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sumer-lang

(adj.)
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sumer-lang, adj.
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Long as in summer, epithet of a day (cf. live-long) Ic ásecgan ne mæg, þeáh ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu, Exon. Th. 272, 7; Jul. 495. Sumorlangne dæg, 443. 29; Kl. 37. Ðú wercest sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19

sypian

(v.)
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sypian, (?), sipian (?); p. ode

To delay, be slow

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To delay, be slow Hé (a sick person) sipaþ and árísþ tricabit et surget, Lchdm. iii. 151, 2, 19, 28. (The reference is to an illness which begins on the 5th, 17th, or 27th day of the month.) Sypigende senescens, frigescens, Germ. 397, 345

wésten

(adj.)
Grammar
wésten, adj. Desert
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Seó stów wæs swá wésten and swá dígle, ðæt næs ná ðæt án ðæt heó wæs ungewunelíc, ac eác swilce uncúð ðám landleódum him sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 105. Hé férde him ðanon tó ánum wéstenum earde, Homl. Ass. 66, 24: 71, 166

wís-bóc

(n.)
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wís-bóc, e; f.

A book a record

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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14

á-cýþan

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Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add

arodness

(n.)
Grammar
arodness, e; f.
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Boldness, constancy, resolution Hí in heora arodnesse (-ed-, v. l.) ealle wǽron ácwealde in sua constantia omnes occisi sunt, Gr. D. 232, 18.

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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E. D.) Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.
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Add: cwice, es; m. Quiquae, quicae, quice gramen, Txts. 66, 464. Cwice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 64. Quicae, cuique virecta, Txts. 106, 1088. Cwice gramis birecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 75. Cwicas gramina, Hpt. Gl. 433, 30: frutecta, i. arbusta, An. Ox. 2, 28

dál

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Ox. 2294. distribution of charity Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm dále (gedále, v. l.) ðæs fiós wilnigen ðysses lǽnan lofes ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem quaerant, Past. 322, 12

fǽttian

(v.)

anoint

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Fǽt geworden wes and faettade pinguis factus est et incrassavit, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 193, 11. to make fat, anoint Ðú faettades in ele heáfud mín inpinguasti in oleo caput meum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5

foregleáwlíce

(adv.)
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Foraglǽwlíce and rihtlíce ealle þinc gedihtan provide et juste cuncta disponere, R. Ben. I. 18, 7. Foregleáwlíce and wislíce wissian and dihtan provide, dispensare, C. D. B. i. 154, 33

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
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Hé breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14

hand

Grammar
hand, also.
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Sýn eác hand swá gelíce geþreáde þá ðe on þám sylfum cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortað, 130, 6

hundred-seten

(n.)
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hundred-seten, e; f.
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Omnes forisfacturas . . . id est hundredsetene, áthac et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 12. Cf. next word

hlosnere

a disciple

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Áblicgedum hlystendum and nitendum hlosnerum bemíþende attonitis auditoribus et ignavis auscultatoribus (arcana mentis ipsorum) recludentes. An. Ox. 2333. Add:

milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

sóþfæstness

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Hwæðer þé þince þæt hyt eall án sí . . . sóð and sóðfestnes (verum et veritas )? . . . Hweðer ðincð þé betre, þe þæt sóð, þe seó sóðfestnes?, Solil. H. 50, 2-15. Add

wæter

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</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, m.
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Þá gemétton hí be þám wege fægre mǽde and wynsumne wylle (eáspryng, v.l. ) invenerunt in itinere pratum et fontem, Gr. D. 129, 4. Add

un-wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wíslíce, adv.

Unwiselyfoolishly

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Kmbl. 586; El. 293. Ðá beseah Lothes wíf unwíslíce underbæc, Gen. 19, 26. Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg yþelíce gelácnian, and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten, Lchdm. ii. 232, 18

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