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lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Lýþrum monnum to vile cravens, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 27. of things Hú lǽne and hú lýðre þis líf is on tó getrúwianne. Wlfst. 189, 3. Hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lýðrum tolle ( for sordid gain ), Hml. S. 19, 253.

wǽr-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-fæst, adj.

Faithful,

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Wǽrfæstra wera ( Abraham and Lot ), 113, 34; Gen. 1897. of things Ðǽr sceal lufu uncer wǽrfæst wunian, Exon. Th. 173, 19; Gú. 1163

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Wæstm*-*bǽru fecunda, 38, 22. referring to inanimate things Ðæt wæstm*-*bǽre land campi uberes, Ors. 1, 3;Swt. 32, 2. Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí considerate terram, qualis sit, bona an mala, humus pinguis an sterilis, Num. 13, 19.

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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Th. 171, 4; Gú. 1121. not hoped for, unexpected Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum ( ex improvise; v. ungewéned) hym cymeþ gestreón, Lchdm. iii, 170, 7.

carful-nys

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Ágyfan Gode þínre carfulnysse weorc, Hml. Th. ii. 334, 24, 26. Ðá geniðerunge mid carfulnysse foresceáwian, i. 408, 29. Heó mid carfulnysse þone hýréd gewissode, Hml. S. 2, 127

ciric-sceat

Grammar
ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
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Freoh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreóm þingum, án is circsceat, C. D. ii. 400, 29. On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras, and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, and þæt eft gerípe and in gebringe, 398, 20.

ge-síþcund

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Drihten on ðreó tówearp þá cneordnysse, þæt wæs wælisc (servile) and on cyrlisc cynn (simple) and on gesýðcund cynn (gentle), Angl. xi. 3, 63. of the gesíþ class Gif gesíðcund mon (cf. se gesíð, 5) þingað wið cyning . . . oþþe wið his hláford for þeówe

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Icel. sanna á einum :-- Gif se Englisca beclypað Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan, and wille hit on him gesóþian (super eum inveritare ), Ll. Th. i. 489, 23.

girning

(n.)
Grammar
girning, e; f.
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Drihten sylð ðé gewilnunga ł gyrningce ł béna ( petitiones ) heortan þínre, Ps. L. 36, 4

Linked entry: geornung

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved

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Ǽbǽre þeóf occurs in a list of privileges granted to a monastery :-- On eallan þingan . . . ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyrað, mid fyrdwíte and fyhtwíte and ǽbǽre þeóf and griðbryce and foresteall and hámsócne, C. D. iv. 222, 23

ge-win

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For hwan gǽst þú swá búton wæstme þínes gewinnes?, 249, 5. Gif ic sié þínum folce nédþearflic tó hæbbenne, þonne ne wiðsace ic þǽm gewinne, 225, 27. Hafa þú æt þínum gewinne þæt þú mæge get what you can from your labour, Wlfst. 259, 24.

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ox. 817. where the devil is the father: Forgit þæt hús and þone híred þínes leásan fæder, þæt ys deófol obliviscere domum patris tui, Ps.

steór-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
steór-leás, adj.
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-Þeáh hió (the earth) unwísum wídgel þince, on stede stronglíc steórleásum men, Met. 10, 11. without rule, not living under rule:?-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L.

ge-treówian

(v.)
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., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll.

hǽlþ

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Hé sumne blindne man gehǽlde . . . and manega gelýfdon þurh ðæs mannes hǽlðe, 34. spiritual On hálwendlican þínum ł hǽlðe in salutare tuum, Ps. L. 118, 81

leóf

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leóf, as a form of address.
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Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D. ii. 133,3.

CYRTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A

KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat palla, tunica

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Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc. Næbbe ge ne twá tunecan [cyrtlas, Mt. Kmbl.

an-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
an-bídian, l. an-bidian (and-),
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On plegstówe andbidian, Lch. iii. 206, 16. to wait for (gen. ) Þín andbidað þæt éce forwyrd eternal perdition waits for you, Hml. Th. i. 593, 9. Hé anbidode þæs ealdormannes tócymes, Hml. S. 11, 64. Wé andbidodon ðín, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 22.

god-fæder

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Ic eom þín godfæder and þú mín goddohtor, Hml. A. 178, 297. Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder, Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.

liccian

(v.)
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Swá swá hundas lapodon Naboðes blód, swá hí sceolon lapian and liccian þín blód in loco hoc, in quo linxe-runt canes sanguinem Naboth, lambent sanguinem tuam, 210. Liccigan lincxere (v. Aid. 207, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 75.