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ge-scapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio, figmentum

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A creation, creating, formation; creātio, figmentum Se emnihtes dæg is se feórþa dæg ðysse wornlde gescapennysse the day of the equinox is the fourth day of the creation of this world, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 14, 16; Lchdm. iii. 238,

Sigel-waras

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-waras, -ware ; pl.
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.), Nar. 38, 30. Hine Sigelwearas ( Aethiopes ) séceaþ, Ps. Th. 71, 9. Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2 ; Exod. 69. Hé ( St.

un-besmiten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besmiten, adj.

Undefiledunpollutedunsulliedpure

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Addit. 12; Th. ii. 234, 6: Nar. 41, 11. Ðæs unbesmitenan líchaman úres Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 113: Blickl. Homl. 155, 32: 3, 15: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 69: 23 b, 503. Healdaþ eówre handa unbesmitene ( innoxias ), Gen. 37, 22

Linked entry: be-smítan

un-wéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéned, adj.

Unhoped forunexpected

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unexpected Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit, Nar

Linked entry: un-gewéned

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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Hé (pope Leo) hiene (Alfred) him tó biscepsuna nam (cf. Asser: ad manum episcopi in filium confirmationis aeceptus), Chr. 853; P. 64, 30. (v. note ii. p. 79.)

dwǽs

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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml.

ge-slit

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S. 31, 951. what is bitten Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit, Nap. 28, 29

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.

orne

(adj.)
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, injurious Úsic þá earfeðo forléton, and wé ðá sioðþan bútan orenum þingum mete þigdon ( ab securis nobis epulę capiuntur ), Nar. 24, 2

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; ic cnóde, ðú cnódest, he cnódeþ, cneódeþ, pl. cnódaþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden, gecnoden

To giveassigncallcarry outexalt tribuĕreattribuĕreefferre

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To give, assign, call, carry out, exalt tribuĕre, attribuĕre, efferre Gyt mon his naman cneódeþ yet man calls by his name Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 24.

Linked entries: ge-cnoden cneódan

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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Kmbl. p. 184, 16: Nar. 10, 13. Ðá ætýwde Drihten Moise án treówcyn and hét dón ðæt treów on ðæt wæter, Ex. 15, 25

ge-nemnan

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L. i. 21. a class name Ðeáh þú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle þú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld though thou gavest each element a separate name, thou didst name them collectively and call them world, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 27.

ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
ýtan, p. te
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, ne myrre neque prodigus sit, aut stirpator substantie monasterii, R.

Linked entries: útian ýtend

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, -middlian; p. ode; pp. od [middel middle]

To divide, separate in the middledimidiare

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To divide, separate in the middle; dimidiare Fácenfulle gemidliaþ dagas heora dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 27

Linked entry: midlian

wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
wyrht, e; f.

Doingwork

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Doing, work ðú be gewyrhtum úrum, wommum wyrhtum, woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10

be-scínan

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Warna þú ꝥ; hý sunne ne bescíne, Lch. i. 318, 15. Add:

full-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
full-sleán, to effect the death of a person,
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kill outright Gif Petrus móste þone man fulsleán, þonne ne héte hine Críst geswícan þæs weorces, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 30

ge-cóplíce

(adv.)
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seó hand and ꝥ gewrit þæs wrítendan swá gecóplíce (cóplíce, v.l., apte ) ne onféngce, Gr. D. 9, 19. ꝥ Add

Linked entry: cop-líce

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Ne teó se hláford máre bútan his rihtan heregeate (-a, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 412, 30. Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata (-u, v. l.) binnan twelf mónðum, 416, 16. ¶ For instances of heriots see C.