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hád-bryce

Grammar
hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est aut monachum aut presbyterum aut aliquem ordinatum uerberauerit aut aliquid huiusmodi fecerit). For Swt. A. S.

ge-bærmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bærmed, part. [ge, and pp. of byrman to ferment with barm or leaven]

Fermented ⬩ leavened ⬩ fermentātus

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Fermented, leavened; fermentātus Gebærmed hláf leavened bread; pānis fermentātus, Som. Ben. Lye

á-secgan

to speak out ⬩ utter a word ⬩ to tell ⬩ narrate ⬩ to offer

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Hié bismra on hié selfe ásǽdon, Ors. 4, 4;S. 164, 5. Se man wandaþ þæt hé þá synna ǽfre ásecgge, Bl. H. 43, 18. Ásecggan þá lufan, 103, 19. Ðá yfel ásecgean oððe áreccean, Ors. 1, 8;S. 42, 7. with prep.

árena

(n.)
Grammar
árena, = árna; gen. pl. of áre, q. v.

of mercies

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of mercies,Exon. 53 a ; Th. 186, 6 ; Az. 15

firnum

(adv.)
Grammar
firnum, fyrnum; adv. [dat. or inst. pl. of firen a sin, crime]

Fearfully ⬩ intensely ⬩ formīdŏlōse ⬩ immānĭter

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Fearfully, intensely; formīdŏlōse, immānĭter Nǽre firnum ðæs deóp merestreám the sea-stream would not be so fearfully deep, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 26; Gen. 832

Linked entry: fyrnum

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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as the opposite of great. of material objects, portions of space, &c., small in size, not large Ne bið nǽnig tó þæs lytel lið on lime áweaxen, Seel. 96. Swilce án lytel (lytlu, v. l. ) pricu, Bt. 18, 1 ; F. 62, 4.

geár-dagum

(adv.)
Grammar
geár-dagum, adv. [dat. pl. of geárdæg, nom. pl. -dagas]

In days of yore ⬩ formerly ⬩ ōlim ⬩ antīquĭtus

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In days of yore, formerly; ōlim, antīquĭtus Hie gesetton ðá Sennar geárdagum then they occupied Shinar in days of old, Cd. 80; Th. 99, 36; Gen. 1657 : Exon.16 a; Th. 35, 17; Cri. 559 : Andr. Kmbl. 3036; An. 1521 : Elen. Grm. 291 : 834

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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</b> Words containing the long or accented Anglo-Saxon é are very frequently represented by English terms of the same signification, with the sound of e in heel; as, Réc, méd, hél, cwén, gés, fét, téþ, hédan, fédan, métan to meet.

æftemest

(adj.)
Grammar
æftemest, -myst, -most; adj. superlative of æfter,—

After-most ⬩ last ⬩ postremus ⬩ novissimus

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After-most, last; postremus, novissimus Ðeós bóc is æftemyst on ðære biblioþécan this is the last book of the Bible, Ælfc. T. 31, 22; Grn. Ælfc. T. 16, 3.

æcst

(v.)
Grammar
æcst, 2nd pers. sing. pres. of acan.

akest

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akest

æcþ

(v.)
Grammar
æcþ, 3rd pers. sing. pres. of acan.

aketh

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aketh

a-hlóg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hlóg, -hlóh

laughed at ⬩ laughed

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laughed at, laughed,Cd. 109; Th. 143, 16; Gen. 2380;

a-hruron

(v.)
Grammar
a-hruron, p. pl. of a-hreosan.

rushed

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rushed,Mt. Bos. 7, 25;

a-fór

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fór, -fóron

departed

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departed.Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14: Cd. 173; Th. 216, 14; Dan. 6;

a-leáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-leáh, -leág

falsified

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falsified,Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 7;

atelucost

(adj.)
Grammar
atelucost, for atelícost ; sup. of atelíc foul.
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R. Ben. 1 ;

a-seted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-seted, -sett

set ⬩ placed ⬩ stored ⬩ built

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set, placed, stored, built,Beo. Th. 1338; B. 667: Mt. Bos. 3, 10;

a-slóh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-slóh, -slógon

struck ⬩ fixed

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struck, fixed,Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 33, col. 1 ;

a-þwóh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-þwóh, -þwógon

washed

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washed,Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 13;

an-fénge

(v.)
Grammar
an-fénge, p. subj. of an-fón.

shouldest have taken

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shouldest have taken,Cd. 42; Th. 54, 10;