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niht-hwíl

(n.)
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niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

yna

(n.)
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.), where it is printed with a space before y, as if a letter were wanting in the MS. Cockayne, Lchdm. iii. 334, col. 2, takes the word as the gen. pl. of yne = onion

mǽte

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Swá bióð þá midmestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men onmiddan þám spácan, and þá betran neár þǽre nafe, and þá mǽtran neár ðǽm felgum . . . þá felga longiað on þǽm spácan. . . swá dóð þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men on þǽm midmestum, and þá midmestan on þǽm betstan

first

(n.)
Grammar
first, es; m.

A space of timetimetempŏris spătiumtempus

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A space of time, time; tempŏris spătium, tempus Ðá wæs first agán then was the time expired, Andr. Kmbl. 393; An. 147.

ofer-fleón

(v.)

to fly over

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Th. 5043; B. 2525 it might be better to take ofer separate from fleón :-- Nelle ic beorges weard ofer fleón fótes trem I mean not to flee the dragon [by retiring] over even part of a foot's space.]

rúm-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gál, adj.
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Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh,

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLYpart of the circumference of a wheelcanthusάνθόsabsis rŏtæ

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Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan the fellies depend on the spokes, 222, 13, 19, 21, 27. Neár ðám felgum nearer to the fellies, 222, 11. Felge [MS. felga] canthus, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 48; Wrt. Voc. 16, 21.

Linked entry: fælg

fleard

(n.)
Grammar
fleard, es; n.

Triflesnūgæ

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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.

plæce

(n.)
Grammar
plæce, plæse, an: plæts, e; f.
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A place, an open space, a street In huommum ðara plæcena in angulis platearum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5. On plæcum (on plætsa, Rush.) in plateas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 10 : 14, 21. In plaecum in plateis, 13, 26. In plæcum (plæsum, Rush.), Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: plægi-word plæts

of-dúne

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S. 23 b, 575. of position in space Þá stód hé on hlǽddre . . . þá stód ðǽr ofdúne on þǽre flóre Sancte Peter, Gr. D. 227, 6

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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local, room, space Under rodera rúm, Cd. Th. 71, 5; Gen. 1166. Hig næfdon rúm on cumena húse non erat eis locus in diversorio, Lk. Skt. 2, 7. temporal, space of time Næhtes rúme noctis spatio, Rtl. 36, 35.

Linked entry: rúmian

ciric-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þénung, e; f. [þénung duty, service]

Church-duty or serviceecclesiæ ministerium

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Church-duty or service; ecclesiæ ministerium We lǽraþ ðæt preóstas on ciricþénungum ealle án dreógan, and beón efenweorþe on geáres fæce on eallum ciricþénungum eve enjoin that priests in church-duties all perform service at the same time, and, in the space

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A leameadow

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A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c. now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: leáh léh

EAHTA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
EAHTA, ahta, æhta, ehta

eight octo

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To eahta geára fyrste for a space of eight years, Jud. 3, 8. Æfter eahta dagum post dies octo, Jn. Bos. 20, 26. He héht eahta mearas on flet teón he commanded eight steeds to be led into the court. Beo. Th. 2075; B. 1035

Linked entries: æhta ahta ehta

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160.

án-dæge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-dæge, adj. [án one, dæg a day]

For one daylasting a daydiurnusunius diei

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Sǽ-weall astáh, uplang gestód án-dægne fyrst the sea-wall arose, [and] stood erect one day's space, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 9; Exod. 304. Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935

cyrr

(n.)
Grammar
cyrr, cerr, cirr, cierr,es ; m.

A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium

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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.

Linked entries: cerr cier

ge-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hergian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To ravageplunderafflictharrowtake captivevastārespŏliāreafflīgĕrecaptīvum dūcĕre

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To ravage, plunder, afflict, harrow, take captive; vastāre, spŏliāre, afflīgĕre, captīvum dūcĕre He on ðam fyrste helle gehergode he harrowed hell in that space of time, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 1.

wígle

(n.)
Grammar
wígle, (wigle?), es; n.

Divinationheathen practice

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[He (devil) makeð be unbilefulle man to leven swilcne wigeles, swo ich ar embe spac, Rel. Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm. Phlps. 8, 54.] [Wiheles, Marh. 13, 9.]