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an-bíd

Grammar
an-bíd, (-bid?).
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On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15. Ðæt hí ne sién freó on ðǽm anbíde ðæs máran wítes ut suo interim examine non sit absoluta, 429, 18. On þǽm anbíde Perdica fór mid firde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 1. Add

steort

(n.)
Grammar
steort, es; m.
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Of ðæm weall tó steorte, 464, 25. Be gemǽre ðæt on ðone steort; of ðam steort on ða strǽt, 438, 22. Oð ðone steort; fram ðam steorte andlang ðæs fúlan bróces, ii. 250, 22. Cf. Penwiht-steort the Land's End, Chr. 997; Erl. 135. 10

Linked entry: stert

un-weder

(n.)
Grammar
un-weder, es; n.

Bad weathertempest

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Ðǽr ne cymð storm ne nán unweder ðæt ðam corne derie, Homl. Th. i. 526, 30. Heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder, Wulfst. 170, 1. Hí synd geneádode mid stormum ðæs unwederes (-wedres, MS. F.) tempestatibus acti, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 260, 12.

Linked entries: un-geweder un-widere

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Lutiaþ ðǽr þrý dagas ibi latitate tribus diebus, 2, 16. Eal ðæt gehýddes lutige omne, quod clausum latet, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 15.

ge-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrincan, p. -scranc; pp. -scruncen

To shrink, dry up

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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.

leornung

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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.
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Ðú miht blissigan ðæt ðære ðeóde sáwla þurh ða ýttran wundra beóð getogene tó ðære incundan gife gaudeas quia Anglorum animae per exteriora miracula ad interiorem gratiam pertrahuntur (Bd. 1, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 132, 2

Linked entry: ýtmest

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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Ðæt biþ ðæs recceres ryht ðæt hé þurh ða stemne his láriówdómes ætiéwe ðæt wuldor ðæs uplícan éðles debitum rectoris est supernæ patriæ gloriam per vocem prædicationis ostendere, 21, 5; Swt. 159, 22.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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seó sunne ástíhþ pricmǽlum on ðam dæg-mǽle ...

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

mynet

(n.)
Grammar
mynet, es; n.

a coincoinagemoney

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Ætgýwaþ mé ðæs gafoles mynyt. Mt. Kmbl. 22, 19. Ðæt hí sceoldon ðæt gyldene mynet (aureum illud numisma) mid him geniman. Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, l.

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheepŏvis fēmĭna

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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Him þineþ, ðæt hé ðam abbode ne þyrfe hýran ... Wé forðí foresceáwiaþ ... ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme and tǽcinge simle stande ...

Linked entry: prófast

micge

(n.)
Grammar
micge, an; f.

Urine

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Urine Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ðæt ðín útgong and micge síe gesundlíc. Gif sió micge síe lytelu..., L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 20. Ðonne onginþ ðære hǽto welm wanian þurh ða micgean, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 212, 7: 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 88, 20

Linked entry: micga

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Ðæs sceápes untrumnesse him ofhreáw (-hreów, MS. F. ) R. Ben. 51, 20. Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðá Saducie andsacedon ðǽre ǽriste . . . ðá Fariséos geliéfdon ðǽre ǽriste, Past. 364, 4-6. On ðám ǽriste.

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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Be ðæs geáres ymbrenum de temporibus 232, 5

friclo

(n.)
Grammar
friclo, indecl. f.

An appetiteappĕtītus

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An appetite; appĕtītus Be ðære ofermiclan friclo, ðonne of ðære selfan cealdan ádle ðæs magan cymþ, ðæt sió ofermiclo friclo and gífernes aríst of the excessive appetite, when from the same cold disease of the stomach it comes, that the excessive appetite

Linked entry: fricolo

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Ðætdæg-hwámlíce dǽlan ælmessan be ðám dǽle ðe ǽlcum men tó onhagige, þeáh hit ne sý bútan feórðan dǽl ánes hláfes, Wlfst. 238, 26. Wé lǽrað ðæt preóstas swá dǽlan folces ælmessan ðæt hig . . . folc tó ælmessan gewænian.

á-cwelan

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Ðæs hearperes wíf sceolde ácwelan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 4. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen, ðǽr ðǽr hié ðá óðre lácniað, Past. 371, 11. Gif sié sió hond oðcwolen (ácwolon, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 134, 17.

un-willa

(n.)
Grammar
un-willa, an; m.

What displeasesdispleasurewhat is not desiredagainst one's willunwillinglynot voluntarilywithout one's consentin despite of one

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Ic áscige ðé, forhwí ðú ðæt ríce ðínum unwillan (-willum, ott. MS.) forléte? CBt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 14. Sǽton ða Gotan on lande, sume be ðæs cáseres willan, sume his unwillan, Ors. 6, 38; Swt. 298, 5.