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cristen

(n.)
Grammar
cristen, es; m: cristena, an; m.

A christian christianus

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A christian; christianus He wæs cristen he was a christian Bt. 1; Fox 2, 7; Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 16; Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 4. He hét ealle ða cristenan he ordered all the Christians Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 10

ofer-gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-gylden, adj.

Gilded, covered with gold

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Gilded, covered with gold Gif begytaþ ðæt hæbbe byrne and helm and ofergyldene (cf. golde fæted, ll. 8-9) sweord, L. Wg. 10; Th. i. 188, 21

ýþ-lida

(n.)
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ýþ-lida, an; m.
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A wave-traverser, a ship hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan, Beo. Th. 399; B. 198

ge-wirþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wirþe, es; n.
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Take here <b>ge-wyrþe</b> in Dict., and add gesealde twégra æcera gewirde landes concessit duo iugera ruris, C. D. vi. 207, 16. Heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 23 b, 716

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.

máþum

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hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add

torne

(adv.)
Grammar
torne, adv.

In a way that causes grief or distress,grievously,distressingly

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Heó mec torne tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte?), 247, 3; Jul. 73

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hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, a troop.
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Beorg ymbstódan hwearfum wrǽcmæcgas (cf. thin menigí stód aftar themu hoƀe hwarbón, Hél. 5180), Gú. 234. [He þer wærf makede he made an assembly there (cf. oƀarmódie man ( the chief priests and Pharisees, v.

ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Næs fǽge þá gýt, ac hyne gewyrpte, þeáh þe him wund hrine, B. 2976. (2 a) to recover from sickness :-- hine þǽre seócnysse gewyrpte, Hml. S. 23 b, 656

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on-slápan

(v.)
Grammar
on-slápan, p. -slép

To sleep, fall asleep

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To sleep, fall asleep Heó hwón onslép, forðon ðe heó wæs on ðære sǽ swíðe geswenced, Shrn. 60, 17. Andreas ásette his heáfod ofer ǽnne his discipula and onslép, Blickl. Homl. 235, 13

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teónd

(n.)
Grammar
teónd, es; m.
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One who draws Heó behealdende wæs hwylcum teónde upp áhafen wæs, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 34

hýrsum-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hýrsum-lic, adj.

Readywilling

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Ready (of service), willing gegearwode heom his hýrsumlice þegnunge eis obsequium praebebat, Gr. D. 152, 1

under-cyning

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hét þé dǽlan þíne goldhordas. . . and þú beó his undercyning. Homl. S. 32, 54. Add

árleáslíce

(adv.)
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þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Hét his ágenne sunu árleáslíce ácwellan, Hml. Th. i. 88, 7: 13. Add

candel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
candel-wyrt, e; f. [candel a candle, wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin. A plant useful for wicks 'of lamps
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25

árlíce

(adv.)
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árlíce, honourably.
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him árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 8. Heó wyllað geunnan healfes ꝥ þý árlícor on þǽre stówe beón mæge, Cht. Th. 137, 19. Ꝥ cume and sí micle árlícor þonne ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

eft-cuman

(v.)

To come backrevenīre

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To come back; revenīre He hét ealle eftcuman he commands all to come again. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25. Eft-cymeþ comes again, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 21

maniend

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Add: a creditor sǽde ꝥ wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. hét ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

un-windan

(v.)
Grammar
un-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden

To unwindunwrap what is wrapped up

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To unwind, unwrap what is wrapped up Ðá hét unwindan ðæs cnihtes líc, Homl. Th. i. 66, 24

Linked entry: on-windan

a-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon ; pp. -sigen

To declinego downfall downdelabioccidere

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To decline, go down, fall down; delabi, occidere Ðæt, mid ðam dynte, he nyðer asáh that, with the blow, he fell down, Chr. 1012 ; Th. 268, 30, col. 1 ; 269, 28, col. 1 ; 269, 26, col. 2.

Linked entries: a-sáh a-sigen