sýfre
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Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem, 118, 26. Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre, Homl. Th. i. 596, 32. Fæste ðæt mód sýfre jejunet ut mens sobria, Hymn. Surt. 63, 3. Séfre, 2, 32: 27, 17.
wiþ
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D. 20, 22. (. 15) add :-- Be Libertines geþylde þe hé hæfde wið his abbod, Gr. D. 9, 30. (16) add :-- Ic þé tó mundbyrdnesse geceóse wið þín ágen bearn, Hml. S. 23 b, 449
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.
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stíþ-líc
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Scrd. 21, 6. of speech, hard, harsh, severe Ne sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ðæt hé áht stíþlíces spræce ongeán his abbod, R. Ben. 16, 2.
ge-langian
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Gelangige ( convocet ) se abbod ealle gegæderunge, R. Ben. I. 17, 12. Hét se bisceop hí gelangian, Hml. S. 2, 74: 23, 761: 34, 204. to send for a person to come to another. with dat. Gelangiað mé ðone martyr Mercurium, Hml.
for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Hé sǽde ꝥ se abbot him heafde forsegon he said that the abbot had treated him with contempt, 1066; P. 199, 7. to reject with scorn. to reject what is offered Hér bræc se here þone frið, and forsáwon ǽlc frið þe Eádweard and his witan him budon, Chr.
slíf
A sleeve
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Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe ðing, ðæt is cugele...slýfa (slýfan, MSS. O. T.), gyrdel R. Ben. 92, 3. Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum Homl. Th. i. 376, 30. Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan Blick. Homl. 181, 17
gyrdel
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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . gyrdel (bracile), R. Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7.
regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Wite se abbod, eal ðæt hé dó, ðæt hé hit dó mid gehealdsumnesse ðæs regoles, 16, 6. Munecas ðe under regole ( sub regula ) lifigeaþ, Bd. 4, 4;S. 571, 21. Intó Sanctus Benedictus regole, Chart. Th. 548, 4.
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gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan sæculi curas relinquere, 4, 19; S. 587, 38 Gýmene dó se Abbod curam gerit abbas, R. Ben. interl. 27, Lye
scegð
A light, swift vessel
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Ic gean mínre scǽðe for mínre sáwle intó Hramsége healfe ðam abbode and healfe ðam híréde, Chart. Th. 598, 9. Syððan hé tó lande cymþ, ðonne forlǽt hé ðæt scyp standan; for ðam him þincþ syððan ðæt hé mǽge ǽð bútan faran ðonne mid.
mése
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Add: a table at which a meal is taken Ðæs abbodes mýse sceal á beón gemǽne þearuum and elþeódegum mannum, R. Ben. 93, 3. Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene suspendatur a mensa, 49, 15. Fram meósan and fram geférǽdene a meme consortio, R. Ben.
be-ginnan
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Æfter ðám beginne se abbod, R. Ben. 35, 22. Þæt Assiria ríce æt Ninuse begunne, Ors. 2, I; S. 60, 25. to attempt, undertake, with acc. Se apostel, swá swá þá biscopas bǽdon, began þá feórðan bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 43.
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Wæs se ǽrest abbod ðæs ylcan mynstres Petrus háten, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 5: 2, 2; S. 502, 40. Mynstres aldor, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13. Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes . . .
cycene
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Þæs abbodes cicene (kicene, v. l. ), R. Ben. 85, 7. Beládod fram þǽre kycenan (cicene coquine, R. Ben. I. 65, 7) þénunge, 58, 14. Ðǽre kycenan wicþénas, 59, 6. Cycenan culinae, An. Ox. 8, 274. Cycene culine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 29: Hpt. Gl. 494, 56.
cennan
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Se abbot cænde ꝥ Cnut cing gelógode, 349, 14. Ǽlc be him sylfum cennan sceolde ... Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, Hml. Th. i. 34, 2-5. Ælc man sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre, 30, 4
freólíce
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Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf. Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
ge-laþian
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Gelaðode, 4, 49. to summon a person, call together people Gelaðige ( convocet ) se abbod eal þæt gefére, R. Ben. 15, 5. Gelaðian arcessire (pedissequas ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 9. Geláþgan adsciscere (turmas ), 94, 21.
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ge-metfæst
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Hé is monþwǽre, nele láðes wiht ǽngum geæfnan, Pa. 31. sober, discreet, honest, orderly, v. ge-metfæstnys, ge-metlǽcan Ǽfestes lífes and gemetfæstes abbod religiosae ac modestae uitae abbas, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 631, 23.
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ge-fadung
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Ne dó hé nán þing ongeán þæs abbodes willan and gefadunge ( ordinationem ), R. Ben. 125, 19. Þá wíslican gefadunge þe geset is be incúþra ðinga endebyrdnesse, Lch, iii. 440, 25. Add