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CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Plaster, cement, chalk; calx arenata, calx Iuuinianus wæs sume niht on ánum niwcilctan húse: ðá hét he bétan ðǽr-inne mycel fýr, forðon hit wæs ceald weder.

Linked entry: calc

magister

(n.)
Grammar
magister, mægister, es; m.

A master

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Magistra betst, Bt. Met. Fox 30, 8; Met. 30, 4. Hí hæfdan magistras, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 34. Mægestras, Ex. 1, 11

Linked entry: mægister

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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To get better (of a wound), be healed. Gebatad medullata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 27. Tó gehwylcum bryce ..., þonne byþ hyt fæste gebatod, Lch. i. 370, 20. Lege on þæt gebatod sié, ii. 134, 7.

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Add: to purchase as a matter of business Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2.

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feedto furnish with provisions

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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Fricge ic ðé, hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra I ask thee, of which of them is the condition better? Salm. Kmbl. 739; Sal. 369. Hí fricgaþ, hú . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92.

ríht

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Béte hé þone borgbryce swá him ryht wísie, and þone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 20. Be ryhtes béne. Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde beforan hwelcum scírmen oþþe óðrum déman, 106, 19-21.

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

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Geþyncþum honourably, Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 16; Gú. 577. a court, legal assembly Ðæt, griþ ðæt se ealdormann on fíf-burhga geþincþe sylle and ðæt griþ ðæt man sylleþ on burhgeþincþe béte man for the 'grith' which the alderman in the assembly of the five-burghs

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Betere is þæt se cásere, þonne hé tó Róme becymð, þæt hé wurpe his cynehelm and gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, þonne se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde. Hml. Th. i. 578, 7.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

helle-gást

(n.)
Grammar
helle-gást, -gǽst,
  • Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 28; Jul. 457
  • :
  • 74 b; Th. 279, 17; Jul. 615
  • :
  • Beo. Th. 2552; B. 1274.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that

sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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Ðo þe hadden on þesse liue alle here sunnes forleten and bet . . . alle he quað hem saclese, O. E. Homl. ii. 171, 35. Wass Crist sacclæs o rode naȝȝedd, Orm. 1900. Sacles (without strife, freely) he let hin welden it so, Gen. and Ex. 916

eáþe-lic

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Bring ús bet be hláf . . . for þon þe þá hláfas wǽron swíðe eáðellice þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, 469. of an abstract object, slight, trifling Mód ástyred þeáh hit for gehwǽdum and eáþelicum þincge sié animum commotum quamvis modice, R. Ben. 131, 4

Linked entry: íþe-lic

HEORÞ

(n.)
Grammar
HEORÞ, es; m.

A HEARTHfire-placea house

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Beþe hwílum ða sáran stówe æt heorþe warm the sore place at times at the hearth, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 26. Genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ take the best honey, put it over the fire, 2, 28; Lchdm, ii. 224, 17.

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick tobetake oneself togo or come under, below or beneath anythingto go intoenter a placeto undergoinhærēresŭbīreināreintrāre

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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

wíf-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyn, wíf-cynn, es; n.

woman-kindwomenfemale sex

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Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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Is ðæs monnes líchoma betera ðonne ealle his ǽhta ... seó sáwl betere ðonne se líchoma, 32, 2; Fox 116, 11-13: Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Hire líchama wæs áfylled mid hreófian, Num. 12, 10.

ge-scot

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Th. ii. 32, 28. a shot, scot, contribution Gif hwylc monn þone ándagan oferhebbe æt his gescote, béte be twifealdum, Cht. Th. 614, 23

be-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.

To stick or cling tobetake oneselfinhærereinsistereTo delivertransmitconsigntraderecommittere

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To stick or cling to, betake oneself; inhærere, insistere Þilcum wordum heó him befelh ǽlce dæge hujuscemodi verbis per singulos dies mulier molesta eras ei, Gen. 39, 10.