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án-dagian

(v.)
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Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, and bæd ðone cing ðæt hé hit ándagade ( that he would appoint a day for taking the oath ), and hé swá dyde, and hé gelǽdde ðá tó ðon ándagan ðone áð . . . and wé ridan ðá tó ðon ándagan, Cht. Th. 171, 18-34. Add

consul

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On þára twégea consula dæge, 3, 6; S. 108, 22: p. 4, 10. Consula béc fastorum libri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 40. Add

pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) hú se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

rǽd-lic

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Nis ðæt rǽdlic ðing, gif hlútor wæter hlúd and undióp tóflóweð æfter feldum, oð hit tó fenne werð, Past. 469, 6. Þonne cymð óðer ðing þe mé þincð rihtlicre and rǽdlicre, ðonne forlét ic þæt þæt ic ǽr genóh hæfde, Solil.

tiger

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Ðá cwǽdon þá apostoli tó ðám folce, 'Þás réðan deór gehýrsumiað Godes mihte ... þurh ðæs naman sind þás réðan tigres betwux eów swá tame swá scép, Hml. Th. ii. 492, 10-21. Add

ǽfen-glommung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glommung, e; f.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Swá ðæt oft on middre niht geflit cymeð ðám behealdendum hwæþer hit sí ðe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen deágung ita ut media saepe tempore noctis in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, iterum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an iam nduenerit

Linked entry: glómung

ǽrend-raca

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Hé ðæs ǽrendes ǽrendraca wæs from Alexandre, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 22. Swifte ǽrendracan veltes, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ǽrendracum gerulis, An. Ox. 7, 281. Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39, 3: Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 22. Add

rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Gesege mé nú ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

Linked entry: rihtere

hafela

(n.)
Grammar
hafela, hafala, heafela, heafola, an; m.

The head ⬩ caput ⬩ κεφαλί

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Of ðæs hǽlendes heafelan from the Saviour's head, Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 34; Cri. 505. Heafolan, Beo.Th. 5352; B. 2679. Hafalan, 896; B. 446

Linked entries: heofula heafola

hámettan

(v.)
Grammar
hámettan, p. te

To provide with a home, to house

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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hí hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.

hand-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-weorc, es; n.

Handiwork, work done by the hand

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Þurh ðæt handweorc by manual labour, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 19

Linked entry: hand-geweorc

heáfod-stede

(n.)
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heáfod-stede, es; m.

A chief place ⬩ toparchia

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A chief place Heora þeówas hie benóman heora heáfodstedes ðæt hie Capitoliam héton servi invaserunt Capitolium, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 30.

ofer-búgan

(v.)

to avoid, shun

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MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21. [Ofer is probably a mistake for fer. v. note on this passage, and for-búgan.]

Linked entry: búgan

smícan

(v.)
Grammar
smícan, smécan; p. te

to smoke, emit smoke ⬩ to smoke, fumigate

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Nim gáte hǽr, sméc under ða bréc wið ðæs rægereósan 146, 3. Smíce mid fearne swíðe ða þeóh 64, 26. [Wicklif has a wk. past smekide]

Linked entries: smécan smeócan

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.

ge-syllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syllan, p. -sealde; pp. -seald

To give ⬩ deliver ⬩ betray ⬩ sell ⬩ give up ⬩ dare ⬩ donare

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Gesyllon ðone oxan and todǽlon ðæt wurþ let them sell the ox and divide the price, Ex. 21, 35

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.

Thereby ⬩ by that (person or thing)

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.,) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, by the wife Past. 5; Swt. 43, 14

Linked entry: be

glig

(n.)
Grammar
glig, gligg, es; n.

Glee ⬩ music ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ ludibrium

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Glee, music, minstrelsy, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, ludibrium Mid ðæm glige [MS. Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8.

hǽðung

(n.)
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Parching or drying by heat On ðǽre sunnan is hǽtu and beorhtnys; ac seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht. Óðer ðing déð seó hǽtu, and óðer seó beorhtnys, belimpð seó hǽðung tó ðǽre hǽtan, and seó onlíhting belimpð tó ðǽre beorhtnysse, Hml.

fǽr

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr, fér, es; m.

A fever ⬩ febris

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A fever; febris Wið þriddan dæges fǽre and feórþan dæges fǽre for a third day's fever and a fourth day's fever, L. M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 27