Crúland
- Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A.
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 167, 17. to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. Hú begǽst þú (hunta) cræft þínne quomodo exerces artem tuam ?, Coll. M. 21, II: 19, II. Beóde exercuit (anachoreseos vitam), An. Ox. 3639.
þegnian
to serve a person (dat.), ⬩ do a person (dat.) service, ⬩ minister to, attend upon ⬩ to serve food, ⬩ to supply wants, ⬩ minister to necessities, ⬩ provide ⬩ to serve an office, administer, perform the duties of an office
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to serve a person (dat.), do a person (dat.) service, minister to, attend upon Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe ðénaþ ðe se ðe sitt quis major est,qui recumbit? an qui ministrat? Lk. Skt. 22, 27.
hirde
A herd, ⬩ shepherd, ⬩ pastor, ⬩ guardian, ⬩ guard, ⬩ keeper
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Rihtwís hyrde ofer cristene heorde a righteous shepherd over a Christian flock, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 9. Hie settan him hyrdas tó they set guards over him, Blickl. Homl. 177, 26: 237, 18: Andr. Kmbl. 1986; An. 995.
láreów-dóm
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Ox, 4547. the action of a teacher, instruction, guidance; applied to a thing Hit ( a mechanical contrivance ) gewissað ús þurh wísne láreówdóm, Hml. S. 5, 269. what is taught by a teacher, a study Bóclicum láreówdómum liberalibus studiis An.
tál
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Add Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif him man tále gecwyð, Hex. 44, 18. Þá sǽde se deófol him hospword, and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 725.
tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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Tóhlád seó eorþe and wæs bymende fýr up of ðære eorþan flamma scisso terrae hiatu eructata, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 24: Lchdm. iii. 428, 3. Se beorg tóhlád eorðscræf egeslíc the hill yawned, an awful cave it grew, Andr. Kmbl. 3173; An. 1589.
hǽðung
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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.
sittan
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</b> add :-- Hié hiene méðigne on cneówum sittende métton, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 31. <b>I d.</b> of an animal at rest :-- Geseah hé þǽr ánne pytt and þreó heorda sceúpa sittende (accubantes) wið þone pytt, Gen. 29, 2. <b>II a.
un-wreón
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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add
fylleþ-flód
Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon
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Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon Fylledflood malina, Txts. 35, 20. On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða and swá oft wanað. Fylleþflód bið nemned on Læden malina, and se népflód ledo, Shrn. 63, 30
cræft
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Hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian, Ap. Th. 17, 8. Cræftas studia, An. Ox. 9, 8. Lárlice cræftas scholares disciplinas, 42. <b>III a.
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.
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ge-þanc
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Add Geðanc cogitatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 37. Mód vel geþanc animus, 33. Geþancge cogitatione, An. Ox. 56, 3. a thought, what a person thinks Ne wyrð þǽr bedíglod þæt dígleste geþanc þe sénig mon ǽfre geþóhte, Wlfst. 25, 14.
latian
To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay
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Eall líchoma hefegaþ and latiaþ ða fét all the body grows heavy, and the feet are sluggish, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 23. Ic latode distuli, Cant. M. ad f. 27.
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gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24
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treówsian
to engage ⬩ pledge one's self ⬩ to prove one's self to be true ⬩ to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
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to engage, pledge one's self Him cómon ongeán . vi. cyningas and ealle wið trýwsodon (wið hine getreówsodon, col. 1), ðæt hí woldon efenwy[r]hton beón on sǽ and on lande six kings came to meet him, and all solemnly engaged to co-operate on sea and on
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god-fæder
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Ic eom Crist ... ic ðé fullwie on mínne godfæder and on mec his efenécne sunu and on ðone hálgan gáste I am Christ ... I baptize thee in the name of my heavenly Father and of me his co-eternal Son and of the Holy Ghost, Shrn. 106, 13: 118, 6.
clyne
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Clyna, An. Ox. 2, 260. Clyne, clyna, Hpt. Gl. 496, 68. Cnynas, An. Ox. 3846. Clyna, clystru botros, 2639
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Ðeós wlitige gesceaft, heofon and eorþe, Andr. Kmbl. 2873 ; An. 1439. Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ eástan wlitig and wynsum, Exon. Th. 350, 13; Sch. 63. Smicere on gearwum cymeþ wlitig scríðan Maius, Menol. Fox 152 ; Men. 77.