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blác-ern

(n.)
Grammar
blác-ern, es; n.

A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candlelucerna

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[blác light, ærn, ern a place] A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle; lucerna Bæd ðæt hí ðæt blácern adwæseton prayed that they would put out the light [lucernam], Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40.

Linked entry: blǽc-ern

un-lísan

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un-lísan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and hé Martinum bæd ꝥ hé hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107

in-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
in-líce, adv.

Inwardlyinternallythoroughlyheartily

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Inwardly, internally, thoroughly, heartily Hé hine bæd and hét ðæt hé inlíce ðam biscope freónd wǽre amicum episcopo fieri petiit et impetravit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 8.

Linked entry: for-inlíce

beorcan

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. ¶ beorcan on to bark at :-- Clypa ongén þissum deófles hunde þe þé on beorceþ, Shrn. 56, 32. Se wrítere sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelice on ánne man, Hml. S. 31, 1132. Add

mǽg-lic

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Ðes ðegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlðe mid sóðre lufe, for ðan ðe heó ne tóscǽt nǽnne be mǽglicere sibbe ( true love does not make distinction of person in accordance with relationship ), Hml. Th. i. 128, 2.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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Hé mandryhtne bær fǽted wǽge, 4553; B. 2282

ǽ-gift

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-gift, e; f.

A giving up, return, repayment, restoration

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Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes a woman who had been stolen from him and hé hine ágef, 206, 30. Ǽgifta redditus, An. Ox. 5, 38: 8, 300

riftere

(n.)
Grammar
riftere, es; m.

a reaper

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Se bær his ryfterum mete tó æcere, Homl. i. 570, 33

Linked entry: riptere

ofer-holt

(n.)

a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them

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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh&#39;s host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157

ge-feccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feccan, -feccean ; p. -feahte, -fehte; pp. -feaht, -feht

To fetchbring toaddūcĕre

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To fetch, bring to; addūcĕre He mæg ða sáwle gefeccan under foldan it can fetch back the soul under the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 139; Sal. 69.

Linked entry: ge-fetian

stór-cyll

(n.)
Grammar
stór-cyll, e : -cylle, an ; f.
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Se ðe bær ða stórcyllan tó ðære offrunge, Homl. Th. ii. 294, 20 : Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nime eówer ǽlc his stórcillan, Num. 16, 6. Ðás stórcyllan haec turibula, Ælfc. Gr. 14 ; Zup. 90, 4. Stórcillan, Lev. 10, 1

be-hættian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hættian, p. ode.
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to make bald Behættod decalvata (quam-vis caesaries raderetur et decalvata traheretur, Ald. 62), An.

Linked entry: hættian

metsian

(v.)
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the

seóþan

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Se déma hét hí lǽdan sóna and seóðan on wætere (belúcan on byrnendum baðe, Shrn. 150, 1), Hml. S. 34, 343. 1. Add Swá swá gold on ofne hé hié sýð and costað in fornace probatur aurum; tu, ut sorde careas, tribulationis camino purgaris, Verc.

síþe

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Ðá cóm se Godes wer gesceód mid geclútedum scón and bær his síðe ( falcem fenariam ) on his eaxle, Gr. D. 37, 14. v. híg- síþe. Add

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, a stoup. [In l. 7 dele &#39;(?)&#39; after &#39;remove&#39;, see á-settan.]
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Þá bær þæs biscopes cniht tó his fæder wínes drync, swá swá hit þeáw wæs. Þá rǽhte se cyning his hand forð swígende and genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem). . . and þám biscope þone drync sealde, Gr. D. 186, 7.

-estre

(suffix)
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Add: v. baec-estre, bepǽc-estre, bígeng-estre, byrd-estre, cenn-estre, cynn-estre, crenc-estre, forsǽw-estre, fylg-estre, glíwbyden-estre, hearp-estre, hopp-estre, hulf-estre, ic-estre, lǽttéw-estre, lopp-estre, luf-estre, lybb-estre, nídhǽm-estre, tæpp-estre

tó-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-samnian, p. ode

To assemble,collect

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To assemble, collect Ðá bæd hé hine ðæt hé sumne dǽl landes æt him onfénge, ðæt hé mihte mynster on getimbrian and Godes ðeówas tósomnian he prayed him to receive from him a parcel of land, that he might thereon build a monastery and collect together

Linked entries: samnian tó-somnian

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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Ða ic nyste hí frunon me quæ ignōrā;bam interrŏgābant me, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 13: Ps. Th. 136, 3. Mid ðý hine frunnon his geferan, for hwon he ðis dyde cum interrŏgārētur a suis, quāre hoc făcĕret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 16.

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

leán

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See examples in Dict. with dat. of person, to speak with disapproval of something to a person, with the idea of dissuading or prohibiting Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I do not tell you that loving both is a bad thing Solil. H. 61, 17.