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godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Wé sceolan mid earfoðnyssum ꝥ éce líf geearnian, and seó earfoðnys ongan on ðǽre godspellbodunge, 16, 241. Seó ealde ǽ getácnode godspelbodunge under Godes gife.

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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mid hwatum hýrsumnesse fét gefolgiað, R. Ben. 20, 3. active, nimble Þá handa áwindað þá ðe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst, 148, 4. keen, bold, active Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, B. 2642: 2517.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; m.
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Forwearð se consul mid eallum his folce from Etusci þǽm leódum L. Baebius a Liguribus circumventus cum universo exercitu occisus est, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 9. v. ceaster- (Nap. 12), norþ-leóde; leóda

mægen-þrymm

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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17

ribb

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Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14.

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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Icel. steikja to roast) to roast Ǽles tácen is þæt mon wecge his swýþran hand and sette syþþan ofer his wynstran earm and ástrehtre his wynstran hande stríce þwyrs ofer mid þǽre swyðran, swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite

Linked entry: stǽcan

staþol

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Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr. D. 222, 25-223, 5

ǽs

fooda bait

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here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede, Chr. 975; P. 121, 12. a bait Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðám ǽse sticað: bið ðonne grǽdig ðæs ǽses, and forswylcð ðone angel mid

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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An upper chamber, a soler Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeþonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre óððæt hió fæstlíce gestonde on ðæm solore ðæs módes until it stand firmly in the upper chamber of the mind Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 18.

Linked entry: solere

ge-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To pressimpelurgeforceimpressrebukeoppressprĕmĕretrūdĕreurgērecompellĕreimprĭmĕreincrĕpāreopprĭmĕre

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He Ægypti egesan geþýwde mid feala tácna pŏsuit in Ægypto signa sua, 77, 43. Hí mec þingum geþýdan they pressed me violently, Exon. 123 a; Th. 472, 10; Rä. 61, 14. Geþýd and geþreátod rebuked and threatened, Andr. Kmbl. 871; An. 436.

hilt

(n.)
Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.

Hilt, handle

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Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan hylte the sword with the silver hilt. Chart. Th. 558, 11. Ic ðæt hilt ðanon ætferede I bore the hilt away from there, 3341; B. 1668. Hylt, 3379; B. 1687. Bíþ ða hiltas the hilt shines, Salm. Kmbl. 446; Sal. 223.

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush,break in pieces

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Ðú ealle míne bán tóbrísdest, Nar. 45, 5. Ealle his bán heó tóbrýsde, 44, 15. Tóbrýsiende confringens, Ps. Lamb. 28, 5. Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl.

for-weorpan

to throw awayto throw outcast out

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Add: to throw away Mið ðý forwarp rejecta [sindone ], Mk. L. R. 14, 52. fig., of reckless or fruitless expenditure Ðý lǽs mon unnytlíce mierre ðæt hé hæbbe, gehiéren menn ðisne cwide: 'Heald ðíne ælmessan, ðý lǽs ðú hié forweorpe,' Past. 325, 4.

wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-housea towerfortification

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Se weall is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum ( habitaculis defensorum ) beworht, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 21. Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him ( elephants ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II

symblan

(v.)
Grammar
symblan, ede ;and symblian; ode

To feast

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Mid ðý hí lange symbledon cum diutius epulis vacarent, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 30. Utan simblian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62. Symblendra swég sonus epulantis, Ps. Th. 41, 4

Linked entry: symblian

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Hé begeat swíðe mycelne sceatt of his mannan ðǽr he mihte ǽnige teale tó habban oððe mid rihte oððe elles where, rightly or otherwise, he could advance any claim to what he exacted, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 11. an excuse, a defence Míne gebróðra, hwilcere

Linked entry: frum-talu

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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Mínre yldstan déhter ðæne hám æt Welewe and ðære gingestan ðone hám æt Welig to my eldest daughter the vill at Wellow, and to the youngest the vill at Welig, Th. Chart. 488, 29-33.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Urnon þá west. . . and haefdon hine mid heom (wendon þá þanon mid him, v. l. ). Chr. 1046 ; P. 169, 11. Cómon ðé drýmen, and hæfdon him mid twégen ormǽte dracan, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 5.

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Mid þyllícum and mid manegum þyllícum, Ps. Th. 10, 7. Ða ðe heora lustum folgiaþ and ðyllíce ádreógaþ, Homl. Ass. 196, 45. Wé gehýrdon þyllíce gereccan. Homl. Skt. i. 6, 184, 189. [O. E. Homl. Kath. A. R. H. M. þullich: Ayenb. þellich.]

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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the milk-pail, and set not the vessel down on the earth far seven nights, L.