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on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. <b>B.

grút

(n.)
Grammar
grút, indecl. but also dat. grýt

GROUTthe wet residuary materials of malt liquorcondimentum cerevisiæ grounds, dregsporridge

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Wortesiromellum, sed growte dicas agromellum, Wrt. Voc.178, 3. Growtt hoc idromellum, 233, 33. Growte for ale granomellum, Prompt. Parv. 217, 3, where see note

ganet

(n.)
Grammar
ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlswanfŭlĭcacygnus

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A gannet, sea-fowl, water-fowl, swan; fŭlĭca, cygnus Ganet cygnus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 144, 32. Ofer ganetes bæþ [MS. baþ] over the sea-fowl's bath, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 21. Ganetes hleóðor the gannet's cry, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 8; Seef. 20.

streám

(n.)
Grammar
streám, es; m.
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Hé wolde ða eá mid sunde oferfaran, ac hiene se streám fordráf, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 30. Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, on ðæm is iernende se ungefóglecesta streám fossa extrinsecus late patens, vice amnis circumfluit. Swt. 74, 18.

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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Hú is nú gelǽswod seó heord Crístes gesamnunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 254

on-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bindan, p. -band; pp. -bunden

To unbind, set free, disclose

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To unbind, set free, disclose Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóþ ... mid ðam hió geopenaþ hú tiedre ðás andweardan gesǽlþa sint, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 2. Hé onband beadurúne, Beo. Th. 1006; B. 501. Æfter ðon onbind, Lchdm. ii. 250, 20.

Linked entries: an-bindan un-bindan

bi-leóran

(v.)
Grammar
bi-leóran, p. de, -ade; pp. ed

To pass by or overtransire, præterire

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To pass by or over; transire, præterire Gif bileórade fram [MS. from] him seó [MS. ðio] tíd si transiret ab eo hora, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 35, 36. Se bileórde qui præterivit, Ps. Surt. 89, 4

Linked entry: be-leóran

on-lúcan

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Add Ðonne seó cest bið onlocen, þonne cymeð ðǽr upp wunderlic stenc, Shrn. 67, 27. add Hé ús má onlýhð, nú ús bóceras beteran secgað, lengran lyftwynna, Exod. 529. Se Wísdóm wordhord onleác. Met. 6, 1

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð æt ǽlcere þearfe, Wlfst. 53, 13. Gif hé ábrýð on ðǽre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 250, 21. Se yfela, swá hé oftor on ðǽre fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra bið, 268, 29.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

cólian

(v.)
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Fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte þæs líchaman, Gr. D. 102, 23. Cólaþ seó lufu þe wé tó úrum Hǽlende habban sceolde, Bl. H. 109, 3: Wlfst. 82, 9.

hlútor-ness

sinceritysimplicity

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Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:

eáþ-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-cnǽwe, -cnáwe; adj.
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Easy to recognize Seó óðer conjugatio ys ful eáðcnǽwe (-cnáwe, v. l.), for ðan ðe ǽlc ðára worda þe geendað on eo, and se óðer hád on es, ys þǽre óðre geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 8

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðæs éðel wǽre éce tó gelýfanne on heofonum, nalæs on eorþlícre frætwædnysse, on gewítendre and on úþgengre cujus sedes aeterna non in vili et caduco metallo, sed in coelis esset credenda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 20.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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God ána wát hú his gecynde biþ, wífhádes ðe weres God alone, knows how its sex is, [the sex of] female or male, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 6; Ph. 355.

ginian

(v.)
Grammar
ginian, geonian, gynian; p. ode

To yawngape

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Seó eorþe swá giniende bád the earth remained gaping so, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 3

Linked entries: geonian gynian

riht-raciend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-raciend, es; m.
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An expounder of right Seó Salomannes bóc . . . is genæmned Ecclesiastes. Seó bóc is ágendlíce on Ænglisc rihtraciend geháten . . . In þǽre rihtan race byþ oft forð . . . bróht se dóm . . .

Linked entry: raciend

sess

(n.)
Grammar
sess, es ; m.
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A seat, bench Ses, sæs transtrum, Txts. 103, 2050. Hé gesæt on sesse, Beo. Th. 5427 ; B. 2717: 5506; B. 2756

Linked entry: sæs

un-ǽfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ǽfæstlíce, adv.
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Irreligiously Gif hwylc bróðor a npreósthýrede bið þe intó cyrcan unǽwfæstlíce and prútlíce (non religiose, sed pompatice) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 33

Linked entry: ǽ-fæstlíce

on-þyncan

(v.)

to seem, appear

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to seem, appear Ðý læs ðæt eów seó sægen monigfealdlícor biþ onþúhte tó wrítanne ne sim scribendi multiplex, Nar. 3, 29

dráf

Grammar
dráf, drǽf.
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Hét se hálga wer þæt seó cú gewende tó þǽre heorde, and heó swá bilewite swá scép beáh tó þǽre drǽfe, Hml. S. 31, 1055. Se geneát sceal láde lǽdan, dráfe drífan, C. D. iii. 450, 33. Sum fearhrýþer þæs óþræs' ceápes geférscipe oferhogode . . .