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un-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
un-wyrht, e; f.
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Ill-doing, demerit Ꝥ is hiora mildsung, ꝥ mon wrece hiora unþeáwas be hiora unwyrhtum (gewyrhtum, v.l. ), Bt. 38, J ; F. 210, 19

gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
gýmeleásian, p. ede

To neglectbe carelessdespisenegligere

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To neglect, be careless, despise; negligere Monige gýmeleásedon ðám gerýnum ðæs hálgan geleáfan aliqui, neglectis fidei sacramentis, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 6

Linked entry: a-gímeleásian

hilde-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-gráp, e; f.

Hostile grasp

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Hostile grasp, Beo. Th. 2896; B. 1446: 5007; B. 2507. In the latter passage Thorpe and Kemble take gráp to be a verb

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

Deorwente

(n.)
Grammar
Deorwente, an; f. [deor = Celt. dwr water; went turned, bent; v. wendan]

The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durhamquatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi

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The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16.

for-sláwian

(v.)
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give thine own life for him; vitae pretio non segnis emeres, Bt. 10; F. 28, 15

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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On hwelcum wæterum and on ǽghwelcra eá múþum hí sculun sécan fiscas, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 19. an opening, door Recedes múþan. Beo. Th. 1452; B. 724

bóc-tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-tǽcing, e; f: bóc-talu, e; f.

Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the BibleScripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis,

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Be bóctale by scripture, L. C. S. 38; Th. íi. 398, 21

Linked entries: tǽcing bóc-talu

ge-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beornan, p. -barn, pl. -burnon; pp. -bornen, -burnen [ge-, beornan to burn] .

To burnbe on firebe consumedardērecombūri

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To burn, be on fire, be consumed; ardēre, combūri Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes the hand of the bold man burned, Beo. Th. 5388; B. 2697. v. trans Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19

cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
cyrf, e; f?

A cutting off, an instrument to cut with abscissio, ferrum abscissionis

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Ben. 28. Be ðisum cyrfe of this cutting, Homl. Th. ii. 406. 33. Cyrf ferrum abscissionis, C. R. Ben. 40

Linked entries: æcyrf fel-cyrf

Drihten-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
Drihten-líce, comp. -lícor ; adv.

According to the Lord, by the Lord secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno

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According to the Lord, by the Lord; secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno Ðæt he Drihtenlícor mǽge beón hálig genemned that he may be called holy by the Lord, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 9

Linked entry: Dryhten-líce

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bedgrave

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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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S. . . 23 b, 35

célan

(v.)
Grammar
célan, de;ed; v. intrans.

To be or become coldalgere, refrigerari

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To be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Célan is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes algere ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15

Linked entries: a-célan ge-célan

bist

art, shalt bees, eris,

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art, shalt be; es, eris, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 28; 2nd pers. pres. and fut. of beón

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft

To share, distribute

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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

ge-myndelíce

(adv.)
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Add: by heart: — Gemyndelíce memoriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 74. Sý án ǽnlýpig rǽdincg gerǽd gemyndelíce bútan béc (memoriter), R. Ben. 34, 12. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gecweden, 38, 10. Gemyndelíce bútan béc gesǽd ex corde recitatus, 34, i.

eáþ-módnes

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Þæt wæs ánrǽdlicu eáþmódnes ꝥ heó sylf hié þeówen nemde, Bl. H. 13, 13. Éðmódnisse humilitas, Rtl. 100, 11. Be ðám twelf stæpum ealre eáðmódnesse, R. Ben. 23, 16.

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Th. 180; B. 90. by taste Ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol ðæs ecedes scearpnes, Lchdm. ii. 224, 22. manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent His nama wæs swutol geworden, Mk. Skt. 6, 14.

FÆGEN

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆGEN, fægn; comp. fægenra; sup. fægnost; adj.

FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elatelætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus

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Ic bió swíðe fægn [Cott. gefægen] gif ðú me lǽdest ðider ic ðé bidde I shall be very glad if thou leadest me whither I desire thee, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 25.