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racent-teáh

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'Gif þú sý Godes þeówa, ne binde þé seó ísene racetæáh (racenteág, v. l. ), ac þé nime Crístes racenteáh,' Gr. D. 214, 5-12. Hraccentégum gebinda catenis ligare, Mk. L. 5, 3. Mið hracentégum gebunden catenis uinctus, 4. Add

tó-þindan

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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

betonice

(n.)
Grammar
betonice, an; f : also Lat. betonĭca, æ; f.

The herb BETONYbetonĭca officinālis

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Wyrc betonican and pipores seofon and xx corna tosomne getrifulad work betony and twenty-seven corns of pepper triturated together 1, 21; Lchdm. ii. 64, 6 : 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 16.

Linked entries: betoce bettonice

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

eveningeve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Seó niht hæfð seofan dǽlas . . óþer is uesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfensteorra betwux ðǽre repsunge æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28: Angl. viii. 319, 28. Ðá éfern (éfen, R.) warð vespere facto, Mt. L. 26, 20.

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the nightgallicinium, galli cantus

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Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium, that is, cock-crow, Lchdm. iii. 244, 4.

Linked entry: créd

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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to refuse, refrain from granting a prayer, claim, grant, etc., Grammar wirnan, with gen. of what is refused Se ðe ne wiernð (wirnð. Hatt. MS.) ðæs wínes his láre ða mód mid tó oferdrencanne ðe hiene gehiéran willaþ, vino eloquii auditorum mentem inebriare

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

wille-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wille-wæter, es; n.

Spring-water

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Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14

beofian

(v.)
Grammar
beofian, p. ode; pp. od

To tremblequakebe movedtremerecontremerecommoveri

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Seó eorþe beofode the earth trembled 24 b; Th. 70, 27; Cri. 1145. Beofaþ middangeard the mid-earth shall quake 20 b; Th. 55, 12; Cri. 882. For his ansýne sceal eorþe beofian commoveatur a facie ejus universa terra Ps. Th. 95, 9 : 103, 30

Linked entries: a-beofian beaftan

for-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lácan, p. -léc, -leólc; pp. -lácen

To seducebetraydeceivesedūcĕredecĭpĕre

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Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903

Boruchtuari

(n.)
Grammar
Boruchtuari, -orum; pl. m. Lat.

A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-SaxonsBoructuari

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A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-Saxons; Boructuari Ðá Swýþbyrht hæfde bisceopháde onfongen, he gewát to ðære þeóde Boruchtuarorum; ... ac ðá æfter noht langre tíde seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, and ða wǽron wíde todrifene

þunrian

(v.)
Grammar
þunrian, p. ode

To thunder

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Seó menio sǽdon ðæt hyt þunrode ( tonitruum factum esse ), Jn. Skt. 12, 29. Þunerode of heofonum Drihten intonuit de coelo Dominus, Ps. Spl. T. 17, 15

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4. On ðære þrytteóðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 20 rubc. On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272

un-deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
un-deóre, adv.

Cheaplyat a small cost

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seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4. Ðæt sý undeóror geseald ðonne hit woroldmannum gewunelíc sý vilius detur quam ab aliis secularibus, R. Ben. 99, 17.

un-árímed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímed, adj.

Unnumberednumberlesscountless

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Seó unárímede menigo, 87, 18. Mid ðý unárímedan weorode, 25, 35. Mid hú miclan feó woldest ðú habban geboht...? Ic wolde mid unárímedum feó gebycgan quanti aestimabis...? Infiniti, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 11. Unárímede untrumnessa, Blickl.

Linked entry: á-ríman

wídness

(n.)
Grammar
wídness, e ; f.
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Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . .

á-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-liþian, -leoþian (q. v. in Dict.); ode
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Seó hálige sáwl wæs onlýsed and áleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, 285, 26. Álýsed and geleoðod (ályðod, v. l. ), 282, 17. Út álocene, up áliþode euulsum, i. abscisum, An. Ox. 2903

Linked entry: á-leoþian

eág-sealf

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Ðis is seó séleste eáhsalf wið éhwærce, Lch. i. 374, 1. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, iii. 292, 1: 4, 4. His man brúceþ on eágsealfe, i. 334, 4. Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe, 374, 14. Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18.

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.

ge-tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tirgan, ge-getirigan; p. de; pp. ed.
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Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6. Sume ðá hǽðenan wurdon mid andan getyrigde, i. 562, 29. to vex, afflict, oppress Getyrged pertritus, Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-tyrgan tirgan

hwæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hwæcce, an; f.
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Ofer þæs mynstres earce, seó wæs hwǽtes full super arcam monasterii, quae erat frumento plena, Gr. D. 158, 13. The same incident is described in the two passages ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8.]

Linked entry: corn-hwicce