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circul

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On þissum circulum ǽrest stent se circul þe gebyrað tó þǽre lengtenlican tíde, 328, 44-7. v. getæl-, tácn-circul

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Add: idolatry, an idolatrous practice Arrianus se gedwolbiscop næfde hús ꝥ hé mihte his feóndgyldes symbelnesse (solemnia sua) inne gedón, Gr. D. 234, 11. Mið fiónd*-*geldum tormentis, Mt.

cystig-ness

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ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 21. abundance Hé metta mid cystignysse wealð aescarum largitate feruescit, Scint. 56, 2

geó-geára

Grammar
geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
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þe þá fǽhðo iú wið God geára grimme gefremede.] Add: :-- Geára oððe geógeára jam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geógeára (iú-, -ieára, v. ll.) geworht antiquitus facta, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 20. Geógeára (iú-, v. l.) jamdudum, 4, 4; Sch. 370, 23.

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

pistol-rǽdere

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Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge, 417, 739. Andswarigende twégen pistelrǽderas standende tóforan þǽre róde hí singan, on Grécisc, 418, 757. Cf. sub-, under-diácon

scort

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Add Ðá wolde se cniht his wíte geendian mid scortum deáðe, Hml. S. 12, 190. 2 c. Add Dactilus stent on ánum langum tíman and twám sceortum, Angl. viii. 314, 15

són

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Se preóst cweðe þonne be sóne: 'Oremus...' and syððan cweðe dígellíce: 'Libera nos...,' Ll. Th. Ii. 358, 24. Ǽlcne ðǽra hé sancg be sóne mid weorode, Ps. Th. 4, arg

stician

(v.)
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Add Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg, and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod vidit Sisaram jacentem mortuum ei clavum infixum in tempore ejus, Jud. 4, 22. 2.

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, II 2.
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Suá se líchoma suíður útan ðrowað, suá ðæt mód suíður innan hreowsað ðæs unnyttes ðe hé ǽr dyde, Past. 259, 22. Be ðǽm welegan ðe gesǽd is ðætte on helle ðrowude, 351, 14.

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificentuntroubled

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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

gár-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on ánne góran; andlanges ðǽre fyrh . . . on áne gáræcer . . . and se gáræcer in on ðæt land . . . tó twám gáræcer[urn]

rift

(n.)
Grammar
rift, riftees;n.

a veil, curtain, cloak

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Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft velum Lev. 4, 17

Linked entries: ryft bán-rift

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8. Sume hí cuwon heora hætera some of them chewed their garments, 404, 5.

hasu

(adj.)
Grammar
hasu, heasu; adj.

Grey, ash-coloured, tawnycinereus, fulvo-cinereusgrey

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Se haswa fugel, 57 b; Th. 206, 4; Ph. 121. Récas stígaþ haswe ofer hrófum grey smoke mounts o'er the roofs, 101 a; Th. 381, 6; Rä. 2, 7

of-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
of-lǽtan, . I.

to give up, relinquishto give up the ghostto let off, cause (blood) to flowto let off, forgive, dismiss

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Ðá se ellorgást oflét lífdagas and ðás lǽnan gesceaft, 3248; B. 1622. Líf oflǽtan, Cd. Th. 65, 28; Gen. 1073. to let off, cause (blood) to flow Ðæt him (hine, Cott. MS.) mon ofléte blódes on ðam earme. Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 23.

tó-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtan, p. -lét; pp. -lǽten

To let go in different directions,to cause to go different ways,to disperse,release,relax

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Hé forgiet hine selfne ðonne hé tólǽtt and fægnaþ ongeagn ðara óðerra word oblitus sui in voces se spar git alienas, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 10. Tólǽtenum æddrum laxis fibris, Hymn. Surt. 102, 22

tó-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpenness, -worpedness, e; f.

Desolationdestruction

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Ðæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðære ceastre tóworpennysse, ðe gelamp æfter his ðrowunge, 402, 7: Homl. Ass. 46, 548

á-swǽman

Grammar
á-swǽman, p. de.

to be grievedconfounded to wander away

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þe sceal áswǽman (or under II.?)sárigferð, wát his sincgiefan beheledne, Gú. 1326. to wander away (cf.

á-teorung

exhaustionfaintnesswearinesswasting awaydecayfailing

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Getácnað se móna áteorunge úre deádlicnysse, 154, 29