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trymming

(n.)
Grammar
trymming, e; f. I.a

strengtheningconfirmingestablishingedificationthat which strengthens or supportsa foundation that which edifies

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Tó geleáfan trymminge for the confirmation of belief, 5, 111. Trimminge, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: truming

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Swá micel is betwux þǽre gehíwodan anlícnysse and ðám sóðan ðinge so much difference is there between the image made to represent a thing and the real thing Hml.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

DIHT

(n.)
Grammar
DIHT, es;

a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purposedisposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum a dictating, direction, order, commanddictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum

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seventh day his works which he had wrought with wondrous contriving, and on the seventh day he ceased from the disposition of the profound art, Hexam. 12; Norm. 20, 10, 14.

Linked entry: dyht

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Smith's Dict. of Christian Antiquities, 'praepositus the second in command under the abbot in a monastery, the prior claustralis ;' also ' that member of a chapter who takes charge of the administration of the capitular estates Be mynstres práfaste.

Linked entry: prófast

be-þurfan

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Lege to ðám sáre þe man beþurfe apply it to the wound for which it is needed. Lch. 322, 4.

cunnan

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Gif þú canst on cræftum swá swá þú cwǽde, hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé?, Hml. S. 36, 64. Þá þe ón stáne cunnon and gecwémlíce on treówe, 38. Ealle þá eásternan and þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnan on gerímcræfte, Lch. iii. 256, 7.

a-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To be immersedextinguishedquenched by waterto be drownedimmergiexstinguiaquis suffocari

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Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned in the water, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36

Linked entries: a-dronc a-druncen

cýs-lyb

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-lyb, cýs-lybb, es ; pl. nom. acc. -lybbu ; n. [cýse cheese, lyb, lib a drug]

Cheese-drug, rennet or runnetcasei coagulum

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Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet; casei coagulum Haran cýslybb syle drincan ðam wífe give the woman a hare's runnet to drink, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 14; Lchdm. i. 346, 4. Ða meolc geren mid cýslybbe turn the milk with rennet, Lchdm. iii. 18, 11.

Linked entries: cése-lib lybb

deád-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-bǽre, def. se deád-bǽra, seó, ðæt deád-bǽre; adj.

Death-bearing, deadlymortĭfer, lethālis, lethĭfer

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Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 22, Ðæt ðín heorte forhtige for ðam deádbǽrum drence that thy heart may fear the deadly drink, i. 72, 16. Deádbǽre sprancan lethifĕras labruscas, Mone B. 1993

Linked entry: deáþ-bǽre

fóre-tiohung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-tiohung, -tiohhung, -teohung, -teohhung, e; f.

A fore-appointingpredestinationprædestĭnātio

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Be ðære Godes fóretiohunge concerning the predestination of God, 40, 5; Fox 240, 13. Sió godcunde fóretiohhung the divine predestination, 40, 6; Fox 242, 9

Linked entry: fóre-teohung

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, -hwága; adv.

At leastsaltem

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At least; saltem Forhwǽga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram ðæm feó at least within five or six miles from the property, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 35. Forhwága on ánre míle fram ðæm túne at least within one mile from the town, 1, 1; Bos. 22, 30

hreóh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-mód, adj.

Savagefierce of mindferocioustroubled in mind

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Hreóhmód wæs se hǽðena þeóden fierce of heart was the heathen prince, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 4; Dan. 242. Se þeóden hreóhmód the prince with troubled heart, Beo. Th. 4270; B. 2132

mægen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-leást, e; f.

Weaknessfeeblenessimpotence

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Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian ( of the Jews reduced by famine during the siege of Jerusalem ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 8

gold-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fáh, adj.
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls shone interwoven with gold, 1993; B. 994

á-bígan

(v.)
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to deflect, turn away Hé ná ne áflýmde ne ne ábýgde fram him sylfum ðone ege his módes ( the verbs here seem a mistranslation of divulgavit in the original ), Gr. D. 107, 16. Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan ( deflectere ), 192, 24.

be-hwylfan

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be-hwylfan, l. be-hwilfan,
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the firmament on high to embrace, Exod. 426

ge-hámettan

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Substitute: To domicile, settle in a fixed residence and so bring within reach of the law Wé cwǽdon be þǽm hláfordleásum mannum þe man nán ryht æt begytan ne mæg, ꝥ man beóde þǽre mǽgðe ꝥ hí hine tó folcryhte gehámetten, and him hláford finden, Ll.

hæftling

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Þá hæftlingas þe hé hét lǽdan of þám hæftum, Hml. S. 5, 133. Besáriga hæftlingas beón þíne þeówtlingas dole captivos esse tuos servatos, Hy. S. 125, 5. Þá þe hæftlingas gelǽddon ús qui captiuos nos duxerunt, Ps. L. 136, 3.

hrímig

(adj.)
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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.

on-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-gelíc, adj.
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Like Óngelíc (the MS. has the accents) is ríc heofna strión simile est regnum coelorum thesauro, Mt. L. 13, 44. Ongelíc ( sic MS.), 47. Ongelíc, 45 : Lk. L. 13, 18: 19. Ongelíc sint cnæhtum similes sunt pueris, 7, 31: 12, 36.

Linked entry: an-gelíc