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an

(prep.)
Grammar
an, prep.

Inamongintotoinad

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Ðæt ic an forþ-gesceaft féran móte that I may come to a future state, Ps. C. 50, 52; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 52

cynd

(n.)
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.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 23.

geond-wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-wlítan, p. -wlát, pl. -wliton; pp. -wliten.

To look through, see through, look overperspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāreTo look about, look aroundcircumspectāre

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To look about, look around; circumspectāre Sioh sylfa ðé geond ðas sídan gesceaft geondwlítan see thyself look around this wide creation, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 30; Cri. 60

wyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-líc, adj.

Delightfulpleasingagreeablecharming

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Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, wynlícne geworht, 85, 8; Cri. 1388. Wynlice wætera þrýðe, Ps. Th. 77, 18. Wæter wynlíco, Exon. Th. 194, 9; Az. 136. Hé gemon tó oft wynlícran wíc, 444, 24; Kl. 52

gebed-hús

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Cyrice . . . is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, uá tó nánum gemóthúse, Wlfst. 232, 24. In þám gebedhúse( oratorio ) þæs eádigan Laurentius, Gr. D. 40, 30. Gebædhúse, Hml. S. 6, 206.

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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Th. ii. 292, 35. vomit, what is vomited Lǽt spíwan . . . gesceáwa hwæðer ðe spiwða sý swá micel swá hé ǽr gedranc, Lchdm. ii. 286, 22. Gif hund ðone spiweðan frete si canis vomitum illum devoraverit L. Ecg. P. iv. 47; Th. ii. 218, 5.

Linked entry: speowþa

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILTspleen

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Hyt gelamp hwílon ðæt man þearmas mid ðære miltan uppan ðás wyrte gescearp, ðá geclyfude seó milte tó ðysse wyrte and heó hrædlíce ða miltan fornam . . hý beón bútan miltan gemétte, Herb. 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 160, 3-10.

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOMlibertylībertasemancĭpātio

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Nis nán gesceádwís gesceaft ðæt næbbe freódóm there is no rational creature which has not freedom, 40, 7; Fox 242, 17: 34, 8; Fox 144, 26. Freódóm onféngon libertātem recēpērunt, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46: 4, 26; S. 602, 31

fágian

(v.)

to vary

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L. 16, 3. to vary Swá hit nú fágað, Freán eald geweorc þætte winnende wiðerweard gesceaft fæste sibbe forð anhealdað (cf. swá hí hit fágiaþ ꝥ . . .

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Crw. 23, 25. (2 a) of God's grant to men :-- Beó se ríca gemyndig þæt hé sceal ealra ðǽra góda þe him God álǽnde ágyldan gesceád, Hml.

un-gesceádwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwís, adj.

not acting according to reasonun- reasonableirrationalunwisefoolishnot possessed of reasonirrational

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Ðeáh ungesceádwísum monnum swá ne þince, 39, 8; Fox 224, 16. not possessed of reason, irrational Ǽlc gesceaft, ǽgðer ge gesceádwís ge ungesceádwís, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwís

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, adv.
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Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít, þæt hí æft ne cume, ne swá clǽne ne forwyrð, ꝥ hí tó hwan*-*hwugu ne weorðe, Shrn. 198, 17, 18. Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs oðfeallenu, Past. 3, 13.

un-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-synnig, adj.

innocentguiltlesswithout sinundeserved

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Ne ðúhte him tó huxlíc, ðæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, 12. Dauid miclum his ágenes herges pleáh, ðǽr hé ymb his getreówne ðegn unsynnigne sierede, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 8. Gif esne oðerne ofsleá unsynnigne, L.

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare Ǽlc gesceaft ðæt sweotolaþ, ðæt God éce is Deum aeternum esse cunctorum degentium commune judicium est, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20. Nioþor hwéne, Beo. Th. 5392; B. 2699. Ðæt mód glít nioþor and nioþor (niþor and niþor, Hatt. MS.) stæpmǽlum, Past. 38, 7; Swt. 278, 2.

Linked entry: niþor

fore-mǽre

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fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Þá federas scealon beón foremǽre on andgite, on þylde, on gesceáde (omnibus rebus excelsi), R. Ben. 137, 25. of things, material On þǽre dúne wæs gefyrn foremǽre templ, Hml. S. 3, 236.

scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
scyndan, scendan; p. de.
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Hé gewát scríðan, tó gesceape scyndan, Beo. Th. 5133; B. 2570. Manna freóndscipe biþ swíðe hwílwendlíc and swíðe scendende (cf. gnornscendende), Blickl. Homl. 195, 26. trans. To cause to hasten, to hurry Ðá wæs morgenleóht scofen and scynded, Beo.

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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That may be always rolled, round -Sinewealt gesceap volubile scema, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 18. Sionuualt torosa (teres ? ), ii. 122, 54. Sionewaltum conteriti (cum teritif ), 21, 56. round, circular, cylindrical Sinewealt cleofa absida, Wrt.

Denisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Denisc, def; se Denisca; adj.

DANISH Dānĭcus

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Nǽron hí náwðer ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th 177, 3, col. 2. Hér, A. D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A.

Linked entry: Deniscan

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Bídan gesceapu heofoncyninges, Gen. 842. with gen. and acc. Hé héht þæt wítehús wræcna bídan, . . . gásta weardas Similar entries (cf. Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9.