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tweógend-líc

(adj.)
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tweógend-líc, adj.
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Doubtful, uncertain, where doubt is felt Tweógendlícre ( sine) ancipiti (ambiguitatis scrupulo veraciter credendum est ), Hpt. Gl. 422, 32.

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

á-dǽlan

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Ðone ðe ( John the Baptist ) swá feor from eallum monnum ádǽlæd wæs, Bl. H. 169, 6. Add

eolhx

(n.)
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eolhx, eolh-secg, es; m.
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.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð, Rún. 15. See Wimmer, Runenschrift, p. 132. Substitute:

ofer-eáca

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Hé forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155. Syllað ðone ofereácan eów ( the rich ) tó ælmesdǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 3

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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Add: <b>on-clifian</b> translates inhaerere Álýs [mé] of fenne ꝥ ná ic onclyfie (inheream), Ps. Rdr. 68, 15. Hí him mid heora móde oncleofiað and onclifigende . . . ongytað mente ei inhaerent, atque inhaerendo . . . agnoscunt, Gr.

æ-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, æ-gylde, a-gilde, a-gylde; adv. [æ without, gild payment]

Without compensationsine compensatione

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Without compensation; sine compensatione Gif he gewyrce ðæt hine man afylle, lícge ægilde if he so do that any man fell him down, let him be without compensation, L. Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 24: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170,13: L. C.

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden manclinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

hræd-hýdigness

(n.)
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hræd-hýdigness, e; f.

Precipitancyhastiness

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Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiæ exquirit, 4; Swt. 325, 16. For hrædhýdignesse præcipiti festinatione, 49, 1; Swt. 375, 16

láðian

(v.)
Grammar
láðian, p. ode

hatefulloathed

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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, -comp, es; m. [camp a contest, war]

Warfarea contestbattlemīlĭtiacertāmenpugna

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Warfare, a contest, battle; mīlĭtia, certāmen, pugna Gecampes feld certāmĭnis campus, Greg. Dial. 2, 3. On gecampe in warfare, Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153.

ge-flýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-flýman, -flǽman, -fléman; p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeput to flightdrive awaybanishfugarein fugam vertereexpellere

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Feónd wæs geflýmed the fiend was put to flight, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 13; Gú. 107 : Cd. 187; Th. 232, 17; Dan. 261

un-forwandodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forwandodlíc, adj.

Undeterred by fear or shamefearlessfree

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Undeterred by fear or shame, fearless, free Ðæt hé wiðstande mid his sprǽce ðám unryhtwillendum ðe ðyses middangeardes waldaþ mid freóre and unforwandodlícre stefne voce libera hujus mundi potestatibus contraire, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 23.

Linked entry: -wandodlíc

burna

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On þone burnan þe scýt tó culan fenne, andlang þæs burnan, ... andlang heges þe scýt of þám burnan, C.D. iii. 458, 7-10. v. cweorn-, winter-burna. Add

fót-síþ-gerif

(adj.)
Grammar
fót-síþ-gerif, <b>fót-síþ-sticcel.</b>
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Reaching to the feet (of a garment) Fótsíd geríf limus (printed limes; but see Nap. 25, where is given Isidor's definition of limus, 'vestis, quae ... ad pedes producitur'), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 45.

líc-tún

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Gif þonne ou hwylcere stówe swá fela þǽra byrgena sý ꝥ hit to earfoðlic sý tó dónne, þonne lǽte man þá stówe tó líctúne, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 2-15

líþan

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Þonne wé líðað (navigamus) feor, æt néhstan wé nó geseóð þá stilnesse þǽre hýþe þe wé ǽr fram léton, Gr. D. 6, 17. Þá eódon hí of þám scipe, þá þe líþon and fÝron mid Maximiane (qui cum Maximiano navigabant), 249, 14.

scenc

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Cweðað gé ꝥ gé þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11. Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum ( potibus ), Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Scencum gedruncenum, 733.

ǽ-gift

(n.)
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ǽ-gift, e; f.

A giving up, return, repayment, restoration

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Ðá ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes Goda negavit sibi xxx libras persolutas fuisse Cht. Th. 201, 29: 202, 6. Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes a woman who had been stolen from him and hé hine ágef, 206, 30. Ǽgifta redditus, An. Ox. 5, 38: 8, 300

on-drǽdendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drǽdendlíc, adj.

To be feared, terrible

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Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3

slidor

(n.)
Grammar
slidor, es; n.(?)

a slippery, miry placelubricumlabinaa myre

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Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp. In a list giving names of things connected with ships slidor glosses pulvini(pulvini machinae quibus naves deducuntur et sub-ducuntur in portumDu Cange) 56, 54