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cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ecclesia

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Ne sceal cyrcean timber to ænigum óðrum weorce, húton to óðre cyrcean ligna ecclesiæ non debent ad aliud opus poni, nisi ad aliam ecclesiam, L. Ecg. P. A. 16; Th. ii. 234, 16, 17

Linked entry: cyrc

níd-riht

(n.)
Grammar
níd-riht, es; n.

a duty that must be performedserviceofficeofficiumdebituma duewhat must be paid

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On ǽlcne tíman man sceal God herian ...

geongor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
geongor-dóm, geonger-dóm, es; m.

Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalagejuvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium

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Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage; juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium Hwý sceal ic búgan him swilces geongordómes why shall I submit to him in such vassalage? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 34; Gen. 283.

Linked entry: geongerdóm

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessenabbreviare, minuereto become short, be lessened, fail

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to shorten, contract, lessen; abbreviare, minuere Ða spell ic sceal gescyrtan I must shorten the stories, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 29. Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38.

Linked entries: scyrtan ge-scert

sinc-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gifa, an ; m.
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Se ðe wát his sincgiefan holdne beheledne hé sceal heán hweorfan he who knows his gracious lord buried shall wander downcast, Exon. Th. 183, 13 ; Gú. 1326. Hé his sincgyfan ( Byrhtnoth ) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62 ; By. 278. Cf. sinc-gim, -þegu

ysope

(n.)
Grammar
ysope, hysope, an; f.: ysopo, indeclinable, or ysopon
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Ysopan sceaft fasciculum hyssopi, Ex. 12, 22. Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme tó ðære lytlan ysopan, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 5. Hysopan gelícne, Lchdm. i. 160, 12. Bespreng mé mid ðínum háligdóme swá swá mid ysopon, Ps. Th. 50, 8. Mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29.

ge-fadung

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Se hláford sceal beón líðe þám goodum and egefull þám dysegum ... elles ne bið his gefadung ne fæst ne langsum, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 15.

hrútan

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Angl. xxxii. 386) hrísil scelfaeð, ni mec óuuana aam sceal cnyssa (cf. nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor, Ald. 257, 23), Txts. 151, 7. to snore (perhaps this is a different word. v. N. E. D. rout) Sé ðe hrét qui stertit, Kent. Gl. 322.

mæsse-sang

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His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum on eallum ciricum, Shrn. 84, 3. the service held on a saint's day, a (person's) mass. v. mæsse; <b>I b</b> Sci Agapites mæssesang mæg gemétan sé þe sécð on þám níwran sacra-mentorum, Shrn. 119,

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Mæssepreóst sceal habban ... sang-bóc ..., L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 1. Nú sindon ðǽr ( in the church at Exeter) ii. fulle sangbéc. Chart. Th. 430, 8

windel

(n.)
Grammar
windel, es; m.

A basket

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Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12

on-þeón

(v.)

to prosperto be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable

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Oft ic secga seledreáme sceal fægre onþeón ðǽr guman drincaþ oft must I prove of excellent service to festivity in hall, where men drink, Exon. Th. 480, 14; Rä. 64, 2

hinder

(adv.)
Grammar
hinder, adv.

Back, on the further side, behind, down

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Back, on the further side, behind, down Morðor món sceal under eorþan befeolan hinder under hrusan murder must be buried under earth, down under ground, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 24; Gn. Ex. 116.

á-spíwan

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(la) used reflexively:-- Hé sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hé hyne áspíwe. Lch. i. 316, 18. figurative ꝥ man áspíwe (sin) ꝥ áttor út, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 22. Áspíwan synna þurh góde láre mid andetnesse, 280, 1: Wlfst. 150, 4.

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eafoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eafoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, mightvis

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Him Geáta sceal eafoþ and ellen gebeódan a Goth shall offer him strength and valour, Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602. Heremódes hild sweþrode, eafoþ [MS. earfoþ] and ellen Heremod's war had ceased, his strength and energy, 1808; B. 902: 4687; B. 2349.

Linked entry: eofoþ

for-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To rebukecensurerevilerefuserejectincrĕpāremaledīcĕrerecūsārerejĭcĕre

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To rebuke, censure, revile, refuse, reject; incrĕpāre, maledīcĕre, recūsāre, rejĭcĕre Ne sceal hine mon cildgeong ne forcweðan one must not while a young child rebuke him, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 14; Gn. Ex. 49.

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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And 144, 'Territoria istius agelli his terminibus circumdata esse videntur.' occupation of land Gebyreþ ðæt him man tó landsetene sylle ii oxan and i cú and vi sceáp moris est ut ad terram assidendam dentur ei ii boves, et i vacca, et vi oves, L.

Linked entry: feld-seten

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10

molda

(n.)
Grammar
molda, or molde, an; m. or f.

The top of the head

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The top of the head Ðæt galdor man sceal singan ǽrest on ðæt wynstre eáre ðænne on ðæt swíðre eáre ðænne ufan ðæs mannes moldan the charm must first be sung into the left ear, then into the right ear, then on the top of the man's head, Lchdm. iii. 42

Linked entry: mold-gewind

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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Se reccere sceal beón simle clǽne on his geðóhte, ðætte nán unclǽnnes ( immunditia ) hine ne besmíte, Past. 13; S. 75, 20: Rtl. 97, 29. Wrǽnre unclǽnnysse lascivae obscenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 38. Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon.

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