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leornere

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Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth. Gr. 101, 22; 102, 29.

ofer-fyll

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Se syxta heáfodgylt ys ventris ingluvies, þæt ys oferfyll, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Oferfyl elogia, conuiuium, Hpt. 31, 5, 24. Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, et reliqua, Wlfst. 46, 12.

on-sægedness

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Se líchama bið líflic onsægednys ðe . . . 482, 11-13. [Lífli]cere ansægednesse (ansagenysse, Hpt. Gl. 477, 12) viventis hostię, An. Ox. 3010.

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n. <b>I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ðonne bið ðæt ríce wel gereht, ðonne ðe ðǽr fore bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 9.

steór

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Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran mid gemetlicre steóre (modesta prohibitione) and þus cwæð, 216, 22

wiþ-sacan

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wiþ-sacan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se man ána wæs ꝥte eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geþafode. Hml. A. 157, 135. add: (4 a) with a negative clause Þú wást ꝥ ic ne wiðsace ꝥ ic sylf ne forfare, ac ic nelle secgan unsóð on mé sylfe, Hml. S. 12, 194.

rynel

(n.)
Grammar
rynel, es; m.

A runner, messenger, courier

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Se rynel swá dyde and myd mycelum ófste wæs fotþyrnende ... Hí clypodon tó Pilate : Héte ðú ðýnne bydel and ðýnne rynel hym swá ongeán cuman? Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 5-16 : 4; Thw. 2, 19-36. Renula cursorum, Hpt. Gl. 406, 8.

Linked entry: rynele

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 1. Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11. Riht is ðæt ða útlagan weorþan, ðe tó Godes rihte gebúgan nellan, Wulfst. 269, 5.

brastlian

(v.)
Grammar
brastlian, brastligan, to brastlienne, brastligenne; part. brastliendebrastligende;; he brastlaþ; p. ode ; pp. od [berstan rumpi, frangi]

To BRUSTLE, rustle, crackle, make a noise, murmur;crepare, crepitare, strepere, murmurare

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Se þuner oft egeslíce brastlaþ thunder often crackles fearfully, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 280, 13

Linked entry: bærstlian

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Gif hí him betwynan hǽmedþing fremmen si inter se fornicationem commiserint, 16; Th. ii. 144, 9. Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L.

créda

(n.)
Grammar
créda, an; m. [Lat. crēdo I believe]

The creedbelief symbolum fidei

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The creed, belief; symbolum fidei Se læssa créda the less or Apostles' creed Homl. Th. ii. 596, 11.

hlid

(n.)
Grammar
hlid, es; n.

A lid, cover, the opening which is closed by the cover

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Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid of ðære þryh the angel rolled away the cover from the tomb, i. 222, 8. Hé tóáwylte mycelne stán tó hlide ðære byrgene advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60

hlýda

(n.)
Grammar
hlýda, an; m.

The month noisy with wind and storm, March

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Se ǽresta frigedæg ðe man sceal fæsten is on hlýdan the first Friday to fast on is in March, 228, 21

Linked entry: hlýd-mónaþ

tó-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces,cut to pieces

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To hew to pieces, cut to pieces Se cásere cwæð þaet Basilla sceolde gebúgan tó ðam cnihte, oþþe hí man tóheówe mid swurde on twá, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 360. Man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 26.

swindan

(v.)
Grammar
swindan, p. swand, pl. swundon; pp. swunden

To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed tabescere, tabefieri, deficere, conticescere to dwindle, decay, die away

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To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed Se synfulla swindeþ peccator tabescet, Ps. Spl. 111, 9. Sáwel heora on yfelum swand anima eorum in mails tabescebat, 106, 26.

twifealdness

(n.)
Grammar
twifealdness, e; f.

doublenessdoublingirresolutionduplicitydeceitfulness

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Se iil getácnaþ ða twiefealdnesse ðæs unclǽnan módes ðe hit symle lytiglíce ládaþ ericii nomine impurae mentis seseque callide defendentis duplicitas designatur, Swt. 241, 8

Linked entry: twi-feald

frum-bearn

a first-born childthe eldest childone of the first two or three childrenan elder child

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Add: a first-born child, the eldest child His wíf sunu on woruld bróhte, se eafora wæs Enoc háten, freólic frumbearn, Gen. 1189: 1056. Þám yldestan eaforan, frumbearne, 1215. Hé slóh ǽghwylc frumbearn percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Th. 104, 31.

spreót

(n.)
Grammar
spreót, es; m.

A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit)contussprit

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Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.