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ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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Th. i. 76, 6. Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340

císe-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
císe-fæt, (cís-), es; n.
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A vessel in which the curds are pressed and the cheese shaped in cheese-making Cýsefæt calathus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 42. Man sceal habban cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 12

a-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gytan, -gitan; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -gyten, -giten [a from, gitan to get]

To discoverknowunderstandconsidercognoscereintelligeredeprehendere

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Gif ðonne ǽni-man agiten wurþe if then any one be found, L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27

Linked entries: a-geat a-gitan

lǽne-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lǽne-, lǽn-lic; adj.

Transitorytransientnot enduring

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Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but in the next is the anxiety that continues for ever, L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 394, 7

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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Th. ii. 220, 18. Ðæs múþ full is biternysse cujus os plenum est amaritudine, Ps. Spl. second 9, 8. Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19

Linked entry: bitter-nes

yfelsung

(n.)
Grammar
yfelsung, eofulsung, e; f.
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wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33.

Linked entry: eofulsung

dǽl-numelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-numelnes, -ness,e ; f. [numol taking, receiving]

A sharing, partaking, participationparticipatio

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A sharing, partaking, participation;participatio Ðære dǽlnumelnes is hire on ðæt sylfe cujus participatio est ejus in id ipsum, Ps. Lamb. 121, 3

felle-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
felle-wærc, es; n.

The falling sicknessepilepsyepĭlepsiaέπιληψία

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The falling sickness, epilepsy; epĭlepsia = έπιληψία Ðæt deáh wið fellewærce it is good for epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 178, 8

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Ælfc. 26; Th. ii. 352, 17 : L. M. I. P. 42; Th. ii. 276, 15. Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 31. Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13.

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the daynine in the morning

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The third hour of the day, nine in the morning; in later English (v. infra) it is used of the sixth hour, a use it seems to have in undern-rest, q.v. Undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 11. Undern is dæges þridde tíd, Btwk. 214, 33.

ge-leáflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-leáflíce, adv.
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Ús is tó witonne þætte ꝥ wæs geleáflíce gestihtod þæt Jóseph fór tó Bethlem fram Galilea we are to know that without doubt it was ordained that Joseph went to Bethlehem from Galilee, Nap. 81. in accordance with Christian belief. v. riht-geleáflíce

míl-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
míl-getæl, es; n.

The number of paces in a milea mile

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, and according to the great mile, which is called leuua (league), it is 368, Nar. 33, 9-11

onbíd-stów

(n.)
Grammar
onbíd-stów, e; f.

A place in which to wait

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A place in which to wait On hwylcere anbídstowe ðín sáwl bídan móte dómes dæges in quo commorationis loco animae tuae expectare liceat diem judicii, L. Ecg. P. iv. 65; Th. ii. 226, 8

Linked entry: anbíd-stów

Cealca ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cealca ceaster, ceastre; f.

The chalk city

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The chalk city Camden thinks it is Tadcaster, in Yorkshire idem, ut opinatur clarus Camdenus, quod hodie Tadcaster in agro Eboracensi, sic olim vocatum a ealce ibidem copiose effossa, Som. Ben. Lye

mæst-cist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-cist, e; f.

The hole in which the mast is fixed

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The hole in which the mast is fixed Mest malus: mastcyst modius. Wrt. Voc. 63, 48, 49. Mæstcyst modius, ii. 59, 27. ['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England; Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed On ðam sinoþe (on ðære ceastre Nicéa) wǽron gesetteða hálgan cyricþénunga, and se mæssecréda, L. Ælfc. C. 4; Th. ii. 344, 9. The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

feste

(adv.)
Grammar
feste, adv.

Fastlyfirmly

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Fastly, firmly Ic hæbbe genóg feste on gemynde I have it firmly enough in my mind, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 24

ofer-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sceatt, es; m.

Money in excess (of a loan), interest

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Money in excess (of a loan), interest Ic onfénge ðæt ðe mín is mid ofersceatta cum usura Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 27

ongemet-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
ongemet-hát, adj.

Exceedingly hot

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Exceedingly hot Wyl on wætere, beþe hine mid ongemethátum boil in water, foment him with it exceedingly hot, Lchdm. ii. 338, 22