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scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Sceort bed wið eorþan coma, 41, 31. Sceort scip naviscella, 47, 60 : 56, 33. Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertiontradition, report, story a narration, relation

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Of ealdra manna gewritum oððe sægene ex scriptis vel traditione priorum, Bed. pref.; S. 472, 19. Se hlísa ðe þurh yldra manna segene tó ús becom opinio quae traditione majorum ad nos perlata est, 2,1; S. 501, 2.

Linked entries: segen sæcgen

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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To LIE, be at rest, be in bed, lie dead, lie low, fail Árís nú hwí líst ðú neowel on eorþan surge! cur jaces pronus in terra? Jos. 7, 10. Hwæt ligst ðú on horwe? Dóm. L. 6, 77.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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Heó árás andsund of ðam bedde, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 52. Ábeád ðæt hié hine ealles onsundne eft gebrohten of ðære folcsceare the king ordered that Abraham should be brought again out of Egypt safe and sound, Cd. Th. 112, 15; Gen. 1871.

Linked entry: án-súnd

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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Ðæt ic neóbed ceóse that I may choose a death-bed, Exon. 63b; Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. Ðæt se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man ut provideat rex virum sapientem, Gen. 41, 33: Ps. Th. 105, 5.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Ðá wurdon hrædlíce ford áborene ísene clútas, and ísene cláwa, and ísen bedd, and leádene swipa. Homl. Th. i. 424, 18

Linked entry: tohl

gaderian

(v.)

to join, uniteto bring togetherto bring togethercollectaccumulate, amassto bringgarnerto gatherto gathercompile

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., congreganti), Mt. 13, 47. to gather literary material, compile Of ðǽre béc þe Béda gesette and gaderode of manegra wísra láreówa bócum, Lch. iii. 232, 4

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Ic waes beden from þaem bisceope þaeti ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 10. Álýfde, 19. Ús þín ríce álýf, Hy. 7, 28. Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

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 husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone 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

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto 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.

gléd

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Hé þone bisceop on ísenum bedde ástrehte and byrnenda gléda dyde under his nacode líc, Hml. S. 29, 242. Giségun gloede (gloedi, L.) ásetede uiderunt prunas positas, Jn. R. 21, 9.

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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I. v. æfter-weard; Swá ꝥ hé árás of þám bedde and wearð uppon his horse ut de lecto surgeret, et ascenso equo, Gr. D. 82, 30; Chr. 1048; P. 172, 24. Þá deófla siþþan of þám geswenctum mannum mid wundorlicum gebǽrum wurdon him sóna fram, Hml.

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch outextendto stretch by pulling:to extend noticedirect attentioneffortto extendprolongto spread outextend superficially to stretch outprostrate:--

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde, Shrn. 116, 2. of a space of time: -- Þá þrý dagas wǽron bútan sunnan and mónan ... gelícere wǽgan mid leóhte and þeóstrum áþenede, (the first three) Lch. iii. 234, 6

Linked entry: on-þenian

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.

fédan

(v.)

to sucklenurseto feed upfattento supportmaintainnurtureeducatefosterto nourishsustainto bring forthTo 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.