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be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, goinjicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.

Linked entries: be-scuton be-scýt

syn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-leás, adj.

Sinless, without sin

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Ne biþ nǽfre nán man leahterleás ne synleás ealra þinga, 233, 24. Biþ oft synleás yfel geðoht ðǽm gódum plerumque boni innoxie tentantur ad culpam, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 3. Úre Drihten gescóp Adam háligne and clǽnne and synleásne, Wulfst. 153, 13

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simplyinnocentlyuprightlygently

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Simply, with simplicity, innocently, uprightly, gently Hié nǽfre bilwitlíce willað monigean numquam clementer admonent, Past. 145, 1. Gif hwá gonge bilwitlíce (simpliciter ) treów tó ceorfanne, 165, 25: 167, 6. Bielwitlíce (bile- ?

fracoþ-lic

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Ne sý seó syn nǽfre tó ðám fracodlic, Wlfst. 135, 13. Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpe man, 73, 16. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1.

hlútor-ness

sinceritysimplicity

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Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:

on-sín

(n.)
Grammar
on-sín, -sién, -sýn, e; f.

Lack, want

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Lack, want Ðæt eów nǽfre ne biþ þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Exon. Th. 30, 16; Cri. 480. Him nǽnges wæs willan onsýn, ne welan brosnung, 151, 24; Gú. 800.

Linked entries: -sín on-sýn

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Ne sceolon wé nǽfre geortrýwan be Godes mildheortnesse, Ll.

á-blinnan

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Ǽfre syngiende and nǽfre áblinnende, Nar. 47, 13. with gen. Se ðe nǽbre ne áblinð ungestæððignesse cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur Past. 71, 3. Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

mere-grot

(n.)
Grammar
mere-grot, es; n.

A pebblestone of the seaa pearl

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A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46.

Linked entry: grot

rǽd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rǽd-líce, adv.
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wisely, skilfully, cleverly Hé rǽdlíce slóh swá hé hine ( the ball ) nǽfre feallan ne lét, Ap. Th. 13, 5.

regn-boga

(n.)
Grammar
regn-boga, an; m.

A rainbow

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God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26. Ic sette mínne rénbogan ( arcum ) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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Þá ꝥ win geteórode defciente uino, Jn. 2, 3. non-material Him nǽfre seó langung ne geteórode, Bl. H. 113, 14. Án weorc hé hsæfde . . . nǽfre geteórod one work he had that never failed, Hml. S. . . 23 b, 35

fór-scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-scyttan, p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted

To shoot beforepreventprævĕnīre

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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34

mis-híran

(v.)

to pay no attention to a person speakingto disobey

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Úre bisceopas ðe wé nǽfre mishýran ne scylon on nán ðara þinga ðe hí ús tǽcaþ, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 19

stópel

(n.)
Grammar
stópel, es ; m.
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean ( make the footprints larger ) . . .

under-smúgan

(v.)
Grammar
under-smúgan, p. -smeáh, pl. -smugon; pp. -smogen

To creep undercome upon unawaressurprise

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Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár ... on ungyldan ða nǽfre ne áblunnon, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25

Linked entry: un-gyld

cearcian

(v.)
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Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes, Lch. iii. 430, 33. Cearciendum crepante i. sonante (naucleri portisculo ), An. Ox, 31: 3, 20. Ðǽr beóð wépende eágan and cearcigende teð, Hml. Th. i. 132, 30. [v. N. E. D. chark.] Cf. circan. Add

from-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
from-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen

To turn fromgo or depart fromexīrediscēdĕre

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Nǽfre ic fromhweorfe I will never depart from [you ], Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31.

Linked entry: stǽlan