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úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins

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Ðæt ðære nihte tó láfe sié æfter ðam úhtsange quod restat post vigilias, R. Ben. 32, 17.

ge-þwǽre

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Habbað æðele tungol emne gedǽled dæg and nihte, sunne and móna swíðe geþwǽre, Met. 29, 37.

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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Gif hé sóhte leódbiscop oððe ealdorman ðonne áhte hé vii nihta griþ, L. Eth. vii. 5; Th. i. 330, 14.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.
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. ; Erl. 5, 7. marking continuity Feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tógædere, Gen. 7, 4 : Homl. Th. i. 22, 3. Fæste .ii. dagas tógaedere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lchdm. ii. 218, 2: 232, 19

bonde-land

(n.)
Grammar
bonde-land, es; n.
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abbot, Beonne geháten, lét Cúþbriht ealdorman x bonde-lande [x tributariorum terram, vel terram x manentium] æt Swinesheáfde, mid læswe and mid mǽdwe, and mid eal ðæt ðǽrto læi, and swá ðæt Cúþbriht geaf ðam abbote l punde ðǽrfore, and ilca geár ánes nihtes

wan

(adj.)
Grammar
wan, adj.
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Ne wiht mé wonu bið nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Surt. 22, I : 33, 10. Ǽr ðon ðe Drihten on heofenas ástige, þonon hé nǽfre won wæs þurh his godcundnesse miht, Blickl.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
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Healdaþ wearde dæges and nihtes die ac nocte manebitis observantes custodias, Lev. 8, 35. Weras wæccende wearde heóldon, Judth. Thw. 23, 26; Jud. 142: Beo. Th. 616; B. 305. Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, gen. sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade; f.
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Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu betweox ðære sunnan and mankynne . . .

lystan

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H. 59, 33. with dat. of person, Bd. 3, 16; Sch. 266, 8 (in Dict.). to cause desire, with acc. of person and gen. of thing desired Ne lyst mé nú þæs nihil hujusmodi quaero, nihil desidero, Solil. H. 36, 15.

hreám

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D. 74, 4. where the cry (proclaiming, appealing, &c.) consists of articulate words On middre nihte wæs mycel hreám geworden (man hrýmde and cwæð clamor factus est, Mt. 25, 6): 'Nú cymð se brýdguma,' Angl. viii. 307, 13.

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on p. 48 of O. E. T. nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the Corpus Gloss. has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec, 2152, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73. Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun, Erf. 75 ; gy-byrdid, Ep. 228.In the Durham Ritual the regular form is gi-.
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á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakum ⬩ that which is combed ⬩ the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow ⬩ stuppa ⬩ the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees ⬩ Prunings ⬩ clippings ⬩ trimmings ⬩ putamen ⬩ reduced to ashes ⬩ Wood ashes

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Ácumban putamina, 3703, p. 407. reduced to ashes, it was used as a substitute for σπόδιον = σποδός Wood ashes; spodium Græcorum nihil aliud est, quam radix Alcannæ combusta, officinæ ustum ebur ejus loco substituunt To sealfe, ním. ácumban, cneówholen

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ge-sceþþan

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Nóht iúh gesceðeð (gisceððas, R. ) nihil uobis nocebit, Lk. L. 10, 19.

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Gemearcode inpingit vel signat, 45, 59. to fix by marks, mart out a site, way (lit. or fig. ), fix the boundaries of, plan Þǽre ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þá burg mid stacum gemearcod, swá swá hié hié þá wyrcean woldon, wulfas átugan þá stacan úp

heonan

afterwards ⬩ from now

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(at some definite time in the future) from now: Heonan on þisse eahteþan niht eight days hence, Gú. 1009

helpan

to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail

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Bibeád ic eów ꝥ gé of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf earmra hulpen, Cri. 1603. used absolutely: Gif limlǽweo lama þe forworht wǽre weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht áibbe, siþþan man mót hylpan, sé þe wyllen beorgan sáre and sáule, Ll.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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Blódlǽs is tó forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr hláfmæsse, Lch. ii. 146, 8. Ðá geácsedon ðá consulas ðæt ǽr, ǽr Hannibal, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 23. Heó cymð ǽr, ǽr ðá wyrðmynðu, Past. 209, 16. See ǽr; adv. <b>II. &para;,</b>

ge-weaxan

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Hyt gelimpeð ǽfre binnan feówer geára fæce ꝥ án dæg and án niht gewixst, Angl. viii. 306, 12. Ungemetlic cele geweóx on þone ǽfen frigus ingens uespertino accrescebat tempore, Nar. 23, 11.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add: where the comparison is in respect to quantity or number Furþor restan þonne healfe niht, R. Ben. 32, 13. where excess over a certain point or standard is marked Þá þe habbað má þonne heora rihtæðel-cwéne. Wlfst. 298, 17.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de
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Th. i. 500, 5. to disperse, scatter Seó sunne tótwǽmþ ðære nihte þýstru mid hyre beorhtnysse, Anglia viii. 317, 6. Wearð her on felda folc tótwǽmed, Byrht. Th. 138, 57; By. 241.

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