edleán, 103, 21. Ne ðǽr nǽnige þingunga ne beóþ, 95, 30 : 157, 13 : 185, 9. Hé nǽfre nǽnige godcunde englas næfde, 181, 28.

Linked entry: nán

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ǽlc wénþ ðæt hé þenige Gode omnis arbitretur obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. Skt. 16, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

dóm

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S. 30, 40. an ordinance, a decree Nis nán rihtra dóm, þonne úre ǽlc óðrum beóde, þæt wé willan, þæt man ús beóde, Wlfst. 112, 4. Dóme, rǽde decretum, i. judicium, i. secretum, An. Ox. 2676. ' Canst ðú þone dóm mýnre dohtor gifta?'