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eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)

rót-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
rót-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of refreshing Ǽlc rihtwís man, ðonne hé ðysne sealm singþ, wilnaþ him sumere róthwíle on ðissere worulde, and éc reste æfter ðisum, Ps. Th. 14, arg.

gum-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
gum-ríce, es; n.

Power, rule over mena kingdomthe earth

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Power, rule over men, a kingdom, the earth Nis ðé goda ǽnig on gumríce efne gelíc éce Drihten non est similis tibi in diis, Domine, Ps. Th. 85, 7. On ðam gumríce in that kingdom, Elen. Kmbl. 2439; El. 1221.

on-efn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

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Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33. See for other examples

Linked entry: efen

for-yldan

(v.)
Grammar
for-yldan, p. -ylde; pp. -ylded

To put offdeferdifferresŭpersĕdēre

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Ðe he to medmicelre tíde forylde dón [MS. doan] quam ad brĕve tempus făcĕre sŭpersēdit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 23: Blickl. Homl. 213, 24; 95, 25

frécenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
frécenlíc, frécendlíc; adj.

Dangerousperilousperīcŭlōsus

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Dangerous, perilous; perīcŭlōsus Ðæt ðære tíde blódlæswu wǽre frécenlíc quia perīcŭlōsa sit illīus tempŏris phlebŏtŏmia, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16.

Linked entry: frécendlíc

úht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
úht-líc, adj.

of early morningmatutinusof matins

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On úhtlícum in matutino, 100, 9. of matins Fram ðære tíde ðæs úhtlícan lofsanges a tempore matudinae laudis, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 23: 4, 7; S. 575; 2. Tó úhtlícum lofsangum ad matutinales laudes, Anglia xiii. 382, 243

ár

Grammar
ár, ore.
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Sí þé heofene swilce ár sit tibi coelum aeneum, Deut. 28, 23. Hé geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre taurum aeneum fecit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 24. Add

ende-byrdes

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Ðú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tódǽldes endebyrdes (in order, in regular succession ; cf. the corresponding prose: Ðú ðe tída fram middaneardes fruman oþ þone ende endebyrdlíce gesettest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 7), Met. 20, 12.

on-tyhtan

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Nát ic hwí þú sý eallinga onǽled and ontihted (-tiht, v. l.) of þára bysne and wiðmetenysse ex quorum comparatione accenderis ignoro, Gr. D. 7, 10. Ontihtum geþance intente mente, Scint. 27, 2. See next word. Add

stalian

(v.)
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Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml. Th. ii. 208, 24

dógor-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-gerím, es; n. [gerím a number]
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Number of days, allotted time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Wæs eall sceacen dógorgerímes all the number of his days was departed, Beo. Th. 5449; B. 2728.

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd

éc-nes

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Add: all time Nǽfra from ðec wæstm accenned bið in écnisse (ék-, R.) ( in sempiternum ), Mt. L. 21, 19: Hml. Th. i. 58, 8. On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32.

ge-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfedness, e; f.
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S. 23 b, 523. conversion Seó sóðe gehwyrfednes ( conversio ) mæg beón on þǽre ýle-mestan tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 31. Ðás herigendlicestan gehwyrfednysse ǽgðer ge dǽda ge þeáwa . . . þǽre árwurðan Egyptiscan Marian, Hml.

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðonne hié him ǽr tíde tó tióþ ðæt hí ne mágon, ðonne is him tó ondrǽdenne ðæt him weorþe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton, ðæt is se wisdóm, ðe hié ǽr tíde wilniaþ and eówiaþ, ac hé him wyrþ ðonne swíðe ryhtlíce tó lore admonendi ne, cum

Linked entries: los lyre

Sunnan-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-úhta, an; m.
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The time before day-break on Sunday; as an ecclesiastical term the hour of matins on Sunday, or the service then held:?-'On Sunnandæg ðú cymst tó mé'. . . Se apostol on ðam Sunnanúhtan ǽrwacol tó ðære cyrcan com, Homl. Th. i. 74, 20.

riht-líflád

(n.)
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam

Linked entry: líf-lád

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia