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termen

(n.)
Grammar
termen, es;
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On ðam termine ðære eásterlícan tíde, 315, 19. Ymbe ðæne termen, 324, 29. [Icel. termin. From Latin.]

gang-dagas

Grammar
gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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[Cf. the description of 'lætania majora' On ðǽm dæge eall Godes folc mid eáðmódlice relicgonge sceal God biddan ꝥ hé him forgefe ðone geár siblice tíd, and smyltelico gewidra, and genihtsume wæstmas, and heora líchoman trym-nysse, Shrn. 74, 9-12.]

hreóh-nes

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Gif þunor cymð æt þǽre xii tíde dæges, hreóhnessa and stormas sé bécnað, Archiv cxx. 48, 33. a stormy, troublous time Þonne hwylc hrínnes oððe éhtnes upp árás oborta occasione, Gr. D. 232, 7.

Linked entry: hreóh

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Mearciaþ on marmstáne hwonne se dæg and seó tíd geeáwe in marmore signant titulo remque diemque, Exon. 60 b; Th. 221, 11; Ph. 333. Mearcode sulcaret ł scriberet ł labararet, Hpt. Gl. 465, 6.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.

geómor

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Geác monað geómran reorde, Seef. 53. of a season in which sadness is experienced In þá geómran tíd ( the last day ), Ph. 517

práfost

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Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste ( this detail is not given in Bede's Life) . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon, Shrn. 64

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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IV. to press, urge :-- Hé ongan his geféran swíðe þreágan (urgere ) ꝥ hí scoldon on þá tíd út faran, Gr. D. 38, 12. Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labourexerciseinconveniencefatiguetroubleafflictiontribulationtormenttemptationbanishmentlăborexercĭtātioincommŏdumafflictiotrībŭlātiotentātioexsĭlium

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On tíd geswinces in tempŏre trībŭlātiōnis, 36, 39: 17, 19. Ðú eall þing birest búton geswince thou bearest all things without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 553; Met. 20, 277: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On geswince in exercĭtātiōne, Ps. Spl. 54, 2.

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-fremedlíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fullycompletelyperfectlyperfecte

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Ǽrðon ðe he be ðám forþgewitenum gýmeleásnyssum his fullfremedlícor of ðære tíde geclǽnsade priusquam prætĕrĭtas neglĭgentias perfectius ex tempŏre castīgāret, 3, 27; S. 559, 6

Linked entry: fremedlíce

geárlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geárlíc, adj.

Yearlyannualannuus

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Geárlíce tída gesette wǽron the yearly seasons were fixed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 25; Lchdm. iii. 246, 23

ge-axian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-axian, p. ode; pp. od [acsian to ask]

To find out by askinglearnhearexquīrĕreresciscĕreaudīre

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Æfter ðære tíde ðe he geaxode fram ðám tungelwítegum sĕcundum tempus exquīsiĕrat a māgis, Mt. Bos. 2, 16. Geaxodon ða cynegas audiērunt rēges, Jos. 5, 1 : L. AIf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. H. Geaxode dómas responsa, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 57, 131; Wrt.

Tifer

(n.)
Grammar
Tifer, e; f.
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Tie Tiber Hé cwæð ꝥ hit gelumpe on Rómebyrig, ꝥ Tifre streám wæs upp gangende and swá swíðe gangende, oð ꝥ hyre wæter and ýða fleówen ofer þá weallas dicens, quia apud hanc Romanam urbem alveum suum Tiberis egressus est, tantum crescens ut ejus unda

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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Thw. tit. Útfæreld his fram Fæder egressus ejus a Patre, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17. Hí ǽr Moyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19. Útfæreld exitum, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 8.

Linked entry: ex-odus

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay, Andr. Kmbl. 430; An. 215. Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes petens inducias, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 7.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

Birīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Birīnus, i; m. Latin: Biríne, Byríne, es; m.

Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,

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Hit gelamp on ða sylfan tíd ðe mon ðone cyning fullade, ðæt ðǽr wæs se halgesta and se sigefæstesta cyning Norþan Hymbra Oswald andweard....

Linked entry: Byríne

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Ðonne is nú tó geþencenne on ðás hálgan tíd, nú wé úrne líchoman clǽnsiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 39, 1. Nú ic sceal geendian earmlícum deáþe, nú wolde ic gebétan, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205.

be-sprecan

(v.)

mentionto claimTo complain ofblameTo complain

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For hwí besprecað nú men þás crístnan tída, and secgað þæt nú wyrsan tída sién ?

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Æfter tíd secundum tempus, Mt. L. 2, 16. with instrumental Æfter ðýs lífe, Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 1. B. adv. of time Monncwealm ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 25.

dógor-rím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-rím, es; n. [rím a number]
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Number of days, time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Óþ-ðæt ende cymeþ dógorrímes till the end of the number of days cometh, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 6; Ph. 485. Náne forlét deáþ dógorríme death lets none escape after a number of days, Bt. Met.