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ge-wǽcednyss

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽcednyss, e; f.

Weakness

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Weakness Him nán þing ne eglaþ ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse nothing pains him of any corruption or weakness, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 29

lagian

(v.)
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Ic smeáde hú ic mihte eallum mínum leódscype rihtlícast lagian þá þing tó þearfe þe wé scylan healdan, Ll. Lbmn. 269, 14. Add

wann

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Add Hí wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing wǽre ꝥ hé swá tóswollen heáfod and swá wanne andwlitan (lividam faciem) hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 20

frig-nes

Grammar
frig-nes, frige-nes.
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add

ge-sundfullíce

(adv.)
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Hit is Godes wunder þæt þysum cild-geongum cynincge þus gesundfullíce eallu þing underþeódde synt on his cynelicum anwealde, Lch. iii. 436, 9. Add

hafoc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-cynn, es; n.

The hawk species

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The hawk species Ne ete gé nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13

on-wrecan

(v.)

to avenge

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to avenge Ðý læs on him gesewen sí ðás þing onwrecen beón ne in eis illa ulcisci videantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 28

tæl-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-cræft, es; m.

Arithmetic

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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699

híred-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
híred-leóf, (?); adj.

friendlyfamiliar

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Dear to a family, friendly, familiar Gif of óþrum mynstre cúþum and híredlofum (-leófum?) bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146

Linked entry: híred-lof

fóre-gewítnys

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-gewítnys, -nyss, e; f.

False witnessfalsum testĭmōnium

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False witness; falsum testĭmōnium Ðæt heora ǽnig on fóre-gewítnysse sý quod eōrum ălĭquis in falso testĭmōnium sit, L. Ath. i. 10; Wilk. 58, 22; Lambd. 49, 12, = wóhre gewítnesse, Th. i. 204, 23;

mann-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-eáca, an; m.

An increase of human beings

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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20

mynster-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-preóst, es; m.

A priest who conducts service in a minster

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A priest who conducts service in a minster Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8

burg-riht

Grammar
burg-riht, (burh-).
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Substitute: Town-right, law in a town Ne sceall hé ( the bishop ) geþafian ǽnig unriht ... ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽghwilc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

ge-tot

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Tó geflites hý fæstaþ and þæt dígle þing beón sceolde tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe, gewyrcaþ solent certare jejuniis, ut rem secreti victoriae faciant, R. Ben. 136, 22. Þæt nán þing flǽsclices beforan Gode mid getote ne bógie ut non

ceást-full

(adj.)
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contentious, quarrelsome Ne beó ðú tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung, Prov. K. 23. Gálful þing wín, and ceástfull ( tumultuosa ) druncennyss, Scint. 105, 5

ge-brytsnian

(v.)
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to distribute, spend Nǽfre welan ne beóð bútan synne begytene, ne nán þá eorðlican þing ne mæg bútan synne gebrytsnian, E.S. viii. 473, 33

Linked entry: brytsnian

þurh-leornian

(v.)
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to learn thoroughly Þes Godes wer þurhleoraode ( penetravit ) þá deóglan þing þǽre godcundnysse, Gr. D. 136, 4. See þurh-féran, and þurh-leóran; II

Linked entry: leornian

frécenlíce

(adv.)
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Add: frǽclíce in peril Sé þe hine ádl gestandeð, sé bið frécenlíce gestanden, Lch. iii. 182, 6, 22. Frǽclíce bið his þing, E.S. 39, 328

or-treówness

(n.)
Grammar
or-treówness, e; f.

Want of faith or confidence, mistrust

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Want of faith or confidence, mistrust Ortreownes diffidentia, desperantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 18. Hé æteówde ða wunda ðǽm ungeleáflullum mannum, forðon ðe hé nolde ðæt ǽnig ortrýwnes wǽre embe his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 91, 3

Linked entry: treówness

læs-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
læs-boren, adj.
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Of inferior birth Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that any highborn priest do not despise the one of inferior birth, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21