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á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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Ne hýrde ic guman áwyrn ǽnigne ǽr ǽfre bringan sélran láre, Men. 101. Nǽnige swaþe his ówwern ætýwdon nullum ejus uspiam vestigium apparuerit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 9. v. ná-hwærn, ǽg-wern, and á-hwærn in Dict

Linked entries: á-hwærgen hwergen á-wyrn

líþan

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Þá wæs heofones smyltnes tósliten, þǽre þe wé ǽr úton leoþon (liþon, v. l.) Add: —

wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
wlátian, p. ode

To gaze ⬩ look

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To gaze, look Hraðe wæs æt holme hýðweard, se ðe ǽr lange tíd feor wlátode, Beo. Th. 3837; B. 1916. Ðæt is gefylled, ðæt se fróda mid eágum on wlátade, Exon. Th. 20, 34; Cri. 327

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum

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Circe ecclesia, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 82; Wrt. Voc. 57, 58. Awriten mid ðám bródrum ðære cyricean æt Lindesfarena written by the brethren of the church at Lindesfarne, Bd. pref; S. 472, 39. Nim úre cyrcan máðmas take our church's treasures, Homl.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

feóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóld, pl. feóldon folded up,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 24
    • ;
  • Som. 25, 50: Exon. 107 a
    • ;
  • Th. 408, 4
    • ;
  • Rä. 27, 7
    • ;
p.
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of fealdan

úte

Grammar
úte, <b>. II</b> 4c.
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2

seócness

(n.)
Grammar
seócness, e; f.
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Sickness, illness, disease Ðæt God wolde sendan ærest hungor and ádla on manna ceáp, ǽr ðæt fýr cóme on heó, and heó mid mislícre seócnesse æt mannum genyman. Wulfst. 209, 30. v. deóful-, fylle-, lifer-, mód-, mónaþ-, ofer-, wæter-seócness

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

ge-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cunnan, p. -cúðe

To know

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Ic ðé gecúðe ǽr ðan ðe ic ðé gesceópe I knew thee ere I created thee, Ælf. Test; Swt. Rdr. 70. 433

Linked entry: ge-cúþ

drenc-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-horn, es; m.

A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu

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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31

tægl

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Wæs beboden ꝥ se tægel sceolde beón gehál ǽfre on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge for þǽre getácnunge ꝥ God wile ꝥ wé simle wel dón oþ ende úres lífes; þonne biþ se tægel geoffrod on úrum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39-42. Add

býme-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
býme-sangere, es; m. [býme a trumpet, sangere a singer] A trumpeter; salpicta = σαλπιγκτής, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 13; Wrt. Voc. 60, 48.

Linked entries: sang sangere

un-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
un-gilda, an; m.

One who is not a full member of a guild

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One who is not a full member of a guild Æt ǽlcon rihtgegyldan áne byrðene wudes and twá æt ðam ungyldan (cf. (?)for a difference between those in the same gild, Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne, 613, 32), Chart.

Linked entry: gilda

hergung

Grammar
hergung, hergiung, herung
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hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte, Ll.

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus

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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; sempĭternus, æternus Ðis ys sóþlice éce líf hæc est autcm vīta æterna. Jn. Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal

Linked entry: ǽce

scír-gesceatt

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gesceatt, es; n.
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The properly of a see Æðelríc bisceop grét freóndlíce Æðelmǽr: and ic cýðe ðæt mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon . . . Ðises ys ealles wana .xxxiii. hída of ðám hídun ðe óðre bisceopas ǽr hæfdon intó hyra scýre.

Linked entry: ge-sceatt

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ode
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To remain, continue, live Ic cýðe eów, ðæt ic wylle ðæt Giso bisceop weryge on his lande æt Chyw ælswó hys foregenga ætforen him ǽr dyde sciatis me uelle quod Giso episcopus possideat terram suam apud Chyw sicut fecerunt praedecessores sui, Cod.

mid-rád

(n.)
Grammar
mid-rád, e; f.

A riding with another

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A riding with another Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde ( in accompanying the other in following the trace of the lost property ), L. Æðelst. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 12

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