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ge-sinscipe

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Samwista gesinscypes (-syn-, Hpt. Gl. 520, 56) copula matrimonii, An. Ox. 5002. Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce bútan rihtum gesinscipe (legitimo conjugio ). Ll. Th. ii. 164, 23. Tó gesinscipum ad (nuptiarum) commercia, An. Ox. 3593.

Cealc-hýþ

(n.)
Grammar
Cealc-hýþ, e; f.

Challock, Chalk

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D. 785] there was a contentious synod at Chalk, Chr. 785;Erl.57, 13

ofesc

(n.)
Grammar
ofesc, e; f.

A border

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Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽru ... Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11

ge-býgean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgean, -bígean; v. trans.

To bowbendturnbow downsubduecrush

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Gebígean to synnum adigere ad peccata, Alb. resp. 68 [Lye]

wræc-weorold

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-weorold, e; f.

A world of miseryexile

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A world of misery or exile; Adam wæs gesceapen on neorxnawonge, and for his sylfes synnum ðanan ádrǽfed on ðás wræcworuld, and on eall ða earfeðu, ðe wé siððan drugon, Wulfst. 1. 2

riht-wuldriende

(adj.)

orthodox

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Ðás wé syndon árfæstlíce fyligende and rihtwuldriende tractantes fidem, rectam et orthodoxam ... Hos sequentes nos pie atque orthodoxe, Bd. 4, 17 ; S. 585, 28-34

gástlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gástlíc, gǽstlíc; adj.

Ghostlyspiritualspīrĭtālis

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Eádige synd ða gástlícan þearfan, forðam hyra ys heofena ríce beāti sut paupĕres spīrĭtu, quoniam ipsōrum est regnum cælōrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 3

Linked entry: gǽstlíc

níd-behéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behéfe, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, R. Ben. 92, 2 : 127, 5. In Godes lofe and in nýdbehéfum weorcum wé sceolon gewunigan, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 31. Wé habbaþ ða nýdbehéfestan ánunga áwritene, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 12

Linked entry: níd-behóf

be-sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sorgian, bi-sorgian; p. ode; pp. od

To be sorry for, to care for, be anxious about, fear

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Ne bisorgaþ he synne to fremman he feareth not to perpetrate sin Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 12; Cri. 1556

Linked entry: bi-sorgian

turnian

(v.)
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.
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Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16. Hwylces gecyndes is seó heofon? Symle turniende ( volubilis).

wiþ-innan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-innan, adv. prep.

Within

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Grammar wiþ-innan, as preposition Ealle ða ðe wiðinnan mé (intra me) synd, Ps. Spl. 102, 1: 108, 21

Linked entry: wiþ-útan

asce

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synd dust and acsan, Guth. 38, 23. Bestreówod mid axum, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31. v. axe, axse in Dict. Add

camp

(n.)
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Þis synt þá denbára . , . gelecan camp, C. D. ii. 216, 6. Wæst tó rocggan campæs geatæ, v. 255, 32. Tó wígan campe, 313, 10: vi. 67, 9. On todan camp; of todan campe, iii. 425, 27. [O. L. Ger. kamp an enclosure, field: O.

Icenhilde strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Icenhilde strǽt, or <b>weg</b>
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the old road running from the coast of Norfolk through Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, thus connecting g Ðis synd ðá landgemǽre intó Uffentúne ( Upton in Berkshire ) . . . intó Ikenilde strǽte; of Ikenilde strǽt, C. D. v. 252, 30.

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Maskell's Monumenta Ritualia, i. cii Ðæt synd ða hálgan béc ... sangbóc ..., L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13. Mæssepreóst sceal habban ... sang-bóc ..., L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 1. Nú sindon ðǽr ( in the church at Exeter) ii. fulle sangbéc.

á-windan

(v.)

To twistplaitweaveto slip awayto become weak (?)

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Ox. 254. intrans. to slip away Út áwundene gylt oþþe út áslidene synne prolapsum nefas, Germ. 388, 58. to become weak (?) Þá handa áwindaþ (-swindaþ? v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3

abbud-hád

(n.)
Grammar
abbud-hád, es; m.

The statedignity of an abbotabbatis dignitas

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The state or dignity of an abbot; abbatis dignitas Munuchád and abbudhád ne syndon getealde to ðysum getele monkhood and abbothood are not reckoned in this number, L. Ælf. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31

Linked entry: abbad-hád

a-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-séðan, p. -séððe; pp. -séðed

To affirmconfirmaffirmareconfirmare

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To affirm, confirm; affirmare, confirmare Sume [adverbia] syndon ad vel confirmativa, mid ðám we aséðaþ úre spræce some adverbs are affirmative or confirmative, with which we affirm our speech, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 16

fóre-weall

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-weall, es; m.

A fore-wallbulwarkpropugnācŭlum

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A fore-wall, bulwark; propugnācŭlum Syndon ða fóreweallas gestépte óþ wolcna hróf the fore-walls are raised to the clouds' roof [the water-walls in the Red Sea ], Cd. 158; Th. 196, 25; Exod. 297

seonoþ-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ-bóc, f.
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A book containing the decrees of a synod Hié on monegum senoþum monegra menniscra misdǽda bóte gesetton, and on monega senoþbéc hý writon, hwǽr ánne dóm, hwǽr óðerne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 15