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mid-eard

(n.)
Grammar
mid-eard, es; m.

The world

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Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72

Linked entry: eard

a-þéstrian

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

To be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari

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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 overcloud ⬩ to be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari

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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

be-scínan

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

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es; m.

A fall ⬩ setting of the sun

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A fall, setting of the sun Sió sunne ðonne hió on sige weorðeþ (cf. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 25), Met. 13, 111

niþer-sige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-sige, es; m.

A going down ⬩ setting

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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

Linked entry: sige

un-wuniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wuniendlíc, un-wunigendlíc; adj.

Uninhabitable

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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

a-þístrian

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

To overcloud ⬩ to be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari

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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.

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

snáw-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
snáw-ceald, adj.

Cold as snow

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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

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.

a heavenly body ⬩ a heavenly body other than sun or moon ⬩ a star ⬩ a planet ⬩ a fixed star ⬩ a group of stars ⬩ a constellation ⬩ division of the zodiac

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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

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

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

dæg-tíma

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

DAY-TIME, day ⬩ diurnum 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

geond-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-líhtan, p. -líhte; pp. -líhted; v. a. [lýhtan, líhtan to shine]

To enlighten ⬩ illūmĭnāre

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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

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.

Harmoniously ⬩ in accord

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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