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dihtian

(v.)
Grammar
dihtian, p. ode
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To dictate, what is to be done Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað ( dictat ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. what is to be written In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11.

Linked entries: dihtan dihtere

eard-fæst

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Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani litoribus sita, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 22. of things Fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle, þǽr ꝥ óðer fýr úp ofer eall þis eardfæst wunað, Met. 20, 156

eówer

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eówer, eówre
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Drihten fandað eówre, Deut. 13, 3. with noun in apposition Eówer Rómána brocu ðe gé ealneg drífað, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 14. as possessive Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ðá sǽ lǽdon, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 13

fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Ðonne mon ðá fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst qui statum mentis perdidit, 359, 6: Bt. 5, 3; F. 10, 34: 5, 1; F. 8, 30. constancy, unchangeableness Þá woruldsǽlþa on heora wandlunga gecýþdon heora fæstrǽdnesse servarit in ipsa sui mutabilitate constantiam

cyre-líf

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eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge ánes gesynscipes, bútan þám canonican þe on cyrelífe sittað ( those who are dependents of the bishop; exceptis his canonicis qui victu et vestitu potiantur), Nap. 15. a person in

cyrnel

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Cirnlas nucli, 115, 6. a kernel in the neck, a tonsil; a glandular swelling Cirnel glandula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 80: 41, 1. Cyrnel tolia, i. 289, 62. Cyrnla toles (cf. grynlas toles, 64, 60), 282, 80

ge-beorhtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beorhtnian, p. ode
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Gif God geberhtnad (gibertnad, R.) næs in ðǽm, and God geberhtnade (gibertnade. R.) hine, 32. Geberehtnad (giberhtnad, R.), 15, 8. Gibrehtnad (giberhtnad. R.) ł giuuldrad uére clarificaturus esset, 21, 19

geréfscipe

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Maxence steorede þe refschipe in Rome Rome Maxenlium Augustum nuncupauerunt, Kath. ii.

ge-sweltan

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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39.

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; n.
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Take here passages under <b>ge-fér</b> in Dict., and add Gegilda . . . his gegilde eft mid eahta pundum gebycge, oþþe hé þolie ǽ geféres and freóndscipes, Cht. Th. 612, 9.

ge-dríme

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ge-dríme, musical, melodious, harmonious.
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Take here <b>ge-dréme, ge-drýme</b> in Dict., and add Stefn gedrýme (-dréme, v.l.) vox canora, Hy. S. 2, 28. Mid gedrémum swége eque sonore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 68. Mid gedrémre swinsunge, [gedrê]mum sange consona melodia. An. Ox. 4911.

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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Take here the first two passages under <b>ge-trahtian</b> in Dict., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon

hæfen-leás

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Take here hafen-leás in Dict. and add : used sub-stantively Þearfa and se hæfenleása (inops) heriaþ þínne naman, Ps. L. 73, 21. For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6.

Linked entry: hafen-leás

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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To become heavy. to increase in weight Se wǽta ásígð tó ðǽm lime, ðonne áswilð hit and hefegað, Past. 72, 10. of disease, to grow worse Hefiendre (hefigende, v. l.) þǽre ádle ingravescente molestia, Gr. D. 297, 14. trans.

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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In þone midlestan holan weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 8. Add

ofer-prút

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-prút, ofer-prúd; adj.
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Ys uppáhafennyss þearfena, þá ne welan upp áhebbað, and willa on him sylf oferprút ys est elatio pauperum, quos nec diuitię eleuant, et uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 12.

searu

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Add Man áhéhþ mid searwum mycle sweras pendere magnas in machinis columnas, Gr. D. 270, 4. Þá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 27

weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10. v. bisceop-, camp-, elen-, cored-, hám-, in-, síþ-weorod

sǽ-lád

(n.)

a course or way on the sea

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a course or way on the sea Wé on sǽláde (in our course ) brecaþ ofer bæðweg, Andr. Kmbl. 1022; An. 511. Hie on sǽláde wíf tó Denum feredon they on the watery way took the woman to Denmark, Beo. Th. 2319; B. 1157.