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rǽding-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding-bóc, f.
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A book containing the lessons, a lectionary Se mæssepreóst sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc ... rǽdingbóc, L. Ælfc.

ræscettan

(v.)
Grammar
ræscettan, p. te
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Ðæt réðe flód ræscet fýre, 12, 165. Ræscetteþ crepitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 66. Ræscetteþ, cyrmþ, scylþ crepitat, i. resonat, 136, 73. Ræscettan crepitarent, ræscettende crepitantes, 18, 9-10. Ræscetende crepitantes, 78, 10

bóc-fel

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-fel, -fell, es; n.

A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellumcharta pergamena, membrana

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Ðæt hí habban blæc and bócfel that they have ink and vellum, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11

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ge-béd-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-dagas, pl. m.

Prayer-daysLītănia mājorLītănia mĭnor

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Mark's day, and the Less Litany, Lītănia mĭnor, is for gang-dagas the Rogation days In Letănia mājōre : ðás dagas synd gehátene Letăniæ, ðæt sint, Gebéd-dagas on the greater Litany : these days are called Lităniæ, that is, Prayer-days, Homl.

ge-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To drinkbibere

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Ðæt wín is gedruncen bibitur vinum, Ælf. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 47 : Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 13 : Gen. 27, 25

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ge-heálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heálgian, p. ode; pp. od

To consecratehallowconsecrāresacrāre

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Ðǽr se bisceop towearp and fordyde ða wigbed ðe he sylf ǽr geheálgode ubi pontĭfex polluit et destruxit eas quas ipse sacrāvĕrat āras, 2, 13; S. 517, 18

sincan

(v.)
Grammar
sincan, p. sanc, pl. suncon ; pp. suncen.
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14

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un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treadingknot-grasspolygonum aviculare

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not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde.

wudu-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-beám, es; m.

A forest tree

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Wyrtruman ðæs wudubeámes, 248, 21 ; Dan. 516 : Exon. Th. 328, 27; Vy. 24. Ða wudubeámas wagedon and swégdon, Dóm. L. 7. Wudubeáma wlite, Exon. Th. 202, 25; Ph.75. Wudubeúma helm, 496, 2; Rä. 85, 8. Wudubeámum, 277, 6; Jul.576

wundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-cræft, es; m.

wondrous skillgreat cunningmiraculous power

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Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55. Godspell wrítan wundorcræfte, Andr. Kmbl. 26; An. 13: 1290; An. 645: Exon. Th. 427, 3; Rä. 41, 85

cwelan

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Lífes lǽcedómes forwirnan ðǽm cwelendum monnum, Past. 377, 6. Add

ed-niwan

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwan, l. -níwan,
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Ðæs landes bóc ðe Eádréd cyngc ednýwon gebócade, C. D. iii. 428, 2. v. edníwe; adv

fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf. Wilgísl Westerfalcing (-falcning, v. l.), Westerfalca (-falcna, v. l.) Sǽfugling, Chr. 560; P. 18, 5

for-hwirfan

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Ðæs forhwirfdan (-hwirfed-, v. l.), 67, 16. Forhwierfdan, 435, 24. Take here for-hwerfan, -hwyrfan, and add

hádung

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Be ðæs abbodes hádunge. On abbodes hádunge . . . de ordinando abbati. In abbatis ordinatione . . . R. Ben. 117, 15. Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284.

ís

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On ðǽm mere wæs micel ís and yfel . . . þá on forewearde niht snáð ꝥ ís ðára háligra líchoman, Shrn. 61, 35-62, 2.

manna

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manna, man.
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Sió ungeðyld geniét ðone monnan ðæt hé geopenað all his ingeðonc, Past. 220, 9. 'Ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe'. . . Sé ðe herian wille háligne mannan, herige hine. . . æfter his geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 18. 'Þú ácenst sunu.'

mynegung

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Add Tóforan eallum þingum wé ðæs mynegunge dóð ꝥ hý bútan ceorunge sýn hoc ante omnia ammonentes, ut absque murmuratione sint, R. Ben. 65, 10. Minegungum oraculis, i. sermonibus An. Ox. 3384. Add Þý lǽs seó mynugung forlǽge.

níd-þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þrafung, e; f.
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Harsh reproof Sé ðe suá forbýgð ðone wielm and ðone onrǽs his hátheortnesse for ðǽm ðe hine mon sleá mid líðelicre andsuare, ðonne bið his unðeáw ofslægen bútan ǽlcre niédðrafunga, suá suá Isael wæs deád bútan orde qui ergo a fervoris sui impetu sub

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seáþ

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Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9. Danihel wearð áworpen intó ðára leóna seáðum, Hml. S. 16, 81. Add