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módigian

(v.)
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Þæt nán ǽnlípig ne módige (módgige, módegige, v. ll.: módie, R. Ben. I. III, 2), ne hine ne anhebbe, þonne mynstres notu manegum bið betǽht ut dum utilitas monasterii pluribus committitur, unus non superbiat, R. Ben. 125, 10.

dæg-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-steorra, an; m. [dæg a day, steorra a star]

The day starlucifer, aurora

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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament

witon

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Uton ændian þás bóc hǽrrihte . . . Næse, lá, nese; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc ǽr ic sweotolor ongytan magæ þæt þæt wit embe sint concludamus hoc primum volumen . . .

lár-leást

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cunnan náþor þurh lárleáste ne lǽdan ne lǽran, Wlfst. 276, 6. Add

fier

(adv.)
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fier, adv. [fier, comp. of feor, adv. far]

Fartherlongiusultĕrius

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Farther; longius, ultĕrius Ðeáh ðú fier [fyr MS. Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wǽre though thou art now farther than thou wast, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

bisig

(adj.)
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bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

rihtere

(n.)
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rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Gesege mé ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

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nett

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Hwæþer gé settan eówer nett on dá héhstan dúne ðonne gé fiscian willað? ic wát ðeáh ꝥ gé hit þǽr ne settað. Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer nett út on ðá sǽ lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ ?

be-tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweohsn, -tweoxn; prep.

amongAmong

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with dat. among Ne sié hit suá betweoxn eów . . . ond suá hwelc suá wule betweoxn eów mǽst beón, Past. 121, 4-6. Betweohxn (-tweoxn, v. l.) eów . . . betweohxn (-twuxn, v. l.) hǽðnum, 210, 7-8.

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be-búgan

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Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca bebeáh ne ne foreóde ( non declinavit ), Gr. D. 340, 17. Add

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Ðæt syððan brimlíþende láde ne letton so that afterwards they did not hinder seafarers from their course, Beo. Th. 1142; B. 569. Ac ic ðé hálsige ðæt ðú mé leng ne lette tu modo quem excitaveris ne moreris, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 174, 32.

Linked entry: ge-lettan

sárig-lic

(adj.)
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sárig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful, melancholy sume hwíle wé sprácon ymb unróte and sáriglice bysne; gehwyrfen wé eft tó þám blíþum spræcum interim hoc triste seponentes ad ea laeta redeamus, Gr.D. 290, 6

ge-haldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haldan, pp. -halden

To keeppreserveholdservārerecondĕretĕnēre

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Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a nullo vel tĕnēri vel ligāri pŏtuisset, 3, 11; S. 536, 16. Ðǽr hí gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29

swefen

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ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, Hml.

cycgel

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mid cygclum ne mid criccum ne mid stafum ( nec cum baculis aut cambuttis aut fustibus ) ne cumon preóstas binnan chore, Chrd. 34, 6. Add

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
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ge-tǽse, adj.
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Ne mæg se man him nánre mild*-*heortnesse wénan, se þe forleósað þá getǽsan tíde þǽre dǽdbóte, Archiv cxxii. 259, 45

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-stæf, es; m.

Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction

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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939.

gǽlan

to delayto dupe

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Add: to delay For ðǽm gif ús ne lyst ðǽra ǽrrena yfela ðe wé ǽr worhton, ðonne ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc ðe wé wyrceað nisi enim retro aspicerent, erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerent, Past. 445, 29.

irþling

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Add: a husbandman Far tó wéstene þǽr nán fugel ne flýhð, ne yrðling ne erað, ne mannes stemn ne swégð, Hml. Th. i. 464, 25. Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia . . .