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wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add

leáf

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Add: leave Búton se abbod him geþafunge mid leáfe sylle; sý þeáh seó leáf on ðá wísan ꝥ þǽr seó foresǽde bót fylige nisi forte abbas licentiam dederit per permissionem suam; ita tamen ut satisfaciat reus ex hoc R. Ben. 69, 7.

earfoþnes

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Sýn him gebodod eal seó stíðnes and seó earfoðnes þe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 97, 19.

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

pápa

(n.)
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pápa, an: m.
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A pope Ðá wæs on ða tíd Vitalianus pápa ðæs apostolican setles ealdorbiscop sede apostolicae tempore illo Vitalianus praeerat, Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 563, 23. Gregorius se hálga pápa, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 24. Æfter ðæs pápan geendunge, 122, 18.

bisig

(adj.)
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bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

snide

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Add Ꝥ þǽr ne ætéwde nǽnige swaþe þæs snides ( sectionis) . . . wæs geméted se líchoma swá gesund swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide (incisio ), Gr. D. 199, 1-5. Add Sniþes (for another reading see snáþ) occisionis, An. Ox. 3070.

hringe

(n.)
Grammar
hringe, an; f.
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'Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh; and gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige . . . Gif seó hringe nele úp . . .' Se smið . . . genam áne hringan . . . Héé Hringan legulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 18

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Se cyng (Edward) geaf þǽre hlǽfdian (cf. seó cwén, 182, 7) Ǽrest his kynehláforde ǽnne beáh on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes ...

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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'Gewis, a quo Britone totam illam gentem Gegwis nominant,' see Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 458.

eornoste

(adv.)
Grammar
eornoste, adv.
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Swá hwæt swá hé ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hé hit ná eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add

un-ámetgod

(adj.)
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un-ámetgod, adj.
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Unmeasured, not having determined limits Swá swá ná unscapene ne ðrý unámetgode, ac unámetgode sicut non (tres) increati nec tres inmensi, sed (unus increalus el unus) inmensus, Ps. Rdr. 298, 12

Linked entry: á-metgod

glædmódnes

(n.)
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glædmódnes, se; f.

Gladnesscheerfulnessjoyfulnesskindness

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Gladness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, kindness Ac ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworaþ sed cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur, Past. 50, 3; Swt. 391, 6

rǽding-grád

(n.)
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Cf. absidam grece sedem episcopalem; ante absida, ante sedem episcope, Ld. Gl. H. 52, Chrd. 37, 17. See next word

Linked entry: grad

hád-bót

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ðe Godes þeówum gederige seofonfealdre bóte gebéte hit be þám be seó dǽd sý and be þám ðe se hád sý . . . Tó hád-bðte, gif líflyre wurþe . . . þone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte þingige georne, Ll.

hǽðung

(n.)
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Parching or drying by heat On ðǽre sunnan is hǽtu and beorhtnys; ac seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht. Óðer ðing déð seó hǽtu, and óðer seó beorhtnys, belimpð seó hǽðung tó ðǽre hǽtan, and seó onlíhting belimpð tó ðǽre beorhtnysse, Hml.

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2. Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1.

ýþ-faru

(n.)
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ýþ-faru, e; f.
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The wave-course, the waves, sea Swá ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, ðá se aþela wong onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wǽga eádig unwemme cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, Deucalioneas exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 22; Ph. 44.

célan

(v.)
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Seó ádl mid cealdum þingum biþ tó célanne ... scealt þú ǽrest þá hǽto célan midcellendre, Lch. ii. 82, 3-6

crycc

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Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan, Shrn. 70, 14. Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101. Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, 431. Add: