eall-lencten
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The season of Lent Fram idus Septembris oð lenctenes anginne hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden; ofer ealllencten (eal-, v. l.) oþ Eástran hý oð ǽfen fæsten ab idibus Septembris usque ad capud quadragesime ad nonam semper reficiant; in quadragesima usque
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fant-hálgung
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Consecration of a font preparatory to baptizing a person Wæter gehálga fonthálgunge hallow water in a font (?), Lch. iii. 24, 17. Þurh þá fonthálgunge gewyrð sóna Godes midwist, and ðurh ðá orðunge þe se sácerd on þæt wæter orðað, þonne hé font hálgað
ge-rádian
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Add: to reckon (?) þé is behéfe þing Ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, ys swylce íc þus hyt gehrádige (?or gehradige do it quickly. v. ge-hradian), Angl. viii. 303, 27. to prepare Se mæssepreóst sceal cild fullian, swá raðe swá man raðost mæge hí gerádian tó fulluhte
glíwere
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Substitute: a jester, buffoon Glíwere scurra, Germ. 396, 320. one who unworthily aims at pleasing, an obsequious follower, a parasite Spilra, glíwera parasitorum (cf. parasitus leás ólecere, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 36), An. Ox. 679: 6, 13. Glíwra, forspillendra
grównes
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Add: flourishing condition, prosperity Drihten ingc syleð swá myccle grównysse on ingcran beorðre swá hé nǽfre nǽnigan hálgan ǽr ne sealde ( vobis deus talem dabit fructum qualem nunquam habuerunt prophetae ), Hml. A. 124, 257. offspring (?) Flind genitrix
hrímig
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In Bl. H. 207, 27 the passage is Se munt is styccemǽlum mid hsomige wuda oferwexen, sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded. Perhaps brómige should be read, rather than hrímige. [On the strength of Bl. H. 209, 32 hrímge has been suggested as an emendation for
nam-cúþ
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Add: of persons Wæs sum ríce cyning, namcúð on worulde, Asuerus geháten. Hml. A. 92, 2. Sum wer wæs namcúð and hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 15. His ꝥ mǽre cynn wzs swíþe namcúð eallum folce, Hml. S. 23, 630. of things Asteriscus ys namcúð tácen
stán
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add: v. un-gebeáten. <b>II b.</b> add: a milestone Of ðǽre burnan tó míla stáne; of ðám stáne on ðá háran apeltreó, C. D. iii. 382, 22. v. byrþen-, cealc-, cynning-, fót-, fýr-, gagat-, gemǽr-, gicel-, heal-, hróf-, hwam-, marmel-, mealm-
ýfer
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A bank (v. ófer) Of ðám gáran in on ðá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, C. D. i. 279, 23. Beneaðan ýfre, iii. 415, 32. Cf. Haec sunt nomina pastuum porcorum . . . heánýfre, i. 258, 11. Þis syndon þá landgemǽru . . . þæt is ǽrest heáhýfre; of heáhýfre, C. D. B. i
be-foran
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Add Beforum monnum, Past. 449, 9. <b>B. II</b>. add :-- Hí secgað beforan fela þinga, swá hit æfter ágǽð. Gr. D. 296, 21. of rank Swá micle swá se bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27
wearg-ród
A gallows, gibbet
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A gallows, gibbet Waergrood furcimen, Txts. 65, 930. Uuergród, uaergród furca, 62, 409. Wearhród, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 68: 70, 24: 152, 1: eculeus vel calasta, i. 55, 52. We[rg]ród catasta, ii. 22, 23. Of ðam þorne on ða wærhróda; of dám ródun, Cod. Dip
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ǽmerge
embers, ashes ⬩ dust ⬩ busta ⬩ embers
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embers, ashes Se hláf wæs mid ðám glédum and mid ðǽre ǽmyrgan (-yrian, -ergean, v. ll.) (cineribus) bewrigen, Gr. D. 87, 11. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml. S. 23 b, 286
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winter-gerím
numbering by years ⬩ a number of years
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numbering by years Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, 39, 3; Fox 214, 25 ), Met. 28, 26. a number of years Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton,
ganra
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Add Anser [vel ganra (added in another hand )] hwít gós, Wülck. Gl. 284, 13. Gandra (ganra, v. l.) anser Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 14. Gif wíf eteð hanan flǽsc oððe ganran, Lch. iii. 144, 24. in a place-name Andlang weges upp on gandran dúne, C. D. v. 166, 6
Cofan-treó
COVENTRY ⬩ Warwickshire ⬩ Coventria in agro Warwicensi
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COVENTRY, Warwickshire; Coventria in agro Warwicensi Leófwine abbod on Cofantreó féng to ðam bisceopríce Leofwine, abbot at Coventry, succeeded to the bishopric Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 7. Leofríc líþ æt Cofentreó Leofric lieth at Coventry 1057; Erl. 192
sneówan
To proceed, go, come, hasten ⬩ to go, come ⬩ sudden
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To proceed, go, come, hasten On brim sneóweþ snel under segle Andr. Kmbl. 1008; An. 504. Mid ǽrdæge eástan sneóweþ (snoweþ, MS.) wlitig and wynsum (of the sun) Exon. Th. 350, 12; Sch. 62. Ðá com beácna bearhtost (the sun) ofer breomo sneówan Andr. Kmbl
hnot
Bald, ⬩ shaven, ⬩ close-cut
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Bald, shaven, close-cut Calu oððe hnot glabrio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 37. Hnot mutilum, mutilatum, Cot. 131, Lye. Tó ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?
treówa
An assurance of good faith ⬩ a covenant
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An assurance of good faith a covenant, Se éca treówa the perpetual covenant (cf. Ex. 31, 16), Wulfst. 210, 22. Náðor ne wé on ðone here faran, ne heora nán tó ús, búton man trýwan and gýslas betwýnan sylle friðe tó wedde, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 156, 8
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þǽr-mid
therewith ⬩ with that ⬩ straightway ⬩ at the same time
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therewith, with that Ðá geseah hé treów licgende, and ðæt lytel; ongan ðá þǽrmid delfan, Homl. Skt, ii. 23 b, 767. Grammar þǽr-mid, temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16
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fram-fær
A going away ⬩ departure
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A going away, departure Se hálga wer wende áweg fram ðǽre stówe ... se preóst stód fægnigende ðæs óðres framfæres, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 3. Ic ðé bebeóde þæt ðú ( a dragon ) gewíte of ðyssere stówe, and far tó wéstene ... and þú nánum men on ðínum framfære
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