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cyning-ǽþe

(adj.)
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cyning-ǽþe, adj.
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Entitled to make a king's thane's oath(?) Sé þe onsacan wille þæs sleges mid áðe, þonne sceal bión on þǽre hyndenne án kyningǽðe (-ǽde, v. l. ) (cf. ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, 154, 9), Ll. Th. i. 136, 12

Linked entry: -ǽþe

dagung

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Add: crepusculum Hwæðer hit sí þe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen d(e)agung (e written above; dagung, v. l.) utrum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an jam advenerit matutinum, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 21. Ǽr þæs uppcumendan leóhtes dagunge ante exsurgentis

eorþ-hrérness

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hrérness, e; f.

An earthquake

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An earthquake Mycel eorþhrérnes bið on ðǽm dæge geworden, Bl. H. 93, 14. Eorðhroernisse, Mt. L. 28, 2. Geséende eorðhroernise viso terrae motu, 27, 54. Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso

Linked entry: hrér-ness

geond-leccing

(n.)
Grammar
geond-leccing, e; f.
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Moistening Gyndleccincg ofeweard underféhð sáwl þænne heó hí sylfe on teárum heofenríces mid gewilnunge geswencþ; gyndleccing neaþewerd onféhð þænne helle súslu wépende ondrǽt inriguum superius accipit anima, cum sese in lacrimis caelestis regni desiderio

Linked entry: leccing

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

ge-scyldru

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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

ge-þersc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þersc, es; n.
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Beating, whipping, flogging Þá þá onsittendas þára horsa mid langum geþersce ( diu caedendo ) hyra hors geswencton, Gr. D. 15, 11. Þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ... Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen

ge-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bletsung, e ; f.
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consecration, v. ge-bletsian; I Þá geblet*-*sunge heó þǽr tó on Róme begeat þám þe þá áre to Godes þeówdome . . . Lch. iii. 432, 6. blessing, v. ge-bletsian ; III Hé gibloedsade úsig in ǽlcum gibloedsunge gástlicum benedixit nos in omni benedictione

-geaplíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-geaplíce, l. <b>geáplíce,</b>
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and add: cleverly, cunningly Geáplíce collide, ingeniose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 59 ; procaciter Kent. Gl. 804. Þá betealde hé ( Herod ) hine swíðe geáplíce, swá swá hé wæs snotorwyrde, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hig tósceádað ꝥ stæfgefég on þrým wísan geáplíce

goldhordian

(v.)
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Goldhordað ( thesaurizat ) and nát hwǽm gesomnað þá, Ps. Srt., Rdr., L. 38, 7. Sé ðe him sylfum goldhordað, and nis on Gode welig, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 23: Wlfst. 286, 25. Ná scylon bearn mágum goldhordian ( thesaurizare, i. lucrari ), ac mágas bearnum,

hell-ware

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Add: Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 2 Eall helwara wítu gestildon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 4. Similar entries Cf. hell; II. Þá unrótsodon helware. Hml. S. 4, 292. Helwara hreám. Wlfst. 186, 7. On helwara ríce is seó miccle byrnnys þæs écan wítes, Nar. 50,

lǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrend, es; m. One who teaches, instigates, &amp;c. v. lǽran
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Bepǽcend deceptor, lǽrend (printed læfend) seductor, lǽwend proditor Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 16-18. Drihten ꝥ ongeat, ꝥ se deófol þone Iúdas lǽrde ꝥ hé hine belǽwde . . . Wiste hé ꝥ hé on his godcundre mihte hæfde ǽghwæðer ge ðone lǽwend ge ðone lǽrend, Hml.

Linked entry: lǽfend

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12. Ic eom mánra áþa gewita, Angl. xii. 501, 19

of-sníþan

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Add: to slaughter an animal Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 7. to cut off, amputate Hé sceal his unþeáwas hatian and ofsníþan, Met. 27, 33. O. H. Ger. aba-snídan amputare: Ger. ab-schneiden

prútian

(v.)
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to be proud Gif man þone ærcediácon oððe þone právost ágyte ꝥ hí wyllon módiggan oððe prútian si reperti fuerint superbi aut elati, Chrd. 18, 30, Gif him deóflu hwæt on heora geþance lǽren hwanon hí módigian magon oððe prútian ( unde laudari aut extolli

rǽding-sceamol

(n.)
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a lectern On rǽdingsceamele in pulpito, An. Ox. 4813. Upp stíge se pistelrǽdere rǽdincgscamul ascendat subdiaconus ambonem, Angl. xiii. 424, 842. Gelédum ofer rǽdingscamul godspelle inposito super ambone euangelio, 416, 728. Beón gerǽdde ofor tǽdinc-scamol

scearplíce

(adv.)
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Add Swá ꝥ stefen eáran Drihtnes scearplíce (efficaciter) þurhfare, Angl. xiii. 378, 192. add Háwa swýðe scearplíce hwǽr sý .xii. Kł Aprelis, Angl. viii. 309, 36. Hí on swá micclan máran lufe byrnende beóð, swá micclum swá hí Godes beorhtnysse scearplícor

yfele

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Add: in a moral sense Ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten ðurh ðá ýdelan spellunga, Hex. 48, 11. injuriously Ahab yfele wearð beswicen ( was misled to his destruction ) for Naboðes wínearde ðe hé wólíce genam, and hé hraðe feóll on gefeohte ofslagen

crypel

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<b>; I.</b> add: cf. On crypelgeat [cripple-gate the low opening in a fence or wall to allow the passage of sheep from one field to another; a stile, D.D.), C.D. v. 215, 8. add: [cripple a frame of wood, D.D.]

rysc-þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
rysc-þýfel, es; m.

A rush-bed, bed of rushes

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A rush-bed, bed of rushes Riscþýfel juncetum, juvencibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 73 : 287, 261. Risc juncus; riscþýfel jungetum; riscþýfel juvencibus, ii.45, 75-77. Risc-, ry[s]c-thýfel jungetum, Txts. 68, 517. Andlang ðære díc on riscþýfel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl