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langsum

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Voc. ii. 53, 52 (in Dict.)

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

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Th. i. 194, 17. Gregorius is rihtlíce Engliscre þeóde apostol, forðan ðe hé þurh his rǽd and sande ús fram deófles biggengum ætbrǽd, ii. 116, 28. Nú com ic tó eów þurh ðæs Almihtigan sande, 296, 20.

waefer-sín

(n.)
Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Voc. i. 55, 44. Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre factus sum illis in parabolam, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum, Nar. 7, 18.

Linked entry: wlite-seón

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Voc. i. 53, 15. Seó niht hæfð seofan dǽlas . . óþer is uesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfensteorra betwux ðǽre repsunge æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28: Angl. viii. 319, 28. Ðá éfern (éfen, R.) warð vespere facto, Mt. L. 26, 20.

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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P. i. 5 ; Th. ii. 174, 10. Fram gebrosnucge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne a corruptione con-cupiscentiae carnalis inmune, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 532, 36. Unálýfedre willnunge mód biþ geþeóded, I. 27; S. 495, 9.

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ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 4

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Take here frǽcnes in Dict., and add

full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)

Perfectfully trainedconversant

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Ne métte ic nó ðín weorc fullfremed ( plena ) beforan mínum Gode, Past. 445, 21. Fulfremed, 22.

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LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 17. Ðá lǽdde hé mé on fyrran lænd cum me in ulteriora produceret, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 9. In ða nésta gemǽro and londo [lond, Rush.] in proximas villas et vicos. Mk. Skt.

ge-weorþan

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how could it seem pit to you to come to the coast without money ?, An. 307. Gif þæs geweorðe gesíðcundne mannan, ꝥ hé unrihthíémed genime if it please a gesith-cund' man to take to adultery, Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

ealdor

Grammar
ealdor, eternity.
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In écnisse ł in aldre in sempiternum, Mt. L. 21, 19. Add

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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in a physical sense, a spot, mark, blot. stain Wam livor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 17. Wommum nevis, 61, 39. filth, impurity, corruption Wyrms oððe wom lues, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27;Zup. 53, 7.

Linked entries: wom wam

geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]

To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewailgĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri

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Th. i. 142, 17. Ides geómrode giddum the lady bewailed in songs, Beo. Th. 2240; B. 1118. On ðone heofon behealdende, geómrode suspĭciens in cœlum, ingĕmuit, Mk. Bos. 7, 34: Jn. Bos. 11, 33, 38.

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 20

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Hml. i. 300, 3. to do, be good. for a person (dat. ) Seó deáh gehwæþer ge þæs mannes sáwle ge his líchoman, Lch. i. 70, 3. Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4. Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16.

folc-leásung

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Th. i. 266, 22-25: 384a 23-26 (depoena convitiatorum). See also L. Hen. I. c. 34, § 7: 59, § 13 Folcleásung seems to be the same crime as that referred to in later lawbooks, quoted Ll.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Voc. ii. 147, 51. Hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre ðonne meox? Th. ii. 408, 34. referring to living creatures On hire is wæstmbǽre mægðhád, Homl. Th. i. 438, 25. figurative Se bið cwealmbǽre, se ðe on yfelnysse ǽfre grówende and wæstmbǽre bið, Homl.

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7