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god-borh

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against another a charge in the matter of a pledge whose validity was confirmed by invoking the name of the Deity (where solemn formulae were

sceafoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceafoþa, sceafþa, scæfþa,an ; m. (or -e; f. ?)

A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of

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Ða scæfþan ðe ðǽron genumene wǽron lǽcedóm bǽron astulae de illo abscissae solent adferre medelam, 4, 6; S. 574,9 . Man scóf ðara bóca leáf and ða sceafþan (ipsam rasuram) dyde on wæter, 1, 1; S. 474, 38.

Linked entry: sceafþa

DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Moyses sægde hálige spræce, deóp ǽrende Moses delivered a holy speech, a solemn message, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 20; Exod. 518

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

on-scunian

(v.)
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'Nelle wit (the eyes) nǽfre hǽr þá þeóstru þǽre nihte onscunian, ǽr wit magon þá sunnan sylfe geseón (tum tenebras non amabo, cum solem videro ).'

ge-wunelic

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A. 157, 129. of a class Hit is swíðe gewunelic ðætte dómeras and ríce menn on setelum sitten cathedra judicis esse vel praesidentis solet, Past. 435, 20.

fót-lǽst

(n.)
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Ǽlc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 26. the sole of the foot, the foot Sóna swá hí gesetton heora fótlǽst on þǽre eá ófre as soon as they set foot on the bank of the river; ingressis sacerdotibus Jordanen etpedibus

snícan

(v.)
Grammar
snícan, p. snác, pl. snicon

To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptileof imperceptible movement to sneak to hanker after

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Ðǽr (in Ireland) monn ǽnigne snícendne wyrm ne gesihþ nullum ibi reptile videri soleat Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 33. Snícende reptilia Ps. Surt. 103, 25. Ða creópendan and ða snícendan (scnícendan, Hatt. MS.)

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15.

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode
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Flota stille bád, seomode on sole scip, Beo. Th. 609; B. 302. Heó on wrace seomodon, Cd. Th. 5, 15; Gen. 72.

Linked entry: semian

plihtan

(v.)
Grammar
plihtan, p. te
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.), to compromise [To plight has later the meaning of to promise under peril of forfeiture, to make a solemn engagement for which one has to answer] Gif hwá bútan leáfe of fyrde gewende ðe se cyng sylf on sý plihte him sylfum and ealre his áre it shall

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.

hálsung

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, healsung. entreaty, solemn appeal. on one's own behalf. Cf. hálsian; 1 Geneálǽcige gebed ł hálsung mín (deprecatio mea) on gesihþe þínre, Ps. L. 118, 169 Béne ł hálsunge míne deprecationem meam, 16, 1.

portic

(n.)
Grammar
portic, es ; m.
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'Porticus aedis sacrae propylaeum in porticus formam exstructum, in quo consistebant Catechumeni et Poenitentes : improprie pro sanctuarium, seu orientalis ecclesiae pars in qua majus altare erigi solet,' Du Cange Hálig portic sanctuarium, Ps.

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To springto leapboundto burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., to fly to grow as a plantto rise as the sunto move as a spring movesto spreadbe diffusedto spring as blood from a woundto spring as waterto burstcrack

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Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 6. to move as a spring moves Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne boh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up.

Linked entry: sprincan

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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to beseech, entreat, make solemn appeal to Ic hálsie obtestor, deprecor, Germ. 402, 88. where entreaty is made in the interests of the speaker. with acc. of person addressed Beó þú Gode underþýd, and hálsa hine ( obsecra eum ), Ps. Th. Srt.

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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Æfter ðon ðe ðǽr wǽron ða hálgan lofsangas and mæssan gefyllede, 207, 59. a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated, -mas in Christmas, Michaelmas, &amp;c. Temples mæssa scenopegia, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 2. Æfter Andréas mæssan, Ælfc.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip on ancre fæst, B. 302. On bearm scipes, 35: 896: Exod. 375. Harold forbærnde Griffines scipa and alle þá gewǽda þe þǽrtó gebyrede . . . and þám kynge bróhte his scipes heáfod, Chr. 1063; P. 191, 6-16.

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehendgraspseizetake hold ofcatchcomprehendereapprehenderecapereto surroundencompassencircleenvelopcontainclothecasereceiveconceivecircumdareamplecticomplecticaperecingeretegereoperireaccipereconcipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, catch; comprehendere, apprehendere, capere Swá he ealle beféhþ ánes cræfte, heofon and eorþan even as he comprehendeth all by his sole, power, heaven and earth, Andr. Kmbl. 653; An. 327.

haga

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Cum nouem praefatae ciuitatis habitaculis, quae patria lingua Hagan appellari solent, iii. 297, 11. Twégen hagan binnan þorte, Cht. E. 239, 16. v. bóc-haga, deór-haga, gemǽr-haga (v. gemǽre; ¶), heáfod-haga, imb-haga, mǽr-haga, wulf-haga; hæg

Linked entry: hecge