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cwyld-seten

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld-seten, cwyl-seten,e; f. [cwyld, cwyl = cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill: Icel. kweld, n. evening: as if the night quelled or killed daylight]

A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ⬩ conticinium

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A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ; conticinium Cwylseten conticinium, Mone B. 3747. Cwylsetene conticinio, 3748. Cwyldsetene galli cantu, 4677

Linked entry: cwyld

gim-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
gim-rodor, Dr. Bradley suggests that this form may have arisen a mistaken reading of a gloss to dracontia gemma ex cereb gim ro dr , or some such form.

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be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not

Linked entries: ge-mýste ge-mon ge-monan ge-mynan

fillen

(n.)
Grammar
fillen, (?), e;

A dropping

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A dropping Biþ se þost hwít and micel gif þú hine nimest and gaderast æt fylne, þonne ne biþ h;é tó unswéte to gestincanne, Lch. ii. 48, 14

Linked entry: fylne

ge-fóg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, es; n.
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Fitness Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan put it into a vessel in which you can suitably seethe it, Lch. ii. 28, 16

hradian

(v.)
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Geefst ł hrada þæt þú álýse accelera ut eruas me Ps. L. 30, 3. Is tó hradienne and tó efstenne currendum et agendum est, R. Ben. 5, 8. Add

framung

(n.)
Grammar
framung, fromung (q.v. in Dict.), e; f.

Profit ⬩ advancement

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Profit, advancement Ǽlc framung ( profectus ) of rǽdincge and smeáunge forþstæpþ, Scint. 219, 9. On háligre spǽce framunge þú gemést in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, 2: Angl. xiii. 398, 480

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [
  • Halliwell
gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In
  • Jamieson's Dictionary
the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]

unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.

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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his

Linked entries: swǽrlíce swǽr-mód swár swár-

æt-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstnian, p. ode
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To commit, deposit Hweðer geleornodest þú þe myd þám eágum þe mid þám ingeþance ? Þá cwæð ic: Mid ǽgðrum ic hyt geleornode. . . . Þá eágan hyt ætfæstnodon mínum ingeþance, Shrn. 175, 10

be-seóþan

(v.)
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to boil away, reduce by boiling Wæter besoden oþ þone þriddan dǽl, Lch. ii. 188, 16. Seóþ þú hyt swá swíðe þat se þridda[n]-dǽl beó besodan, iii. 92, 19

earm-stoc

(n.)
Grammar
earm-stoc, es; m(?).
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A sleeve Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. [Cf. O. H. Ger. stúcha manica: Icel. stuka a sleeve.]

Linked entry: -stoc

midnæddran

(n.)
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Ofer nǽddran and midnǽddran (mid nǽddran (?) basiliscum: the glosser seems to have taken -cum as a preposition suffixed, and to have thought basiliscum = cum basilis ) þú gǽst, Ps. Spl. 90, 13

fore-lǽrende

(adj.)
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acting as guide and teacher Þá cwæð Petrus tó Paule, 'Bróðor Paulus, árís þú and gebide þé ǽr . . .' [Þá cwæð hé], 'Ealle þá þe ymbe standaþ hié syndan betran þonne ic; and þú eart forelǽrende on ðára apostola gebede then said Peter to Paul, 'Brother

snytro-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-cræft, (or snytro (gen.) cræft, cf. þurh snyttra cræft,
  • Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
  • An. 631
), es; m.

Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom

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Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom Wundra mǽst, ðæt swylc snyttrocræft ǽnges hæleþa hreþer weardade Exon. Th. 169, 28; Gú. 1101. Se mæg eal secgan, ðam biþ snyttrucræft bifolen on ferhðe 42, 4; Cri. 667: 239, 18; Ph. 622. Sefan sídne geþanc and snytrocræft

æþel-nes

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Seó æþelnes heora gebyrda, Gr. D. 151, 22. Túddres æþelnes. Bl. H. 115, 10. Beorht mid eorðlicere æðelnysse, Shrn. 151, 18. Þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, 119, 30. Add

ofer-fón

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú léte þínne líchoman oferfón and gebindan and swingan, Angl. xii. 504, 20. Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, 501, 21. Add

weorc-níten

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-níten, es; n.
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n

Linked entry: níten

ge-cígnes

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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7. Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death

óleccung

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Add Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid lídelicre ólicunga (ólecciunga, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past. 183, 19. 'Nú is mín mód áwend mycclum tó ðé, ꝥ þú hláford beó þǽra ǽhta and mín

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