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ge-leórednes

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</b> the anniversary of a person's death :-- On ðone .viii. an dæg þæs mónþes byþ þæs bisceopes geleórudnes Sc̃i Audomari, Shrn. 127, 20. v. forþ*-*geleóredness

ge-ligernes

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Substitute for second line Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs, hió tó hyre gespón for hyre geligernesse, and syððan hió hý ealle beswác tó deáðe cum omnes, quos regie arcessitos, meretricie habitos, concubitu oblectasset, occideret.

wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðam kininge, and hé for his wífe ne for his wenclum ne dearr hine sylfne beládian Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 20.

Linked entry: wincel

hord-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hord-weard, es; m.

A guard of a hoard or treasure

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Hordwearda hryre [of the death of the first-born in Egypt], Cd. 144; Th. 179, 27; Exod. 35: [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea ], 169; Th. 210,6; Exod. 511.

ASCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ASCIAN, acsian, ahsian, axian; p. ode; pp. od.

to ASKto ask forto demandinquireto callsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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Ne ascige ic nú ówiht bi ðam bitran deáþe mínum I demand now nothing for my bitter death, Exon. 29b; Th. 90, 16; Cri. 1475.

Linked entry: acsian

lást-weard

(n.)
Grammar
lást-weard, es; m.

a successorpursuer

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Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas getreówlíces dón willon efter úrum lífe it is quite unknown to us how faithfully our heirs and successors will act after our death, Blickl. Homl 51, 36.

mann-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeóf, es; m.

A man-stealer

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Man-stealing is dealt with in Theodore's Liber Penitentialis: 'si quis servum alterius, vel quemcunque hominem, furtu quolibet in captivitatem duxerit aut transmiserit, vii annos pæniteat, ii in pane et aqua,' xxiii. 13. See also xlii, 5

blæst

(n.)
Grammar
blæst, es; m.

A burning, blaze, flameardor, flamma

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Ðæt he [Fénix] onfón móte, þurh líges blæst, líf æfter deáþe that it [the Phoenix] may, through the fire's flame, receive life after death, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 6; Ph. 434. Léges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon flames of fire overwhelmed the walls, Andr.

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27-33. Se ðe stalaþ on Sunnanniht. . . oððe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22.

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

ge-leórnes

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Giliórnise hiora exitus illorum 86, 16. the anniversary of a person's death On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sc̃e Pegean geleórnes, Shrn. 48, 38: 51, 28: 52 15, and often

ge-lóme

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Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add

ge-scrépe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrépe, ge-scroepe, ge-scrǽpe, ge-screópe; adj.
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Netto menniscum giwunu giscroepo wilde deáro tó onfóanne retes humano usui aptus bestias ad capiendas, Rtl. 117, 14

greátnes

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Substitute: coarseness of material Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse (grétnysse, R. Ben. I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R.

hǽwen

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Hǽwenre deáge, 1058. Þá hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 43. v. blǽ-hǽwen, grén-hǽwen, lín-hǽwen, sweart-hǽwen, wel-hǽwen, and preceding word

Eást-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Seaxe, gen. -Seaxa; dal. -Seaxum; pl. m: -Seaxan; gen. -Seaxena, -Seaxna; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m.

The East-Saxons, people of Essex orientāles Saxŏnes

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To-ætécte ðisse gedréfnisse storm Sæberhtes deáþ Eást-Seaxna cyninges the death of Saberht, king of the East-Saxons, increased the storm of this disturbance, 2, 5; S. 507, 6.

ge-lífan

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Ðá scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, . . . and ðeáh hit mon him secgge, hié his ne geliéfað, Past. 206, 2. Gif hié þæs ne geliéfen if they will not admit that, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 11.

BÆR

(adj.)
Grammar
BÆR, g. m. n. bares; f. bærre: d. barum: acc. bærne: pl. nom. baru; acc. bare; dat. barum; def. se bara; seó, ðæt bare; adj.

BAREnakedopennudus

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BARE, naked, open; nudus On bær líc on the bare body, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 7; Rä. 66, 4. On barum sondum on bare sands, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24. Wit hér baru standaþ unwered wǽdo we stand here naked, unprotected by garments, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 20; Gen.

Linked entry: bare

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien though the sharp-minded wise men need not this English translation, MS. Cot. Faust. A. x. 150b; Lchdm. iii. 440, 31

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

here-geatu

(n.)
Grammar
here-geatu, gen. -geatwe; f.

military equipment heriot

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military equipment Hí willaþ eów tó gafole gáras syllan ǽttrynne ord and ealde sword ða heregeatu ðe eów æt hilde ne deáh they will give you as tribute spears, the poisoned point and the swords they inherit, equipment for war that will not profit you

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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Ðeáh hé hire náwér ne geneálǽce on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh though the sky nowhere approach the earth, it is everywhere equally near to it, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 22. in no case, never Ðás prepositiones ne beóþ náhwár ána, ac beóþ ǽfre tó sumum óðrum

Linked entry: á-hwǽr