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cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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[From Low Lat. cantellus.]

gedwol-þing

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-þing, es; n.
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a false thing Hý forgýmdon heora Drihten, and wurðedon þurh deófles láre mistlice gedwolþing, and worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum, Wlfst. 11, 4.

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An.

be-áscian

(v.)
Grammar
be-áscian, p. ode

To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )

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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20

Linked entry: be-áhsian

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Ægru lecgan to lay eggs, Lchdm. iii. 204, 30.

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Her is hálwendlíc lár, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343

þæslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þæslíce, adv.
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Lamb. 47, 20 : Blickl. Gl.

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Lamb. 112, 8. Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

líf-lic

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On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ꝥ cild ꝥ swá bið ácenned, ꝥ bið liflic (lang lifes, v. l. ), 21, 7. vital, necessary to life. physical Swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12. spiritual þurh líflice láre, . Hml.

ǽw

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw, adj.

Lawfullegitimaterelated by the law of marriagemarriedlegitimusnuptusgermanus

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Lawful, legitimate, related by the law of marriage, married; legitimus, nuptus, germanus Mid his ǽwum wífe with his lawful wife, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 26, 29.

azíma

(n.)
Grammar
azíma, orum; pl. n.

Unleavenedinfermentataazyma

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Lat. Unleavened; infermentata, azyma [ = τα άζυμα, ά without, ζύμη fermentation] Freólsdæg azímorum, se is gecweden eástre dies festus azýmorum, qui dicitur pascha; ή έoρτή τών άζύμων, ή λεγoμένη πάσχα, Lk. Bos. 22, 1.

word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.

Linked entry: word

ed-níwung

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Ðá edníwunge and ðá láre hí forsáwen, ðǽr hí ǽr ne ongéten ðone hryre and ðá tóworpennesse aedificationis verba contemnerent, nisi prius ruinam suae destructionis invenissent, Past. 443, 16. Add

hálig-ern

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Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ. 392, 43

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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Lǽn me þrý (ðreó, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) hláfas, Lk. Skt. 11, 5. Þrý (þreó, Rush.) dagas and þreó (þreó, Rush.) niht, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 40: Ymbe þreó mónað, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 11. On ðrió wísan, Past. 53; Swt. 417, 20.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Add: of general regulations, to fix by law, establish as law Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gelagode on þǽre stówe þe wé nú hine healdað, Angl. viii. 306, 40. Be þǽre steóre þe Eádgár gelagede, Wlfst. 272, 8.

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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Þurh Judithe láre, mægþ módigre, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 335. Mægeþ, brýde ðínre ( Sarah ), Cd. 134; Th. 169, 10; Gen. 2797. Hé ðære mægeþ (Guthlac&#39;s sister ) sceolde láce gelǽdan láð spel, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 27; Gú. 1316.

Linked entry: mægeþ

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be againstbe hostileto strivestruggledisputeto resistopposeto make hostileprovoketo become provoked

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Lamb. 34, 19. Ða wiðrigendan (wiðriende, Ps. Spl.) mé adversantes mihi, 3, 8. to strive with, against (wiþ, ongeán), struggle, dispute Ic wiðerige controuersor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 219, 9.

æt-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-styntan, p. te.
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Lay. 31903.]

Linked entry: á-styntan