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eád-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
eád-gifu, -giefu, e; f.

Blessed grace, gift of blessednessbeāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum

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Blessed grace, gift of blessedness; beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum Ðæt ðú me ne lǽte of lofe hweorfan ðínre eádgife that thou let me not turn from the praise of thy blessed grace, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 2; Jul. 276

Linked entry: eád-giefu

wiþer-leán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-leán, es; n.

Recompenseretribution

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Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn. Surt. 130, 9. Wunde wiðerleán retribution for sin, Soul Kmbl. 187; Seel. 94

un-tímende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tímende, adj.

Not productivebarren

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Eádige synd, ða untýmendan beatae steriles, Lk. Skt. 23, 29

Candel-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
Candel-mæsse, an; f.
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CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles; festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ Æt Candelmæssan at Candlemas, L. Eth. ix. 12 ; Th. i. 342, 32. Hér, A.

flint

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Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, wearp tó þám hálgum, ac hé wand tó þám heáhgeréfan and his heáfod tóbræc. Hml.

here-nes

(n.)
Grammar
here-nes, -nis, -ness, e; f.

Praise

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Hé geearnode ðæt hé ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit audire, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 35

Linked entries: here-word hærenes

clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a belltintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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A CLAPPER of a bell; tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus Se bend ðe se clipur ys mid gewriðen, ys swylce hyt sý sum gemetegung ðæt ðære tungan clipur mǽge styrian, and ða lippan æt-hwega beátan.

lustlíce

(adv.)
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Yfel biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon lustlíce déð and geðyldi líce áræfnþ beata sors omnis est aequinamitate tolerantis, Bt. 11. l ; F. 32, 31 : 38, 7; F. 210, 14. Ic lióða fela lustlíce (v. lustbǽrlíce) sanc, Met. 2, l.

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Beátan mid blacum flintum, Hml. S. 11, 99. Dele last paragraph, and add

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un-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽle, adj.

Spotlesswithout marks or spotsimmaculatevirgin

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Ðurh ðingunge his ðære eádigan méder ðære unmǽlan fǽmnan Sca Marian per intercessionem beatae suae genetricis semperque virginis Mariae, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 42.

Linked entries: mǽle mǽle

steng

(n.)
Grammar
steng, es; m.
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Mid stearcum stengum beátan, Homl. Th. i. 428, 6. Hát wyrcean twegen stengeas (stengas, Hatt. MS.) of ðæm treówe ðe is haten sethim facies vectes de lignis sethim, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 168, 22

Linked entry: stæng

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?

bletsung

benediction

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Benedicta et beata sis . . . Ðá hyre módor hí mid þyssere bletsunge onfangen hæfde, Lch. iii. 428, 8. Bloedsungas tó rede benedixiones ad lectionem, Rtl. 126, 1. Similar entries v. bletsian, V Dryhtnes is hǽlu and ofer folc ðín bledsung ðín, Ps.

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Beátan mid stearcum stengum, Homl. Th. i. 428, 6. <b>I a</b> fig. unyielding, stiff-necked, obstinate :-- Heó wǽron stearce, stáne heardran, Elen.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

dynt

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Martianus hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum ... Ðá cwæð Martianus ... 'Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst,' Hml. S. 4, 147. mark made by a blow, bruise Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð, .iii. scill. Gif dynt sié, scilling.

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.
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Ic genam ða reliquias ðære hálgan fǽmnan and hí gesætte on scrín ðæt ic sylf ǽr of stáne geworhte ego tuli reliquias beatae Margaretae et reposui in scrinio, quod feci de lapide, Nar. 49, 7.

LÍM

(n.)
Grammar
LÍM, es; m.

LIMEcementmortarglueglutenpaste

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Eorþan líme ... ðæt is syndrig cynn, symle biþ ðý heardra ðé hit swearte sǽstreámas swíðor beátaþ, Cd. 66; Th. 80, 2-10; Gen. 1322-1326. Þurh lím per cola, Hpt. Gl. 411, 7

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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Agynþ beátan ða cnihtas and ða þínena cæperit percutere servos et ancillas Lk. Bos. 12, 45.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

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Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo] the sea beats the shores. Andr. Kmbl. 991; An. 496. Wæs þrim blóde fáh the sea's surface was stained with blood, Beo. Th. 3192; B. 1594: 1699; B. 847.

Linked entry: brym

eádig

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Mid eádire forestihtunge beata praedestinatione, An. Ox. 1488. Þone eádegan hlísan fau(s)tam famam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl. H. 7, 4. Eádige ( beati ) synt þá gástlican þearfan, Mt. 5, 3, ... 11.