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cyne-bearn

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Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3. Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4.

méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ hé þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139.

wlite-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-weorþ, es; n.
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer

cristalla

(n.)
Grammar
cristalla, an; m. cristallus, i; m.

crystal crystallusthe herb crystalliumflea-baneflea-wort crystallionpsyllion

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Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort; crystallion = κρυστάλλιον, psyllion = ψύλλιον Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy Lchdm. iii. 10, 29

dóm-setl

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-setl, es; n. [dóm judgment, setl a seat]

A judgment-seat, tribunal trĭbūnal

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Se gerefa hét Iulianan út gelǽdan to his dómsetle the count bade Juliana be led out to his judgment-seat, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 16; Jul. 534: 68 a; Th. 252, 12; Jul. 162. On his dómsetle pro trĭbūnāli, Mt. Bos. 27, 19

óþ-healdan

(v.)
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to withhold, keep back Gif hwelc folc biþ mid hungre geswenced, and hwá his hwiǽte gehýt and óþhielt hú ne wilt hé ðonne hiera deáþes si populos fames atlereret, et occulta frumenta ipsi servarent, auctores proculdubio mortis existerent, Past. 49, 1;

lustbǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽre, adv.
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Sum eáwfæst ðegen bæd ðone hálgan wer . . . and hé lustbǽre ðæs getíðode, ii. 172, 9. Hé efne mode and gladum þá ðénunga lustbǽre gefylle ipso aequo animo impleat officium, R. Ben. 55, 17

Cofer-flód

(n.)
Grammar
Cofer-flód, Cofor-flód, es; n. m.

The sea of Galilee Galilæum mare

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The sea of Galilee; Galilæum mare Ic fare on wæteres hricg ofer Coferflód, Caldéas sécan I depart upon the water's back over the sea of Galilee, to seek the Chaldeans Salm. Kmbl. 39; Sal. 20.

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

byrþere

(n.)
Grammar
byrþere, gen. byrþres; m. [beran to bear, carry]
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Ða byrþeras hine to byrgenne féredon the bearers bare him to the grave, i. 492, 27. Seó untrumnys his gecyndes behófode sumes byrþres the infirmity of his nature had need of some supporter, i. 308, 12

Fariseisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fariseisc, def. se Fariseisca; adj.

PhariseanPhărĭsæus

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Pharisean; Phărĭsæus Bæd hine sumFariseisc man ðæt he ǽte mid him rŏgāvit illum quĭdam Phărĭsæus ut prandĕret ăpud se, Lk. Bos. 11, 37. Ongan se Fariseisca on him smeágan and cweðan Phărĭsæus cæpit intra se repŭtans dīcĕre, 11, 38.

ge-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cnǽwe, adj.

Knowingconsciousawareacknowledgingcognoscensconscius

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Se cwellere bæd forgifenysse, gecnǽwe his mánes the murderer prayed for forgiveness, acknowledging his crime, 510, 20. We sind gecnǽwe ðæt . . . we are aware that . . . 378, 9. Híg ealle wǽron ðæs gecnǽwe omnes testimonium illi dabant, Lk. Bos. 4, 22

Linked entry: on-cnǽwe

weorold-gleng

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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Worldly pomp Se blinda ne bæd goldes, ne seolfres, ne worldglenga, Blickl. Homl. 21, 6. Se snotera wer ne gewilnaþ ðara woruldglenga, ne ðæs líchaman wlite, ac gewilnaþ ðære sáwle, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 14.

full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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Bæd hé þone bisceop blætsian his ful; hé nolde, and se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge, Hml. S. 12, 70. Hé gesénode án wínes ful, and onsende sumum were, Shrn. 126, 17. Ðreó full gódes wínes, Lch. i. 196, 13.

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17.

hinder-genga

(n.)
Grammar
hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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Ox. 26, 23. one that goes back from the faith he has professed, an apostate (cf. Manega his leorningcnihtas cyrdon onbæc and ne eódun mid him, Jn. 6, 66. Homo apostata, i. retrogradiens, Kent. Gl. 141) Hindergengena apostatarum. An. Ox. 5, 16

Linked entry: genga

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

tíþian

(v.)
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(d α ) with acc. of person :-- Hé bæd hí ꝥ hí him bisceop onsende ... Hí hine lustlíce tíþedon, Bd. 3, 3; Sch. 199, 17

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

clyne

(n.)
Grammar
clyne, es, m?, n? clyna; clyne; clyno

A masslumpballmetalmassasphærametallumσφαῖρα

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A mass, lump, ball, metal; massa, sphæra, metallum; σφαῖρα Clynes, trendles sphæræ Mone B. 3491. Ǽlces cynnes wecg, vel óra oððe clyna metallum Ælíc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 8; Wrt. Voc. 34, 67. Clyne;clyno massa, metallum Cot. 132: 182.