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sceam-full

(adj.)
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sceam-full, adj.

Modest, chaste

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Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these Juges, C. T. Group C. 290

wælt

(n.)

apparently some part of the thigha sinew

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As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm full oft the wood covered us the shady top of the forest trees, Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 2; Rä. 85, 8.

Linked entry: helmiht

irmen

(adj.)
Grammar
irmen, yrmen ; adj.
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A word occurring mostly as a prefix with the idea of greatness, universality. In the following passages it occurs independently Faraþ geond ealne yrmenne grund go through the whole earth, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 18; Cri. 481.

Linked entry: eormen

ge-weorþan

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ge-weorþan, <b>;
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29

tígan

(v.)
Grammar
tígan, p. de
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Th. i. 432, 33. figurative Nú ðú miht gehýran, hú ðes dǽl ( the conjunction ) tígþ ða word tógædere, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 258, 10

for-trúwodnes

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for-trúwodnes, (-ed-).
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Word fortrúgadnisse verba praecipitationis, Ps. Srt. 51, 6. Ðá ðe for hira fortrúwodnesse and for hira hrædwilnesse beóð tó (ðǽre láre) gescofene quos praecipitatio impellit, Past. 375, 20.

ge-sceatwyrpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceatwyrpan, p. te
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A. 332) manumissio seems to shew that the word is connected with sceatt not sceát, though the phrase in sceát álecgan (v. sceát; ) desponsare might seem to point to sceát.] Cf. be-sceatwyrpan

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ge-wyrdelíce

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hwón-lic

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Skt. for Swt. and add Wurdon æteó-wode fela ðúsend engla, þý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml. Th. i. 38, 6. Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj.

Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior

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Linked entry: æf-dæl

ofer-fæðman

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fæðman, p. de

To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope

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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.

arg

(adj.)
Grammar
arg, adj.

Wickeddepravedbadmaluspravus

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An impure word only found in the Lindisfarne Gospels or the Durham Book Cneórisse yflo and arg an evil and wicked generation; generatio mala et adultera, i. e. prava, pigra, etc. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 39. Arg peccatrix, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38

Linked entry: earg

ed-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ed-sceaft, æd-sceaft, e; f.

A new creation, new birth regĕnĕrātio

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A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34

Linked entry: æd-sceaft

trumian

(v.)
Grammar
trumian, p. ode
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To become strong, recover from illness Ðá cwaeþ hé ðæt gewunalíce word ðara fréfrendra: Truma ðé hraþe and wel dixit solito consolantium sermone : Bene convalescas et cito, Bd. 5, 5 ; S. 618. 9.

wólbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wólbǽrness, e; f.

Pestiferousnessdestructivity

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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted

wíte-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-stów, e; f.

A place of punishmenttormenthell

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Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl. Homl. 85, 29

grínu

(adj.)
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(The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius, giolu aureus, ii. 10, 29

stuntness

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Ꝥ hálige word is swýðe stíð úrum stuntnyssum, 6, 133. Add