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béd

(n.)

a prayer ⬩ bed

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a prayer. l. bed, Blinde men hé mid his bedum gehǽlde, Bl. H. 173, 27. Beaddum precibus, Rtl. 91, 31. Sing þú ðǽr þíne bedu, Wlfst. 290, 14. Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add

ge-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To press ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ force ⬩ impress ⬩ rebuke ⬩ oppress ⬩ prĕmĕre ⬩ trūdĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ imprĭmĕre ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre

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To press, impel, urge, force, impress, rebuke, oppress; prĕmĕre, trūdĕre, urgēre, compellĕre, imprĭmĕre, incrĕpāre, opprĭmĕre Se snáw geþýþ hý and geþreátaþ the snow presses and afflicts them, Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303. Ðú Reádne Sǽ ricene geþýwdest

Linked entries: ge-þeón ge-þéwan ge-þíwan

ge-edstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaþelian, ge-edstálian.
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Add: to re-establish. to restore to well-being. physical, of persons Þú hǽlðe geed-staðelast. Hml. Th. i. 466, 8. Hé tó þám geedstaþoledan (the man restored to health) cwæð, Hml. A. 198, 119. of things, to repair, make sound again Geedstaþeles suscitabis

Linked entries: ge-endstalian ed-staþelian

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

leornian

(v.)
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Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject, skill in an art &amp;c. . as a result of study, enquiry, experience or teaching. with object Sélre mé wæs þæt þú mé gehnǽgdest, and ic syþþan þín sððfæst weorc leornade bonum mihi quod humiliasti me, ut discam

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

-estre

(suffix)
Grammar
-estre, -istre, -ystre, an; f. are the feminine terminations of nouns of action, same as the Latin -ix and English -ess; as Fiðelestre a female fiddler. Wrt. Voc. 73, 62: hleápestre a female dancer, 73, 71: lǽrestre an instructress: myltestre meretrix vel scortum, Wrt. Voc. 86, 72: rǽdistre a female reader, Wrt. Voc. 72, 7: sangestre [MS. sangystre] a songstress, Wrt. Voc. 72, 5: seámestre

a seamstress

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a seamstress, 74, 13

Linked entries: -istre berþ-estre

cweden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cweden, spoken, said, called, Exon. 15b; Th. 34, 24; Cri. 547: Chr. 455; Erl. 13, 23: Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 45; pp.
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of cweðan

bóc-land

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Bóclandes fundi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 50. Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande (de tuo monasterio), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26. An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B.

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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To cook in a liquid, seethe, boil. [Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

á-ferian

(v.)
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Take the last two passages under next word, and add On weg áferide, an uoeg áueridæ avehit , Txts. 43, 246. Siððon þú forð ofer þone bist áferod. Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56

eald-spræc

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eald-sprǽc,</b> e; f. An old form of words, a proverb, byword þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus, Ps. Th. 43, 16

georstu

(int.)
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Oh Georstu Dryhten gefreá sáwle míne O Domini libera amimam meam, Ps. Srt. 114, 4: 115, 16: 117, 25. [From (?) gehéres þú. Cf. gehéresthú heus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 26; and for a similar interjectional use cf. sehðe ecce, Ps. Srt. 32, 18; 38, 6.]

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, . . . m. n [?].
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Substitute: <b>ídisce, ídisc</b> (<b>ýdd-</b>), es; n. and add Árís and ágif þyses ceorles ýddisce (ǽhta, v. l.) þe þú underfénge surge et res istius rustici redde quas accepisti, Gr. D. 164, 3

mete-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
mete-rǽdere, es; m.
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20

tó-tellan

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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add

fremsum

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Gedéfe is þín milde mód, mannum fremsum benigna est misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 68, 16. Siexte is ðæt hí beóð fremsume pietatis gratia benigni sunt, Past. 41, 18. Eálá þú fremsumeste hlǽfdige þe mé þíne árfæstan mildheortnysse æteówdest, Hml. S. 23 b, 472

ár-weorþnes

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Þú eart úres folces árwurðnyss, Hml. A. 114, 391. Be gebedes árweorðnesse de reverentia orationis, R. Ben. 6, 27. Tó árweorðnesse þǽre hálgan þrynesse, 33, 17. Mid ealre árwurðnisse, Chr. 1012; P. 143, 2: 1054; P. 184, 20. Ðá árwyrðnesse ǽfestnesse

binde

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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add

cnyssan

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Þú cnysest elides, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 30. Swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 11, 1. Cnyssaþ (cnysað, L.) pulsate . . . cnyssande (ðǽm cnysende, L.) pulsanti, Mt. R. 7, 7, 8. Ongan ic wépan and míne breóst cnyssan, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. Add

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