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ǽr

(adj.)
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ǽr, adj.
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Add: [Without positive (for ǽrne mergen l. ǽrnemergen), but see ǽr; adv.] From ǽran morgene, Chr. 538; P. 17, note 11. Ðá ðe on ǽran tíman lífes wǽron, Lch. iii. 436, 5. Ðǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristinae, An. Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875. On ǽrum

cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ecclesia

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A church; ecclesia Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf bund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette the church with her porch could easily contain in its space five hundred men, Homl. Th. i. 508, 13: ii. 584, 3: 592, 22, Cyrcan duru a church's door, i.

Linked entry: cyrc

ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
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ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39. On ðam lenctenfæstene and on ǽlcum ymbrenfæstene

flǽsc-mete

Flesh

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Flesh (as opposed to fish and vegetables) as food Þonne mé hingrigan ongan, þonne wǽron mé þá flǽscmettas on gewilnungum; ic gyrnde þára fixa þe on Egyptum wǽron; ic gewilnode þæs wínes, Hml. S. 23 b, 533. Ðæt hié ne wilnoden flǽscmetta cibos carnis

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
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wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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Witchcraft, sorcery, magic art Wiccecræft necromantia, Hpt. Gl. 501, 66. Ða heáfodleahtras sind . . . hǽðengyld, drýcræft, wiccecræft, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 7. Se cristena man ðe his hǽlðe sécan wyle æt unálýfedum tilungum, oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe

ellen

Grammar
ellen, strength.
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In elne in agonia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 48. Hé áweóx in gástlicum elne in spirituali zelo excreverat, Gr. D. 205, 19. Swá hwæt swá wé tó góde dóþ on elne gástlices mægenes, Bl. H. 29, 9. Swá hwylc swá on elne oþ his ende wunað qui perseveraverit usque in

cum-líþness

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Add: hospitality Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll. Th. ii. 422, 13. a living as a guest, sojourn Mon meahte his líf

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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Ic notode þǽra hláfa, Hml. S. 23 b 568. <b>I d.</b> :--- Feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, and on ðǽra yldrena cásera tíman notode, 615. Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . . Ðonne þú anti-phonariam

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe. Gyf hé

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

un-gelífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífedlíc, adj.

Incrediblemarvellous

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Incredible, marvellous Swá ðæt nán wundor [nis] ne eác ungelýfedlíc þincg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 39. Nis nán tó ðam ungelýfedlíc spel, gif hé hyt segð, ðæt ic him ne gelífe, Shrn. 196, 18. Ðæs wealles micelness is ungeliéfedlíc tó secgenne murorum ejus

for-sceamian

(v.)
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Substitute: To be or to make greatly ashamed Forscamed confusum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 48. to be greatly ashamed. with prep. Be his synnum forsceamigean de peccatis propriis erubescere, Scint. 40, 9. with clause Hé forscamað ꝥ [hé] hit ánan men andette

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Add Hé náh æfter forðsíðe crístenra manna gemánan. Ll. Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican

rihtung

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Add Hé him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtunge and hláforddóme ei in monasterii regimine successit, Gr. D. 96, 7. add On ðisum ðrým tíman andbidað God mancynnes rihtinge and góde wæstmas, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 15. Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce (

forþ-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go forthproceedgo bypassdepartdieprocēdĕretransīreprætĕrīredecēdĕremŏri

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To go forth, proceed, go by, pass, depart, die; procēdĕre, transīre, prætĕrīre, decēdĕre, mŏri Swá swá brýdguma forþgewítende of brýdbúre his tanquam sponsus procēdens de thălămo suo, Ps. Spl. 18, 5. Óþ-ðæt forþgewíteþ unriht dōnec transeat inīquĭtas

Linked entry: ge-wítan

Cristen-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
Cristen-dóm, es; m.

ChristianityCHRISTENDOMthe christian world christianitas

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Christianity, CHRISTENDOM, the christian world; christianitas Se cristendóm weóx on heora tíman christianity increased in their time Jud. Grn. Epilog. 264, 7; Jud. Thw. 161, 21. Ǽghwylc cristen man gýme his cristendómes georne let every christian man

cræftig

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Add: powerful Julius se cræftega cásere Caesar totis viribus, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 16. Hiera cynn wæs ealra cræftegast gloriosissima illa viribus familia, 2, 4; S. 72, 10. knowing a craft, art, trade Gif craeftige men ( artifices ) on mynstre sýn, begán

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Mǽgþ prosapia An. Ox. ii. 112. Cóm Críst on ðám tíman þe seó cynelice mǽigð áteórode, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Mid cynrene, miégþe prosapia, i. genus progenies, An. Ox. 1297 : stemmati, Germ. 393, 131. Hé férde embe Agathen ǽhta, and eác wolde gehæftan ealle

erian

(v.)
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Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan hé sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .i. æcer . . . His gafolyrðe III. æceras erige, Ll. Th. i. 434, 14-19. Wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 28. Þeáh hé erige his land mid

for-hradian

(v.)

hurryto anticipate

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Add: to go too quickly, hurry Ðá ðe nabbað ildo tó ðon ðæt hié mægen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað quos a praedicationis officio aetas prohibit, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past. 383, 22. to anticipate Forhradode Godes engel

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ciric-sócn

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Substitute: going to church, attendance at church Þæt crístene men þæne egesan ǽfre ne dreógan þæt hý deófolgyld weorðian, for ðám ne fremeð ǽnig cyricsócn ǽfre ǽnigum þéra þe þæt óðer drýhð, Wlfst. 281, 5. Þeówetlingas weorces beón gefreóde wið cyricsócne