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nacian

(v.)
Grammar
nacian, p. ode

To strip

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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá ðæt nolde wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12

ge-módsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f.

commodus

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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, sorenessa pain, pang, sore, woundgrief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrowa grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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forlǽtaþ on ðam mǽstan,sáre 7, 1; Fox 16,13 .

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane wénde ꝥ sprǽke on unwís, þá bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

be-niman

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Ilfing hire naman Ors.

on-unwís

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wende ꝥ sprǽke onunwís (?on unwís ?) þá bebeád . . . quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, 1. Add

gilp

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on gylp ástág he became proud Met. 9, 46. Gyddigan þurh gylp micel, Dan. 599 : 695. (v. ídel; ) action that shows pride, ostentation Ne sylþ hit ús tó þon ꝥ wé hit hýdon oþþe tó gylpe syllan, Bl. H. 53, 17.

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To knownoscere, cognoscere, agnoscereto know, recognise,to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguishto recognise a factto know, understand, attain to a knowledge ofto know, learn by observation, observe, perceiveto acknowledgemake acknowledgment of a faultto acknowledge a greetingto acknowledge the power of another

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Frán hwæðer hit oncneówe his fóstermódor, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 28. Ðeáh ðe wundra fela gecýðde, synnige ne mihton oncnáwan ðæt cynebearn, Andr. Kmbl. 1131; An. 566. is ancnáwen dinoscitur, agnoscitur, Hpt. Gl. 440, 32.

a-rédnes

(n.)
Grammar
a-rédnes, -rǽdnis, -ness, e; f.

A degreeconditioncovenantconsultumconditio

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A degree, condition, covenant; consultum, conditio Ðá geþafedon ðære arédnesse ea conditione consenserunt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 20. Ðæt wíf he onféng ðære arédnesse uxorem ea conditione acceperat, 1, 25; S. 486, 33

Linked entry: a-rǽdnis

ge-eácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-eácnung, e; f.

A conceivingconceptionconceptioconceptus

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A conceiving, conception; conceptio, conceptus Ðæt he bodige hire geeácnunge to proclaim her [Maria] conception, Blickl. Homl. 143, 24. Ic gemenigfilde ðíne yrmþa and ðíne geeácnunga multiplicabo ærumnas tuas et conceptus tuos, Gen. 3, 16

Linked entry: geácnung

un-hlidian

(v.)
Grammar
un-hlidian, p. ode

To uncoverto remove the lid or covering from something

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To uncover, to remove the lid or covering from something Féng se portgeréfa tóö ðære tége and unhlidode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 765. Seó byrgen wæs open geworden and unhlidod, Wulfst. 214, 19

Linked entry: -hlidian

æt-slídan

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Add: To slip up, fall Ætslád se hálga wer on ðám grádum swá þæt forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 10. Þá ætslídendan (printed -slidan) beheald labentes respice , Hy. S. 7, 13

gristbitian

(v.)
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gristbitað ( fremet; stridebit, Ps. L.: grystbitað, Ps. Spl.) mid his tóþum ongeán hine, Ps. Th. 36, 12. Gristbites, Mk. R. 9, 18. gristbitoton ( stridenunt ) on mé tóþum heora, Ps. Rdr. 34, 16. Add

munuc-behát

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-behát, es; n.
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A monastic vow 'Án munuc cóm and gyrnde míre dehter, sylle ic him oððe ná?' 'Asecge mé hwæðer his Gode wiðsace and his fulluhte and his munucbeháte,' Hml. A. 197, 81: 198, 95

Linked entry: be-hát

strewung

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Add: bedding læg . . . mid fefore gewǽht . . . on stíþre hǽran licgende mid axum bestreówod. Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Fór se here of ðæm eástríce westweard, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 22 : 1052 ; Erl. 183, 15. Ðá ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe ǽr westweard ( when marching westward ) hét ða ofermǽtan brycge ofer gewyrcan, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 3.

Linked entry: eást-weard

wyllen

(adj.)
Grammar
wyllen, adj.

Woollenof woolwoollen stuff

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Ne wyllenra hrægla breác, ac línenra ealra, Shrn. 93, 7 : 94, 28. Heó nǽfre línenum hræglum brúcan wolde, ac wyllenum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6. ¶ used substantively, woollen stuff Heó wyllen weorode, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44: L. Edg.

African

(n.)
Grammar
African, Affrican, es; m.

An AfricanAfricanus

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An African; Africanus Ðá he feaht wið Africanas, he hæfde sige ofer ða Africanas when he fought against Africans, He gained a victory over the Africans, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 39: 54, 1

Linked entries: Affrican Affrican

gǽling

(n.)
Grammar
gǽling, e; f.

Delay

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Delay Geðencan ne con hwæt him losað on ðǽre gǽlinge ðe ðá hwíle ámierreð he cannot consider what loss he suffers in the delay in which he wastes the time, Past. 39, 1

frum-cenned

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
frum-cenned, -cend; def. se -cenneda; part.

first-begottenfirstbornprimogĕnĭtusprimitiveprimĭtīvus

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He ofslóh ǽlc þing frumcendes on lande percussit omne primogĕnĭtum in terra, Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36. Ic frumcendne gesette hine ego primogĕnĭtum pōnam illum, 88, 28. He ofslóh ǽlc frumcenned cyld percussit omne primogĕnĭtum, Ps. Spl. 77, 56.