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sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Wealh gif he hafað fíf hýda, hé bið syxhynde, 118, l0. in Bede translating familia Mycel eáland. ꝥ is syx hund hída micel æfter Angelcynnes æhte insula non modica, id est magnitudinis juxta consuetudinem aestimationis Anglorum familiarum sexcentarum,

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

þæt

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Ic wæs beden from þaem bisceope þaeti ic him áléfde ... þeti ic him forgéfe ..., Cht. E. 42, 1-4. (Cf. tó ðon þaeti, 8.) 1. Add Hé eác gedyde þæt Antonius his freónd wearð, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 28.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband

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Bede tells us [Bk. i. 25, 2] that Ethelbert, king of Kent, married a Christian wife Bertha, a Frankish princess. The queen prepared the way for the friendly reception of Augustine and his missionary followers by Ethelbert in A.

Linked entry: bonda

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Hú monnum gedafonode (-dafen-, v. l. ) on hiera beddum tó dónne, Past. 99, 20

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Hé getimbrode twelf mynstra, on ðám ǽnlípium hé gesette twelf munecas, 158, 33. with distributive force Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R. Ben. 47, 3. Þá underféngon hí ǽnlípige penegas, An. Th. 74, 15

of

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Add Ic ðweá bed mín of teárum mínum lavabo lectum meum lachrymis meis, Ps. Spl. 6, 6. Bebeád ic eów þæt gé bróðor míne árétten of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf, Cri. 1502. Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589.

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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Voc. ii. 149, 70, 64, 63. to flow as a stream in its bed, or a fluid over a surface: Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Bl. H. 237, 6. Flóweð (fléweð, v.l.) seó eá betwyh interfluente amne, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Th. ii. 54. 10. ꝥá wurdon gegearcode þá gyftu æfter gewunan, and hí cóman on ánum bedde tósomne. Hml. S. 4, 27. Gifta, 7, 312.

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger. dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón, dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?): where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English)

Service

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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)

Linked entry: þegnest-mann

fédan

(v.)

to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze

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Ðá wæs ic (Bede) seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne abbude Benedict e datus sum educandus abbati Benedicto, 5, 23; Sch. 694, 23: Ap. Th. 24, 25. to rearfowls: His módor gewunode tó fedenne henna, Gr.

Linked entry: fóster

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund

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Th. 6173; B. 3091. a hand (as a measure) Stǽnen bedd þrým mundum hiérra ðonne ðæs húses flór, Shrn. 69, 4. protection (cf. to be in a person's hands, and v. hand) Wé woldon gesettan ðás bóc mannum tó getrym *-* minge and tó munde ús sylfum we wished

Linked entry: mundian

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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</b> where tears are shed :-- On mínum bedde ic síce and wépe lavabo lectum meum, Ps. Th. 6, 5. Hé sægde ðæt ða hálgan triów swíðe wépen and mid micle sáre instyred wǽron ( uberibus lacrimis commoueri ), Nar. 28, 11.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
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.) :-- Bédon hine ðá gaastas . . . and geléfde him (concessit eis), Mk. L. R. 5, 13: Lk. L. 8, 32. <b>III b.</b> absolute, to give permission :-- Hé bædd ðone gróefa ꝥte genóme líchoma: and geléfde ðe groefa, Jn. L.

ymb

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Cuth. 12), 138, 29. adverbial Hé swá hwider ymb swá hé beden wæs férde ubicumque rogabatur diuertens , Bd. 4, 12; Sch. 412, 1

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædmon,
  • MS. C. C. C. Oxford
: Cædmon,
  • Bd. 4, 24
    • ;
  • S. 170, 50
; Cedmon,
  • S. 597, 12
: Ceadmon,
  • MS. B. S. 597, note 12
: Cadmon,
  • Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11
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cæd
linter
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homo
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linter ⬩ homo

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The origin of his Poem is thus recorded in king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of Bede Ðá stód him sum mon æt þurh swefen, and hine hálette and grétte, and hine be his naman nemde, Cædmon [Cedmon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12], sing me hwæt-hwegn.

hwider

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Hé swá hwider ymb swá hé beden wæs férde ubicumque rogabatur diuertens 4, 12; Sch. 412, I. swá hwider Ic fylgo ðec suá huider ðú færes sequor te quocunque ieris. Mt. L. 8, 19. Suǽhuiddir, Lk.

ge-tríwan

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Getrýwe hé hine be þám wíte, 84, 15. to give confidence to a person, persuade Ðá ældra getréudon ðǽm folcum ꝥ hiá bédon seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban, Mt. 27, 20

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

ge-habban

(v.)
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Þæs emnihtes dæg ys gehæfd, swá swá Béda tǽcð, þæs on ðám feórðan dæge, Lch. iii. 240, 5. Nis se Fæder gehæfd gemǽnelíce Fæder from ðám Suna and þám Hálgan Gáste, Hml. Th. i. 498, 29: 32. Gehæfd swilce hálig stów, ii. 506, 26.

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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That folk-lands were assignable to the thegns, or military servants of the state, as the stipend or reward for their services, is clearly indicated in the celebrated letter of Bede to Archbishop Ecgbert [Smith's Bede, 305-312] .

Linked entries: folc-lond FYRD bóc-land

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