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clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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A CLAPPER of a bell; tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus Se bend ðe se clipur ys mid gewriðen, ys swylce hyt sý sum gemetegung ðæt ðære tungan clipur mǽge styrian, and ða lippan æt-hwega beátan.

in-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
in-cuman, p. -com

To come in ⬩ enter

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Ðǽr nǽfre nǽnig dǽl regnes incuman ne mæg never can any rain enter there, 125, 33. Incuma introire, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 45

mǽr-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-þorn, es; m.

A hawthorn tree which serves as a boundary

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A hawthorn tree which serves as a boundary Of ðæm pytte on ðone díc, ðæt on mǽrþorne; of ðæm þorne norþ on ðone hwítan stán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 168, 33

twi-þráwen

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-þráwen, adj.(ptcpl.)

Double-twisted

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Double-twisted Is beboden ðæt scyle beón twiðrǽwen (-ðráwen, Cott. MSS.) twín on ðæm mæssegierelan, (torta byssus) Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18. Ðæt tweoðrǽwene (twyðráwene,twín), Cott. MSS. Swt. 89, 2

Linked entry: twi-spunnen

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Moises heóld his mǽges sceáp ðæs sacerdes on Madian, 3, 1. Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg, Gen. 41, 45. Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów, Mk. Skt. 14, 47.

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking

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a trace, track, spoor Ne biþ ðǽr éþe ðín spor on tó findanne vestigia tua non cognoscentur Ps. Th. 76, 16. Stande ðæt spor for ðone foreáð, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Wé noldon tó ðæm spore onlútan. Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon.

BEALO

(n.)
Grammar
BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.

BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia

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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682. Oft heó to bealwe bearn afédeþ often

Linked entries: balewe balo balw bealu

on-gitenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gitenness, e ; f.

understanding, knowledge

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understanding, knowledge Hé wæs gefeónde ðære ongytenesse (agnitione) ðæs sððan Godes biganges. Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 13. Tó ongytenysse (ad agnitionem) ðæs sóðan Godes, 2, 9; S. 511, 3. meaning, purport (cf.

Linked entry: -gitenness

ribb

(n.)
Grammar
ribb, es; n.

A rib

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Ðá genam hé án ribb of his sídan and gefilde mid flǽsce ðǽr ðǽr ðæt ribb wæs. And geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen, Gen. 2, 21-22. Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, 373, 21; Seel. 113.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify

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Hwá ungelǽredra ne wundraþ ðæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæg útan ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard? 214, 15. Hwá wundraþ ðæs, oððe óðres eft, hwý ðæt ís mæge weorðan of wætere, Met. 28, 58.

Linked entry: wyndrian

wíc-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-steall, es; m.
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A camp Leóde ongéton, ðæt ðǽr cwom weroda Drihten wícsteal metan, Cd. Th. 183, 16; Exod. 92

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo

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Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ... the people there were accustomed to..., Blickl. Homl. 209, 6. Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20. [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde ... and of Martines reliquium, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 74. Ofer his reliquias ðæt heofonleóht wæs scínende and deófolseóce æt his reliquium wǽron gelácnóde, Bd. 3, 11;S. 535, 6-8.

wiþ-scorian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scorian, p. ode

To refuse

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MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12

Linked entry: scorian

mann-cwild

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Ic ðæc biddo ðæt. . . him fiónd ne sceððe, ne hungor, ne monncwild, Shrn. 73, 5. Add

wearglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wearglíce, adv.

Vilely, meanly, wretchedly

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Hú ne is ðæt sum dǽl ermþa, ðæt mon swá wærelíce (werelíce, v. l.) scyle culpian tó ðám ðe him gifan scyle qui praeire ceteros honore cupis, poscendi humilitate vilesces, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 15

Linked entries: wærelíce wearg-líc

tó-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-samnian, p. ode

To assemble, ⬩ collect

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To assemble, collect Ðá bæd hé hine ðæt hé sumne dǽl landes æt him onfénge, ðæt hé mihte mynster on getimbrian and Godes ðeówas tósomnian he prayed him to receive from him a parcel of land, that he might thereon build a monastery and collect together

Linked entries: samnian tó-somnian

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Ðære þriddan eá nama, Gen. 2, 14. On nánum heolstrum heofenan, oþþe eorþan, oþþe sǽ þriddan, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 32. Ðý þryddan dæge (ðe ðirda dæg, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. On ðære þriddan (ða ðirdda, Lind.: ðirda, Rush.) wæccan, Lk. Skt. 12, 38.

Linked entry: þirda

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.

course of a moving body ⬩ course of time, revolution, period

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Be ðæs geáres ymbrenum de temporibus, 232, 5

æfter-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylgan, æfter-fyligan; p. de

To follow

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To follow Ðæt folc nú gyt ðæt tácn æfter-fylgeað, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 22. Ðá ðe æfterfylydon quae sequebantur, Mt. L. 21, 9. Mildheortnys ðín æfterfylge subsequetur mé, Ps. L. 22, 6. Án scort ræps æfterfylige subsequatur R. Ben. 34, 13: 60, 4.