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sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket Shaws broad belts of underwood Shaw a natural copse of wood

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In ȝone dyme schawes, 1723. See also Halliwell's Dict. and Nares' Glossary

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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Voc. ii. 58, 33. warlike force, military power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quickfestīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Éfst ardlíce ðyder festīna ĭbi, Gen. 19, 22: Lk. Bos. 19, 5. Éfst [Th. éfste] oððe neálǽce ðæt ðú generige me accĕlĕra ut ēruas me, Ps. Spl. 30, 2. Éfstaþ and lǽdaþ hine to me festīnāte et addūcĭte eum ad me, Gen. 45, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 42: Homl.

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.

to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted tocum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujusto bring before or refer to any onereferre ad aliquem

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to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne the dragon again

Linked entry: ge-stoten

scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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Hió dyde sciella tó bisene his heor neohtum and ðus cwæð: Ǽlces fisces sciell biþ tó oðerre geféged sub squamarum specie de ejus satellitibus perhibetur: Una uni conjungitur, Past. 47, 3; Swt. 361, 17.

æt-sacan

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. , neget ) sé, sé þe dyrre, þæt þæt angin nǽre gestilled for Code, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 4. <b>I a.</b> </b> absolute Gif man ætsace, ládige hine mid þry-fealdre láde, Ll. Th. i. 404, 2 : ii. 298, 7, 10, 13. with gen.

gím-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gím-ness, e; f.
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Hé gémnise his dyde (hine lácnude. W. S.) curam eius egit Lk. L.

Linked entry: gém-nis

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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In the dragon's hoard are 'dýre swyrd,' Beo.

Linked entry: swyrd

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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L. 7, 17: Hy. 3, 52. to celebrate a festival Doeg ðe symbel mid ðý geworht wæs, Jn.

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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Cerdic, the founder of the West-Saxon kingdom; Cerdĭcus Ðý geáre ðe wæs agán fram Cristes acennesse cccc wintra and xcv [MS. xciiii] wintra, ðá Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu cwom up æt Cerdices óran mid v scipum.

læt

(adj.)
Grammar
læt, adj.

Lateslowsluggishtardy

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Ðæt hé ðý lætra biþ tó uncystum that it [the body] be the less ready to vices, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 20.

mægen-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þrymm, es; m.

MajestygreatnessgloryChristgreat powermightan instance in which the divine glory or power is displayedthe glory of heavenheaventhe angels who inhabit heaven

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Mid ðý mǽstan mægenþrymme, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 30: Cri. 1009. Johannes on Godes mægenþrymme hí gebletsode, Homl. Th. i. 64, 4. Wé gesáwon Godes mægenþrim and his micelnisse ( majestatem et magnitudinem suam ), Deut. 5, 24.

Linked entry: mæg-þrymm

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Húsle gereorded ðý æþelan gyfle having been fed with the Eucharist, that noble meal, Exon. 51 b; Th. 180, 4; Gú. 1274

Linked entry: húsl

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Mid ðý ðe wǽn ðá com, ðe ða bán on lǽded wæron, in ðæt foresprecene mynster, ðá ne woldan ða híwan ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron him lustlíce onfón, 3, 11; S. 535, 17. Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 6.

scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.
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Ðý læs cild sý hreósende, oððe scínlác méte, 350, 13. Ða ðe scínlác þrowien etan león flǽsc; ne þrowiaþ hý ofer ðæt ǽnig scínlác, 364, 22. Scínláca praestigiarum . Hpt. Gl. 501, 68. Galdras praestigias, scínlác fantasias , 459, 16.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ða strengþe ðyssæ lácnunge ongite, 300, 21

ge-síne

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Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . . Jn. p. 3, 11. ¶ in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses the word is used to translate videri, as passive of videre Þ te geséne wǽre from hiá quia uisus esset ab ea, Mk.

ge-sleán

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Mið ðý gislóg síde Petres, Rtl. 58, 7. Mið fýstum hine geslaa ł geðearsca colaphis eum caedere. Mk. L. 14, 65. <b>I a.</b> figuratively :-- Hé hine mid his worde geslóg (perculit). Past. 115, 15.

hǽlan

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Ðý lǽs. . . hwærfa hiá and ic hǽlo ( sanem ) hiá, 13, 15 : Jn. L. 13, 40. Ꝥte haelde ðrael his ut saluaret seruum eius, Lk. L. 7, 3. Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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In helle (in inferno) áhóf ðá égo his mið ðý wére in tintergum, Lk. L. 16, 23. Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte. Solil. H. 65, 21. Tó þǽre sweartan helle, Hml. S. 4, 290. Hylle, Sae. 338: 717.