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denu

(n.)
Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.

A plain, vale, dale, valleyvallis, convallis

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Fox 7, 73; Met. 7, 37 : Salm. Kmbl. 458; Sal. 229. From Ebron dene de valle Hebron, Gen. 37, 14. He gebirgde hine on ðære dene Moab landes ongeán Phogor sepelīvit eum in valle terræ Moab contra Phogor, Deut. 34, 6.

Linked entries: dænu dene dene dene

EÁCA

(n.)
Grammar
EÁCA, an; m.

An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantageadditāmentum

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Is witena gehwám wópes eáca there is increase of weeping to every man, Salm. Kmbl. 922; Sal. 460. Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] geset hæbbe feówertig lárspella, and sumne eácan ðǽrto I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed forty sermons, and some addition thereto, Ǽlfc.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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Fýr clymmaþ on gecyndo, cunnaþ hwænne móte on his frumsceaft, eft to his éþle fire climbeth in its nature, strives when it can towards its origin, back to its home, Salm. Kmbl. 831; Sal. 415.

heáfod-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-sealf, e; f.
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A salve for the head Tó heáfodsealfe, aluwan gegníd in eced, smyre þæt heáfod mid, Lch. iii. 2, 14

ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ, fyrhþ, ferþ, ferht, es; m. n.

the soulspiritmindanĭmusmenslifevīta

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Kmbl. 347; El. 174: Salm. Kmbl. 358; Sal. 178. Ferhþes fóreþanc forethought of mind, Beo. Th. 2124; B. 1060. His geleáfa wearþ fæst on ferhþe his faith became firm in his spirit, Elen.

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Seldum ǽfre, Salm. Kmbl. 540 ; Sal. 269.

Linked entry: seldnor

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode
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To rest, to remain suspended, to hang, to lower as a cloud Hit bærneþ boldgetimbru, seomaþ steáp, Salm. Kmbl. 827 ; Sal. 413. Deorc deáþscúa seomade the dark shadow of death hung over them, Beo. Th. 324; B. 161.

Linked entry: semian

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Salm. Kmbl. 785 ; Sal. 392. a kingdom of this world, an earthly kingdom, earthly power Náuht woruldríces fæstes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11.

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.
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Voc. ii. 89, 18: 27, 5. to disclose, reveal, declare, manifest Hé ýweþ him and yppeþ earmra manna misgemynda, Salm. Kmbl. 985; Sal. 494.

Linked entry: uppe

on-líhtend

(n.)
Grammar
on-líhtend, es; m.
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One who enlightens Drihten is mín onlýhtend and mín hǽlend Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea, Ps. Th. 26, 1

ymb-húung

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Substitute for the citation Móises salde iúh ꝥ ymb-húungun (ymbhycgende, R. ) Moists dedit uobis circumcisionem, Jn. L. 7, 22

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattlepecusSaleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, marketpretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Ceápes cwild murrain of cattle, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 31. as cattle were the chief objects of sale, hence — Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market; pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum Ceápas saleable commodities, goods, Cd. 85

Linked entry: cép

ancra

Grammar
ancra, ancera an anchorite.
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Paulus and Antonius ðá ǽrostan ancran, Sal. K. 190, 24. Óþer muneca cyn is ancrena, þæt is wéstensetlena, R. Ben. 9, 5. Add

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22

ofer-heáfod

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[Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself: O. H. Ger. ubar-heven sih.]

sol

(n.)

a solea collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelchSole a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stallsoles, fetters, and shackles'

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Among 'husbandlie furniture' Tusser gives 'soles, fetters, and shackles' [cf. however sál] Sol orbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 6

Linked entry: sylu

bæþ-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-sealf, e; f.

A salve to be used when taking a bath

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A salve to be used when taking a bath Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum líce and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 302, 23

un-cweþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cweþende, adj.

not having speechnot having a voiceinanimate

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not having speech Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, Salm.

cyne-bearn

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Add: a prince Ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn, Sal. K. p. 85, 38: Lch. iii. 166, 28. Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3.

mánlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mánlíce, adv.
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Ðá forlæg se fæder (Jove) fúllíce, and manega his mágan mánlíce forwemde, Sal. K. 121, 38