hwílum
At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome
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Dudum gefyrn, quondam hwílon, andolim getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 62-4. Ic wiste ðæt ðú hwílon lufodest God scivi te aliquando amasse Deum, 24; Som. 25, 9.
and-git
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Ðæt is on ðrím andgitum tó understandenne that is to be understood in three senses, Hml. Th. i. 264, 31
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á-geótan
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Þonne bið se glencg ágoten and se þrym tó-brocen. Wlfst. 263, 8
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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When the hot iron was used, a weight of one pound or of three pounds, according to the case, had to be carried nine feet.
Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál
mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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a measure Dó wines þrié mél on pour three measures of wine on, L.M. 1, 45; Lchdm, ii. 110, 26. Similar entries v. cucler-mǽl, dæg-mǽl, fot-mǽl, mǽl-tange; and cf.
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
Linked entry: hæsel-wrid
ge-biddan
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Ær man hæbbe þriwa his rihtes gebeden, Ll. Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton hé gebeden sý, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6. Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc. T.
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Ða þrý cyningas hæfdon langsume sprǽce wið ðone gedrehtan Job, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 24. Langsume longanimem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52. Tó langsumum wýtum, Homl. Skt. 4, 120.
wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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'Ic nú þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, ' 2861 ; An. 1433. Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292
and
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sprecendum and þá beorht wolcn hig ofer*-*sceán, Mt. 17, 5. connecting coordinate clauses, in which the subject of the second is the object of the first, but is not expressed; and may be rendered by a relative Gemétte ic sumne man, and ( and he, who ) mé þrý
eáca
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Hér is git óþer wel gód eáca, Wlfst. 180, 1. a suffixed particle Þrý eácan synd met, pte, ce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 107, 3. something in excess, overplus In þǽre tócnáwnesse ǽgðres gedáles weaxeþ se éca (cumulus) þæs edleánes, Gr. D. 311, 12. <b>II a.
feówertig
alone
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H. 239, 14. the forty days of Lent On þám þrím feówertigum per tres quadragesimas, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 13. adjectival Ðone sang ðe nán mon elles singan ne mæg búton ðæt hun[d]teóntig and feówertig and feówer ðúsendo, Past. 409, 9.
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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Januarius and October habbaþ twá rihtinga and Februarius and Martius and November gladiaþ on fífum, and Aprilis and Julius habbaþ áne rihtinge and Maius hæfþ þrý, and Agustus mid feówrum glitnaþ, Junius ána hæfþ syx rihtinga, and September and December
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tó-dál
Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion
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Ðæra ǽgðer on þrím tódálum wunaþ, Lchdm. iii. 440, 31. a mark which divides, dividing-point Tódál comma, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 9. Distinctiones, ðæt sind tódál, hú man tódǽlþ ða fers on rǽdinge.
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hé
He, she, it
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Gedrinc his þreó full fulle drink of it three cups full, Herb. 1, 9; Lchdm. i. 74, 1. Hæbbe ic his on handa I have some of it in my hand, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 23; Gen. 678.
FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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Mon sceal sellan, to fóstre, x fata hunies, ccc hláfa, etc. one shall give, as provisions, ten vats of honey, three hundred loaves, etc. L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 16.
be-ginnan
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</b> to attack :-- Ymbe þreó mónað þæs þe hié mon ǽr ongon (began, v.l. ), Ors. 5, II; S. 238, II
stefn
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Sáwla sóðfæste hergað cyninges þrym stefn æfter stefne, Ph. 542. Cyning spræc him stefne tó, Gen. 2848. Engel stefne ábeád, torhtan reorde, Dan. 510. Hóf hlúde stefne lifigendra leód, Exod. 276. Ongan hé mid mycelre stefne ( voce magna) hlýdan . . .
sum
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S. 23, 474. (4 a) add :-- Wurdon ofslagene sume þreó þúsend, Hml. S. 25, 357. Add Sume (-ae) daeli (dǽli) partim, Txts. 84, 731. Ðeáh hé mæge sume (= sume dǽle) his willan ongitan, þonne ne mæg hé eallne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 7.