úht-sang
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
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
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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
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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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
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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
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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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.
ǽr
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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
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sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu betweox ðære sunnan and mankynne . . .
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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-mearcian
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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.
á-cumba
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
ge-sceþþan
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Nóht iúh gesceðeð (gisceððas, R. ) nihil uobis nocebit, Lk. L. 10, 19.
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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
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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
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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.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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On ðá healfe þe heó scínð, þǽr byð dæg, and on þá healfe þe heó ne scínð, ðǽr byð niht. Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, Lch. iii. 234, 25-28. An bá halbae (halbe, halfe, v. ll.) altrinsecus, Txts. 38, 51.