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heófung

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Hefige synna hefige heófinga (lamenta) gewilniaþ, Scint. 29, 12. ¶ In the gloss jubilationis heófunge. An. Ox. 1345, the passage referred to, 2 Tim. 4, 7, seems to have been misunderstood. Add

þrowere

(n.)
Grammar
þrowere, es; m.

a sufferera sufferer for religiona martyr

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Ðæs þroweres gemynd Sci Ypolyti, Shrn. 117, 8. Sce Ciricius tíd ðæs þroweres, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ðrowres, Rtl. 50, 15. Ðrowre martyrem, 2. Monge Godes þrowera, Exon. Th. 113, 5; Gú. 153: 111, 25; Gú. 132.

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,

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

æt-fleón

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Þén scip ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, I. Cf. oþ-fleón

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Hý wǽron gebrýtte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbryceth; in spiritu vehementi conterens naves, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal mín baacute;n synt gebrýtt, 6, 2

ge-broc

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Add: a breaking, v. scip-gebroc. a fragment Þá legde hé beforan heom þone hláf, and þá þá hiacute; wǽron gereordade, heacute; gesomnode of þám máre on þám gebrocum ( fragmentis ) þonne se hláf sylf ǽr wǽre.

nearu

Grammar
nearu, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðæt scip bið drifen on swííe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. <b>I a.</b> fig. :--- Add Þá synfullan berað nearowne wæstm and sceandfulne on ansýne þes heáhstan Scyppendes, Verc.

eax

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Swylce ex wendende quasi axis versatilis, Scint. 97, 4. Áhóh þæt heáfod nyþerweard oððæt seó ex sý gesóht hang the head downwards until the vertical axis is reached (until it is hanging vertically downwards? ), Lch. iii. 2, 11. Add

for-dimmian

(v.)
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Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19. Sé þe gaderað seolfer biþ fordimmod oððe áþýstrod (obscurabitur), 99, 19. For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::

FÓDA

(n.)
Grammar
FÓDA, an; m.

FOODnourishmentălĭmentum

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Fóda fýres, holt food of fire, wood, Scint. 12. Búton ðam gódspellícan fódan without the evangelical food, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 31

Linked entry: FÓSTER

swǽsness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽsness, e; f.
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Ðæt hé ðissere worulde swǽsnyssa ( blanditias ) warnige, Scint. 216, 12

be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing, R. Ben. 95, 10, 16

Linked entry: be-cýpan

ge-hwǽdnes

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Add: smallness of size or extent, slenderness Ísen úre sáwle náteshwon byð gelǽdd to gehwǽdnysse scerpnysse ( ad subtilitatem, i. exililatem acuminis ), Scint. 150, 4. fewness of number On gehwédnesse in paucitate (plebis), Kent. Gl. 494.

on-tyhtan

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Ontihtum geþance intente mente, Scint. 27, 2. See next word. Add

ormǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
ormǽtness, e; f.
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Excess, immensity Hátheorte láreówas þurh wód*-*nysse hátheortnysse láre gemet tó ormǽtnysse wælhreównysse gecyrraþ iracundi doctores per rabiam furoris disciplinae modum ad inmanitatem crudeliíatis convertunt, Scint. 32.

ærce-biscop

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Ærcebiscepes (erce-, v. l. ) burhbryce .xc. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 88, 7. Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte, 70, 18. Ic geliornode æt mínum ærcebiscepe, Past. 7, 21: Chr. 601; P. 20, 21. Ercebisc̃, 625; P. 24, 5. Add

for-hwirfan

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Storm landu forhwyrfð imber arua subuertit, Scing. 51, 17. Hié hiera andgit forhwirfað (-hwerf-, v. l.) mid hiera wóre láre, Past. 369, 18. Forhwerfed bið vertitur, Kent. Gl. 990. Se forhwierfeda (-hwirf-, v. l.) gewuna, Past. 79, 19.

fóster-módor

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Nytenyss leahtra fóstermóder ( nutrix ), Scint. 98, 1

fúl-líce

(adv.)
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S. viii. 62, 13. v. fúl-lic. in a moral sense Gýfernys fúllíce ( turpiter ) on gálnysse tólǽtt, Scint. 106, 13. Fúllícor turpius, 98, 1