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a-þéstrian

(v.)
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a-þéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be eclipsedobscurari

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To be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 29, 4, col.1; Bodl. Laud. 636

a-þiéstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þiéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To overcloudto be eclipsedobscurari

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To overcloud, to be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþiéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 28, 6, 11, col. 1

strica

(n.)
Grammar
strica, an; m.
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Stricum apicibus literarum 501, 56. a streak, tract Hit getímaþ hwíltídum ðonne se móna beyrnþ on ðæm ylcan strican ðe seó sunne yrnþ, ðæt his trendel underscýt ðære sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 19

niþer-sige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-sige, es; m.

A going downsetting

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A going down, setting Sunne oncneów niþersige ( occasum ) hire, Ps. Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5

be-scínan

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Warna þú ꝥ; hý ná sunne ne bescíne, Lch. i. 318, 15. Add:

un-wuniendlíc

(adj.)
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un-wuniendlíc, un-wunigendlíc; adj.
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Uninhabitable Beóð twégen dǽlas on twá healfa ðam gemetegodum dǽle unwuniendlíce, for ðan ðe seó sunne ne cymð him nǽfre tó, Lchdm. iii. 262, 2

Linked entry: wunigend-líc

snáw-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-ceald, adj.
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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna ( but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro, Met. 29, 8

a-þístrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þístrian, p. ode ; pp. od

To overcloudto be eclipsedobscurari

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To overcloud, to be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþístrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 540; Ing. 22, 22 : Bt. Met. Fox 6, 8 ; Met. 6, 4

be-irnan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to run over, traverse Seó sunne beyrnð ðá twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 262, 23.

norþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

ge-sǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽwe, (?); adj.
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sunne úres líchaman æúgan onleóht, swá onlíht se wisdóm úres módes æúgan, Solil. H. 44, 24

Linked entry: -sǽwe

dæg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíma, an; m. [tíma time]

DAY-TIME, daydiurnum tempus, dies

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DAY-TIME, day; diurnum tempus, dies Þurh dægtíman oððe geond dæg sunne ne forswǽle ðé ne móna per diem sol non uret te, neque luna, Ps. Lamb. 120, 6

móne-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
móne-líc, <b>món-líc;</b> adj.

Lunar

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Sró sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áþýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32

súþ-rador

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-rador, -rodor, es; m.
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Óþþæt seó sunne on súðrodor sǽged weorþeþ postquam Phoebus equos in aperta refudit Olympi, Exon. Th. 207, 14; Ph. 141

Linked entry: súþ-rodor

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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Sunnan . . . mónan . . . tunglena ( siderum ), Hymn. Surt. 22, 29. Féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 11. Sunnan leóma torht ofer tunglas, Exon.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

ís-mere

(n.)
Grammar
ís-mere, es ; m.
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A mere covered with ice Scíneþ sunne sóna ísmere weorþeþ tó wætre the sun shines, at once the icy lake turns to water, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 123; Met. 28, 62

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrlíce, -þwǽrelíce; adv.
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Harmoniously, in accord Sió sunne and se móna rícsiaþ swíðe geþwǽrelíce the sun and moon rule very harmoniously, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 6. Geþwǽrlíce consonanter, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 35

Linked entry: -þwǽrlíce

geond-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-líhtan, p. -líhte; pp. -líhted; v. a. [lýhtan, líhtan to shine]
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To enlighten; illūmĭnāre Sunne endemes ne mæg ealle [gesceafta geondlíhtan innan and útan the sun cannot equally enlighten all [creatures] within and without, Bt. Met. Fox 30, 24; Met. 30, 12

ǽfen-repsung

(n.)
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ǽfen-repsung, e; f.
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S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498

Linked entries: ræpsung ǽfen-hrepsung

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ, 9; Fox 26, 15. Scýneþ ðes móua, Fins. Th. 13; Fin. 7. Ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan, and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30. Scaan ardebat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 3. Scán, 7, 29.