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hreófla

(n.)
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hreófla, an; m.

A leper

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Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper, Homl. Th. i. 122, 5. Hreóflan synt gehǽlede leprosi mundantur, Lk. Skt. 7, 22

Linked entries: hreófl hreófl

orped

(adj.)
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orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold Lá orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt lunaris, Anglia viii. 325, 5.

be-smítan

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Add: in a physical sense Se salt bismiten (-smitten, L.) bid, Lk. R. 14, 34. moral þæt ic ne sié besmiten ne violer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 63. of the action of a person Ic mín fǽmnhád besmát, Hml.

ge-blinnan

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Geblanu <b>ꝥ</b> wind cessavit ventus, Mt. L. 14, 32: Lk. L. 8, 24. Geblann gespreaca cessavit loqui, 5, 4.

mæsse-sang

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His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum on eallum ciricum, Shrn. 84, 3. the service held on a saint's day, a (person's) mass. v. mæsse; <b>I b</b> Sci Agapites mæssesang mæg gemétan sé þe sécð on þám níwran sacra-mentorum, Shrn. 119,

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
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twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively

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Twá (tuoege ł tuu wíf duae,Lind.: twá, Rush.) beóð æt cwyrne grindende, 24, 41: Lk. Skt. 17, 35. Tuu in líchome ánum, Rtl. 106, 32. Twéga sang bicinium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 4.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

dyncge

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>dyncge,</b> dynge, an; dyncg, e; f. dung, manure, litter Dingce letamen, An. Ox. 4773. Dinig (l. dincg or dung?) fimus, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 6. Of dincge gramine, An. Ox. 46, 16.

gist

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Take here <b>gæst, gest, giest, gyst</b> in Dict., and add Gast hospes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 37. a stranger Gest ic wæs hospes eram, Mt. L. 25, 36, 43, 44.

ícan

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Lk. 12, 25. to add to. by way of supplement or completion Þás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwþer ne ná wanian ne ne écan. Bl. H. 81, 4. (la) the material of addition given in dat. Cf.

hús

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<b>I b.</b> a temporary erection, tabernacle :-- Ic gedó ðreá húso faciam tria tabernacula, Mt. L. 17, 4. Wyrce wé ðriá hús (húsa, L.), Mk. R. 9, 5. <b>I c.

mǽg

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<b>III a.</b> of illicit intercourse :---

ge-wundian

(v.)
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<b>I b.</b> of the action of animals :--- of a surgical operation (lit. or fig.)

pund

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Se sester sceal wegan twá pund be sylfyrgewyht, Lch. iii. 92, 14. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs .x. þúsend punda, Chr. 991; P. 127, 5.

íg-land

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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh nú ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll.

BYDEN

(n.)
Grammar
BYDEN, bydenn, e; f.

a bushel ⬩ modius ⬩ a barrel, tun, butt ⬩ dolium, cupa

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Bos. 4, 21: Lk. Bos. ll, 33. a barrel, tun, butt; dolium, cupa Hí mec baðedon in bydene they bathed me in a tub, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 24; Rä. 28, 6. Byden cupa, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 94; Wrt. Voc. 34, 24

ge-heald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald, ge-hæld.
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Substitute: <b>ge-heald,</b> es; n. observation, marking, noticing Ríce Godes ne mið gehald tó cymende regnum Dei non cum obseruatione uenturum, Lk. p. 9, 10. the observance of something prescribed, holding, keeping Gewrit be gehealde rihtra

ge-þungennes

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Ox. 57, 1. eminence, distinction. in regard to rank. v. geþungen; <b>III a</b> Twelffeald geþungennes duodenus apex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 14.

lamb

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Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 21. Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe . . . .i. lamb of geáres geogeðe, Ll. Th. i. 438, 23. Lombur scépa agni ovium Ps. Srt. 113, 4. Lomberu, 6. Lo[m]bra agnorum ii. 193, 1. .xx. lamba, C.

gifu

(n.)
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</b> as a legal term, gift, transfer of property :-- Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, Ll. Th. i. 292, 16. Riht gifu, 422, l : ii. 302, 7. <b>I c.</b> a giving in marriage, a wedding, v. gift ; <b> III. 2.

ge-hínan

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L. R. 8, 10. Gehéndon ( accusabant) hine ðá héhsácerdas, Mk. L. R. 15, 3 ; Lk. L. 23, 10 Ꝥte heá gehéndon (accusarent ) hine, Lk. L. R. II. 54. Gehǽne (gihéna, R.) accusare Jn. L. 8, 6