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bicce

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Andlang on biccan pól, C. D. iii. 456, 26. Add:

catte

(n.)
Grammar
catte, an; f.
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Andlang on cattan ége, Cht. E. 294, 27

Linked entry: cat

Tína

(n.)
Grammar
Tína, Tíne?, an

the river Tyne

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the river Tyne Be Tínan ðære juxta amnem Tinam, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 36: Chr. 875; Erl. 76, 35

Linked entry: Tíne

ge-rád

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Marius bæd þæt him mon sealde þone seofoþan consulatum and eác þæt gewin . . .

Finns buruh

(n.)
Grammar
Finns buruh, = Finnes burh; gen. -burge; f.

Finnsburg

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Finnsburg Swylce eal Finnes buruh [MS. Finns] fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 72; Fin. 36.

Linked entry: Finn

mæsse-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-reáf, es; n.

Vestment used when celebrating mass

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Vestment used when celebrating mass Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽlc preóst hæbbe corporalem ðonne hé mæssige, and subuculam under his alban and eal mæssereáf wurðlíce behworfen, L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28: L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 19.

á-cunnan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí ná ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

oftrǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
oftrǽd-líc, adj.

Frequent

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Hié Alexander uneáðe oferwonn ǽgðer ge for ðære sumorhǽte ge eac for ðǽm oftrǽdlícan gefeohtum, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 32. Oftrǽdlíca gefeoht crebra bella, 6, 30; Swt. 282, 31

æt-stent

Grammar
æt-stent, fut. of æt-standan, q. v.

shallstandconsistet

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shall, stand; consistet Seó ætstent on hire ryne the river shall stand in its course. Jos. 3, 13;

picen

(adj.)
Grammar
picen, adj.
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On ðære picenan , Blickl. Homl. 43, 28

ofer-brycgian

(v.)

to overbridge, make a bridge over

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to overbridge, make a bridge over Ðá hét Maxentius oferbrycgian ða mid scipum, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22

eorþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-sele, es ; m. [sele a hall]

An earth-hall, cavesubterrānea aula, antrum

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An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515.

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimonyagrĭmōnia eupătŏria

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Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, -æmettigian, -æmtogian; p. ode; pp. od [æmtian to be at leisure]

To be unoccupiedbe at leisurebe voidvăcuum essevăcāre

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Geæmtiaþ eów, and geseóþ ðæt ic eam God văcāte, et vĭdēte quŏniam ĕgo sum Deus, Ps. Lamb. 45, 11. He wæs geæmtogod he was void, Homl. Th. i. 290, 21

tíd-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-dæg, es; m.
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Skt. 19, 42) Enoses sunu ealra nigon hund wintra hæfde, ðá hé woruld ofgeaf, and týne eác, ðá his tíddæge rím wæs gefylled when for his lifetime the number of years was completed, Cd. Th. 71, 4; Gen. 1165

wudu-rofe

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rofe, -rife (
Similar entries
cf. Jamieson's Dict. wood-rip
), an; f.

Woodruff

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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe Grécas malochin agria, and Rómáne astula regia nemnab, and eác Ængle wudurofe hátaþ, 156, 8-11. Wel wudurofan, ii. 54, 2 : 108, 19 : 324, 13. Wudurifan, 64, 5

feówertyne

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, l. -tíne,
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Gif se móna bið xiiii nihta eald, Lch. iii. 182, 17. xiiii dagum, Chr. 538; P. 16, 11. Hí feówertiéne geár hit tótugon, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 23

gehæft-world

(n.)
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal

ge-þancol

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Add: mindful Hé þurh þæs gehátes myngunge swíþe geþancol on anginne his ríces began þá stówe tó fyrþrienne, eal swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe.

híwisclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
híwisclíce, adv.
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As forming part of a family or household In ealdum tídum biscop mid his geférum ge eác abbud wunade mid munucum; hwæþere hié tó þæs biscopes scíre heówesclíce (hiów-, v. l.) belumpen a temporibus antiquis et episcopus cum clero et abbas solebat manere