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mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23b, 800. His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum, Shrn. 84, 3. Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30. Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for

middel

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Add: the middle point or part of a line, area, volume, number, &amp;c. Þ híw byð gecíged omoeuteleuton swá oft swá se middel and se ýtemesta dǽl geendað on gelícum stæfgefége, Angl. viii. 332, 13. the position of being among or surrounded by a number

níten

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Swá swá clǽne néten (nýten, v. l.) eodorcende quasi mundum animal ruminando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 486, 15. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .XXX. sciłł. . . . myran mid .XX. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .XXX. p̃. cú mid .xxnii. p̃.

tyhtan

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Add Þá gefæstnadon þá cwelleras þone Crístes þegn on þǽre hengene, and hine hetelíce tihton swá swá man web tiht, Hml, S. 37, 100-102. 2. Add Þonne hé cymð hé eów tiht and gewissað tó ealluum ðám ðingum ðe ic eów sǽde ille uos docebit omnia et suggeret

H

hail

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IN Anglo-Saxon the letter h represents the guttural aspirate and the pure spirant. In later English the guttural h is generally represented by gh, e. g. leóht light, heáh high. Under certain circumstances h takes the place of c and g, see those letters

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make liketo act towards

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Add: to make like Se wyrttruma gehwylcne man him geanlícað, Lch. i. 318, 12. Ic beó geanlícod (assimilabor) uiðerstígendum on seáðe, Ps. L. 27, 1. Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde ne adsimuletur cani Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16. Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering overto overspread, put a covering over

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to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over Ðæt land biþ eal unnyt swá se fiicbeám hit oferbrǽt, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 13-15. Oferbrǽdeþ, Met, 7, 13. Heofonlíc leóht com ofer hí ealle and hí swá swá mycel scýte hí ealle oferbrǽdde, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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speaking too much, talkative, loquacious Se ðe ofersprǽce biþ multiloquio subditus, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 97, 6. Se ofersprǽcea wer vir linguosus, 38, 8; Swt. 279, 21. Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2. Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1. Ðeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg onsíge and

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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Lat. St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597; Augustinus A. D. 597, Hér com Augustínus and his geferan to Engla lande now, A. D. 597. Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2. Gregorius

scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.
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magic, necromancy, sorcery Scýnláce necro-mantia , Hpt. Gl. 482, 74. Se mec gescyldeþ wið ðínum scínláce, Exon. Th. 255, 15; Jul. 214. Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire scínláce (cf. mid hire drýcræft. Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 30) beornas forbrédan and

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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of value, valuable Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan dividere spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid Gif ðú ǽnigne mon cúþest ðara ðe hæfde ǽlces þinges anweald

ár

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ár, honour.
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Add: honour Ǽghwylc heáh ár her on worulde bið mid frecnessum embeseald, Wlfst. 262, 2. Seó héhste ár . . . , cyninges þrym, . . . ár and fægernes werum and wífum, 265, 6 — 9. Seó ár and seó eádignes þæs heán heáhengles tíde, Bl. H. 197, 3. Ne onmun

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Add Éhtende insectatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 8. to pursue an enemy, a criminal Ic éhtige fýnd míne persequor inimicos meos, Ps. L. 17, 38. For ðǽm mín mon éht þe ic bodige ymb ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes de spe et resurrections mortuorum judicor,

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn. R. 8, 4. of that which affects the body or mind, e.g. disease or fear Se unclǽna gást

Linked entry: for-nǽman

ge-timbran

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Add: to build Getimberdon aedificabant, Lk. L. 17, 38. construct a building Hé getimberde hús his on sonde aedificavit domum suam supra arenam, Mt. L. 7, 26. Hé getimberde torr, 21, 33. Tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian, Bl. H. 183, 3. (1 a) used of

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
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swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.

food, victuals, refectionflatteries, blandishments, fair speech.

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food, victuals, refection Swǽsende fercula Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 19. Swǽsendo fercula, cibaria 147, 83. Hé þanc gesægde ðá hé gereordod wæs : ;Ðé ðissa swǽsenda Meotud leán forgilde,; Andr. Kmbl. 771; An. 386. Ðæt hí on his hús ne eodon ne of his swǽsendum

Linked entries: swoese swésende

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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to cut. d and t are often interchanged, as métte met, for métde. nouns ending in d or t are generally feminine, as Gebyrd, e; f. birth: Miht, e; f. might, power. a word terminating with ed, d [Icel. at, t: Ger. et, t] indicates that a person or thing

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown; secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus Se þeóden gewát sécan dígol land the king departed to seek a secret land, Andr. Kmbl. 1396; An. 698. He ána geset on dígolre stówe he sat alone

for-fón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surpriseclutcharrestseizevehementer căpĕreimprōviso adventu căpĕreprehendĕreapprehendĕredeprehendĕre

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Næbbe his ágne forfongen [hæbbe his ágen forfangen MS. H.] let him not have forfeited his own [let him have forfeited his own, MS. H.], L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 6. to take violently or by surprise, clutch, arrest, seize; vehementer căpĕre, imprōviso

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