nyten-lic
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Ignorant Cúðberhtus, ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum: ac God wolde stýran þǽre nytennesse Cúðberhtes þurh mynegunge gelimplices láreówes, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3
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on-weard
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Hé wæs ðám Crístenum onweard (-werd, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 369
un-gerýde
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Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add
heáfod-stól
A chief place, capital ⬩ a chief seat
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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19
Corfes geat
Corfgate ⬩ Purbeck ⬩ Dorsetshire
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Corfgate, Purbeck, Dorsetshire Hér wæs Eádweard cyning ofslægen æt Corfes geate[Corfgeate, Th. 233, 2, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 979] king Edward was slain at Corfgate Chr. 979; Th. 232, 3, col. 2
ge-þuhtsum
Abundant
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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20
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un-gemetlíc
immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse
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Wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslægen, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 15. Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5
Agustin
St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus
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Sóna ðæs ðe heó gehálgod wæs ðá dyde mon his líchoman in, and on ðære cyricean norþ portice gedefelíce wæs bebyriged. . . .
ár-geótere
A caster or pourer of brass ⬩ melter of brass ⬩ brass-founder ⬩ ærarius
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A caster or pourer of brass, melter of brass, brass-founder; ærarius Ðá wæs sum árgeótere, se mihte dón anlícnessa there was a certain brass founder, who could make images, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 26
ferþ-loca
The soul's enclosure ⬩ bosom ⬩ mentis clausūra ⬩ pectus
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The soul's enclosure, bosom; mentis clausūra, pectus Hyre wæs Cristes lof in ferþlocan praise of Christ was in her soul's inclosure, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 19; Jul. 234: 76 b; Th. 287, 12; Wand. 13
fóre-rynel
A fore-runner ⬩ præcursor
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A fore-runner; præcursor Iohannes his fórerynel wæs on lífe ge on deáþe John was his fore-runner both in life and in death, Ælfc. T. 24, 20: Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28, MS. Cot
ge-anwyrde
Known ⬩ manifest ⬩ confessed ⬩ professus
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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5
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rǽd-þeahtung
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Counsel Hé wæs gemǽrsad ofer ealle óðere cyningas ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge ge mid his wígcræfte ob magnitudinem virium consiliorumque summam belli nomenque traduxit, Ors. 4. 1; Swt. 154, 27
scericge
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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio ) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11
bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
wiþ-coren
Reprobate
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Reprobate Ðá ongeat hé ðæt se wæs Gode wiðcoren, se ðe on ðæt bæþ eode, Shrn. 62, 8. Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþcorenan ut venire contra improbos malum, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41
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cneórd-ness
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words
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hádung-dæg
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The anniversary of a person's ordination Þá gelamp hit embe geáres ryne ꝥ hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende ánne brððor tó Pafnuntie and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnesse, Hml. S. 33, 59. Hádungdæg, 91
heals-fæst
defiant ⬩ unsubmissive ⬩ proud ⬩ contemptuous
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With unbending neck, defiant, unsubmissive, proud, contemptuous Hire (Hagar) mód ástáh þá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden, ongan æfþancum ágendfreán halsfæst herian (cf. Agar concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam, Gen. 16, 4), Gen. 2238.
wrítere
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add: a secretary; notarius Hé wæs wrítere ( notarius ) on þysre hálgan Rómániscean cyrcean, Gr. D. 52, 3. Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere (notarium), and him dihtode, 193, 21. v. cranic-, in-, irfeweard-wrítere