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hors-minte

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For Lye substitute Nim twá mintan, ꝥ is túnminte and horsminte, Lch. iii. 72, 6

milte-seóc

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Add: milt-seóc Wið miltan sáre, genim þás wyrte. . . heó þone miltseócan gehǽleþ, Lch. i. 276, 16

twi-milte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-milte, adj.
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Twice melted Geola swá twymylte wex flaua, An. Ox. 4462

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.

The exact middlejust in the middle

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The exact middle; only in the phrase on æle-middan=just in the middle Seó firmamentum tyrnð symle onbútan ús. . . . Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan, Lch. iii. 254, 16. Ðǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde. . . . Án ðǽra dǽla is on ælemiddan,

Linked entry: midde

bróc-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bróc-minte, an; f: bróc-mint, e; f.

BROOKMINT, horsemintmentha sylvestris Σισύμβριον sisymbrium officinale

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BROOKMINT, horsemint; mentha sylvestris, Lin.Lin. Σισύμβριον sisymbrium officinale Brócminte. Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another

mirc-apuldor

(n.)

a dark apple-tree

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a dark apple-tree Mircapuldur melarium (as if from μέλας ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 78

Linked entry: mirce

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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God nolde ðæt hié ðone Cristendóm mierde leng God would not that they should longer obstruct Christianity, Ors. 6, 7; Swt. 262, 21. Gif hwá Godes lage wyrde oððe folclage myrre, L. I.

Linked entries: meoring myrran

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weaknesslack of power

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Weakness, lack of power Heora unmiht and heora untrymð is swíðe gemanifealdod multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum, Ps. Th. 15, 3. Biþ geond fingras cele and cneówa unmeht, Lchdm. ii. 258, 14. Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú maran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

meaht

(n.)
Grammar
meaht, <b>, maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht,</b> e; f. (but mihtes,
  • Ps, Th. 70, 18
).

Mightpowervirtueabilityan exercise of powermighty work

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Might, power, virtue, ability Meaht eorþlíces ríces potestas terreni imperii, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 13. Seó godcunde meht, Blickl. Homl. 19, 20. Gif hǽto oððe meht ne wyrne lǽt him blód if heat, or his ability to bear it do not forbid, let him blood, L.

Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht

feormian

(v.)

to cleanseto furbish

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to cleanse. Add: to clean a place Sé þe on Sunnan*-*dæge his hús feormað, Wlfst. 212, 26. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3. Hwítlas on sǽ wacsan

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce tó Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30.

Eást-Engle

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Rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle, 870; P. 70, 5. Fór se here on Eást-Engle and gesæt þæt lond and gedǽlde, 870; P. 76, 26. Sende Ælfréd cyng sciphere of Cænt on Eást-Engle, 885; P. 79, 18. Eást-Englan, 1017; P. 154, 4

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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Hér fór se here innan Mierce in this year the Danes marched into Mercia, 868; Erl. 72, 21. in combination with in, on [cf. O.

innan

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., into Hér rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle, Chr. 870 ; P. 70, 5. Of ðǽre sǽ cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18. Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

á-mirran

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On ðǽre gǽlinge þe hé þá hwíle ámirð (-mierreð, v. l. ), Past. 38, 1. to destroy, lay waste Ðú ofslihst ús and ámyrst, Hml. S. 25, 131. Gif hwilc wíf hyre cild ámyrð ( perdiderit ) innan hire, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 24.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Hó geféngun Praen and gebundenne hine on Mierce lǽddon, 796; P. 56, 8. Þǽr wearið Orithia gefangen ( capta ), Ors. 10 ; S. 48, I : 4, 11 ; S. 208, 18.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Hú gé fullecost mágon Gode þiówian ðæt eów læst þing mierþ quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimenta Domino observiendi, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 17

Linked entry: læsast

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Gefôr se here on Mierena lond, and hit gedǽldon sum, and sum Ceólwulfe saldon, 877; P. 74, 22. ¶ of the diversity existing among the earth's inhabitants :-- Is þes middangeard dálum gedǽled there is great diversity among those who live on the earth, Gú

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Mierce wurdon cristne, Chr. 655; Erl. 28, 1. Mé milde weorð miserere mei, Ps. Th. 56, 1: 66, 1. Monigfaldge worðe habundaverit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 20. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf ðonne his unriht yppe wurde, Blickl. Homl. 175, 10.