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cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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in N. E. D.) Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

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, consider ⬩ recordari, 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

carte

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Hé sum gewrit áwrát on cartan . . . Sum hrefen þá cartan genam . . . geseah hé þone hrefen þá cartan beran . . . hangode seó carte on þám hreóde. . . and hé sóna féng tó þǽre cartan, Guth. 48, 22-50, 18. Hé sceáwode þá cartan and clypode tó ðám wífe

Norþ-mann

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Add Þám wǽpenleásum menn onbugon þá Francan and þá fyrlenan Norðmenn, Hml. S. 29, 177

frum-dysig

(n.)
Grammar
frum-dysig, es; n.

First folly

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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26

Linked entry: dysig

nearwian

(v.)
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Add: to restrain Þám útyrnendan men ( the man with dysentery) mon sceal sellan þá mettas þá ðe wambe nearwian, Lch. ii. 278, 17

níþig

(adj.)
Grammar
níþig, adj.
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Envious [Ní]þig inuidus, An. Ox. 56, 99. Næs hé ofermód ne níþig . . . Þá níðigan and þá æfstigan (given in note to preceding)

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [
  • Halliwell
gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In
  • Jamieson's Dictionary
the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]

unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.

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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his

Grantabrycg-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Grantabrycg-scír, e; f.
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Cambridgeshire; the people of that shire Þá sóna flugon Eást-Engla; þá stód Grantabrycgscír fæstlíce ongeán, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 9. Hí heafdon þá ofergán Eást-Engla ... Oxenafordscíre and Grantabrycgescíre, 1011; P. 141, 13

cweccan

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For first reference substitute Germ. 397, 504, and add Þá cwehte se déma his deóflice heáfod, Hml. S. 8, 91. Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá hé swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl. T. 7, 13

dægred-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
dægred-leóma, an; m.
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The light of dawn Þá se ðægredleóma beorhte scymrode, þá Drihten of helle árás, Nap. 16

Linked entry: leóma

mittan

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þá heó eft cóm, þá mitte heó hire cild lifiende and gesund, Shrn. 32, 15. Add

þearle

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Add Þá Walas flugon þá Englan swíðe þearle (swá fýr, v.l. ), Chr. 473; P. 15, 5

lyb-lác

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Add: — Uton forbúgan þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, ꝥ is . . . lyblác and ealle þá unþeáwas þe deóflu on mancynn gebringað, Wlfst. 135, 3

tó-flówendness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-flówendness, tó-flówenness, e; f.
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Diffusion, diffluence Tó þám ꝥ þurh þá tóflówendnysse (-flówen-, -flów-, v. ll. ) þæs streámes beón geþénede þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, Gr. D. 94, 21

Linked entry: -flówendness

þynne

Grammar
þynne, <b>. II.</b> 2.
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Þá fatu þá þe hé geát ǽr swýðe lytelne dǽl þæs þynnestan wǽtan vasa in quibus tenuissimum liquorem infuderat. Gr. D. 59, 15. Add

rúmgállíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmgállíce, adv.
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Widely Þá þe hér rúmgállíce ofer Godes riht rícsiað, þá beóð þǽr on mǽstum racenteágum, Nap. 54

bæþ-hús

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Þá healle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan, Hml. S. 36, 97. Add

á-geolwian

(v.)
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Se líchoma ágeolwaþ swá gód geolu seoluc, Lch. ii. 10, 15. Þá téð ágeolwiað, þá þe wæron hwíte. Wlfst. 148, 6. Micge ágeolwod, Lch. ii. 258, 15. Þá ágeolewedan crocata , Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 12. Add

delfan

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Add: absolute, to dig 'Ic nát mid hwí íc delfe . . . ' ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 765. Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan, Hml.