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eácnung

(n.)
Grammar
eácnung, e; f.

Increase, a conceptionconceptio

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Increase, a conception; conceptio Hú ðú eácnunge onfénge bearnes burh gebyrde how thou didst receive increase through child-bearing, Exon. 9 a; Th. 5, 26; Cri. 75

heófung-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
heófung-tíd, e; f.

A time of mourning

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A time of mourning Fram ðisum dæge óþ eastron is úre heófungtíd from this day until Easter is our time of mourning, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 25

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To belongpertain

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To belong, pertain Alle ða land ðe longen intó ðare hálagen stówe all the lands that belong to the holy place, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 4

laur

(n.)
Grammar
laur, lawer, es; m.

Laurelbay

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Homl. 187, 27

lim-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-leás, adj.
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Without limbs His (Christ's) gástlíca líchama, ðe wé húsel hátaþ, is of manegum cornum gegaderod, búton blóde and báne, limleás and sáwulleás, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 22

un-beden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beden, adj.

Unbiddenunasked

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Unbidden, unasked Sume preóstas ... unbedene gaderiaþ hí tó ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðár ðár hí hold geseóð, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 2

Linked entry: biddan

un-scyldiglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldiglíc, adj.

Innocentnot obnoxiousunobjectionable

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Homl. 189, 32

Linked entry: scyldiglíc

un-gewildelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewildelíc, adj.

Not to be subduedunyielding

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Not to be subdued, unyielding Hæbbe se mann heardheortnysse and ungewyldelíc mód ... ðonne forsearaþ swíðe hraðe ðæt hálige sǽd on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 2

weorold-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wǽpen, es; n.
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Homl. 213, 4

weald-bǽre

(n.)
Grammar
weald-bǽre, es; n.

A place where trees grow affording mast for swine

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A place where trees grow affording mast for swine Ad hoc terram pertinent in diuersis locis porcorum pastus, id est uuealdbaera, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 184, 1

gyst-sele

(n.)
Grammar
gyst-sele, es; m.

A guest-hallhospĭtālis aula

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A guest-hall; hospĭtālis aula Éðelleáse ðysne gystsele gihþum healdaþ [MS. healdeþ] the homeless hold this guest-hall in memory, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 4; Exod. 534

ofer-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-gewrit, es; n.

A superscription, an inscription

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Kmbl. 22, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 475. Ofergewritum epigrammatibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 23

ge-þyldelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-þyldelíce, adv.

Patientlyquietlypatienter

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Homl. 33, 28: Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 46

Linked entry: ge-þyldiglíce

hogu

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Studium vel medecina, curatio vel lácnung vel gymen vel hogu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Gif hé ongyt þæt eal his hogu and gleáwscipe náht framað si viderit nihil suam prevalere industriam R. Ben. 52, 14.

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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Geond ealle ðás strǽt and stǽnene wegas, Homl. Skt. i. 14, 156

under-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
under-wreðian, -wreoðian, -wriðian

to supportsustainsupponere

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Homl. 23, 21. Man ða ræftras tó ðære fyrste gefæstnaþ and mid cantlum underwriðaþ, Anglia viii. 324, 10. Hé mid criccum his féðunge underwreðode, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 25. Hí underwriðedon his handa sustentabant manus ejus, Ex. 17, 12.

Linked entry: under-wriðian

samnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
samnunga, sæmninga, semninga; adv.

All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately continuo, subito, repente

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Homl. 145, 12. Somnunga, 239, 31. Hié sume somnunga sweltaþ, Lchdm. ii. 176, 9. Sæmninga, Blickl. Homl. 141, 27. Ðis is feáwra manna dǽd, ðæt hí ealle eorþlíce þing sæmninga forlǽtan mágon, Homl. Th. ii. 398, 33.

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Homl. 183, 24. Leomo lǽmena, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 6; Cri. 15

Linked entry: leomu

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Homl. 211, 3

Linked entry: swálíce

ród

(n.)
Grammar
ród, e; f.
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Kmbl. ii. 150, 6-9. a cross, rood (as in Holy-rood) Ðeós ród haec crux, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 67; Som. 14, 8. Ród crux vel staurus, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 52. Wítestengces, róde eculei, róde gabuli, Hpt. 478, 70-74.

Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród