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tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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Sunnan . . . mónan . . . tunglena ( siderum ), Hymn. Surt. 22, 29. Féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 11. Sunnan leóma torht ofer tunglas, Exon.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

ge-þeóstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeóstrian, ge-þiéstrian, ge-þístrian to darken.
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Sunna ofer geðióstrad bið sol obscurabitur, Mt. L. 24, 29

Linked entries: ge-þiéstrian ge-þióstrian

setl-gangende

(adj.)
Grammar
setl-gangende, adj. (ptcp. )
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Setting Setlgangendre sunnan occi-denti, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 27

ǽrror

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽrror, prep. dot.

Before ⬩ ante

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Before; ante Cymeþ eástan up ǽrror [MS. æst ror] sunnan, and eft æfter sunnan on setl glídeþ comes up from the east before the sun, and again after the sun glides to his seat, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 52; Met. 29, 26

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

gebed-gíht

Grammar
gebed-gíht, l. -gíht,
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Cf. sunn-gíhte

Linked entry: gíht

geár

Grammar
geár, <b>; II 1.</b> add (1 a):
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a period of thirteen lunar months Æfter þǽre sunnan ryne beóð þreó hund daga and fíf and syxtig daga, and æfter þæs mónan ryne beóð þreó hund daga and feówer and fíftig ... þǽre sunnan gér hæfd endlufon dagas má þonne þæs mónan gér, Angl. viii. 305,

smǽte-gylden

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Þeáh þǽr sý eal smǽtegylden mór (cf. ofer ðám gyldenan móre, 4) æt sunnan úpgange, Verc. Först. 114, 1. Ðeáh ðe sié sum smétegelden dún eall mid gimmum ásett æt sunnan úpgange . . . and ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn anufan ðǽre gyldenan dúne, Sal.

brád

(adj.)
Grammar
brád, <b>. II</b> 1.
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Hring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 9. Add

á-sígan

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On nóntíde ásíhð seó sunne. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 20. Sunne ásáh, Lk. 4, 40. Ásáh seó ǽfentíd. Gr. D. 83, 15. Ásige procumberet, An. Ox. 1579. Ásigen tó yfele, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 28. Add

a-þýstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýstrian, -þístrian, -þeóstrian, -þiéstrian, -þéstrian ; p. ode, ade ; pp. od

To overcloud ⬩ to be obscured or eclipsed ⬩ obnubilare ⬩ obscurari

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Hér sunne aþýstrode here the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Ing. 22, 18 : 540; Ing. 22, 22

Linked entries: a-þeóstrian a-þéstrian a-þiéstrian a-þístrian for-þeóstrian

exlypsis

(n.)

eclipse

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eclipse Þonne Ꝥ exlypsis wǽre, ꝥ is ðæs sunnan ásprungnis, Nar. 28, 9

reáde

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Hwý scíneð seó sunne swá reáde on morgene?, Sal. K. 192, 32. Add

swegel-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
swegel-torht, adj.
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Heaven-bright Swegeltorht sunne, Met. 29, 24. Beorht gewát sunne swegeltorht tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2497; An. 1250. Tunglu swegltorht, Exon. Th 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 41. Wuldorfæstan wíc, síd and swegltorht, Cd. Th. 2, 32; Gen. 28.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ, 9; Fox 26, 15. Scýneþ ðes móua, Fins. Th. 13; Fin. 7. Ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan, and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30. Scaan ardebat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 3. Scán, 7, 29.

wiþ-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
wiþ-foran, prep. with dat. acc.

Before

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Hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, and cymþ wiþforan ða sunnan up, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. ¶ wiþ . . . foran Ðone mist ðe wið ða eágan foran usses módes (cf. beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 32) hangode, Met. 20, 265.

eond-lýhtan

(v.)
Grammar
eond-lýhtan, p. -lýhtde = -lýhte; pp. -lýhted = -lýhtd = -lýht [eond = geond through; lýhtan to shine]

To shine through, enlighten ⬩ perlūmĭnāre, illūmĭnare

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Swylce gylden sunna wǽre ofer us ealle eondlýhte a golden sun as it were shone over us all, 24; Thw. 12, 23

swinc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swinc-líc, adj.
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Laborious, toilsome Ðæt gé healdan ðone Sunnan-dæg fram ǽlcum geswinclícum worce, Wulfst. 294, 18.] [

cwic-seolfor

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Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðbegeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10. Add

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.
Entry preview:

Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma, Iuliana, 252, 21; Jul. 166. Heó nǽnig dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte ne minimam quidem lucis alicujus posset particulam videre, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 20.

Linked entry: scímian

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