norþ-sǽ
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Ǽrest of sǽ . . . ðanon on súðsǽ . . . andlang Cawelburnan útt on norðsǽ, C. D. v. 82, 24. Add
dæg-fæsten
A day's fast ⬩ diei jejunium
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A day's fast; diei jejunium Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter, L.
Linked entries: dæg-swǽsendo fæsten
dæg-weorc
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Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc . . ., Ll. Th. ii. 314, 18. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge and dægweorc tó nihte, Wlfst. 47, 8. Add
on-stæl
Arrangement, disposition
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Arrangement, disposition Ðá ( at the creation of man ) wæs fruma níwe ælda tudres, onstæl wynlíc, fæger and gefeálíc fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, Exon. Th. 151, 17; Gú. 796
Linked entry: on-steall
hociht
Full of mallows
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Full of mallows Ǽrest onlong Foss on ða hocihtan díc of ðere hocihtan díc on ðone brádan þorn to the mallowy ditch, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 365, 25
ciric-stede
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Ǽrest on ðone chiricstede; ðonne of ðám chiricstede . . . on ðone chiricstede, 85, 7, 22
maniend
One who claims
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Se wæs ǽrest theloniarius ðaet is gafoles moniend he (St. Matthew) was first theloniarius, that is a tax-gatherer, Shrn. 131, 24
egeleásness
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31
swigene
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Ðæs mannes bileofa is tó besceáwianne: ǽrest him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoð stille and sméþe, ne sié scearp ne tó afor ne slítende ne swigene, Lchdm. ii. 210, 21
wan-spéd
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On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 34
bí-word
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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb
fugel-timber
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Substitute: Bird-material (v. timber; ), the young bird which develops Hé ( the Phenix ) ǽrest bið swylce earnes brid, fæger fugeltimber; þonne furðor wridað þæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, Ph. 236
wíg-gild
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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add
Sceáp-íg
Sheppy
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Sheppy ( =Sheep-island, cf.Far-oe, ) Hér hǽþne men ǽrest on Sceápíge (-ége,MS. E. ) ofer winter sǽtun, Chr. 855 ;Erl. 68, 23. Hér hǽþne men oferhergeadon Sceápíge, 832 ; Érl. 64, 18
ceaster-geat
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Ðis is ðæs wuda gemǽre ... ðæt is, ǽrest æt ceastergeate tó ceasterwege; ondlong ceasterweges tó middelwege; of middelwege eft tó ceastergeate; of ðǽm geate tó longan leáge, C. D. iii. 260, 4-7
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mǽran
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Ǽrest westan-norðan hyt mǽrað Wódnes díc, 456, 15
on-bryrdan
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Add On twá wísan bið se man onbryrd ; ǽrest hé him ondrǽt hellewíte, and bewépð his synna, syððan hé nimð eft lufe tó Gode, Hml. Th. i. 140, 17. add Se Hálga Gást onbryrt úre mód tó ǽlcre gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 10.
hlid-geat
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Ǽrest on díc; ðonne upp wið hliðgeatas; ðonne on brádan hærpað, C. D. v. 109, 8. Andlang weges tó hlidgeate, Cht. E. 290, 24. Beforan hlidgeate ante postes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 5, Add:
ísen-hyrst
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Fitted with iron Ǽrest of ísenhyrste gate ... eft in on ísenhyrsten geat first, from the gate fitted up with iron ... back to the same gate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27 ... 131, 19
ofesc
A border
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Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11