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a-cwencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwencan, p. de, te, pl. don, ton; pp. ed, d, t

To quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ put out ⬩ extinguere

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To quench, extinguish, put out; extinguere Bæd ðæt hí ðæt leóht acwencton prayed that they would put out the light, Bd. 4,8; S. 575, 40, note, MS. B. Úre leóhtfatu synt acwencte lampades nostræ extinguuntur, Mt. Bos. 25, 8. Fýr ne byþ acwenced ignis

ge-hýþelicness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýþelicness, (printed ge-lisþelicnis) glosses opportunitas, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 9.
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See also Nap. 81

a-dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dwæscan, p. ede, te; pp. ed, t; v. a. [a, dwæscan to quench]

To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere

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To quench, put out, staunch, appease; extinguere Smeócende flex he ne adwæscþ linum fumigans non extinguet, Mt. Bos. 12, 20. Ðæt fýr adwæsced wæs flammæ extinctæ sunt, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. Adwæscton extinguerent, 4, 8; S. 575, 41. Adwæsctum ðínum feóndum

be-þoht

(v.)
Grammar
be-þoht, -þohte, -þohton bethought, trusted, entrusted, Ælfc. T. 35, 21 : Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74. 45; p.
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and pp. of be-þencan

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, a secret place. In Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13 perhaps ge-hídum should be read for gehildum. Cf. ge-hýddum
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abditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 34: 4, 17

cwehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwehte, pl. cwehton shook, moved, quoted, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235: Ælfc. T. 36, 9: Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29; p.
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of cweccan

míre

(n.)
Grammar
míre, mýre, an ; f.
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An ant, mire in pis-mire. The word occurs in the nickname Mýran heáfod, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 13, applied to Þurcytel, who is called in Fl. Wig. Danicus minister. The nickname is in that chronicle glossed by ' equae caput, ' but in H. Hunt, by ' caput formicae

bón

(n.)
Grammar
bón, e; f.

Ornament

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Ornament Harold his heáfód þám kynge bróhte, and his scipes heáfod, and þá bóne (ornaturam, Fl. Wig. Plummer quotes the further description, 'Proram cum puppi pondus graue scilicet auri, Artificum studio fusile multiplies,' ii. 251) þér mid, Chr. 1063

áþum

a son-in-law ⬩ a brother-in-law

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Add: a son-in-law Bidde wé ꝥ þú geceóse ǽnne of ús hwilcne þú wille þé tó áþume habban, Ap. Th. 20, 3. Hé genam ðá dohtor of his áðumme, Hml. Th. i. 478, 26: ii. 24, 30. a brother-in-law, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 22. uncertain: Þǽr wæs of-slægen Æðelstán

Tír

(n.)
Grammar
Tír, es; n. One form of the name of the Runic T; it is also the name of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol RUNE resembles that used for the planet
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Tír byþ tácna sum, healdaþ trýwa wel wið æðelingas, á byþ on færylde ofer nihta genipu, nǽfre swíceþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 21-26; Rún. 17. The other name of the rune is Tí, v. Tíw, the two forms Tír, Tíw may be compared with Icelandic Týrr; gen. Týrs

Linked entry: T

ǽ-cambe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-cambe, -cembe, an; f.
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Oakum Écambe s[t]uppa, Txts. 99, 1925. Ǽcemban s[t]upparum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 15

Linked entry: á-cumba

bryht

(adj.)
Grammar
bryht, bright.
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Ps. Spl. T. 15, 6

fraced

(adj.)

abominable

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abominable, Ælfc. T. 34, 25

friólsend

(n.)
Grammar
friólsend, friólsiend, es; m.

A deliverer ⬩ redeemer ⬩ libĕrātor

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A deliverer, redeemer; libĕrātor Drihten, friólsend mín Dŏmĭnus, libĕrātor meus, Ps. Spl. T. 17, 1. 49. Friólsiend mín libĕrātor meus, Ps. Spl. T. 69, 7

æxe

(n.)
Grammar
æxe, an; f.

Ashes

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Ashes, Ps. Spl. T. 101, 10

cist

(n.)

goodness, bounty,

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goodness, bounty, Ælfc. T. 9, 1

dióp

(n.)
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depth, Ps. Spl. T. 64, 7

férlíce

(adv.)

suddenly

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suddenly, Ps. Spl. T. 63, 4

be-getende

(adj.)
Grammar
be-getende, be-gitende

seeking out

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seeking out Ps. Spl. T. 110, 2

beærn

(n.)

a son

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a son, Ps. Spl. T. 28, 1

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