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ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Th. i. 86, 34. to obey a master, serve, be a servant to te huæd úsum gihérsumaiað hérnise ut quid nostro ministratur officio, Rtl. 106, 22. God sylf behét his hálgum þénum þe on clǽnum mægðháde him gehýrsumiað on his heofenlican húse, Hml.

duguþ

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Add: The word is sometimes masc. virtue, excellence Sinope tó eácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum hiere líf geendade on mægðháde Sinope singulorum virtutis gloriam perpetua virginitate cumulavit, Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 25.

diácon

(n.)
Grammar
diácon, deácon,es ; m.

A deacon, minister of the church, levitediācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs

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P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 12] deacon is a minister, who ministers to the mass-priest, and sets the offerings upon the altar, and also reads the gospels at God's services. He may baptize children, and housel the people, L. Ælf. C. 16; Th. ii. 348, 12.

Linked entry: deácon

ge-samnung

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Í. 236, 17. of things, material, a heap, mass Gesomnung congeries (gemmarum ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 38.

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not

lof-sang

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sang, es; m.

hymnpsalm

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Æfter ða hálgan lofsangas and mæssan gefyllede wǽron after the holy psalms and masses were completed, Blickl. Homl. 207, 29. God heriaþ mid gástlícum lofsangum, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 11. Him lofsangum cwémdan cantaverunt laudes ejus, Ps.

bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
bryttian, <b>bryttian,</b> brytian.
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Hé ðám útlican tó geleáfan bringan (brytian, v.l.) ne mihte externis prodesse ad fidem non poterat, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 397, 2. to dispose of, have control of, be master of, enjoy, use Sǽda gehwilc þára þe hæleð bryttigað every seed that men use, Exod. 376

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

glengista

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glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: &#39;In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.&#39; In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At leastat all eventsat any ratein any casehoweverevenyetonlyindeedcertainlyespecially

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Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass, L. Eth. ix. 9; Th. i. 342, 22. Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I.

Linked entry: híru

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hé hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen, L.

hæc

(n.)
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Rdr. 11. 203, 10. masc. Swá west ðæt hit cymð tó ðan hæcce be súðan Cranrnere, C. D. iii. 399, 22. Capturam in arnne Derentan constructarn, quae usitato æt Ginan hecce nuncupatur uocabulo, 199, 8.

bócere

(n.)
Grammar
bócere, es; m.

A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructorscriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus

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A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor; scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus Ðá cwæþ se bócere, Láreów, well ðú on sóþe cwǽde then the scribe said, Master, thou in truth hast well said, Mk. Bos. 12, 32.

Linked entry: bécere

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

foodfood for cattlefodderălĭmentumjūmenti pābŭlumthat in which food is carrieda basketcophĭnusκόφĭνosthat in which food for cattle is carrieda cartcart-loadvĕhesplaustrumnunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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Stv. 14, 20. that in which food for cattle is carried,-a cart or cart-load, about 19 or 20 cwt. a heavy weight, as we now use the word for a FOTHER of lead, that is 191/2 cwt; vĕhes, plaustrum, nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi He scolde gife sixtiga fóðra

Linked entry: fódder

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teachermasterpreacher

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A teacher, master, preacher Láreów doctor vel imbutor, vel eruditor: dogmatista, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 73, 98, 102; Wrt. Voc. 46, 55, 59. Cilda láreów pædogogus, Som. 73, 103; Wrt. Voc. 46, 60. Láreów dogmatista, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 50.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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Se uncer hláford hlýdde ðǽr úte that master of ours was vociferating without, Shrn. 43, 14. Hlóh and hlýdde he laughed and clamoured, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Ðá hlýddon hig and cwǽdon at illi invaliscebant dicentes, Lk. Skt. 23, 5.

fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting jējūniuma fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall mūnīmentum, arx, castelluman inclosed place, cloister claustrum

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Gif mæsse-preóst folc miswyssige æt fæstene if a mass-priest misdirect the people about a fast, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 9: L. N. P. L. 11; Th. ii. 292; 11. Búton þurh gebédu and on fæstene nisi in orātiōne et jējūnio, Mk. Bos. 9, 29: Ps.

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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[For pl. hearga; f. substitute: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar. a grove Hearga lucum (the word occurs among glosses to Aldhelm between one on Ald. 50, 25 and another on 50, 27: in the text between these lucum does not occur), Wrt.

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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A lord, master, the Lord; dŏmĭnus Freá sceáwode fyrngeweorc the lord beheld the ancient work, Beo. Th. 4560; B. 2285. Freá Ælmihtig the Lord Almighty, Cd. 1; Th. 1, 9; Gen. 5: 101; Th. 134, 24; Gen. 2229. Freá moncynnes lord of mankind, Bt. Met.