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recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Hét him recene tó his sunu gangan, Cd. Th. 53, 20; Gen. 864 : 134, 41; Gen. 2228. Ðú nú recene beheald intende, Ps. Th. 29, 1. Recone ł sóna confestim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29 : cito, 9, 39 : statim, Lind. 14, 45. Recune (recone, Rush.) continuo, Jn.

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swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Non autem dormire, sed dormitare, est quae quidem reprehenda sunt cognoscere, sed tamen propter mentis taedium dignis ea increpationibus non emendare, 28; Swt. 195, l-10

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Untrume ealle wǽran infirmati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 11. Wæs ðǽr on neáweste untrumra manna hús, on ðam hyra ðeáw wæs ðæt hí ða untruman in lǽdan sceoldan erat in proximo casa, in qua infirmiores induci solebant, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 27

an-lícnes

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Hé gestrínde sunu tó his gelícnesse and anlýcnysse, Gen. 5, 3. an example, model, figure, (in speaking) Sió anlícnes wæs gecueden figurate per habitum sacerdotis dicit, Past. 95, 11. Siexfealdre anlícnesse sena paradigmata, Wrt.

ge-hwider

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influence is exerted Hí mid þý frymme þreátiað gehwider ymbsittenda óþra beóda (cf. hí þreátiaþ eall moncynn, Bt. 37, l ; F. 186, 6), Met. 25, 13. of position, on all sides, in every direction Seó bóc fram monigum oft gehwider ymb áwriten wæs a multis sunt

ge-liger

Grammar
ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Sameramis . . . mid ungemetlicre wrǽnnesse manigfeald geligre fremmende wæs. . . æt néhstan hyre ágene sunu hió genam hyre tó geligere . . . hió gesette . . . þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe haec, libidine ardens, . . . inter incessabilia

hǽman

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R. 19, 10. (2 a) of concubinage, to cohabit :-- Gif hé . . . þe hié bohte . . . áléfe his suna mid tó hǽmanne, Ll. Th. i. 46, 16. in a criminal sense, to have illicit intercourse, commit adultery, fornicate Ðý lǽs hí on unryht hǽmen . . .

hú-meta

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S. 37, 61. with ellipsis of the rest of the rest of the clause introduced by how Wé hérdon ꝥ sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ꝥ hit unmennisclic dǽd wæs, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 16

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Ac hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?) Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406

á-weccan

(v.)

to wake (trans.) from sleepraise from the deadto arouse a person from quiescenceto excite to feeling or actionstir upto arouseexcite passion

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D. 84, 14. to arouse a person from quiescence, to excite to feeling or action, stir up Hé (John) þǽre módor innoþas ongeán þám Godes suna áweahte, Bl. H. 167, 6. Wearþ se drý áweht wiþ ðám apostolum, 173, 18.

bæc

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. ¶ phrases giving direction or position :-- Hí him on bæce filigdon persecuti sunt eos, Jos. 7, 5. Under bæce retrorsum, Ps. Spl. 34, 5. Ðæt mód him on bæc (turned its back on) lét þás gewítendlican þing, Gr. D. 4, 14.

setlung

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Ox. 1753. add Seó sunne setlunge geneálǽhð on þæs dæges geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 23: 302, 2. Ne lǽt ðú ðæt yrre licgean on ðínre heortan ofer sunnan setlunge (cf. sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram, Eph. 4, 26), Hex. 46, 14

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge [længce, MS. M.] the sun stood still for the length of one day, Lchdm. iii. 262, 9. Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Add: having or communicating heat. of the sun, atmospheric conditions, &c. Seó háte sunne scíneþ, E. S. viii. 478, 82. Scíneð sunne swegle hát, Met. 28, 61. Sceal eft cuman sumor swegle hát, Gn. Ex. 78.

on-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.

to kindle, set fire to, to fireto kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame

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Ðonne hé ( the moon) of hyre (the sun ) ontend byþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 12. Ontend succensus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 17. Antend, 471, 22.

Elene

(n.)
Grammar
Elene, an; f.

Helena Helĕna = Ἑλένη

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Helena; Helĕna = Ἑλένη: The wife of the Roman emperor Constantius, and mother of Constantine the Great Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan, his wife Constantius gave the empire to his son Constantine whom he

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Anglesthe Angles of Leicestershire

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Green's Making of England, pp. 74-80) Of Engle cóman Eást-Engle and Middel-Engle and Myrce and eall Norþhembra cynn de Anglis Orientales Angli, Mediterranei Angli, Merci, tota Nordanhymbrorum progenies ... sunt orti, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 25.

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grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Ðonne hí wóhgodu worhtan and grófun in sculptilibus suis emulati sunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 58. Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16

GREÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
GREÁT, adj.
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Æðelword Æðelmǽres sunu ðæs grǽtan Ethelward son of Ethelmer the great, Chr. 1017; Er1. 16l, 7. Tú hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales two hundred great loaves and a third of small, Th. Chart. 158, 25.

god-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
god-fæder, m.
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Ic eom Crist ... ic ðé fullwie on mínne godfæder and on mec his efenécne sunu and on ðone hálgan gáste I am Christ ... I baptize thee in the name of my heavenly Father and of me his co-eternal Son and of the Holy Ghost, Shrn. 106, 13: 118, 6.