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bícnend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
bícnend-lic, (-i(g)end-); adj.

allegoricalindicative

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allegorical Be ðǽre becnend-lican gerece alligoricae expositionis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 15. indicative (mood)

freó-dohtor

(n.)
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a freeborn, legitimate daughter His fæder hine ( Antichrist ) strýnð be his ágenre freódehter, Wlfst. 193, 6

rǽdness

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The examples under should be taken under hræd-ness, q. v. add: v. gecwid-, wiþer-rǽdness

ádle

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Hú ðeós ádle scyle ende gesettan? Gú. 995. (Ádle Rä. 44, 4 might be pl.) Add

gúþ-geþingu

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-geþingu, pl. n.

The lot to be expected from impending war

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The lot to be expected from impending war, Andr. Kmbl. 2044; An. 1024: 2088; An. 1045

a-corenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-corenlíc, adj.

Likely to be choseneligibilis

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Likely to be chosen; eligibilis Biþ swíðe acorenlíc is very estimable, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 36

a-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mǽn-sumian, p. ode; pp. od [a ex, mǽn = gemǽne communis; sumian = samnian congregare]

To excommunicateexcommunicare

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To excommunicate; excommunicare Síe amǽnsumod let him be excommunicated, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 18

á-hwænne

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwænne, adv.

Whensometimequando

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When, sometime; quando Drihten áhwænne be-healtst ðu Domine quando respicies, Ps. Spl. 34, 20: 7, 2

Linked entries: á-hwonne ǽ-hwænne

súþ-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-stæþ, es; n.
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A south shore, coast, or bank West-Seaxna lond be ðæm súþstæðe, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 9

Linked entry: súþ-rima

þánian

(v.)
Grammar
þánian, p. ode
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To be or to become moist Þǽnie madeo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 44. Ðániaþ madescunt, 57, 39

Linked entries: þǽnian þán

þenning

(n.)
Grammar
þenning, e; f.
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Stretching, extension Be Cristes earm[a] þenninge and his honda on róde, Anglia xi. 172, last line

Linked entry: earm-þenning

un-ádrysnende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnende, adj.

Not to be quenched or extinguished

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Not to be quenched or extinguished Mið ðæccille his unádrysnendre cum lampade sua inextinguibili, Rtl. 106, 10

Linked entry: á-drysnan

hylu

(n.)
Grammar
hylu, e; f.
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A hollow Of ðǽre wylle on þá hyle; ðonne be ðǽre hyle, C. D. iii. 407, 12

Linked entry: wyla

trendan

(v.)

to turnroll

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(?) to turn, roll. v. sin-trendende teres, but perhaps sin-tredende should be read, see tredan = terere

Linked entries: trinda trandan

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

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to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

ecg

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Dele twý- at end, and add: of weapons Egc acies, hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 20. Ecge mucrone, An. Ox. 52, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415. Hí þá Bryttasfardydon

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand outbe prominentbe lifted upstick upto be lifted upbe proudto be stuck upto make a noiseto soundresoundcreak

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to stand out, be prominent, be lifted up, stick up On ðam forman dæge on ðam middangeard þunaþ gesceapen primo dierum quo mundus extat conditus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 4. Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf may much strife be lifted up for

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

týtan

(v.)
Grammar
týtan, p. te
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To stand out, be conspicuous (?) Ne týtaþ hér tungul ac biþ týr scæcen stars shall not shine forth, but glory shall have departed, Exon. Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45. [Cf. (?) Icel. túta a teat-like prominence; tútna to be blown up : Dan. tude a spout : Swed

bót-leás

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ꝥ his grið sý bótleás, ꝥ hé mid his ágenre hand sylð, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 4. Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated

riht-lǽcan

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Add:(?) : to agree, be fitting Gehwǽrlǽcan ł riht-[lǽcan] congruant, i. conueniant (quamvis gymnicorum exempla . . . rite congruant ad comparationem eorum, Ald. 3, 23), An. Ox. 66. Rihtlǽcan seems doubtful here, as the verb elsewhere is transitive, and