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láðe

(adv.)
Grammar
láðe, adv.
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Ðis ungesǽlige geár gyt tó-dæg láðe wunaþ this miserable year still continues in detestation to-day, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 33

Linked entry: ge-láþ

luf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
luf-líc, adj.

Lovelylovableamiabledear

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Cild ácenned gód luflíc a child born at this time will be good and amiable, Lchdm. iii. 190, 5. Hú luflíce geteld ðín how amiable are thy tabernacles; quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Ps. Spl. 83, 1

Linked entry: lufe-líc

ge-sceótan

Grammar
ge-sceótan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Hwá is ꝥ wite hwæt him gesceótan scyle an þís lífe? quis scit quod contingat sibi in hac uita?, Chrd. 90, 1

bod-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
bod-scipe, es; m.

A message, an embassy, a commandmentnuntium, mandatum

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[bod a command, scipe] A message, an embassy, a commandment; nuntium, mandatum Swá ic him ðisne bodscipe secge when I tell him this message, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 10; Gen. 552.

ge-fær

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fær, es; n.

A goingjourneycoursemarchexpeditionprofectioexpĕdītio

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A going, journey, course, march, expedition; profectio, expĕdītio Ðisses fugles gefær this bird's course, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 20; Ph. 426. On gefare in profectiōne, Ps. Spl. 104, 36.

Linked entry: ge-fer

þynnung

(n.)
Grammar
þynnung, e; f.

Thinningmaking thin

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Thinning, making thin Lǽcedómas ðe þynnunge mægen hæbben and smalunge, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23

cubit

(n.)
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a cubit Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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Ðis is seó bóc, ðe Æðelstán cing gebócode Friþestáne bisceope this is the charter, which king Æthelstan chartered to bishop Frithestane, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 187, 18. Heó cýðáþ on ðisse béc they declare by this charter, Th. Diplm. A.

ed-staþeliend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-staþeliend, ed-staþeligend, es; m.
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A restorer Hé is þín edstaþeligend, Hml. S. 5, 201. v. ge-edstaþeli(g)end

práfost

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Ðá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Wurp út nú þín net,' Hml. S. 31, 1268

tímlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tímlíce, adv.

In good time,soon

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Ase timliche as he hefde iherd þis (sone so he iherde þis, other MS.), Jul. 9, 5. He wolde timliche him speken wið, Laym. 31369. Bute ȝef þu þe timluker (nisi maturius) ure godes grete, Kath. 2086

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Everalwayssemper

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Ever, always; semper:

árod

(n.)
Grammar
árod, es; m? [árian to honour]

A mark of honourbadge of officethe pallium given by the pope to a bishop or archbishophonoris vel muneris signum

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arce, MS. q. v.] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his pallium, Chr. 997; Ing. 172, 7

Egones hám

(n.)
Grammar
Egones hám, Egnes hám,es; m. [Ethelw. Ignesham: Flor. Eignes*-*ham: Hunt. Aegnesham: Gerv. Egenesham]

ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi

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ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas and genom Egones hám in this year [A.D. 571] Cuthwulf fought against the Britons and took Eynsham, hr. 571; Erl. 18, 14. Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod.

frætwung

(n.)
Grammar
frætwung, frætewung, e; f.

An adorningadornmentornamentornātusornāmentum

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On ðisum getelde wǽron forneán unasecgendlíce frætwunga in this tabernacle were almost unspeakable ornaments, ii. 210, 11

gold-blóma

(n.)
Grammar
gold-blóma, an; m.
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A golden mass Se hálga Gást wunode on ðam gecorenan hordfæte ... se goldblóma on ðas world becom and menniscne líchoman onféng æt Sancta Marian the Holy Ghost dwelt in the chosen treasury ... the golden mass came into this world and received a human

feorm-fultum

(n.)
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Leófstán abbod dóð tó þis feormfultum, án sceppe malt . . ., Nap. 55, 32

ge-sceorf

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Þis deáh eác þám þe ꝥ gesceorf ðrowiað, 176, 22

ge-dwimorlíce

(adv.)
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Macharius cwæð: 'Ic geseó þis mǽden on menniscum gecynde, and heó nis ná áwend swá swá gé wénað . . . ac on eówrum gesihðum hit is swá gehíwod, Hml. S. 21, 474

níwlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlinga, adv.
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Anew Þá nýtenu æfter deáþe ne lifiað, and se man onginneþ þonne eft neówlinga (neówunga, v. l. ) lifigean æfter þæs líchaman deáþe, þonne hé geendeþ þis gesewenlice líf jumenta post mortem non vivunt, homo vero tunc vivere inchoat, cum per mortem carnis

Linked entries: níwunga neówlinga