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weorold-gestreón

(n.)
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weorold-gestreón, es ; n.
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Ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna ( cupidi, 2 Tim. 3, 2), Wulfst. 81, 14. Hé breác mondreáma hér, woruld-gestreóna. Cd. Th. 71, 27; Gen. 1177. Swíðan woruldgestreónum, 164, 19 ; Gen. 2717.

(n.)
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sá, sán; m.

A tub, pail, vessel

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A tub, pail, vessel Saa libitorium, Txts. 35, 17. soo or cowl, vessel tina Prompt. Parv. He kam to þe welle, water updrow, And filde þer a michel so, Havel. 933. So, soa a tub with two ears, to carry on a stang, Ray's North-country words.

wealdende

(v.; adj.; part.)
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wealdende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ruling powerful

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Waldendne, 29, tit.; Fox xvi, 2. Nis under mé ǽnig óþer wiht waldendre, ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 427, 6; Rä. 41, 87

Linked entry: ge-wealdende

reccend-dóm

(n.)
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reccend-dóm, es; m.
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MSS.) de pondere regiminis, Past. 3, tit. ; Swt. 33, 4. Recendómes, 17, 7; Swt. 119, 4. Se underféng sáula reccendómes animas suscepit regendas, R. Ben. 14, 11. Rex kyning is gecweden a regendo, ðæt is, fram reccendóme, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 40.

tennan

(v.)
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
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un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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P. ii. 6 tit.; Th. ii. 180, 9

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

smeá-líc

(adj.)
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smeá-líc, adj.

searching, penetratingthat goes to the root heart of a matter, profoundexquisite, choice

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1. that goes to the root or heart of a matter, profound Hú ðú mé hæfst áfréfrodne ǽgðer ge mid ðínre smealícan sprǽce ge mid ðære wynsumnesse ðínes sanges quantum me vel sententiarum pondere vel canendi jucunditate refovisti Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 10: tit

Týle

(n.)
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Thule Án íglond ... ðæt is Tíle háten (þe isle þat hyȝe tile, Chauc. Boet. 3, 5. This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15

Linked entry: þýle

þræc-hwíl

(n.)
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þræc-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554

hwíl-fæc

(n.)
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a space of time, Lye

Linked entry: fæc

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
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wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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C. 32, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 20, Be wífes wiccecræfte de veneficio mulieris, 33, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 22. Se man ðe begá wiccecræft vir in quo pythonicus vel divinationis fuerit spiritus, Lev. 20, 27 : Wulfst. 71, 2.

regol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
regol-líc, adj.

As an ecclesiastical term (v. regal, III).regular, in accordance with monastic rulesregularisin accordance with the canons of the church, canonical

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Libbaþ regollícan lífe, sécaþ eówre cyrican, and gefyllaþ eówre tíde aa on gesetne tíman, L. I. P. 20;Th. ii. 330, 19.

mǽl-cearu

(n.)
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mǽl-cearu, e; f.

Care or trouble belonging to a particular time

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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189

mis-hworfen

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Add: — Mishworfenre tíde, An. Ox. 3836

úhta

(n.)
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úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Úhtna gehwylce, 287, 3; Wand. 8: 471, 24; Rä. 61, 6. as an ecclesiastical term, the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns De nocturna celebratione.

ge-tácniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tácniendlíc, -tácnigendlíc; adj.

Bearing a signsignificativetypicalsignĭfĭcātīvus

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Th. ii. 278, 14] lamb wæs geoffrod æt heora Eáster-tíde the typical lamb was offered at their Easter-tide, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 11, 18

mǽl-gesceaft

(n.)
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mǽl-gesceaft, e; f.

That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate

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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737

ǽr-ðam-ðe

(prep.)

before that whichtill

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before that which, till,Mt. Bos. 12, 20

sumer

(n.)
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sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Ðonne on sumeres tíd sunne hátost scíneþ, 212, 12; Ph. 209. Ðú ðe ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, and ðæs sumeres dahum langran, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5. Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Dict. to await, wait for, bide one's time, with gen. Hé bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.