puslian
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to pick out the best bits Wyl on meolcum óþ ðæt hié sýn wel mearuwe, pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time, Lchdm. ii. 356, 13. 'Peuselen summis digitis varia cibarria carpere,' Kilian
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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The doing of a thing for the third time (? Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
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ǽwisc-firen
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Guilty of shameless sin; def. form used sub-stantirely, a shameless sinner Beó þé swá hǽþenna and eáwisfirina sit tibi sicut ethnicus et publicanus , Mt. R. 18, 17. Ǽwisfirine publicani , 21, 31. Éwisfirinæ, 32. v. next word
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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used attributively, in an indefinite sense, future, that is to come Praesens tempus ys andwerd tíd . . . futurum tempus is tówerd tíd, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Zup. 123, 17.
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be-meornan
To mourn ⬩ BEMOURN ⬩ bewail ⬩ deplore ⬩ lugere
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Nó ic ða stunde bemearn I bemourned not the time Exon. 130 a ; Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14
treów-prág
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A season of good faith or trust Men leahtras oft geceósaþ treówþrág is to trág men often prefer vice to -virtue, the time when good faith is kept is all too short (?), Exon. Th. 354, 37 ; Reim. 57
blód-dryncas
Blood-drinking
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Blood-drinking, draught of blood Þǽr wæs gesiéne þæt seó eorþbeofung tácnade þá miclan blóddryncas þe hiere mon on þǽre tíde tó forlét . . . merito dicatur tantum humanum sanguinem susceptura terra tremuisse, Ors. 4, 2; S. 162, 3. Substitute:
bróþor-licness
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Add: A title used in addressing an ecclesiastical brother Ðis mæg geþencean ðín bróþorlicnys, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 7. Is hé tó onbærnanne mid ðínre bróþorlicnysse lufan . . . Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24
leger-bedd
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Þá áxode Títus þone apostol hwí hé geþafode ꝥ heó swá láge on þám legerbedde, þonne hé óðre áléfede ealle gehǽlde, and heó ána læg swá, Hml. S. 10, 237. Add
ge-swǽs
Dear ⬩ familiar ⬩ kind ⬩ cārus ⬩ fămĭliāris ⬩ blandus
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Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34
luf-wende
Beloved ⬩ amiable ⬩ pleasant
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Beloved, amiable, pleasant Cild ácenned lufwende a child born [at that time will be] amiable, Lchdm. iii. 186, 24. Mid lufwendum módes willan cum benevolo animi affectu, Lye. Ða lufwende eardas dilecta rura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 42
bi-gang
a course, way, passage, circuit ⬩ cursus, via, tenor, circuitus ⬩ an undertaking, business, exercise, religious worship ⬩ negotium, exercitatio, cultus
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a course, way, passage, circuit; cursus, via, tenor, circuitus Tída bigong the course of seasons, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 13; Cri. 235. an undertaking, business, exercise, religious worship; negotium, exercitatio, cultus, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 9
égor
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High tide, flood Égur, aegur dodrans, Txts. 57, 702. Égur dodrans, i. malina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 2. Égor dodrans (de-, MS.): detrans, 70, 3. Égores cataclismi, genus fluctus, An. Ox. 7, 159. Eógra, eógora dodrantium, 13, 1
fíftigoþa
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Add: alone Fram þám fíftigoðan (-tiog-, v. l.) geáre, Gr. D. 102, 23. On ðǽm fíftegoðan psalme, Past. 425, 25. Þysne fíftigoðan sealm, Ps. Th. 50, arg. with units On ðǽm feówer and fíftiogoðan psalme, Past. 429, 3
FÆC
Space, interval, distance, portion of time ⬩ spătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum
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Space, interval, distance, portion of time; spătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum On swá lytlum fæce in so short a space, Elen. Kmbl. 1917; El. 960.
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sóna
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Add: within a short time, with reference to a definite past or future time Hǽlend him tó cwæþ, 'Lóca nú'. . . Hé þá sóna instæpes geseh, Bl. H. 15, 27. Þá cleopedon his ðegnas him tó . . .
el-þiódgian
To live in foreign parts, to lead a pilgrim's life ⬩ pĕregrīnāri
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To live in foreign parts, to lead a pilgrim's life; pĕregrīnāri Wilnode he on neáweste ðara háligra stówe to tíde elþiódgian on eorþan cŭpīvit in vīcīnia sanctōrum lŏcōrum ad tempus pĕregrīnāri in terris, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 12
ge-sceád
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Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27
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fóþorn
A fothorn ⬩ surgeon's instrument ⬩ tĕnācŭlum
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A fothorn, surgeon's instrument; tĕnācŭlum Wið ðam niðeran tóþece, slít mid ðé fóþorne óþ-ðæt hie bléden for the nether tooth-ache, slit [the gums] with the fothorn till they bleed, L. M. 1, 6; Lchdm. ii. 52, 8