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Pentecosten

(n.)
Grammar
Pentecosten, es; m. (?)
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Pentecost, the fiftieth day after the resurrection, Whitsuntide On Pentecostenes dæg com se Hálga Gást ofer ða apostolas, Btwk. 214, 29. On ðære Pentecostenes wucan, Rubc. Lk. Skt. 5, 17 : 8, 40. On óðerne Pentecostenes mæssedæg, Rubc. Jn.

weorn

(n.)
Grammar
weorn, (wearn?)
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Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung

lǽmen

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Gl. 404, 39), and add Se líchoma lǽmen is, for ðám þe hé of ðám geworht wæs, Verc, Först. 148, 21. Ðá ðæs æfter sexténe geárum forlét hé þone lǽmnan ofn ðæs menniscan líchoman, Shrn. 50, 33

líc-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hrægel, es; n.
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Winding-sheet Hí dydon sce Cúþberhtes liic of eorþan ... ðá bǽron hí ðæs líchrægles dǽl tó Eádberhte ðæm biscope, Shrn. 82, 16

weorold-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorc, es; n.
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worldly work, secular occupation Ðǽm tídum þonne gé ða rǽdinge háligra bóca forlǽten and ða gebeda, þonne sculon gé on sum nytlíc weoroldweorc fón, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 10.

ǽþryt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽþryt, ǽþrytt, es; n.
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Th. ii. 520, 5. wearisomeness, tediousness Ic ðóhte þæt hit wǽre lǽsse ǽðryt tó gehýrenne, gif man ðá áne bóc rǽt on ánes geáres ymbryne, and ðá óðre on ðám æftran geáre, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 11

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger

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Ðár hig wǽron seofon dagas fulle they were there seven full days, Gen. 50, 10.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

fóre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, es; m.

A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător

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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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Th. 2380; B. 1188. dat. Of, about; de, quoad Ðæt bí ðé sóþfæst sægde Esaias what Isaiah said truly of thee, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 16; Cri, 301. Hýrde ic secgan gén bí sumum fugle I have yet heard tell of a certain bird, 97 b; Th. 365, 17; Reb. 1.

sceand-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sceand-hús, es; m.

a brothel

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A house of ill fame, a brothel Ðá heó ðæt nolde, ðá hét hé hí nacode lǽdan to sumum scandhúse ... Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11

calend

(n.)
Grammar
calend, es; m.
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Fox 62; Men. 31. the appointed time or day of life; dies, terminus vitæe Ǽr se dæg cyme, ðæt sý his calend arunnen ere the day come, when his appointed time be run out, Salm. Kmbl. 959; Sal. 479

woffian

(v.)
Grammar
woffian, p. ode

To rave ⬩ blaspheme

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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt hé swýðún wǽre . . Hé woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt hú feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.

Linked entry: a-woffian

tíran

(v.)
Grammar
tíran, p. de

To run with tears, ⬩ to water (of the eyes)

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Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóða gebitt, for ðan ðe ða eágan týraþ on ðam micclum bryne, and ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 26. Wiþ ðon ðe eágan týren (cf. wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6), Lchdm. ii. 32, 28.

Linked entries: teherian týran

seldor

(adv.)
Grammar
seldor, cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adv.
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Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 216, 2

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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seó sunne ástíhþ pricmǽlum on ðam dæg-mǽle ...

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

blendan

(v.)
Grammar
blendan, he blent; p. blende; pp. blended, blend; v. trans.

To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken ⬩ cæcare, obscurare

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[blind cærcus] To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken; cæcare, obscurare Se dæg blent and þióstraþ hiora eágan the day blinds and darkens their eyes, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5.

Linked entries: a-blendan for-blindian

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic

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Wé witon ðæt ðás þing þincaþ clericum and uplendiscum preóstum genóh mænigfealde, Anglia viii. 321, 25

Linked entry: uppe-land

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Ða niþemestan ic gebrenge æt ðám héhstan, and ða héhstan æt ðám niþemestan, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 35. Gé underþiódaþ eówre héhstan medemnesse under ða eallra nyþemestan gesceafta, 14, 2; Fox 44, 34. On ða neoþemestan helle wítu, Blickl. Homl. 185, 6

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

for-déman

(v.)
Grammar
for-déman, to for-démanne; p. de: pp. ed

To condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ dijudĭcāre ⬩ damnāre ⬩ condemnāre

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To condemn, damn; dijudĭcāre, damnāre, condemnāre Ðæt hig hine gesealdon ðam ealdron to dóme, and to ðæs déman ánwalde to fordémanne ut tradĕrent illum princĭpātui, et potestāti præsĭdis, Lk. Bos. 20, 20.

Linked entry: for-déming

á-bǽdan

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Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478

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