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FREÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREÓSAN, hit freóseþ, frýsþ, frýst; p. freás, pl. fruron; pp. froren

To FREEZEgĕlāre

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To FREEZE; gĕlāre Forst sceal freósan frost shall freeze, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 1; Gn. Ex. 72. Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl

Linked entry: ge-froren

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Ealle gesceafta wrixliað swá dæg and niht. Ðú recst þæt geár . . . þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óðer and hwerfiað, swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þæt þæt hýt ǽr wæs . . . and swá wrixlað tunglas . . . Wrixliað sume

min

(adj.)
Grammar
min, adj.

smallmeanvile

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small Ne ðé sunne on dæge ne gebærne ne ðé móna on niht min ne geweorþe may the sun not burn thee by day, nor the moon withhold her light from thee by night, Ps. Th. 120, 6. mean, vile Hwílum cyrdon eft minne mánsceaþan on mennisc hiw at times the vile

Linked entry: min-dóm

ge-swencness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swencness, e ; f.
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Labour, hardship, trouble, distress Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27. For

sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . . Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden

ofer-sleán

(v.)

to reduce, subdue

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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed

slæcness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcness, e; f.
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Sloth, inertness, laziness Slecnes accidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 73 : 97, 5- Scleacnes pigredo, Kent. Gl. 694. slowness of physical movement Swá swá ðære sunnan sleacnys ácenþ ǽnne dæg and áne niht . . . swá eác ðæs mónan swiftnys áwyrpþ út ǽnne dæg and

setlung

(n.)
Grammar
setlung, e; f.
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a taking of a seat, a sitting down Ðú understóde setlunge míne and ǽriste míne tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam, Ps. Lamb. 138, 2. setting of the sun; occasus Seó niht hæfþ seofon dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS.

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
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A sun-beam:?-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

merigen-lic

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Add Hé on merigenlicere tíde mynster gesóhte he returned to the monastery in time for matins, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 16. Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78. Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá

ge-beácnian

(v.)
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Dele -bécnian, -bícnian, last passage, and bracket, and add: to make signs Gebeácnað annuit (oculis ), Kent. Gl. 143: 328. to shew by signs, indicate, make known Niht nihte gecýð ł gebeácnaþ wísdóm nox nocti indicat scientiam, Ps. L. 18, 3. to give

merigen

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add: — Wæs þá geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge, Lch. iii. 232, 12. Drince on morgenne scenc fulne þises drences, tó middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 7. Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R. Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne

hwæt-hwára

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hwára, adv. A
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little, somewhat, slightly Þá þeáhhwæðre gebyrede him þæt hié hwæthwára gebugan tó fleónne cum Persarum acies paulatim cederet, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 1. Þæt þá munecas hwæthwára furþor restan þonne healfe niht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur,

Linked entry: æt-hwára

grǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
grǽdan, p. de
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To cry, call out; clamare Ic grǽde swá gós I cry like a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Ðonne grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht prædicator clamat quasi gallus cantat in nocte, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 32; Hat. MS. Hine mon sceal swíðe hlúde hátan

Linked entry: han-grǽd

á-fleón

(v.)
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Dele v. trans. . . . ; fugare, and add Áflíð effugiet , Kent. Gl. 670. Se þorn of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Bearn áfleóndra (? printed aflundra) filii excussorum , Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5. Se mæssepreóst andswarode ꝥ hé wǽre on niht onweg áflogen hunc

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be daylucescere

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To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est, Bd. 4. 8; S. 576, 7: 4, 9; S. 576, 30. Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins. Th. 4; Fin. 3.

Linked entry: dægian

circul

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Dele 'the zodiac,' and add: a cycle, circular arrangement for computing Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, Men. 67. Rímcræftige men wyrcað heom fægere circul of þám fíf stafum . . . on þám circule fiftýne niht hig onfóð . . .

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe