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sæp

(n.)
Grammar
sæp, es; n.

Sap

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Ðá wearð beam monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearð tó swáte, Exon. Th. 72, 23; Cri. 1177. Ðæs swétestan sæpes suavissime succi, Hpt. Gl. 411, 58. Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18

Linked entry: saftriende

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Heallingwara mearc, 400, 24. a boundary, confine of a district, border Sí swá hwǽr swá hit sý, swá be norþan mearce, swá be súþan, á of scíre on óðre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 26: 4; Th. i. 232, 19.

forþ-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go forthproceedgo bypassdepartdieprocēdĕretransīreprætĕrīredecēdĕremŏri

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To go forth, proceed, go by, pass, depart, die; procēdĕre, transīre, prætĕrīre, decēdĕre, mŏri Swá swá brýdguma forþgewítende of brýdbúre his tanquam sponsus procēdens de thălămo suo, Ps. Spl. 18, 5.

Linked entry: ge-wítan

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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swá gold on heorðe . . .

Linked entry: déma

ge-risene

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne; adj.

Fit, convenient, propercongruus, decens, conveniens

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Swá gerysne ne wæs as was not seemly, 76; Th. 94, 22; Gen. 1565: 9; Th. 11, 2; Gen. 169: Beo. Th. 5299; B. 2653. Hit is ealles gerisnost it is most fitting, Blickl. Homl. 205, 24

Linked entries: -risene ge-rysene

þǽr-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-rihte, adv.
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Hé wæs hálig þǽrrihte, swá hraðe swá hé mann wæs; Homl. Th. i. 2oo, 8. Sóna ł ðariht statim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 20. v. next word

Linked entries: þáriht hér-rihte

yppe

(adj.)
Grammar
yppe, adj.
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Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27. Mid Sigelwarum sóð yppe wearð, dryntlíc dóm Godes, Apstls. Kmbl. 128; Ap. 64. Gif ðis yppe bið, Elen. Kmbl. 870; El. 435

Linked entry: uppae

wyrcness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcness, e; f.

worklabouroperationworkingdoingoperationworkingperformance

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Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Ðurh swá hwylces béne swá hé gehǽled sí, ðysses geleáfa and wyrcnes (operatio) sí gelýfed Gode andfenge, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 23.

Linked entry: wircness

drohtnian

(v.)
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32.

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Hwæðer se spiwða sý swá micel swá hé ǽr gedranc. Gif hé mára sy . . . gif hé emmicel sý þám þe hé ǽr gedranc, Lch. ii. 286, 24. subst. Genim þysse wyrte seáw, and eles efenmycel, Lch. i. 312, 3. Gemeng wið huniges emmicel, 26, 11.

fiþer-féte

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fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Fyþerféte swá hwilc swá gesihð, uneáðnysse getácnað . . . Fyþerféte sprecan feóndscipas cingas getácnað, Lch. iii. 210, 9, 11

Linked entry: feówer-féte

ge-bǽran

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Wrec ðé gemetlíce, and eác swá gebǽr (behave with moderation), Prov. K. 46. Hé wolde ǽlcne cuman swíþe árlíce underfón and swíþe swǽslíce wiþ gebǽran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 32.

ge-mód

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Ðá his folgeras swá hié unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóð, swá hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe sequentes illius, quo nulla inter se discordiae adversitate divisi sunt, eo in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur, Past. 361, 20

ge-sweorcan

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Ic geswearc swá swá dead from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde, Ps. Vos. 30, 13

ge-wítigian

(v.)
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Swá hwæt swá wæs gewítgud Xp̃s gefylde, An. Ox. 40, 13. Þá ðá se Symeon hæfde gewítegod þás wítegunge be Críste, Hml. Th. i. 146, 21

heáf

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Wearð micel morcnung and ormǽte wóp, swá ꝥ se heáf swégde geond ealle þá ceastre . . . þá cwæð hé : 'Sege mé for hwilcum intingum þeós ceaster wunige on swá micclum heáfe and wópe,' Ap. Th. 6, 8-20: Exod. 35.

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Th. ii. 266, 24. þá wæs þeáw ǽr bám húslgange ꝥ se diácon cleopode, ' Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá, þonne búge sé of þissere stówe' cum missarum solemnia celebrarentur, atgue ex more Diaconus clamaret, 'Si quis non communicat, det locum', Gr.

tó-sceádan

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Add -Swá mycel swá tósceát eastdǽl fram westdǽle quantum distat ortus ab occidente, Ps. L. 102, 12. Tósceáden (-an?) distare, An. Ox. 441

cyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn-líc, adj. [cyn suitable, fit]

Becoming, fittingdĕcōrus

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Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12

ece

(n.)
Grammar
ece, æce, ace, es; m.

AKE, pain dŏlor

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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

Linked entries: ace æce