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stycce

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Add Lytel sticce hé ligeð seóc (cf. sumne tíman hé síclað aliquod tempus egrotat, 33, 19), Archiv cxxix. 35, 13. v. cís-, hwíl-, stán-stycce

a-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rétan, ic -réte, he -réteþ, -rét; p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét; v. trans. [a, rétan to comfort]

To exhilaratecomfortdelightrestorerefreshset rightexhilararelætificarereficere

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Hí hæfdon ðæt mód arét they had restored or refreshed the mind, Bt. titl. xxii; Fox xiv, 5. Ðú me hæfst arétne on ðam tweóne thou host set me right in the doubt, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 12: 22, 1; Fox 76, 12, MS. Cot

geár-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
geár-dagas, pl. m. [geár, dæg]

YORE-DAYSdays of yoredays of yearstime of lifedies antīquiannōrum dies

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YORE-DAYS, days of yore, days of years, time of life; dies antīqui, annōrum dies In [on] geardagum in days of yore, Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 11; Cri. 251 : 77 a; Th. 289, 6; Wand. 44 : Cd. 21; Th. 287, 16; Sat. 368 : Beo.

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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Skt. i. 11, 147. in reference to time, very wakeful, quite sleepless Hine gedrehte singal slǽpleást, swá ðæt hé þurhwacole niht búton slǽpe ádreáh, Homl. Th. i. 86, 17

Linked entry: þurh-wacian

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II. Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon uuége cǽsa and fisces and butran and ægera ðæt mon begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 10

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

offrian

(v.)
Grammar
offrian, p. ode, ede

To offer, bring a sacrifice or gift in honour of another

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Onsegdnisse ic offriu ðé holocausta offeram tibi. Ps. Surt. 65, 15. Ðú offrast án celf, Ex. 29, 10, 18, 20. Offrede litarat, sacrificabat, Hpt. Gl. 415, 13. Hió offrede hiore ansegednesse immolavit victimas suas, Kent. Gl. 285.

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr. Kmbl. 3195; An. 1600. Nó ic me hnágran talige ðonne Grendel hine I think myself no worse man than does Grendel himself, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne there is no time for me to change my life, 5, 14; S. 634, 32: Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 23. Seó Cúþburh ðæt lýf [monastery] æt Winburnan árǽrde, Chr. 718; Erl. 45, 19

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To gomake a journeyset outtravelmarchsailīreĭter făcĕreproficiscitransīremigrārenāvĭgāre

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Tíd is ðæt ðú fete it is time that thou goest, Exon. 51 b; Th. 179, 30; Gú. 1269: Andr. Kmbl. 448; An. 224. Ǽr gé furður feran ere ye go further, Beo. Th. 513; B. 254

Linked entry: fyran

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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</b> at any time; unquarn. in any case, at all Mid máran unrǽde ðone him á behófode ( than was at all proper for him) Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 3. Gif hé ó wǽre gecnyssed mid mænniscre herenesse, Gr. D. 59, 28. Eá lá !

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Foran tó ðǽre tíde, C. D. i. 293, 24: Chr. 918; P. 100, 3: 1053; P. 182, 39. as adv. Beforehand, before: Him se reogol-weord gebeóde foran tó hwonne sió tíd sié, C. D. i. 293, 28. Wé sec-gaþ eác foran tó ꝥ seó bóc is swíþe deóp, Ælfc. Gen.

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of waterflowflowing waterwavetideFLOODsearunning streamriverflūmenfluctusfluentumæstusaccessusflŭviusthe Flooddelugedilŭvium

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Com flówende flód [m. or n.] æfter ebban . . . se flód [m.] út gewát the flowing tide came after the ebb . . .the tide receded, Byrht. Th. 133, 45, 58; By. 65, 72.

Linked entry: flóde

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

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

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Wæs heó. . . on ðam mynstre ðe on Franclande wæs getimbrad fram ðære abbadissan ðe Fara hátte . . . forðon on ða tíd ne wǽron monige mynstra getimbrade on Angelþeóde; forðon monige of Breotone gewunedon sécan Francna mynstro, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 12-17.

ge-wunelic

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Hit wæs gewunelic on ðám tíman þaet ðá ðe woldon woruldwísdóm gecneordlíce leornian, þæt hí behwyrfdon heora áre on gymstánum, Hml.

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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Æt Cemele tién hýda, æt Domeccesíge þridde half híwisce, 53, 16. Óðer half héwisse, iii. 410, 12. Ðis his ðára .v. hída bóc æt Dydylingetúne and ðas ánes híwisces æt Uddingc (cf.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Add Nú is þǽre tíde swíþe neáh tempus nunc appropinquat, Guth. Gr. 164, 3 : Jud. 287. Néh þǽre æftre Scã Marian mæssan, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 15. Hit wæs swíðe neáh his lifes ænde ad extrema vitae veniens. Gr. D. 314. 3.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Hú uncúþ biþ ǽghwylcum ánum men his lífes tíd ǽghweðer ge rícum ge heánum ge geongum ge ealdum how unknown to every single man is the period of his life, both to the rich man and to the poor, to the young and to the old, Blickl. Homl. 125, 8.

dearnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]

Secretly, privately, clandestinelyclam, occulte, clandestīno

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Gif ðín bróðor ðé lǽre dearnunga si tibi voluĕrit persuadĕre frater tuus clam, Deut. 13, 6: Jn. Bos. 19, 38. Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga either publicly or privately, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 5: L. Ath. v. § 1, 2; Th. i. 228, 21.

Linked entries: deornunga dern-unga

dúru-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-weard, dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-keeper jānĭtor, ostiārius

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Hostiārius] is ðære cyrcean dúrewerd, se sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída, and ða cyrcan unlúcan geleáffullum mannum, and ðám ungeleáffullum belúcan wiðútan ostiārius is the door-keeper of the church, who shall announce the hours with bells, and unlock

Linked entry: dúre-weard