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ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt hí baldlíce getrúwien ðæt hí ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe hí wilniað, ðý lǽs hí tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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Hié mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton inutiles facti sunt, Nar. 15, 27. Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5.

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavens ⬩ the sky

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Ðú geworhtest eorþan frætwe and upheofen; ðæt is heáh geweorc handa ðínra terram tu fundasti; et opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Eorðan ic bidde and upheofon, Lchdm. i. 400, 3: Exon. Th. 60, 12; Cri. 968: Andr. Kmbl. 1596; An. 799.

Linked entry: up-rodor

weámódness

(n.)
Grammar
weámódness, e; f.

Anger, passionateness, irascibility

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Ðonne hié berǽsaþ on suelce weámódnesse hié sindon tó oferbúganne qui in eodem furoris impetu declinandi sunt, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 20. Forlýst se yrsigenda wer his ágene sáwle þurh weámódnysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 149: Anglia xi. 113, 32, 38.

wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5.

Linked entry: wincel

tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in two ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut away ⬩ cut off

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Uppan ðám sticceon ðe ðǽr tósnidene beóþ membra quae sunt caesa. Lev. 1. 8. to cut away, cut off Sum mon tó-snáð (amputauit) him ðone seárliprica. Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 47

scotung

(n.)
Grammar
scotung, e; f.

shooting ⬩ what is shot ⬩ a missile

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An. 123, 33. what is shot, a missile Hí synt scotunga oððe flána ipsi sunt jacula, Ps. Lamb. 54, 22. Sceotunga, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 24. Scotunge ðíne jacula tua, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 15. Hé wæs biset mid heora scotungum swylce ýles byrsta, Th.

Linked entry: sceotung

BÝME

(n.)
Grammar
BÝME, béme, an; f.

A trumpet ⬩ tuba, salpinx

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Býman sungon the trumpets sounded [lit. sung] Elen. Kmbl. 218; El. 109. Drémaþ Drihtne on býman psallite Domino in tubis, Ps. Lamb. 97, 6. Seofon sacerdas bláwon mid býmon septem sacerdotes clangent buccinis, Jos. 6, 4, 13

norþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Þǽr syndon þá micelan mǽrða, ꝥ syndan ðá geweorc (weorc, v.l.) þe Alexander hét gewyrcean ibi sunt illa magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. <b>VI a.

ge-sendan

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Ne gesende God sunu his in middangeard ꝥte gedoemde middangeard, 3, 17. Bisin fadores in wíngeard suna ðæs gesendnes (mittentis) Mt. p. 19, I. Wǽren ǽrendracen gesend of Róme tó Ængla lande Chr. 785 ; P. 55, 3.

dæg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíma, an; m. [tíma time]

DAY-TIME, day ⬩ diurnum tempus, dies

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DAY-TIME, day; diurnum tempus, dies Þurh dægtíman oððe geond dæg sunne ne forswǽle ðé ne móna per diem sol non uret te, neque luna, Ps. Lamb. 120, 6

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.

High

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On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June] the sun mounts highest in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110

setlung

(n.)
Grammar
setlung, e; f.

a taking of a seat ⬩ a sitting down ⬩ setting of the sun ⬩ occasus

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Lamb. 138, 2. setting of the sun; occasus Seó niht hæfþ seofon dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS. P.) Lchdm. iii. 242, 26. Æfter sunnan setlunge, 266, 5. Fram sunnan uprine óþ setlunge, Ps. Spl. 112, 3. Setellung, 49, 2

Linked entry: setlan

frum-cenned

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
frum-cenned, -cend; def. se -cenneda; part.

first-begotten ⬩ firstborn ⬩ primogĕnĭtus ⬩ primitive ⬩ primĭtīvus

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Óþ-ðæt heó cende hyre frumcennedan sunu dŏnec pĕpĕrit fīlium suum primogĕnĭtum, Mt. Bos. 1. 25: Lk. Bos. 2, 7. Ðe on ðæm lande frumcennede wǽron who were firstborn in the land, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 5.

recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Hét him recene tó his sunu gangan, Cd. Th. 53, 20; Gen. 864 : 134, 41; Gen. 2228. Ðú nú recene beheald intende, Ps. Th. 29, 1. Recone ł sóna confestim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29 : cito, 9, 39 : statim, Lind. 14, 45. Recune (recone, Rush.) continuo, Jn.

Linked entry: ricene

an-lícnes

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Hé gestrínde sunu tó his gelícnesse and anlýcnysse, Gen. 5, 3. an example, model, figure, (in speaking) Sió anlícnes wæs gecueden figurate per habitum sacerdotis dicit, Past. 95, 11. Siexfealdre anlícnesse sena paradigmata, Wrt.

ge-liger

Grammar
ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Sameramis . . . mid ungemetlicre wrǽnnesse manigfeald geligre fremmende wæs. . . æt néhstan hyre ágene sunu hió genam hyre tó geligere . . . hió gesette . . . þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe haec, libidine ardens, . . . inter incessabilia

hú-meta

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S. 37, 61. with ellipsis of the rest of the rest of the clause introduced by how Wé hérdon ꝥ sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ꝥ hit unmennisclic dǽd wæs, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 16

efen-ling

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Þin sunful efenling luue 57, 222.]