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hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Heó wæs hleonigende ofer hire ræste she was lying on her bed, Blickl. Homl. 145, 26. Fond hlingendne freán found his master lying in his bed, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 2; Gú. 1120

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Th. ii. 126, 5. in a bad sense Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum (gemálicum bénum, v.l. importunis precibus ), Gr. D. 156, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 176, 15

georn-ness

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Th. i. 46, 26. (1 a) ill-timed assiduity, importunity :-- Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum . . . Se árwyrða fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste his swíðlican geomnesse (nimietatis ejus taedio affectus ), Gr. D. 156, 6.

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

ealdor-gewinna

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gewinna, an; m. Vital adversary; adversārius qui vitæ insĭdiātur, Beo. Th. 5799; B. 2903: Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 10; Gá. 505.

gende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gende, = gengde,
  • Beo. Th. 2806
  • ;
  • B. 1401
. Grein however compares Icel. gana to rush.

mýdrece

(n.)
Grammar
mýdrece, an; f.

A chest

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Heó becwiþ him twá mýdrecan, and ðǽr aninuan án bedreáf, eal ðæt tó ánum bedde gebyreþ, 536, 24 : 537, 26. vi. midreca, 430, 2. Múdrica loculos, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

Linked entries: méderce mídrece

bolster

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Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ullis ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11. Lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan . . . bið se hnecca underléd mid bolstre, Past. 143, 14-18. Bolstrum auleis, Germ. 399, 366. Add

watel

(n.)
Grammar
watel, es ; m.

A wattle interwoven twigs

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Ðá ástigon hig uppan ðæne hróf þurh ða watelas (per tegulas) and hine mid ðam bedde ásendon Lk. Skt. 5, 19

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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a small stream Ríþ rivus ... lytel ríþ rivulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 20-27 : rivus, 80, 62. Burne ł ríþe latex, Hpt. Gl. 447, 4. Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33. On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32. On áne ríþe

ár-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-ful, ár-full; adj.

Venerablerespectfulfavourablemercifulmildhonorabilisvenerabilispropitiusreverens

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Venerable, respectful, favourable, merciful, mild; honorabilis, venerabilis, propitius, reverens Ic Æðelbald wæs beden from ðæm árfullan bisceope Milrede I Æthelbald have been solicited by the venerable bishop Milred, Th. Diplm. A.

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

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[Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33. Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer: O. H. Ger. obláta, oblatio: Ger. oblate wafer. From Mid. Lat. oblāta.]

Linked entry: ofláte

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
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v. be-know
)
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

ríp

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D. 290, 20. v. bed-, bén-ríp

BÚR

(n.)
Grammar
BÚR, es; n.

A BOWER, cottage, dwelling, an inner room, storehousetabernaculum, conclave, casa

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Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 99; Wrt. Voc. 25, 39. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his dwelling, Beo. Th. 2624; B. 1310. On his suna búre in his son's dwelling, Beo. Th. 4902; B. 2455.

æfte-weard

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On æfteweardan ylde heó bið on bedde lange licgende, Lch. iii. 184, 6. Hand sceal habban h on forewerdan and d on æfteweardan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 292, 3

súþ

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ, cpve. súþra; spve. súþmest; adj.
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Be ðam wig*-*bede súþan juxta altare ad austrum, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 19. [O. H. Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 337, 338, for names of f

Linked entry: be-súþan

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Ic mín bedd wǽte (wétu, Ps. Surt.) mid teárum lacrymis stratum meum rigabo Ps. Th. 6, 5. Wǽteþ ingurgitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 59 : 47, 19. Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5.

Linked entry: wǽtian

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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Béda cwæð on þǽre bóc þe hé gesette be gerímcræfte and hig du temporibus genemde, 308, 38. Þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnon on gerímcræfte tealdón ꝥ seó lenctenlice emniht is on duodecima kl. April. Lch. iii. 256, 7.

Linked entry: rím-cræft

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require; petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere Ic bidde peto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 41. Eádréd, cyning, biddeþ and hálsaþ Eadred, king, prayeth and