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cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchantmercator

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A chapman, merchant; mercator Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13.

weorold-rícetere

(n.)
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weorold-rícetere, es; n.
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Worldly power Wé gesetton ꝥ þá þe ǽne beóð tó preóstháde gedón . . . ꝥ hig siððan tó nánon worold-rícetere (dignitatem aliquam mundanam) ne geþrístlácen tó becumenne, Chrd. 68. 34

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nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Se bere . . . tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.

ge-beorglic

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Gif hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, ne bið him gebeorhlic, þæt hé in him ætforan gá, ǽr hé gebéte; ne húru ne bið gebeorhlíc þám þe wið God hæfð forworht hine sylfne . . . þæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse racige, Wlfst. 155, 16-21.

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ge-orwénan

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Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. to despair of. with acc.

leáslíce

(adv.)
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Hié leng ne beheóldon þá lígeas þæ se ealda feónd leaslíce gehíwode þurh his scíncræft ut flammas quas antiquus hostis finxerat non viderent Gr. D. 124, 16. Add

on-dón

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Ic ne ondyde mínne múð non aperui os meum, Ps. Th. 38, 11. Wearð eft Janes duru andón apertus est Ianus, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 17. Add

un-deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
un-deóre, adv.

Cheaplyat a small cost

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Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4. Ðæt sý undeóror geseald ðonne hit woroldmannum gewunelíc sý vilius detur quam ab aliis secularibus, R. Ben. 99, 17.

æt-dón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-dón, ic æt-dó; p. -dide; subj. ic, ðú, he -do; pp. -dón, -dén

To take awaydepriveeripere

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To take away, deprive; eripere Ðæt nán preósta óðrum ne ǽtdé ǽnig ðara þinga that no priest deprive another of any of those things, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246,10

sár-lic

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Add Him þúhte sárlic, gif hé ne gehulpe þám ástýptan wífe (him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire sárlican dreórinysse, v. l.) dolor ne orbatae mulieri non subveniret, Gr. D. 18, 13.

tó-clipung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-clipung, e; f.

Invocationappeal

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Invocation, appeal Ǽlc man biþ gefullod on naman ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse and hé ne mót beón eft gefullod, ðæt ne sý forsewen ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse tóclypung, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 3: Homl. Skt. i. 12, 143: Homl. Th. ii. 48, 15

ést-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ést-mete, es; m.

Delicate meat, dainties, luxuriesdelĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ

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Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ , ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead.

reste-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
reste-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath

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Se seofoþa dæg ys Drihtnes restedæg : ne wirc ðú nán weorc on ðam dæge, Ex. 20, 8-10. Mannes sunu ys restedæges hláfurd, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 8. On ánum ðara restedaga se Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30

ge-cundelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cundelíc, adj.

Naturalnatūrālis

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Natural; natūrālis Gé wénaþ ðæt gé nán gecundelíce gód ne gesǽlþa in eów selfum nabbaþ ye think ye have no natural good or happiness within yourselves, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 16

scrífan

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</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.

næs

(adv.)
Grammar
næs, adv.

Not

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Not. Grammar næs, alone Búton hit riht sprǽc sý and behéfe næs ídel nisi recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 16. Ic wylle mildheortnesse næs onsægdnesse, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 13.

folc-wóh

(n.)
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a public wrong Nis hís talu nán þincg soþ, ne drífð hé bútan folcwóh there is no truth in his tale, he is but wronging the public, Hml. S. 23, 691

næftig

(adj.)
Grammar
næftig, adj.
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Poor, indigent berýp ðú þeów wísne, ne þú næftigne ( inopem ) forlǽt hyne, Scint. 190, 1. N[æ]fti[ge] inopes An. Ox. 56, 227. N[æ]f[tige] egenos 231

nytlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nytlíce, adv.
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Usefully Mé þinceð ꝥ ic full nyttlíce (fornytlíce and nýdþearflíce, v. l.) ne undergite þá þing þe þú sǽdest videor mihi utiliter non intellexisse quae dixeras, Gr. D. 174, 18

un-ámetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámetgod, adj.
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Unmeasured, not having determined limits Swá swá unscapene ne ðrý unámetgode, ac unámetgode sicut non (tres) increati nec tres inmensi, sed (unus increalus el unus) inmensus, Ps. Rdr. 298, 12

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