-ing
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a patronymic suffix Sume naman syndon patronymica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman, æfter Gréciscum þeáwe, ac seó Lédensprǽc næfþ ða naman; hí sind swá ðeáh on Engliscre sprǽce, Penda, and of ðam Pending, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 52-4. Ælfréd Æþelwulfing Alfred
ge-mengan
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Add Gemenge confici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, l. Ge-mængan, 104, 77. Gemenged infectus, no, 68. Gemengde infici, 45, 53- Gemengde, gimaengdae, gimengdæ, Txts. 71, 1104. A. trans. to mix two or more substances Þú þǽm gesceaftum mearce gesettest and hí gemengdest
samod
Together. ⬩ and, both . . . and, also, too
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Together. marking association in joint action Ealle hí áhyldon samod onnitte gewordene sint omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Spl. 13, 4. Ða unrihtwísan forweorðaþ samod (simul) 36, 40. Cumaþ út samod Ilfing and Wisle (the two rivers
a-wunian
To abide ⬩ remain ⬩ continue ⬩ insist ⬩ manere ⬩ permanere ⬩ insistere
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To abide, remain, continue, insist; manere, permanere, insistere Ðeós sibb awunade on Cristes cyrican hæc pax mansit in ecclesia Christi, Bd. 1, 8 ; S. 479, 26. He lét hit on his bósme awunian he let it remain in his bosom, 3, 2 ; S. 525, 14. He on hálgum
fæsten-tíd
Fast-tide or time ⬩ jējūnii tempus
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Fast-tide or time; jējūnii tempus Man sceal freólstídum [MS. -tidan] and fæstentídum [MS. -tidan] geornlícost beorgan one ought most earnestly to take care at festival-times and fast-times, L. C. S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17. Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde
frox
A frog ⬩ rāna
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A frog; rāna To ðé and to ðínum folce and in to eallum ðínum þeówum gáþ ða froxas ad te et ad pŏpŭlum tuum et ad omnes servos tuos intrābunt rānæ, Ex. 8, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 25. Ic sende froxas ofer ealle díne landgemǽro I will send
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hengen-wítnung
The punishment of imprisonment
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The punishment of imprisonment Gif forworht man friþstól geséce and þurh ðæt feorh geyrne ðonne sý þreóra án for his feore búte man bet geárian wille wergild éce þeówet hengenwítnung if a man who has forfeited his life gain a sanctuary, and thereby secure
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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A reed-bed Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned
leásere
hypocrite ⬩ a buffoon ⬩ jester
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a false person, hypocrite Leáseras ł légeras falsos, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 8. one who feigns or acts, a buffoon, jester Se wæs ǽrest sumes káseres mima, ðæt is leásere and sang beforan him scandlícu leóþ first he was some emperor's mima, that is, jester,
mann-slege
Man-slaying ⬩ homicide
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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 18-21: Blickl
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mearh-gehæcc
A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage
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A kind of pudding, a sausage Mearhgehæc isica (insicia genus farciminis, seu obsonii ex carne concisa, Forcellini), Wrt. Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22. [Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine
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medumung
the fixing of the measure of anything
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the fixing of the measure of anything Á sceal dóm æfter dǽde and medemung be mǽðe ever shall doom be according to deed, and fine be fixed with fair measure, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 5: L. E. B. 10; Th. ii. 242, 11. ? Ðonon á be ecge on ða medemuncga
niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan, L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7. Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll
ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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to tear (?) His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to
ge-met-fæst
Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus
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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20. Man gemetfæst
un-fæstrǽd
Infirm of purpose ⬩ inconstant ⬩ unstable ⬩ weak
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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius
weorold-cearu
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Worldly care, care about things of this world Woruldcara and welan and flǽsclíce lustas forsmoriaþ ðæs módes ðrotan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 10. Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19. Twá mynecena wǽron . . . ðám gewícnode
wissigend
a director ⬩ guider ⬩ a director ⬩ ruler
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a director, guider of that which moves Cræt and his wissigend currus et auriga ejus, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 295. a director, ruler Wissiend gubernator, rector(ecclesiae), Hpt. Gl. 459, 54 Gesceafta Sceppend and wissigend. (rector) úre, Hymn. Surt. 20, 25
Angel-þeód
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Add: of the continental invaders Angelþeód (Ongel-, v. l. ) wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum invitata Brittaniam gens Anglorum . . . Angelþeód and Seaxna wæs gelaðod Anglorum sine Saxonum gens invitata. Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 1, 15. Bryttas ǽrest on Angelðeóde
bén
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Dele: 'Hence . . . boon,' in bracket read petition, and add Ǽlc ðǽra ðe bitt, and þǽre béne ne geswícð, Hml. Th. i. 250, 5. Boene supplicatione, Rtl. 46, 20: deprecationem, 40, 21. Hé Drihtene his béna bebeád, Dóm. L. 60. Boene petitiones, Ps. Srt, 19