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tapor

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Þá gefylde hé mid wætre þǽre cyrcan cyllan and sette tapor (weocon, v.l.) onmiddan (in medio papyrum posuit ), Gr. D. 44, 14. Add

un-æþelness

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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24

un-swéte

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Add Hé cwæð. . . ꝥ . . . of þǽre eá wǽre reócende se mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences (intolerabilis foetoris nebula), Gr. D. 218, 29

un-þancfull

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Ne sceall ic nǽfre læng unþancfull þǽre þegnurge mé onýwan þám were viro illi ingratus apparere non debeo, Gr. D. 343. 11. Add

wéding

Grammar
wéding, wédung.
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Benedictus lǽrde ꝥ hé scolde gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreównysse ( a tantae crudelitatis insaniae), Gr. D. 164, 27. Add

wórung

(n.)
Grammar
wórung, e; f.
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Wandering, rambling Ys se syxta heáfodleahter gecweden sleacnes . . . of þǽre byð ácenned . . . unstaþolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe tó stówe, Verc. Först. 178

wuldor-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-geweorc, es; n.
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Glorious work; a glorious work Þæs eádigan Cristofurus wuldorgeworc synd nú lang tó ásecganne þe Dryhten þurh hyne geworhte, Angl. xvii. 122, 4

clǽn-georn

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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21

á-swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swǽtan, p. te

To break out into a sweat

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To break out into a sweat On ðǽm miclan wintreg cele þonne hé ymb þæt spræc ðonne áswǽtte he call, Shrn. 51, 34

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Þæt forfleó nǽddre feor ut fugiat gorgon eminus, Hpt. 31, 11, 241.

ge-rýne

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Se Hǽlend his þegnum sǽde his þrowunga . . . hié ne mihton þá word ongeotan þæs heofonlican gerýnes. Bl.

Linked entry: rún

eahtan

(v.)
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550

Linked entry: eahtend

eald-gewyrht

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Substitute: what has been done of old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt

for-þyldigian

(v.)
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'Forþyldiga þínne Drihten,' þæt is þola eall þæt God be þé geþafað ... hí ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian (-þyldigan, v. l. ) scylun, R. Ben. 27, 5-8. Tó forþyldigenne synd tolerandi sunt, Scint. 150, 6. Add

ge-bycgan

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</b> to buy as a trader :-- Wilt þú syllan þingc þíne hér, ealswá þú hí gebohtest þǽr? Ic nelle, ac ic wylle heora cýpan hér luflicor þonne ic gebicge (emi) þǽr, Coll.

ge-riht

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Gelǽstan Gode þá gerihta þe him tó gebyrian, þæt is se teóða dǽl ealra þǽra ðinga þe hé us tó forlǽten hæfð, and úre frumgripan gangendes and weaxendes. Wlfst. 113, 3.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg oð nón ; hé æt þǽm nóne his gást onsænde, Shrn. 67, 18. Add Sí gedón tácn nónes ꝥ fylige se tídsang þæne nón ná fylige scenc, Angl. xiii. 399, 483

ge-bytlu

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Wyrcan þá healle ǽrest and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 96. Add

drincan

Grammar
drincan, <b>; II.</b>
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ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 22

an-wealda

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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add