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geó

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Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.

gífer-nes

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Ic andette gífernesse ǽtes and drences, ge ǽr tíde ge ofer tíde. Ic andette ǽlce gítsunga and æfest, Ll.

lár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
lár-spell, es; n.

A discoursesermonhomilytreatise

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Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15. Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell [the epistles] tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3

sunn-gihte

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-gihte, es; n. (?)
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Ðonne gelympeþ ðæt wundorlíce on ðæs sumeres sungihte on mydne dæg, ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle, ðonne nafaþ seó sýl (at Jerusalem ) nǽnige sceade; ðonne ðæs sungihtes beóþ þrý dagas forð áurnen, ðonne hafaþ seó sýl ǽrest lytle sceade, Shrn

Linked entry: sunn-stede

cyne-hláford

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Ærest his cynehláforde ǽnne beáh . . . and ðǽre hlǽdigan ǽnne beáh, ii. 380, 25. Him láð nǽre ꝥ hí ongeán heora cynehláford standan sceoldan, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 16. Se Pontisca Pilatus grét his cynehláford Claudium, Nic. 19, 36. Add

circul

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On þissum circulum ǽrest stent se circul þe gebyrað tó þǽre lengtenlican tíde, 328, 44-7. v. getæl-, tácn-circul

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Sum ǽren feóndgyld, 123, 24. Ꝥ flǽsc þe hí heora feóndgyldum onsægd hæfdon immolata, 232, 15. Hé him swíþe ondréd þá feóndgyld þe in þám temple wǽron, 189, 2

Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Engle, Angle; pl. nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Englan; gen. ena; pl. m.

The AnglesAngli

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The majority of settlers in Britainwere from Anglen and the neighbourhood, hence this country and people derived their name England and English, England being derived from Engla land the land or country of the Angles On ðǽm landum eardodon Engle, ǽr

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Twegen manlícan ( images in the sick man's eyes of the observer ) beóþ on mannes eágum; gif ðú ða ne gesihst, ðonne swilt se man, and biþ gewiten ǽr þrím dagum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 206, 11. v. Grmm. D. M. 1133

nátes-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
nátes-hwón, adv.

Not at allby no means

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Hé ne áwyrpþ náteshwón his wǽpna him fram, ǽr ðam ðe ðæt gewinn wurðe geendod, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 9. Ne sculon mæssepreóstas náteshwón bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 21

Linked entry: ná-wiht

þurh-drífan

(v.)

to drive throughpiercetransfixto penetratepermeateimbueto drive violentlyperpellere

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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thingvanityfrivolityan evil thinginiquity

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Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26. Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen? Met. 10, 21. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare meditati sunt inania, Ps. Th. 2, 1.

ymbren-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-dæg, es; m.
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December, on ða néhstan wucan ǽr Cristes mæssan, L. Ecg. P. addit. 21; Th. ii. 234, 33. Áðas sindon tócweden freólsdagum and rihtymbrendagum, L. Eth. v. 18; Th. i. 308, 25.

Linked entry: riht-ymbrendæg

dragan

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Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, 14, 155.

full-wiht

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Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l.) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

Linked entry: fulluht

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Bútan hé hit medomlíce gebǽte ǽr his ænde, C. D. vi. 35, 2

Róm

(n.)
Grammar
Róm, e; f.

Rome

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Twám geárum ǽr Rómaburh ábrocen wǽre ... wæs Rómaburh ábrocen fram Gotum, Bd. 1, 11; S, 480, 10-12. On Rómebyrig, Apstls. Kmbl. 22; Ap. 11. Hér Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7

Linked entry: Róme-burh

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.

mæðlan

(v.)
Grammar
mæðlan, meðlan,

to speak

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a word occurring only in poetry, to speak Ðǽr (at the day of judgment) hé (Christ ) tó ðám eádgestum ǽrest mæðleþ, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 14; Cri. 1338. Gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, sprecan réðe word, 19 b; Th. 50,9; Cri. 797.

Linked entries: mæðel maðelian

twifealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
twifealdlíce, adv.
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Kmbl. 23, 15. in two ways Ðis godspel mæg beón twyfealdlíce getrahtnod, ǽrest be Iudéiscum folce . . . eft siððan be ǽlcum menu, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 5. Se biþ twyfealdlíce deád, se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǽre, 406, 18