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dýdan

(v.)
Grammar
dýdan, p. dýdde, pl. dýddon; pp. dýded, dyýdd, dýd; v. a. [deád dead]

To put to death, kill morti trādĕre, occīdĕre

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To put to death, kill; morti trādĕre, occīdĕre Nedýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwyrhtne man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 9

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prician

(v.)
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Add: trans. Pricigende eáge út gelǽt teáras and sé þe pricaþ heortan forþbringð andgyt punguens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum (Ecclus. 22, 19), Scint. 188, 13. intrans. To produce a pricking sensation [used impersonally Hyt

geár-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
geár-þénung, e; f.

A yearly serviceannual serviceannuum ministĕrium

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A yearly service, annual service; annuum ministĕrium Gif preóst misendebirde ciriclíce geárþénunga, dæges oððe nihtes, gebéte ðæt if a priest misorder the annual services of the church, by day or by night, let him make amends for it, L. N. P. L. 38;

ge-mynd

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ge-mynd, <b>; II a 2 α.</b>
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Add Lǽten wé ús singallíce bión on gemyndum and on geþancum þæs dæges tócyme, Verc. Först. 85, 3. Add ꝥ hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum þǽre egesfullan stówe, Verc. Först. 94, 2. Add On ðisum gereorde nis þæs gærses nán gemynd, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 27

leóht-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-fæt, es; n.

A lamplightlantern

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A lamp, light, lantern Leóhtfæt lucernarium, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 55; Wrt. Voc. 26, 54. Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge lucerna corporis est oculus, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 22. Leóhtfatu lampades, 25, 1. Judas com mid leóhtfatum Judas venit cum lanternis,

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVERfebris

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A FEVER; febris Se fefer hine forlét relīquit eum febris, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Gif him fefer derige if fever vex him, Herb. 46, 2; Lchdm. i. 148, 19. Se fefor the fever, Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Ǽr hym ðæs feferes wéne before he expects the fever, Herb. 2, 12; Lchdm

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freólsung

(n.)
Grammar
freólsung, e; f.

A feastingcelebrating a feastsollennĭtas

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A feasting, celebrating a feast; sollennĭtas On middele freólsunga ðíne in mĕdio sollennĭtātis tuæ, Ps. Spl. 73, 5. Healdemon ǽlces Sunnan dæges freólsunge let a man keep every Sunday's festival, L. C. E. 14; Th. i. 368, 11: L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264,

nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
nǽdl, e; f.

A needle

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A needle Nǽdl acus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 4 : Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18. Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25

hú-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-hwega, -hugu; adv.

About

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About, somewhere about Húhugu ymb ða teóþan tíd dæges hora circiter decima diei, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 12. Húhugu syx hund hída familiarum circiter sexcentarum, 4, 19; S. 590, 3. Húhwega ymb iii niht somewhere about three days, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280

níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17. Hé sí gelǽd

up-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
up-ryne, es; m.

A coming uprising of a heavenly bodycoming of day

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A coming up, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day Wiþ hire (the sun's) uprynæs, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Fram sunnan upryne a solis ortu, Ps. Spl. 106, 3. Uprine, 112, 3. Æfter sunnan setlgange ǽr mónan upryne, Lchdm. i. 330, 18. Ymb ðæs dæges uppyrne

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ymb-hygd

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Add: care, anxiety about one's self Gif him mǽte ꝥ hé sé mid ǽniges cynnes írene slægen, ymbhýdu ꝥ beóð, and sorge ꝥ tácnað cf. mid ísene geslégene gesihð carfulnysse (sollicitudinem ) getác-nað, cxxv. 54, 248, Archiv cxx. 302, 2. care for others

fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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a calamity, disaster, evil, accident Fér casus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 35. Fær cassus, 14, 2. Cassibus, calamitatibus vel férum, cassus, scelus, malum vel fær (cf. excidium, casus, ruina, 145, 8), 129, 27-30. Land, leóhtes leás and líges full, fýres fǽr

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feówerteóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówerteóða, m; seó, ðæt, feówerteóðe, f. n; adj.

The fourteenthquartus dĕcĭmus

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The fourteenth; quartus dĕcĭmus Se wæs feówerteóða fram Agusto ðam Cásere who was the fourteenth from Augustus Cæsar, Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 27. Ðæs feówerteóðan dæges of the fourteenth day, Ex. 12, 18. On ðam feówerteóðan dæge quarta dĕcĭma die, Lev. 23,

ofer-sleán

(v.)

to reduce, subdue

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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed

grǽdignes

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Add: covetousness, cupidity Wyrtruma ys ealra yfela grǽdignyss radix est omnium malorum cupiditas, Scint. 100, 8: 111, 5: 112, 2. Ungefyllendlic eáge grǽdignysse, 110, 16: Prud. 57. Be grǽdignysse de cupiditate, Scint. 110, 3. Grǽdignyssa cupiditates

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

eald-wita

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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20. Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita

a-rǽman

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽman, p. de; pp. ed.

To raiselift upelevateexcitareerigereelevareTo raise or lift up one's selfto arisese erigerese elevaresurgere

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v. trans. To raise, lift up, elevate; excitare, erigere, elevare Ða ge mihton rǽdan, and eów arǽman on ðám which ye may read, and elevate yourselves in them, Ælfc. T. 31, 15. v. intrans. To raise or lift up one's self, to arise; se erigere, se elevare

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not wearyfresh

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Not weary, fresh Æt níxtan wurdon hí ealle geteorode, and hé ána unwérig him æfter fyligde, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 34. Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8. Hé hét ðæt mon ðæt fæsten brǽce