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irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughingtillinga cropploughed land

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Ðá him ðá ðæt sǽd broht wæs ofer ealle tíd tó sáwenne and ofer eallne hiht wæstm tó beranne ðe hé on ðam ylcan land seów ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrþ and wæstm ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

ge-brec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brec, -bræc, es; n. [ge-, brec a breaking, crash]

A breakingcrashingclamournoisefractiofrăgorstrĕpĭtus

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A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17.

Linked entry: ge-bræc

hláf-sénung

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-sénung, e; f.

Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day

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Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day On ðam ylcan dæge [Aug. 1] æt hláfsénunga, Shrn. 112, 8

Linked entry: segnung

un-gestæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestæððig, adj.

Inconstantunstable

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Ða gesceaftas ðe wé embe sprecaþ, ðæt heó ús þince ungestæðþie, hý habbaþ sumne dǽl gestæþinesse, Shrn. 168, 30. Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðrǽdan inconstantes, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 3.

exámeron

(n.)
Grammar
exámeron, es; n.

A work on the six days of creation hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον

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A work on the six days of creation; hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον relating to a day Exámeron, ðæt is be Godes six daga weorcum Hexameron, that is concerning the six days' works of God, Hexam. Norm. I.

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Ðá hyt ǽfen (éfern, L.; æt ǽfenne, R.) wæs cum sero factum esset, Mt. 27, 57. Éfrn, Mk. L. 11, 11, 19. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, and ðæt wæs tó ǽfennes, Bt. 15; F. 48, 9. Éfernes, Mt. p. 20, 5. Ǽr ǽfenne, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 28. On ðám ǽfene, Mt. 26, 20.

un-eáðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíc, adj.

difficult to doimpossibledifficult to beargrievoustroublesome

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, ðæt gé ǽfre lǽton ǽnig ðing ungeandett, Wulfst. 135, 12.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Hú ne miht ðú geseón ǽlce dæge ðæt ða strengran nimaþ ða welan of ðám unstrengrum, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 15

þrym-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
þrym-ríce, es; n.

A glorious kingdomheaven

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A glorious kingdom, heaven Drihten wolde cuman of ðam cynestóle and of ðæm þrymríce hider on ðás world, Blickl. Homl. 105, 11

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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Nis ðé náuht swíþor ðonne ðæt ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest ( fortunae prioris affectu tabescis ). Ic ongite ðæt ða woruldsǽlþa óleccaþ ðǽm módum ðe hí willaþ beswícan, 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 8-12 : 8 ; Fox 26, 5, 8.

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa

symbel

(n.)
Grammar
symbel, symel, es; n.

a feast, banquet, entertainmenta feast,

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Se becom tó Prisce, ðǽr hé deófolgeldum geald. Ðá gelaþode hé hine tó his symble. Ðá sǽde Marcellus him ðæt hé wǽre cristen, and him nǽre álýfed ðæt hé birgde ðara hǽþenra symbles, Shrn. 125, 28-31. Swefan æfter symble, Beo. Th. 238;B. 119.

hold

(n.)
Grammar
hold, es; n.

A carcase, body

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Ðá woldon óðre fugelas fleón tó ðam holde descenderunt volucres super cadavera, Gen. 15, 11. Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðar ðar hí hold geseóþ like greedy ravens, where they see a carcase, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5.

wése

(adj.)
Grammar
wése, adj.
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Soaked, moist with soaking Sý crocca ásett on eorþan, and ðás wyrta sýn gedón innan ðam croccan; onuppan ðám sý gedón wǽta, ðæt hí þearle wel wése beón, Lchdm. iii. 292, 6. v. wós, and preceding word

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
  • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
  • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
  • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
  • :
Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
  • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in NorthumberlandBabbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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Hér wæs Bæbban burg tobrocon, and mycel herehúðe ðǽr genumen here [A. D. 993] Bamborough was destroyed, and much spoil was there taken, Chr. 993; Erl. 133, 1

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Lind. 19, 8. firmness, constancy Ða hnescan vel wácmód, ðæt synd ða ðe náne stíðnysse nabbaþ ongeán leahtras, Homl.

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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ðá andheáfda; of ðám andheáfdum, 408, 28

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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Ðonne is óðer ingangendum ðam mónþe ðe wé agustus hátaþ se ǽresta mónan dæg the second day is at the beginning of the month that we call August, the first Monday, Lchdm. iii. 76, 16. Ðæt ða ingangendan leóht geseón ut intrantes videant lumen, Lk.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ðá gebletsode Metod monna cynnes ða forman twá, fæder and móder, Cd. Th. 12, 31; Gen. 194.

Linked entries: tuu twá

hláf-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-mæsse, -messe, an; f.

Lammas, a name for the first of August

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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.

mægden-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-cild, es; n.

A female childgirl

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Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm mǽdencildum hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 10-12. Tǽcende ðám mǽdencildum docendo puellas, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 16