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lencten-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíma, an ; m.
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Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus An. Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne hé wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf. Wæs seó wund fæstlíce gehálad (curatum), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 3), Shrn. 95, 2. Substitute:

ǽt

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Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270. Ǽt foresceáwian, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 35. Þú scealt þá óþre ǽtas sellan, Lch. ii. 90, 12. See also passages under wǽt. eating Be ðæs lambes ǽte de agni esu, An. Ox. 40, 29.

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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Cóm hé tó Róme . . . hé oft ǽr on þǽre fóre wæs, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 436, 12. Hé wæs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas, Bl.

a-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽfan, -dréfan; p. de; pp. ed

To drive awayexpellere

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He adrǽfed wæs ejectus est, Gen. 3, 24. Osrǽd wæs of ríce adréfed Osred was banished from his kingdom, Chr. 790; Th. 99, 20, col. 2

Linked entry: a-dréfed

þeorf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
þeorf-dæg, es; m.
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Eásterdæg wæs se forma dæg on ðære ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and ða seofon dagas, ðe ðǽr æfter wǽron, wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Anglia viii. 330, 19

ge-fylcea

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylcea, (?), an; m.
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Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ?

Linked entry: fylcea

hearpere

(n.)
Grammar
hearpere, es; m.

A harpercitharedus

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Án hearpere wæs on ðære þeóde ðe Thracia hátte ... ðæs nama wæs Orfeus there was a harper in Thrace whose name was Orpheus, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 29: Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7

a-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]

To run overto pass or go overpassgopræteriredecurrere

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To run over, to pass or go over, pass, go ; præterire, decurrere To náhte híg becumaþ swá swá a-yrnende wæter ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens, Ps. Lamb. 57, 8.

Linked entry: a-urnen

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.
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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. to make firm, to fix Suíðigaþ figite

cýf

(n.)
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Wæs geset wearm wæter on cýfe, Hml. S. 11, 150. Cýue dolium (acc.), An. Ox. 2, 236. Hét hé ꝥ man ealle þá kýfa (bydenu, v. l. dolia ) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 28. Man sceal habban . . cýfa, Angl. ix. 264, 11

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

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Wæs ðér wælla ( fons ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In ðæm wælla, 9, 7. Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3.

sworettung

(n.)
Grammar
sworettung, e; f.
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Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs geondgoten and longe sworetunge wæs teónde ( suspiria longa trahens ), Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10. Hé gemænigfealdode ða sworetunga ðám siccetungum, Homl.

freó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
freó-nama, -noma, an; m.

A surnamecognōmen

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A surname; cognōmen Ðæs fæder wæs háten Oeríc, wæs his freónama Oesc cūjus păter Oeric, cognōmento Oisc, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 33: 4, 2; S. 565, 39: 5, 19; S. 637, 39.

Linked entry: freó-noma

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, p. de; pp. ed [mǽre]

To celebrate, divulge, spread abroad

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To celebrate, divulge, spread abroad Ðá ðeós gesyhþ wæs gemǽred qua divulgata visione, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 25 : 3, 10; S. 535, note 2. Gemǽred wæs word ðis mið Iudeum divulgatum est verbum istud apud Judæos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 15.

nam-cúþ

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Add: of persons Wæs sum ríce cyning, namcúð on worulde, Asuerus geháten. Hml. A. 92, 2. Sum wer wæs namcúð and hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 15. His ꝥ mǽre cynn wzs swíþe namcúð eallum folce, Hml.

cwart-ern

(n.)

a prison

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a prison Ic wæs on cwarterne eram in carcere, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 25, 36, 39

Nefrod

(n.)
Grammar
Nefrod, es; m.

Nimrod

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Nimrod Nefrod se gigant; se Nefrod wæs Chuses sunu, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 17

Linked entry: Nebrond

sixtig-wintre

(n.; adj.)
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sixty years old Hé wæs fíf and sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23

synnicge

(n.)
Grammar
synnicge, (-ecge)an f.

A sinner, a sinful womanpeccatrix

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A sinner, a sinful woman; peccatrix Seó ( Mary Magdalen ) wæs ǽrest synnecge, Shrn. 107, 10