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cnyllan

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Add: to strike, knock, clap Tósomne cnyllaþ conliserint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 66. Cnyllan complodere vel concutere, conlidere, 133, 5. to strike a door, knock Cnyllas gé pulsate . . . ðǽm cnyllende (cnyllenda, p. 15, 7) pulsanti, Mt.

dweorg

(v.)
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. ¶ Dwarfs were supposed to be able to injure living creatures. v. Grmm. D. M.

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Wes ðises gehwerfes gewit-nesse hic sunt testes hujas commutationis, C. D. vi. 207, 21, 26. Æðeluuold bisceop sealde mé gehwerfe (mutuauit) ðone hám Heart-ingas wið ðám mynsterlande, iii. 60, 30.

ge-leórednes

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Add: a passing from one place to another, a migration. v. Dict. a passing from one state to another, ecstasy, transport of a vision On úplicere gesihþe geleórednesse in aromate extaseos (raptus ), An. Ox. 405.

ge-þoftian

(v.)
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Substitute: To make a league or alliance with, league, ally oneself. to league together, with reflex. dat. or acc.

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Add: agreeably, so as to please, acceptably Wel ðrowað se man and Gode gecwémlíce, sé ðe winð ongeán leahtras, Hml. Th. i. 164, 20: Hml. A. 14, 22. Þæt þe gé friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon mid micclum wísdóme and mé swýðe gecwémlíce. Ll.

hlíp-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp-geat, hlípe-geat, es; n.

A leap-gate

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ðám hlýpgete; of ðám hlýpgete á be wealle, 456, 8. ðám wealle; of ðám wealle intó hlípgete; of ðám hlípgete intó ðám hachan, 424, 20. ðám hlýpgeate, 77, 16. On ꝥ hlípiget; of thám hlýpgete, C. D. B. iii. 44, 20. On ðæt ealde hlýpeget, C.

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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to lay over, above, or upon something else Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. to cover the surface of a thing with something Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7.

hád-brice

(n.)
Grammar
hád-brice, -bryce, es; m. [hád II. holy orders in the church; brice a violation, breach]

An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy ordersordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio

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to the degree of the order, L, C.

Æðelstán

(n.)
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Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.

a-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure fromenticeinduceurgepersuadeintroduce secretlyallicereillicereimpellerepersuadereattraheresubintroducere

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Hér aspón Æðelwald ðone here to unfriþe in this year Æthelwald allured the army to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1.

Linked entries: a-speón a-spón spanan

CAMP

(n.)
Grammar
CAMP, comp, es; m.
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Drihten tǽcþ handa míne to gefeohte, and fingras míne to slehte oððe to campe Dominus docet manus meas ad prælium, et digitos meos ad bellum, Ps. Lamb. 143, 1: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 21: Judth. 11; Thw. 14, 21; Jud. 200: Beo.

munt

(n.)
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munt, es; m. [from Lat. mons]

A mounthillmountain

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ðám muntum, 14, 10. On heálícum muntum heortas wuniaþ, Ps. Th. 103, 17. On healecum muntum, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29. Ðá ðá hé com muntum, ðá gemétten hine tceaþan, 502, 24, Alpes ðǽm muntum, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 16.

and-weardnes

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Hié mon his andweardnesse héht gestandan they were summoned to stand before him, Bl. H. 173, 10. For þǽre andweardnesse þínes yrres a vultu irae tuae, Ps. Th. 37, 3. Se Hǽlend Petrum lǽrde on his andweardnysse ( while present ), Hml.

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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Sume Pentecostes castele, sume Ródbertes castele, P. 181, 5. Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25. His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde, P. 211, ii.

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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Ðá ðing þe heó nú sibbe talað, beóð hire ðonne ceáste áwende, Hml. Th. i. 408, 26. Hé forlét his gingran tógeánes þǽre ceáste he left his subordinate to meet the tumult, Hml, S. 7, 212. Þa ðe þá ceáste macedon, 222.

ceorfan

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Ne sceamode þé ceorfanne ꝥ ꝥ ðú sylf suce, Hml. S. 7, 125. ꝥ corfene breóst, 145. Ceorfende infindens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 23. to slay Fióndas míno cearfas (ceorfas, R.) inimicos meos interficite, Lk. L. 19, 27

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ꝥ hit áge healf þǽre cyrcean hláford, Cht.

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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Þá gestóp hé ánes wealles byge, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 19. ðé gistepe ué ad te gradiamur. Rtl. 51, 9. <b>I a.

láreów-dóm

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Ongunnon hí him befæstenne heora cild Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2. Sume þá apostolas þe síþodon mid Críste on his láreówdóme ( as his disciples ), Hml.