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mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Mearciaþ on marmstáne hwonne se dæg and seó tíd geeáwe in marmore signant titulo remque diemque, Exon. 60 b; Th. 221, 11; Ph. 333. Mearcode sulcaret ł scriberet ł labararet, Hpt. Gl. 465, 6.

bindan

to bindto fasten toknit

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Voc. ii. 53, 30. to bind, tie up in a bundle Gadriað þone coccel and bindað (alligate) sceáfmǽlum, Mt. 13, 30. to fasten to, on Hig bindað hefige byrðena, Mt. 23, 4. Beágas bundan boias (in collo) nectunt, Wrt.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.

geómor

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Geác monað geómran reorde, Seef. 53. of a season in which sadness is experienced In þá geómran tíd ( the last day ), Ph. 517

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.

práfost

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Ðá ondranc sé þæs wætres and sealde hit þǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód, ðæs mvnstres prófoste ( this detail is not given in Bede's Life) . . . þá hí þá tíd hæfdon ymb ꝥ tó spreconne, þá ondette heora ǽgðer óþrum ꝥ hí nǽfre ǽr sélre wín ne druncon, Shrn. 64

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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IV. to press, urge :-- Hé ongan his geféran swíðe þreágan (urgere ) ꝥ hí scoldon on þá tíd út faran, Gr. D. 38, 12. Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.

Linked entry: hamule

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock cantare instar galli

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Bos. 13, 38; the koc schal not crowe, til thou schalt denye me thries, Wyc. Ǽrðamðe cocc cráwe, þriwa ðú wiðsæcst mín antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Mt. Bos. 26, 34.

ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labourexerciseinconveniencefatiguetroubleafflictiontribulationtormenttemptationbanishmentlăborexercĭtātioincommŏdumafflictiotrībŭlātiotentātioexsĭlium

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On tíd geswinces in tempŏre trībŭlātiōnis, 36, 39: 17, 19. Ðú eall þing birest búton geswince thou bearest all things without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 553; Met. 20, 277: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On geswince in exercĭtātiōne, Ps. Spl. 54, 2.

lang-twidig

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-twidig, adj.
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Granted for a long time Ðú scealt tó frófre weorþan eal langtwidig leódum ðínum thou, granted for long to them, shall prove a comfort to thy people, Beo. Th. 3420; B. 1708

Linked entry: twidig

be-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weallan, p. -weóll, pl. -weóllon; pp. -weallen,

To boil awaydecoquere

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To boil away; decoquere Óþ-ðæt þrydda dǽl sý beweallen till the third part be boiled away, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17 : 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 360, 1

un-tósprecendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tósprecendlíc, adj.

Ineffable

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Ineffable Rícsiendum úrum Dryhtne, ðæmhiéhstan and ðæm untósprecendlícan (cf. regnante Domino nostro, summo et ineffabili rerum Creatore omnium, 106, 19) ealra þinga and ealra tída Scippende, Chart. Th. 124, 8: 388, 24

un-gewéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewéned, adj.

Unexpected

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Unexpected Se here wæs cumende ungewénedre tíde on herfeste legio inopinata tempore autumni adveniens, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 42. Of ungewénedum ex improviso, Lchdm. iii. 200, 23. Of ungewéndum, 204, 19

Linked entries: ge-wénan un-wéned

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5.

Linked entries: lencg leng

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Hé ðé teóþan dæge him ðone Hálgan Gást onsende ... on ðás hálgan tíde ðe nú ðýs uferan Sunnandæge bið he sent them the Holy Ghost on the tenth day ... at the holy time which will be on the Sunday after next, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Add: with dat. before a certain time or circumstance Ǽr ðǽre teóðan tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 7. Ǽr Martines mæssan, Chr. 971; P. 119, 23. Ǽr Crístes geflǽscnesse, P. 4, 22. Ǽr Pendan deáþe, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 29. Ǽr ðǽre costunge, Past. 103, 25.

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

ealdorlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ealdorlícnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Principality, authority auctōrĭtas

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Principality, authority; auctōrĭtas Ne syllaþ we ðé ǽnige ealdorlícnysse nullam tibi auctōrĭtātem trĭbuĭmus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 12, 15, 22, 26. Mid máran ealdorlícnysse mājōre auctōrĭtāte, 3, 22; S. 553, 3, 35

un-gescrépu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gescrépu, un-gescrépo; f. or un-gescrépe; n.

Inconveniencean inconvenient thing

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Inconvenience, an inconvenient thing Mid ðý ðá se foresprecena bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo woon (ðyllíce ungéscrǽpo wonn ?) cum tempore non pauco frater praefatus tali incommodo laboraret, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 22