stǽr
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Ðara Abbuda stǽr and spell ðysses mynstres on twám bócum ic áwrát, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 28. On ðis úre cyriclíce stér, 4, 7; S. 574, 28
gréting
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L. 23, 7. of formal address in letters, &c. v. grétan; 5 Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml.
for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Hé sǽde ꝥ se abbot him heafde forsegon he said that the abbot had treated him with contempt, 1066; P. 199, 7. to reject with scorn. to reject what is offered Hér bræc se here þone frið, and forsáwon ǽlc frið þe Eádweard and his witan him budon, Chr.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Abbud of Peortaneá ðam hám Abbas de Monasterio Peartanea, S. 519, 28. Æt hám domi, Mk. Skt. 9, 33: Lk. Skt. 9, 61. Ðú nére æt hám you were not at home, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 26, 9.
fiht-wíte
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Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége saca and sócna . . . fihtwíte and ferdwíte, 421, 31: 411, 31
ge-stihtian
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Se abbud eal gestyhtige and gesette þæt him gemǽne bið, R. Ben. 15, 18. (a a) to arrange for or with a person :-- Ic gestihtade cýðnisse gecorenum minum, Ps. Srt. 88, 4. Ðú gestihtades him yfel, 72, 18: 83, 7.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Ælfric left Winchester about 988 for Cerne in Dorsetshire, where an abbey was established by Æthelmær.
cweorn
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Þá sóna þá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽron lægde, þá orn (grand, v. l. ) seó cweorn þurh godcunde miht, and se abbod . . . stód be þǽre cweorna, Mart. H. 200, 22-26. Coern (cwearne, R.) mola, Mk. L. 9, 42.
ge-mǽte
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Besceáwige se abbod þǽra reáfa gemet, þæt hý ne synd tó scorte, ac gemiéte þám þe hyra notiað (uestimenta uténtibus ea mensurata), R. Ben. 89, 19. meet, suitable for a purpose, fitted, apt: — Gemǽte gewrixl apta uicissitudo, An. Ox. 4271.
bisceop-hád
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Se abbod þes biscophádes gernde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 10. Ðá geár gefilled wǽron his bysceophádes (-háda, v. l.), Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 267, 7: 4, 5; Sch. 380, 13. Twégen bisceophádes men, Hml. S. 23, 365.
ge-þinge
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Abban ... geðinga tó krístes cirican, Txts. 449, 71. Ðis sint Ecgberhtes geðingeo and Æðeluulfes uuið arcebiscep, 436, 14. Gethingio aparitio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 52.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Wite se abbod, ðæt hé ða gýmenne ðara untrumra sáula tó rihtre lácnunge underféng, and ná for rícetere ðe hé ofer ða hæbbe ðe hále syndon, R. Ben. 51, 12.
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cennan
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Se abbot cænde ꝥ Cnut cing gelógode, 349, 14. Ǽlc be him sylfum cennan sceolde ... Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, Hml. Th. i. 34, 2-5. Ælc man sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre, 30, 4
freólíce
without constraint or reluctance ⬩ willingly ⬩ without restraint or reserve ⬩ in regard to speech ⬩ without restriction upon action ⬩ without let or hindrance ⬩ with impunity ⬩ with freedom from control, rule, ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf. Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
neód-líce
Diligently ⬩ sedulously ⬩ zealously ⬩ eagerly ⬩ earnestly
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Dá éfste se abbud wið ðæs muneces, and neódlíce ( eagerly, anxiously ) cwæþ : 'Hwǽr is se ðe ðú feredest?' Homl. Th. i. 336, 22 : ii. 26, 5.
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capitol
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Tó nónsange sýn þrý capitulas gesungene of þám nigan capitulum þe tó láfe synt, 18. a chapter, meeting of ecclesiastics Þe abbot eóde intó capitulan, Chr. 1083; P. 214, 22
wiþ
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D. 20, 22. (. 15) add :-- Be Libertines geþylde þe hé hæfde wið his abbod, Gr. D. 9, 30. (16) add :-- Ic þé tó mundbyrdnesse geceóse wið þín ágen bearn, Hml. S. 23 b, 449
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.
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tó-sceád
a separating, ⬩ distinguishing, ⬩ distinction ⬩ the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind ⬩ discrimination ⬩ discerning ⬩ difference, ⬩ diversity
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a separating, distinguishing, distinction Ne sié fram abbode háda tósceád on mynstre gehealden non ab abbate persona in monasterio discernatur, R. Ben. 12. 7.
sýfre
Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect ⬩ clean, neat
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Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem, 118, 26. Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre, Homl. Th. i. 596, 32. Fæste ðæt mód sýfre jejunet ut mens sobria, Hymn. Surt. 63, 3. Séfre, 2, 32: 27, 17.