un-fyrn
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Þú wást ꝥ ic sylfa unfyrn sceall beón sweltende scis quia ego modo te (the dying abbot) secuturus sum 226, 4
ymb-hygdigness
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Se abbod mid ealre emhýdignesse ( sollicitudine ) carige embe ða gyltendan gebróðru, R. Ben. 50, 18 : 54, 19 : 137, 21. Ǽlc ðæra wæs hám tó his ágenum farende myd mycelre ymbhýdignysse and mid mycelum ege, Nicod. 33; Thw. 19, 26.
æf-weard
absens
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Æfweardum absente ðám abbode, Gr. D. 35, 32: 64, 11. Sé cwið yfel ðǽm deáfan, sé ðone æfweardan tǽlð surdo maledicere est absenti derogare, Past. 453, 2. Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1.
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geat-weard
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Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml. S. 33, 136. Wæs ðǽr swiþe egeslic geatweard, ðæs nama sceolde beón Caron, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 18. Add
ealdor-scipe
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Abbod sceal á gemunan hwæt hé gecweden is, and þæs ealdorscipes noman mid dǽdum gefyllan ( nomen majoris factis implere ), R. Ben. 10, 10. Teóðingealdras sýn hýdege embe heora ealdorscypas ( decanias ) . . .
þe
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Add Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wurðe sig, R. Ben. 110, 18. Hwæt gebyrað ús embe þis tó smeágenne? Þis sceolon smeágan þe þæs gíman sceolon, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 31. 1.
dihtung
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Æfter gesetnesse oððe dihtinge abbodes secundum dispositionem abbatis, R. Ben. I. 54, 13
freót
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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe
settan
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R. 14, 31. add Hé sette Æþelgár abbod tó Níwan mynstre tó abbode, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3. Þá hé bebyrged wæs hié settan him hyrdas tó, Bl. H. 177, 26. Add Hí úre béc setton swá swá hí geleornodon æt heora láreówe Críste, Hml.
ge-staþolung
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Ǽlc endebyrdnes on mynstre sceal been ge-healden . . . be þæs abbodes gestaþelunge (at abbas constituent), R. Ben. 113, 23
diht
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</b> direction by one in authority, of men Benedictus sǽde þæt heora þeáwas ne mihton his dihte ( his rule as abbot ) geðwǽrlǽcan, Hml. Th. ii. 158, 7. Hý bedreáf onfón æfter heora abbodes dyhte ( dispositionem ), R. Ben. 47, 5.
gyltig
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Se bróðor, sé þe giltig ámeldod bið þám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13. Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35.
symbelness
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Hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende hé ánne bróðor tó Pafnuntię and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnysse, 33, 61
weorold-níd
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30
neádian
To be necessary
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Ðæs abbodes forsceáwung sceal beón be ðysum, hú ðæs neódige, R. Ben. 89, 6, 8
on-sígan
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Uton standan mid gemâglicum wôpum ongeán ðâm onsîgendum swurde swâ miccles dômes, 126, 1. where defect is chargeable to wrong action Wite se abbod gylte(s) hyrdes onsîgan swâ hwæt on sceápum se hîredes ealdor nytwyrð-nesse hwônlîcor swâ mæg gemêtan sciat
ceósan
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Ðá cusen þá munecas tó abbot Brand, 1066; P. 199, 1
hádung-dæg
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The anniversary of a person's ordination Þá gelamp hit embe geáres ryne ꝥ hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende ánne brððor tó Pafnuntie and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnesse, Hml. S. 33, 59. Hádungdæg, 91
gréting
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L. 23, 7. of formal address in letters, &c. v. grétan; 5 Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml.
ge-spelia
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Add: ge-speliga a vicar Crístes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt abba Christi agere vices in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, II. Þ hé (the king) sý on ware and on wearde Crístes gespeliga. Ll. Th. ii. 304, 24.