pistol-rǽdere
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Substitute: A subdeacon, who reads the epistle in the service Gescrýdde mid mæssehacelum sácerd, diácon and pistelrǽdere (subdiaconus) ádreógan þénunga hyra . . . Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel
scort
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Add Wæs þǽr án stów swýþe sceort ( locus brevissimus) in þæs muntes sídan, Gr. D. 49, 5. Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b. Add Ðá wolde se cniht
þurh
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Add Ðone gé ofslógon and áhéngon ðurh eówer geðeaht, Past. 443, 8 : 435, 26. add Swá hwelc swá on ǽnigre frécennesse mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére, Shrn. 73, 10. B. I 2. add :-- Nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm (per viam illam), Mt. R. 8
sam-hwilc
Some
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Some Þeówne . lx. Somhwelcne fíftegum (mid fíftig, MSS. B. H. ) the 'wer' for the ' þeów' is 60 shillings. For one kind it is 50 (?), L. In. 23 ; Th. i. 118, 4. Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre ðonne wé néde brúcan sceolan
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brýd-guma
a man ⬩ A bride-man, bridegroom ⬩ sponsus
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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5. Cweðe ge sceolun ðæs brýdguman cnihtas wépan, ða hwíle ðe se brýdguma mid him byþ numquid possunt filii sponsi
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rift
a veil, curtain, cloak
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a veil, curtain, cloak Rift laena, palla biuligo, niger velamen cicla Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 42: Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 38:Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 28. Hwítel ł ryft sagum pallium i. 284, 62: Ps. Surt. 103, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario Wrt
forþ-fæderas
Fathers
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Add: Fathers. in a natural sense Eówere forðfæderas ( patres uestri, Jn. 6, 58 ) ǽton þone heofonlican mete, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 30: i. 558, 20. Heora heortan gerihtlǽcan mid heora fórðfædera gebysnunge ( v. Acts, c. 7 ), 46, 9. Bið gelóme ofsprincg forscyldegod
scín-hiw
A form produced by magic ⬩ phantom ⬩ spectre
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A form produced by magic, phantom, spectre Scínhiw prestigium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 61: fantasma, ii. 33, 82. Scínlác vel [scín]hiw fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis, 147, 42. Réþlic scínhiw ferale monstrum 147, 53: Hymn. Surt. 142, 12. Ne eom ic ná
wiþþe
with ⬩ a thong ⬩ cord
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A with Similar entries (v. Jud. 16, 9 where Wicklif has wiþþis), a thong, cord Wiððe loramentum vel tormentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 26: lorumentum, ii. 53, 39. Wiððe circus vel circulus, ráp funiculus vel funis, i. 15, 18-19: 75, 3-4. Hé hét hí ( Agatha
á-lesan
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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29. Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp
be-wépan
woe-begone
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Swá man bewépð deádne, Hml. A. 77. 124 Rachel beweóp hire cildra, Hml. Th. i. 84, 26. Hé beweóp ungemet*-*godra manna líf, 604, 27. þæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðǽre ceastre tó-worpennysse, 402, 6. Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone
singal
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add: of a person or action, assiduous, unremitting Micelum framaþ gebed rihtwíses singal ( assidua ), Scint. 30, 14. On bebodum his syngal (assiduns) beó þu, 66, 11. On hálgum spǽcum singal, 220, 2. Singalre crebra (lectionis assiduitate), An. Ox. 11
sápe
Soap, salve
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Soap, salve Sápe sapo (sopo, MS.), Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 12: lumentum, ii. 54, 4. Hé biþ ðonne áþwogen fram his synnum þurh ða untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Homl. Th. i. 472, 6. Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles
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ge-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succeed ⬩ progredi ⬩ prosperare ⬩ succedere
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To speed, prosper, succeed; progredi, prosperare, succedere Ðæs ðe blódgyte, wæll-fyll weres, wæpnum gespédeþ because that bloodshedding, slaughter of man, speedeth by means of weapons, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 12; Gen. 1527. Ac hí náht ná gespéddan but they
bealdian
To be brave ⬩ bear oneself bravely ⬩ strenue vel fortiter se gerere
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To be brave, bear oneself bravely; strenue vel fortiter se gerere Swá bealdode bearn Ecgþeówes thus the son of Ecgtheow bore himself bravely, Beo. Th. 4360; B. 2177
hreód-wæter
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Fenny land where reeds are growing Ðá wæs ðæt land eall swá wé geférdon ádrigad and fien and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23
stæþhlíplíce
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At a steep inclination Wæs ðæt hús ... on scræfes onlícnesse...; and gelómlíce ða stánas swá of óðrum clife stæðhlýplíce út sceoredon, Blickl. Homl. 207, 20. v. preceding word
æþel-íce
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Æþelíce eleganter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 71: insigniter, 44, 83. Hé ðá ciricean æþellíce gefretwode, Shrn. 50, 31. Swá fulfremed þæt nǽnig æþelícor ne sang, 127, 13. Add
ge-rádscipe
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Add: intelligence, understanding Nis ǽnig man þætte þæs gerádscipes swá bereáfod sié, þæt hé andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhðe, gif hé frugneu bið, Met. 22, 50
ge-treówfæst
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True, trustworthy, faithful Hí getreówfæste wǽron, dydon swá hí ǽr gemynton, Hml. S. 23, 340. Geinsæglod mid twám sylfrenan insæglan þe þá twǽgen getreówfæste menn þǽrinne lédon, 757