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un-gefrǽgelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefrǽgelíc, adj.

Unheard of ⬩ unusual ⬩ extraordinary

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Unheard of, unusual, extraordinary Gyf hyra ( gallinarum ) hwylc man æthríneþ, ðonne forbærnaþ hí sóna eall his líc; ðæt syndon ungefrǽgelícu (unge frelicu, un ge fræ licu, MSS. v. Anglia i. 332) lyblác, Nar. 34, 3.

rǽden

Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn. Add: v. ge-, geþeód-, geþeów-(?), gewrit-, godsibb-, hold-, hyld-, leód-, lim-, luf-, mǽd-, mǽgþ-, mæst-, mæsten-, sam-, sin-, þegen-, þeód-, þoft-, wíte-, wudu-rǽden[n].

wilde-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-deór, es; n.
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A wild beast Weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 31. Hé wæs mið wildedeórum erat cum bestiis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13

Linked entry: deór

á-sníþan

to cut out, off ⬩ to cut away ⬩ amputate ⬩ to cut corn

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Lim áceorfan oððe ásníðan of líchoman, 84, 22, 27. to cut corn ꝥ ásnidene gerip, Gr. D. 290, 20

á-sweartian

(v.)
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Be ásweartedum líce ... weorþeð hwílum líc ásweartod, Lch. ii. 82, 1-3. Add

Linked entry: sweartian

apostol

(n.)
Grammar
apostol, es; m: also like the Lat. Apostolus; g. -i; m.

One sent ⬩ an apostle ⬩ apostolus

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One sent, an apostle; apostolus [ = ἀπόστολος, ἀπό from, στέλλω to send] Se eádiga apostol Simon the blessed apostle Simon, Homl. Th. ii. 492, 7. He apostolas geceás, ðæt sind ǽrendracan he chose apostles, that are messengers, Ælfc. T. 26, 17. Ðá gesáwon

Linked entry: postol

bie

Grammar
bie, be, Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44, for bió; subj. of bión
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to be

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, -ligr, es; pl. nom. acc. -ligeru, -ligru, -ligra; n.

Fornication ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornĭcātio ⬩ adultĕrium

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Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio, adultĕrium For forligere ob fornĭcātiōnem, Mt. Bos. 19, 9: Jn. Bos. 8, 41: Homl. Th. ii. 322, 28: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 246, 5. Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger the second chief sin is called fornication, Homl

Linked entries: for-legere for-ligr for-lír for-legor

búte

(adv.)
Grammar
búte, without; foris, Jn. Lind. War. 18, 16. v. búta; adv.

feores

(n.)
Grammar
feores, of life,
  • Exon. 30 b
    • ;
  • Th. 95, 32
    • ;
  • Cri. 1566
    • ;
gen.
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of feorh

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, a crosier, l. hæcc, and in line 2 for dære l.
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þǽre

un-foresceáwodlic

Grammar
un-foresceáwodlic, v. un-forsceáwodlíce (
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not -líc)

Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlic

piplian

(v.)
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B.) líc, Lchdm. i. 234, 10. Wið pypelgende (pipligende, MS. B.) líc ðæt Grécas erpinam ( έρπηs ) nemnaþ, 266, 20

geardlic

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Dele, and see middangeard-lic

weorþlíce

(adv.)
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Add: v. líc-, tǽl-weorþlíce

a-deádan

(v.)
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Hire lima ealle wurdon ádeádode, Hml. S. 31, 489

eorþ-slihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-slihtes, adv. [slihtes, old gen. of sliht destruction, slaughter, like nihtes of niht]

In an earth-destroying manner ⬩ in mŏdo vastante terram

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In an earth-destroying manner; in mŏdo vastante terram Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awéstenne gærs, óþ ða wirttruman, eorþslihtes mid tóðum as an ox is accustomed to consume grass with his teeth, even to the roots, in an earth-destroying manner, Num. 22, 4

brýdelic gewrit

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Dele, and see brýd-lic

ge-bénlíc

(adj.)
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Dele, and see gyden-lic

a-fúl

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dele, and see afu(h)-lic

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