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medume

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</b> add :-- Heom ðúhte óðre hwíle þæt hé wǽre swylce hit cild wǽre, óðre hwíle eft swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé eald geðungen man wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 14. <b>II b.

Beard-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
Beard-sǽtan, Beard-sǽte; pl.

The people (or district) of Bardney

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The people (or district) of Bardney Æþel-réde, se wæs ǽr cyning, wæs ðá Beardsǽtena abbud, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 5

rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
rinnan, p. rann, pl. runnon; pp. runnen
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Wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Gif lioþole út rynne, Lchdm. ii. 12, 24. Blód and wæter út bicwóman rinnan fore rincum, Exon. Th. 69, 3; Cri. 1115

Linked entries: a-rinnan irnan

geond-faran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-faran, part. -farende; p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [geond through, faran to go]

To go through, pervadeperambŭlāre, pervăgāri

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Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67

Linked entry: geond-tæren

síd-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feax, -feaxe, -fexe ; adj.
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Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian and óðerum hálgum ðe sídfeaxe wǽron, R. Ben. 135, 27-30. v. síd, , and next word

a-hnescian

(v.)
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Substitute: á-hnescian, -hnexian. to become weak An hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentie swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 15. to make weak, weaken, soften Ðá ánrédnesse his heortan áhnescian (-nescian, v. l.) cordis

wegan

Grammar
wegan, <b>. A I.</b>
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Perhaps in Exod. 180 wǽpn might be inserted before wǽgon, aud the passage be removed to <b> A. III</b> 1

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mindanxietytroublegriefdifficultyseverityharshness

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Ðú canst míne yrmþa, ðú mé wǽre symble on fultume on mínum unýðnyssum, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 94, 11. severity, harshness Ða ðe ðǽr gefongne wǽron hié tawedan mid ðære mǽstan uniéðnesse; sume ofslógon, sume ofswungon, sume wið feó gesealdon, Ors. 4, 1; Swt

ge-þýwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þýwe, adj.

Customaryusual

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Customary, usual Him geþýwe wæs ðæt he oft ðǽr wunode [other version has his gewuna wæs] sæpius ibidem diverti ac manere consueverat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24. Swá him geþýwe ne wæs as was not usual with him, Beo. Th. 4654; B. 2332

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B.

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristanecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

Linked entry: cyric-weard

nǽder-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nǽder-fáh, adj.
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wæs on dracan heówe and eall hé wæs nǽdderfáh, Hml. A. 175, 183

þearfa

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Add Hé waes þearfa woruldlicra ǽhta and hé wæs on his geearnungum welig pauper rebus, sed meritis dives erat, Gr. D. 281, 13

reád

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Him wæs gecynde ꝥ hé symble wæs reád on his andwlitan, Gr. D. 187, 16. v. blód-, bóc-, weolcen-, wræt-, wurm-reád. Add

sefa

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Fífte wæs gyfe pund, þanon hym wæs geseald sefa and geðang (cf. sefan, sídne geþanc, Dan. 536), Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215. Add

ge-gifan

(v.)
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Eall þá woruldgód þá þe him gegyfene (-gyfne, gifene, v. ll.) wǽron cuncta quae sibi donabantur, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 19. to give in marriage Hé Crísten wíf hæfde him gegyfen (him wæs forgifen, v. l. ), Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 53, 7

Linked entry: gifan

ge-metfæst

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wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

sixta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
sixta, ord. num.
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Siexta wæs Óswald, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 4. Ðá wæs syxte gear. Elen. Kmbl. 14; El. 7. Wæs ðá sihste tíd. Exon. Th. 171, 8; Gú. 1123. Seista (sesta, Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 33