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middan-geard

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Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle on efn ábrǽdde on þisses ánes onlícnysse, 29. Add Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, and ánra gehwylc. . . móte lifigan ðreó hund wintra, Sal. K. 148, 33

setlung

(n.)
Grammar
setlung, e; f.
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Lamb. 138, 2. setting of the sun; occasus Seó niht hæfþ seofon dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS. P.), Lchdm. iii. 242, 26. Æfter sunnan setlunge, 266, 5. Fram sunnan uprine óþ setlunge, Ps. Spl. 112, 3. Setellung, 49, 2

gengan

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Novƀ and Decƀ mid seofon rihtingum glædlíce gengað, Angl. viii. 302, 8. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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On ðam seofoðan dæge God geendode his weorc and seó wucu wæs ðá ágán, Lchdm. iii. 234, 16 : Anglia viii. 310, 23. Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3.

seldor

(adv.)
Grammar
seldor, cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adv.
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Tó seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðæt wé God herian ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Bæþ ðám untrumum, swá oft swá hit framige, sý geboden ; hálum sý seldor getíðod, R. Ben. 61, 1.

splott

(n.)
Grammar
splott, es; m.

a plot of land a spot

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a plot of land Mann ðe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes æt Celian dúne, ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes, ðe ða seofon hálgan lágon inne slápan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 415. On clǽnan splott súðe-weardne, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: ge-splottod

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Ic sang prím and seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27. [Icel. prími; m. : prima; f. : prím; n.]

hundteóntigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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Fram ðám hundteóntigeðan-and-þám-nigeðan oð þene hund-teóntigeþan-and-þane-seofan-and-feówertigeþan .. . fram ðám hundteón-tigeþan-and-seofonteóðan oð þone hundteóntigeðan-and-seofon-and-twéntigeðan . . . bútan þám hundteóntigeþan-and-þreó-and-þrítigeðan

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search throughinquire intoexamine intoinvestigate

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Ðá hé ða seofon cræftas ealle hæfde þurhsmeáde, Shrn. 152, 18.

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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Fífténe geár, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 19. governing a noun Ymb seofon hund wintra and V-tiéne, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 11. Sé wæs fífténe geára, Shrn. 84, 12

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan, L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7.

glædlíce

(adv.)
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Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes, Angl. viii. 302, 39. of ready, willing action, cheerfully, with alacrity Ꝥ Crístes lofu neádwíse wé gelǽstan glædlíce ( alacriter ), Hy.

rift

(n.)
Grammar
rift, riftees;n.

a veil, curtain, cloak

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Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft velum Lev. 4, 17

Linked entries: ryft bán-rift

weorold-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wísdóm, es; m.
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Ða seofon cræftas on ðám beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, Shrn. 152, 12

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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A song used at a particular time, the service held at one of the canonical hours Seofon tídsangas hí gesetton ús tó singenne dæghwamlíce . . .

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

BÝME

(n.)
Grammar
BÝME, béme, an; f. A trumpet; tuba, salpinx = σάλπιγξ
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Seofon sacerdas bláwon mid býmon septem sacerdotes clangent buccinis, Jos. 6, 4, 13

Linked entry: béme

legie

(n.)
Grammar
legie, an; f.
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Seofon legan (legion, v. l. ), S. 238, 16

twéntig

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Add Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc, C.D. iii. 426, 12. (1 a) uninflected :-- Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig, Angl. viii. 303, 6. helping to form ordinals His ríces þý þriddan geáre eác twéntigum, Bd. 1. 13; Sch. 36, 17. 1.

hlosnian

(v.)

to listen

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Tó hircniendum oððe hlosnendum attonitis, 2, 47. to listen as an eavesdropper or spy Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, Hml. S. 23, 136