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tíd-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-weorþung, e; f.
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Worship at a particular time, service at one of the canonical hours Hit nis ná tó gelýfanne, ðæt fæstende synd rihtlíce, bútan æfter hyra mæssan ðæs ǽfenes tídwurðunga gebíden, Homl. Ass. 140, 67

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Swá wrixliað ealle þæt farað and æft cumað, 62, 30. Add

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott.

rǽden

Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn. Add: v. ge-, geþeód-, geþeów-(?), gewrit-, godsibb-, hold-, hyld-, leód-, lim-, luf-, mǽd-, mǽgþ-, mæst-, mæsten-, sam-, sin-, þegen-, þeód-, þoft-, wíte-, wudu-rǽden[n].

dweorg

(v.)
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)

beddian

(v.)
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hyne on wearme húse, and bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lch. iii. 140, 25. He lette hine baðien and beddien feire, Laym. 6658. Add

hyse-byrþre

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-byrþre, an;
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One who bears a (male) child Ácende hyse-berþre þæne þe (Gabriel) foresǽde enixa rat puerpera quern Gabriel praedixit, Hy. S. 50, 34

Linked entry: byrþre

scip-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ráp, es; m.
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Hiora ( walruses ) hýd biþ swíðe gód tó sciprápum . . . Ðæt gafol biþ on ðǽm sciprápum, ðe beóþ of hwæles hýde geworht and of seoles . . .

ge-drípan

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., and add: to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29.

oferbæc-getéung

(n.)
Grammar
oferbæc-getéung, e; f.

Contraction of the muscles at the back of the neck, tetanus

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Ðisne lǽcecræft man sceal dón mannum ðe hyra swyran mid ðám sinum fortogen beóþ, ðæt hé hys nǽn geweald náh, ðæt Gréccas hátaþ tetanicus) :-- Oferbæcgetéung titanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 22

fola

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Lǽdað mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan; þá folan gesǽlað ǽr ofer þá eá faran tolleni aput camelos masculos et feminas quae habent foetas; foetas trans flumen alligatas relinquunt, Nar. 35, ll. Add

máðum-cist

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-cist, e; f.

A treasure-chesttreasury

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A treasure-chest, treasury Nys hyt ná álýfed ðæt wé ásendon hyt on úre máðmcyste (in corbanan, cf. Goth. kaurban, þatei ist maiþms, Mk. 7, 11), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6

scip-réðra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-réðra, an; m.
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Hé on scyp code, and myd hys scypréðrum hys segl up áhóf, and forþ seglode, St. And. 38, 32

brítan

(v.)
Grammar
brítan, p. te

To poundbruisecrush

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Genim (garclive) dríge and dype on wearmum wætere, swá þú eáþelícost brýtan mæge, 130, 6. Brýtende friens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 38 : 150, 74

Linked entry: brýtan

æt-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstnian, p. ode
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Þá cwæð ic: Mid ǽgðrum ic hyt geleornode. . . . Þá eágan hyt ætfæstnodon mínum ingeþance, Shrn. 175, 10

ge-dreógan

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Wel hym þæs geweorkes . . . gif hé ealteáwne ende gedreógeð, Hy. 2, 13. to suffer Wíf ðiú blódes flóning geðolade ł gedróg (-dreóg ?) mulier quae sanguinis fluxum patiebatur, Mt. L. 9, 20. to live through, spend time, life, &amp;c. [v. N. E.

neom

(v.)
Grammar
neom, neam, nam = ne eom

am notis not

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Sí eówer sprǽc: Hyt ys, hyt ys;nyt nys, hyt nys, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 37. Nis álýfed it is not allowed, Homl. Th. i. 94. 29

Linked entry: nis

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

be-nemnan

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L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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Hé wæs hym syððan tóweard hys scypes farende, Homl. Ass. 190, 258. with dat. or uncertain, preceding the governed word Ðonne ærnaþ ealle tóweard ðæm feó, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 36.