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offrung

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</b> the bread and wine offered in the Eucharistic service :-- Gyf þú offrunga habban wille, þonne wege þú þín reáf and hefe úp þíne twá handa, Tech. ii. 120, 3. v. ǽfen- (Chrd. 30, 21), eall-, ídelgild-offrung

bæc

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Him forburnon on þám bæce his reáf, Hml. S. 31, 865. Hé hine scét bæftan his bæce, 18, 336. Wǽron his handa tó his bæce gebundene, Hml. Th. i. 466, 27. Heó wæs cumende æfter Drihtenes bæce (post tergum Domini), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 2.

heorþ-werod

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-werod, es; n.

A band of household retainersthose who share the same heartha family

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A band of household retainers, those who share the same hearth, a family Ðá wearþ Jafeðe áféded heorþwerod suna and dóhtra then for Japhet was reared a family of sons and daughters, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 35; Gen. 1605.

enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxiousangustus, anxius

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Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106

fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
fnæd, es; pl. nom. acc. fnadu, fnado; gen. fnada; dat. fnadum; n.

A hemedgefringefimbria

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Híg mǽrsiaþ heora reáfa fnadu magnĭfĭcant flmbrias, Mt. Bos. 23, 5. Fnado vel læppan fimbriæ [MS. timbria ], Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 68, 128; Wrt. Voc. 40, 33. On fnadum gyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 14

Linked entry: ge-fnæd

deág

(n.)
Grammar
deág, deáh, e; f.
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(de colore ) hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218

sáp

(n.)
Grammar
sáp, e; f. (?)

Amber, resin, pomade

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Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing the use and invention of'sapo:' Gallorum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis; fit ex sebo et cinere optimus fagino

Linked entry: sápe

leornian

(v.)
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<b>I a</b>. to learn a book, read with the intention of gaining knowledge :-- Hú ne sǽde ic þé ǽr þæt þu hyt scealt sécan on þǽre béc þe wit þá ymbsprǽcon ? Leorna þá bóc, þonne findst þú hyt þǽr, Solil. H. 65, 8.

HWÍT

(adj.)
Grammar
HWÍT, adj.

WHITEbrightclearfairsplendid

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His reáf wǽron swá hwíte swá snáw vestimenta ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2. Ða scíran dagas hwítan the clear bright days, L. M. 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 10. Hwíte metas lacticinia [cf.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

hwít

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Hwítes seolfres (cf. reád as an epithet of gold ), Jos. 7, 21. Dó on hwít sealt, Lch. ii. 94, 8 : 124, 10. <b>II a.

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gæruwe, garuwe, an; f.

YARROWmillefŏliumachillæa millefŏlium

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Wyl onmeolcum ða reádan gearwan boil in milk the red yarrow, L. M. 3, 65; Lchm. ii. 354, 9

blǽ-hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
blǽ-hǽwen, blǽ-hwen, blǽwen; adj.

Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colourcæruleus, perseus

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[bleó blue, hǽwen hued] Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour; cæruleus, perseus Moises scrídde ðone bisceop [Aaron] mid línenum reáfe, and girde hine, and dyde ymbe hine blǽhwene tunecan, and léde eaxlcláþ ofer hine Moses clothed the bishop

Linked entry: blǽwen

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.

Quick, ready, active, valiant, wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted wisealacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,

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Quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity [cf. snel active : Icel. snjallr eloquent], wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted Horsc prudens, Cot, 191, Lye.

Linked entry: horsc-lic

sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
sprengan, de

To cause to spring.to scatter to sprinkle to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat)to apply a clysterquassare, rorareto burst, scatter, sprinkleto burst

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Th. i. 466, 26. to sprinkle, an object with something Ðú spren[g]st Aaron and his reáf, Ex. 29, 21. Hé nam ðæt blód and sprengde ðæt folc, 28, 8. something on to an object Sprænge se mæssepreóst háligwæter ofer hig ealle, L.

Linked entry: sprængan

ge-æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfnan, p. de; pp. ed [æfnan to perform, execute] .

to performexecuteperpetrateaccomplishcompletemakeperfĭcĕrepatrārepræstārefăcĕreto stir upexciteexcĭtāreto bearsufferenduresufferresustĭnēre

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Síe sió bǽr gearo ædre geæfned let the bier be quickly made ready, 6203; B. 3106 : 2218; B. 1107. to stir up, excite; excĭtāre Ic nolde þurh gielpcwide ǽfre geæfnan æbylg Godes I would not through vaunting speech ever excite the anger of God, Exon. 50

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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To reap, cut corn; metaph. to derive advantage Ic rípe meto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63. Ðú rípst ðíne æceras tui agros metis, 15; Som. 19, 46. Hláford ðú rípst ðǽr ðú ne seówe.... Ðú wistest ðæt ic rípe (hrippo, Lind.) ðǽr ic ne sáwe, Mt.

Linked entry: rýpan

ge-teld

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Hió becwið Ælfwolde hyre reáde geteld, vi. 132, 12. Cf. Ælfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf ðat ic best hauede út on mi fare mid mé, iv. 302, 27. Add

á-hwǽnan

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For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and hé his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . . God hine ná lengc áhwǽnedne habban nolde, Hml. S. 23, 393, 402. Utan fréfrian áhwǽnede and hyrtan ormóde, Wlfst. 119, 8

Linked entry: hwǽnan

facian

(v.)
Grammar
facian, fácian; p. ode.

To wish forreach

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, reach Andlanges þæs ealdan mylegeares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce (until the boundary reaches (?) the ivy-clad ash-tree), C. D. B. ii. 305, 27