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godspell-traht

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-traht, es; m.
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An exposition of a portion of the gospels, a homily Ic gemune mé sylfne secgan þás wísan in þám godspelltrahtum þe ic sylf writ in Homiliis evangelii rem narrasse me recolo, Gr. D. 283, 1. Ic cweðe nú þæt ic nǽfre heononforð ne áwende godspeltrahtas

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hwítel

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Tó beddreáfe genihtsumige tó hæbbenne meatte and hwítel ( sagum R. Ben. 90, 15. Hí ne mihton hine beran búton on ánum hwítle ( sago ), Gr. D. 125, 18. Rúhne hwítel (printed hwien,Lch. i. lxi, 3) amphiballum Hpt. 31, 8, 140. Hwítla stragularum, An. Ox.

mæsse-úhta

(n.)
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the hour of matins on a feast day, the matins themselves Habbon þonne interuallum . . . bútan sunnanúhtan and mæsse-úhtan (festiutatibus sanctorum), þonne ne þearf nán interuallum beón, Chrd. 24, 7. Gé sculon singan sunnanúhtan and mæsseúhton, ǽfre nigon

lendenu

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Add: lendnu (-a) Lendena lumbia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 52 : ii. 51, 73. Lęndnum, laendum clunis, Txts. 48, 216. Láreówas ús secgað þ on þám lendenum is þæs líchaman gálnyss, Hml. A. 17, 95. Begyrd sweord ðín ymb lendna [lendynu, Ps. Cam. : lendan ( = lendna

níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17. Hé sí gelǽd

plantian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá swá treów ꝥ planted ( plantatum ) is wið ryne wætera, Ps. Rdr. 1, 3. figurative Þín hand plantade (plantavit) úre foregengan, Ps. Th. 43, 3. Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on

riht-líflád

(n.)
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam

Linked entry: líf-lád

stelan

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Þá gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ófer þone hege and dígellíce stæl (stæll, v. l. ) þá wyrta, Gr. D. 23, 24. Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T.

swift

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Add: swift Singal, swift rine perpes decursus, An. Ox. 508. Swiftum streáme rapaci, i. ueloci alueo, 2667. Swiftum passiuis (uolatibus), 264: reciprocis (uolatibus), 2408: pernicibus, uelocibus (obtutibus ), 9, 10. sloping steeply(?). Cf. rapid as applied

syn-lust

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Hé geteáh þone synlust (unlust, v. l. voluptatem) in his líchaman sár . . . hé swá onwænde þá hǽte and þone synlust . . . seó costung synlustes wæs átemed on him, Gr. D. 101, 24-34. Hí onǽldon þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse heora synlustes ( libidinis

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: of living creatures Sceápa eágan tédriað on þám geáre, Archiv cxx. 298, 17. Gif mannes múð sár sié ge týdred, Lch. ii. 4, 1. Gif ic underfó in mé þone hád tédriendra manna ... ic mage gehelpan þám tédriendum mannum si infirmantium in me personam

trymming

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trymming, <b>II b.</b>
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add: Cf. trymman; 4 Staþelfæste tremmincge firmo (scriplurarum) fulcimento, An. Ox. 1421. protection Feohte se cempa on fyrdlicum truman, and wíf hí gehealde binnan wealle trymmincge, Hml. S. 31, 1099. Trymminge (trymniige, MS., trymunge, Lch. iii.

un-stillness

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un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Sé færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, sé ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse hí áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2. Add Hé ongan biddan ꝥ him God forgǽfe ꝥ hé gestillan mihte þæs hátheortan preóstes unstilnysse coepit exorare ut ei redderet

wær-word

(n.)
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis

weald

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weald, power.
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Add: an implement by which constraint is exercised, a bridle, v. ge-weald; <b>II,</b> weald-leþer Walde ceócan heora gewríð in camo maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Rdr. 31, 9. the groin, v. ge-weald ; Wið cyrnlu þe on wealde (v. gewealde

wudu

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Add: gen. wyda. v. gafol-wudu. l. Add Ðæs muntes cnoll wiðútan is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded. Hml. Th. i. 508, 23; Bl. H. 207, 27. Add On Piceno þǽm wuda án wielle weól blóde, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 2i.

rihtness

(n.)
Grammar
rihtness, e; f.

rightness straightness perpendicularity rightness justice equity

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rightness straightness, perpendicularity Perpendiculawalþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd] Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67. Similar entries Cf. rihtung-þræð. rightness justice, equity On rihtnesse in aequitate, Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5. Rehtnise, Rtl. 102, 17. in the

Saracene

(n.)
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Saracene, Sarocine, Sarcine ; pl.

Saracens

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Saracens Sarracene Sarasene, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 5. Wǽron ðǽr Sarocine gesamnode ðæt hig sǽtnodan manna, Shrn. 37, 34. Wit urnon for Sarcina hergunge, 42, 9. Se hefegosta wól Sarcina þeóde Gallia ríce forhergedon gravissima Sarracenorum lues Gallias

Linked entries: Sarcine Sarocine

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland

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A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him

slidorian

(v.)
Grammar
slidorian, slidrian; p. ede

To slitherto slide, slip labo labor

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To slither (in various dialects; Dryden uses sliddering), to slide, slip Ðonne hié on monigfealdum wordum slidrigaþ dum per multiplicia verba dilabuntur Past. 38, 6;Swt. 277, 5. Míne fét ne slideredon non sunt infirmata vestigia mea Ps. Th. 17, 35. Gif