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lang

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Ic sǽde ðé swíþe lang spell and wundorlic, 35, 5 ; F. 166, 1. having a great extent in duration, of a period of time Tén ðúsend geára þeáh hit lang þince, Bt. 18, 3 ; F. 66, 12.

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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Wirc ðé stǽnene sex fac tibi cultros lapideos, Jos. 5, 2. as a weapon, a short sword, dagger Ðǽr gebrægd ðara hǽðenra manna sum his seaxe; ðá hé hineðá stingan mynte, ðá nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ðæt seax com, Blickl. Homl. 223, 16.

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Wé habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi

Linked entries: tender tyndre

þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
þeódan, þiédan, þídan, þýdan; p. de
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Nán bróðor wið óþerne ne þeóde, ne mid his geþeódrǽdenne ne lette on unþæslícum tíman neque frater ad fratrem jungatur horis incompetentibus, R. Ben. 74, 23.

Linked entries: þídan þiédan

ágnian

(v.)
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. , also tíman, ) unnecessary Swá hé hit ágnode swá hé hit týmde whether he declared himself to have been the owner or traced possession to another . Ll. Th. i. 160, 8.

á-mearcian

(v.)
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</b> to mark by a name, to denominate :-- Synt þá feówer tíman ámearcod lengten, sumor, hærfest, and winter, 299, 23. to mark out for an end, to design, destine, assign Mid eallum þám þingum on circulum þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcodon, 321, 41

Linked entry: mearcian

brýce

(n.)
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Th. 547, 18 : 545, 17. enjoyment Seó sáwul is on sibbe wunigende on hire dæge, þonne heó on gewítendlicere tíde blissað, and on hwílwendlicum bricum bið ungefóh, Hml. Th. i. 408, 15. Similar entries v. níd-bryce

crísten-dóm

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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?

hǽþen-scipe

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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25

on-ufan

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Lege spic onufan þone nægl, Lch. ii. 150, 6. of time xv niht onufan Eástran, Ll. Th. i. 262, 18: 306, 31. Onufan ꝥ ne eóde hé ná in ꝥ hús domum ulterius non intravit, Gr. D. 185, 14. cf.

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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Th. 22, 12. in order to do something, to make or get time for a purpose, devote oneself to ꝥ hé hine geǽmtogode (-émtigode, -ǽmetgode, v. ll.) Gode tó þeówianne, Gr. D. 52, 8. Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce, 329, 12.

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Be ðínum ágenum wille ð ú férdest tó ðínes fæder híwrǽdene ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui Gen. 31, 30. Hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 33.

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animateto excite to a feeling of compunction

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Hit nis git se tíma ðæt ic þé heálícor mǽge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 14. Onbryrdendum instigante feónde ealra goda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 14. Onbryrd compunctus mid lufan ðæs upplícan ríces, 4, 12; S. 580, 36.

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. of the action of the tide on the sand Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán) the ebb hath

Linked entry: spornan

be-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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innocent into a dungeon, Gen. 40, 15. to cast about or over, cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe mid meoxe Lord, suffer it [the fig-tree] yet this year, till

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Ic wylle þysum ýtemestan syllan eallswá mycel swá þé volo huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi, Mt. 20, 14. Eallswá mihtig swá hé nú is, Swt. A. S.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Ic ꝥ hæbbe mid Godes fultume forene forfangen, ꝥ eów nǽfre heonforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð I have with God's help taken measures to prevent hostility ever from this time forth coming to you from Denmark, Cht.

Linked entry: forene

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 84, 15. to furnish, provide, supply Hé þé líf gegearcað uitam tibi prestet, Hml. S. 24, 123. Gegearcode prebuit, Germ. 400, 508. Þæt seó sǽ seofon dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, þæt hí his líchaman gesécan magon.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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IV. to preserve the memory of, commemorate :-- Hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C. D. v. 186, 8. V. to make mention of. with gen.