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cir

(n.)

a turn, time

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a turn, time Æt ðam fiftan cire at the fifth turn or time, Lchdm. i. 214, 6, MS. B. note 8

Linked entry: cirr

earfoþ-þrag

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-þrag, e; f.

Time of tribulation ⬩ mŏlestum tempus

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Time of tribulation; mŏlestum tempus Á syððan earfoþþrage þolaþ ever after will suffer a time of tribulation, Beo. Th. 572; B. 283

snǽd-mǽlum

(adv.)
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snǽd-mǽlum, adv.

By bits, a bit at a time

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By bits, a bit at a time Pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time Lchdm. ii. 356, 13

orleg-stund

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-stund, e; f.

A time of trouble, time when the unfavourable decree of fate is carried out

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A time of trouble, time when the unfavourable decree of fate is carried out Dreógeþ earfoþu orlegstunde, Salm. Kmbl. 750: Sal. 374

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from near ⬩ near ⬩ close at hand ⬩ nearly ⬩ about

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Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd erat autem fere hora sexta, 23, 44. Wé ðæs hereweorces neán myndgiaþ we bear that warlike deed in mind nearly as it happened, have an accurate remembrance of it, Elen. Kmbl. 1311; El. 657

Linked entry: neón

efen-niht

(n.)
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Rímcræftige on þá ylcan tíd emniht healdað, Men. 45. Ymb þás emnihte sprecan, Lch. iii. 240, 1. Macað heó lenctenlice emnihte, 250, 26: 252, 2. Twégen sunstedas synd and twá emniht on þám twelf mónðum, Angl. viii. 311, 9.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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., probare), ðis tíd ne gecunnað (gicunigas, R., probatis ) gié, Lk. L. 12, 56. Hé wolde gecunnian ( probare ) þæs þe hé ǽr gehýrde, Gr. D. 142, 9.

ge-forht

timid

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timid

fyrst

(n.)

time

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time

earfoþ-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-hwíl, e; f.

A time of hardship ⬩ mŏlestum tempus

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A time of hardship; mŏlestum tempus Ic earfoþhwíle þrówade I suffered a time of hardship, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 5; Seef. 3

ge-sceap-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap-hwíl, e; f.

The time appointed by fate for dying

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The time appointed by fate for dying To gescæphwíle at the appointed time, Beo. Th. 52; B. 26. v. Grm. D. M. 817

ge-midleahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midleahtrian, p. ode
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sí gemidleahtrud ne forte auferat tibi gratiam, et convitietur tibi, Scint. 200, 6

Linked entry: -midleahtrian

orleg-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-hwíl, e; f.

Battle-time, time of war

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Battle-time, time of war Nú is leódum wén orleg-hwíle, Beo. Th. 5814; B. 2911. Fela ic gúþrǽsa genæs, orleghwíla, 4845; B. 2427

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome

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At times, for a time, sometimes, whilome Hwílon ic dyde swá aliquando feci sic ... Dudum gefyrn, quondam hwílon, andolim getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 62-4.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

regol-weard

(n.)
Grammar
regol-weard, es; m.

The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler

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One who sees that a rule (v. regol, III) is observed, a provost, v. práfost Ðæs mynstres práfost and reogolweard wæs in ða tíd Boisel ...

lengu

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Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran, Hml. S. 23 b, 522

ryne

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Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, 163. Flugulum rynum fugitiuis disscursibus (apum), An. Ox. 7, 29. Add Singal rine perpes (aqueductuum) decursus, An. Ox. 509.

tigel

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a tile

tygele

(n.)

a tile.

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a tile

langsum

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Add: in reference to time. of a space of time, long Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý, Lch. iii. 252, 7. Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ), An.