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middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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De officio sextae horae. Middægsang. On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7

nón-sang

(n.)
Grammar
nón-sang, es; m.

The service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones

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De officio nonae horae (nónsang), Btwk. 216, 31 : R. Ben. 39, 19 : 40, 7. Nónsang wé singaþ nonam psallimus, Hymn. Surt. 60, 35

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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D. 36, 11. of prompt action. of persons, with activity of body or mind Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47.

tord

(n.)
Grammar
tord, es; n.

A turd ⬩ dung

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Genim níwe horses tord, 330, 27: 148, 13. Genim culfran tord, 322, 9

Linked entry: tyrdlu

ge-unnan

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Ic geann him vi mæran ... and þá hors, C. D. B. iii. 653, 7.

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus

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Tried, proved, chosen; probātus Til mon, tiles and tomes meares, cúþes and gecostes a good man has care for a good and tame horse known and tried, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 14; Gn. Ex. 143. Heápe gecoste with a chosen company, Elen. Kmbl. 538; El. 269.

Linked entry: -cost

ge-horwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horwian, ge-horgian, ge-horian; p. ode.
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Gé mid horu speówdon on his andwlitan El. 297.] with moral impurity Gálnyss gehorwigende libido sordidans Hy. S. 5, 5.

Linked entries: ge-horian -horwian

bearhtm-hwíl

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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpet ⬩ a tablet ⬩ billet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22.

Linked entries: býme beám

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.

a seam ⬩ a load ⬩ burden ⬩ the furniture of a beast of burden ⬩ that in which a burden may be carried ⬩ a bag ⬩ a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ⬩ summagium ⬩ sagmegium

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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7.] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.

beáh

a crown ⬩ garland ⬩ a collar ⬩ necklace ⬩ a shackle for the neck ⬩ a bracelet ⬩ a circle,

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Hé (the king) sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh (armillam), Coll. M. 22, 35. Bégas dextralia, An.

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR ⬩ iărāre

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Ðæt lytle ðæt he erede, he erede mid horsan the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 31. Era mid ðínum oxan plough with thine ox. Prov. Kmbl. 67. Hit is tíma to erigenne [eriganne MS. D.] tempus est ărandi, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ærian

orgel

(n.)

pride

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Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS. T. : orȝel, MS. C. ), A. R. 224, 2

Linked entries: orgello orgol

æt-gædere

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Se cyning lýhte of his horse ... ðá lyhte se biscop eac somod ætgædere, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 34. Búton hé bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, P. 457, 15

ge-sceafan

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Hornes sceafoþan swiþe smale gesceaf, Lch. ii. 132, II. Gif hé þæs stánes gesceafenes hwilcne dǽl on wǽtan onféhð, 298, 6. Hýfa gescafenum getreagede telgrum tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, An. Ox. 255. Add

ge-scerpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te

To clothe, furnish, adorn, deck ⬩ vestire, ornare

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Ðá ðæt folc hine geseah swá gescyrpedne when the people saw him so furnished [i. e. with sword and spear, and riding on the king's horse ], Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 10: 5, 19; S. 638, 9, 10. Fugla cynn fiðerum gescyrped volucres pennatæ, Ps. Th. 148, 10.

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Hwílum hé wæs on horse sittende, ac oftor on his fótum gongende, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 12. Hé oftust on gebedum áwunode, 3, 12; S. 537, 22. Oftost, Met. 4, 28

tó-teón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon;. pp. -togen.

to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away

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Me þe sculde nimen and al tóteón mid horse, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H. Ger. zi-ziohan distrahere, detrahere

hand

(con.)
Grammar
hand, [ = and(?)]

also

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also Ymbe midne dæg and nóntíde Bode se hírédes ealdor út and dyde hand swá gelíce exiit circa sextam, et nonam horam: et fecit similiter, Anal. Th. 74, 4.

geare

(n.)
Grammar
geare, pl. f.

Furniture ⬩ GEAR for horses ⬩ appărātus

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Furniture, GEAR for horses; appărātus Geara feng the grasp of the gear, the bit; harpax vel lŭpus, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 69; Wrt. Voc. 16, 42 : 105; Som. 78, 32; Wrt. Voc. 57, 14