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ang-ness

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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266. Ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse

Linked entry: agnes

blótan

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Swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ǽgen bearn quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui, Past. 393, 9. Add: [a weak past seems used (ofredon and blótten (-on. Th., blóten, S. 162, 30)) in Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18; cf. O.

brosnung

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Se cwyde úre brosnunge the sentence that declared us to be dust, Hml. Th. i. 300, 6. Oferfæreld of brosnunga tó unáwem*-*mednysse, Angl. viii. 330, 10. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101. Se Hǽlend hæfde ðá ( after the resurrection

céling

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Þá mettas þe célunge and strangunge mægen hæbben, Lch. ii. 176, 16. Se þurstiga gewilnað wæteres célincge, Hml. S. 8, 25. Eówre gléda náne hǽtan ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge, Hml. Th. i. 430, 13. Wé férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge

cræft-lic

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Substitute: artificial On twám wísum ys se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter . . Vulgaris vel artificales dies est, ꝥ byþ ceorlisc dæg oððe cræftlic, fram þǽre sunnan anginne ꝥ heó tó setle gá and eft cume mancynne tó blisse, Angl. viii. 317, 11

dæg-lic

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Substitute: Daily; diurnus Diurnum, i. unius diei dægrynum vel dæglicum, diurne psalmodie þæs dæglican sealmsanges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 58-61: R. Ben. 44, 9. Sýn simle þá dæglican tída begunnene mid ferse semper diurnis horis dicatur versus, 41, 21. On

ecglinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ecglinga, eclinga; adv.
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Edgeling (v. N. E. D. s. v.), on the edge Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid þínre swýþran hand eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech. ii. 120, 2. Ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, 23. Stríc þú eclinga mid

Linked entry: eclinga

fám

foam

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Add: Leásung vel faam famfaluca, Txts. 62, 426. Fám, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. Fám, hwastas molles, 55, 72. foam of living creatures Mid fámæ cum spuma, Lk. L. 9, 39. Dó þǽrtó báres fám, Lch. i. 360, 1. foam, froth of boiling liquid Dó on pannan, wyl swíðe

Linked entry: fámwæstas

felofor

Grammar
felofor, felofor, feal(e)-, fe(o)lu-, -fer

a bitternonocrotalusporphyrio

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a bittern; onocrotalus, porphyrio (v. Lev. 11, 18) Onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, ráredumlæ vel felufor, Shrn. 29, 6 (a list of glosses on Lev. 11). Feolufer onocrotallus, Txts. 83, 1445. Felofor, feolufer porfyrio, 88, 807. Fealfor, Wrt

fin

(n.)
Grammar
fin, fíne e; f.

a heap

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a heap. Substitute: a heap of wood Fín lignarium, ligneum, Txts. no, 110, 1186. Fíne strue (pyram strue stipitum in edito constructam. Aid. 34, ii), An. Ox. 7, 157: 8, 125. a wooden hut (?): Fín cella lignaria, Txts. no, 1169. a heap of other material

ge-hwirfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfness, e; f.
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return, v. ge-hwirfan; 4 Hé wíte-gode on þám sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnýde, Ps. Th. 24, arg. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life Ðæt munucas áwunien in þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehéhton in þá tíd

ge-scínan

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Add: to shine Eft gesceán onsióne his resplenduit facies ejus, Mt. L. 17, 2. Gewoedo his huít swíða gesceán (giscionun, R.) uestitus eius albus refulgens, Lk. L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan

ge-forewyrdan

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ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Take here <b>ge-forword</b> in Dict., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
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Se geleáfa æfter gewunnenum sige gewuldorbeágað (coronat) ðá mihta, Prud. 10 b. Cynehelmas óþre gewuldorbeágiað serta alios coronant, Hy. S. 104, 23. Gewuldorbeágod on wurþmente decoratus honore, 47, 16. Ꝥ hé wǽre áfandod and gerihtwísod and gewuldorbeágod

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and

hleomoc

(n.)
Grammar
hleomoc, hleomoc, es; m. : hleomoce, an; f.

Brook-lime

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Brook-lime Hleomoc fafida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 3. Hleomoce hátte wyrt, seó weáxeð on bróce . . . gecnúwa þá hleomocan, Lch. ii. 92, 13-16. Nim lilian and hleomoc, 324, 13: 320, 14: 330, 5, 14, 3. Genim wád and hleomocan . . . wyl hleomoc and gearwan, 36

hécen

(n.)
Grammar
hécen, es; n.

A kid

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A kid: Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb . . . æfter þám ylcan gewunan nymað ꝥ hécyn, Angl. viii. 322, 10. Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant

hól

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Sacu and clacu, hól and hete, Wlfst. 86, 10. Stalu and cwalu, hól and hete, 129, 3: 268, 23. Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396. Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol

land-riht

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Add: rights due to the owner of land from those living on it. Cf. land; 2 Gescádwís geréfa sceal ǽgder witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. rights of country districts. Cf. land; 3 Hit gebyreð ꝥ be bisceopes rǽde fare ǽghwylc

líc-þrúh

(n.)
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a tomb, sepulchre Þá eóde hé and his lícþrúh (sepulcrum) gegearwode . . . &#39; Seó þín lícþrúh eáðe unc bégen ymbféhð . . . þá on-týndon hí þá þrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þæs abbodes líchama hæfde áíylled ealle þá lícþrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þá fǽringa