gítsiend-ness
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Avarice Ðá deóflican eahta leahtras . . . gítsiendnes ( avaritia ), Wlfst. 188, 36
rúmheortness
Liberality, munificence
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Liberality, munificence Syndon eahta heálíce mægenu ... ðæt is rúmheortnys ( largitas ) . . . Wulfst. 68, 19. Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedóm trumlíce up wegaþ ... rúmheortnes (largitas), L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20.
heáfod-leahter
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Add: a deadly sin Sceolon crístene men ðá eahta heáfodleahtras oferwinnan . . . Se forma heáfodleahter is gýfernyss . . . eahteoða módignyss. Þás eahta heáfodleahtras geniðeriað þá unwǽran intó hellewíte, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 16-24: Hml.
of-cumende
derivative
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derivative Eahta synd frumcennede, and seofan of-cumende, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 34
-nihte
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For compounds of this form with numerals see Lch. iii. 160 : see also feówer-, eahta-nihte
heáfod-mægen
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A cardinal virtue Nú syndon eahta heáfodmægnu, ðá magan oferswíðan þás deóflu, Hml. S. 16, 312. Cf. heáfod-leahter
slæcmód-ness
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Spiritlessness, melancholy lack of energy; accidia, acedia Eahta synt heafódleahtras . . . þridde is sleacmódnes and unrótnes, Verc. Först. 173. Cf. á-solcenness
hund-endleftigoða
One hundred and tenth
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One hundred and tenth On ðæm eahta and hundælleftiogoðan psalme in the hundred and eighteenth psalm, Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 23
of-sacan
to deny a charge ⬩ to exculpate
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to deny a charge Gif hwá ofsacan wille, dó ðæt mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3
ge-winfullíce
Laboriously ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ laboriōse
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Laboriously, with difficulty; laboriōse Ðæt eahta and twentig wintra gewinnfullíce he heóld id per annos viginti octo laboriōsissĭme tĕnuit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 17
ful-boren
Full-born ⬩ noble-born ⬩ nōbĭlis nātu
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Full-born, noble-born; nōbĭlis nātu Mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena with eight and forty noble-born thanes, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 4
Linked entry: sám-boren
rǽdfæstness
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Readiness to follow good counsel, adherence to right courses Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedóm up wegaþ ... rǽdfæstnes ( persuabilitas ), L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20
declínian
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Wé habbað nú declínod þá eahta frumcennedan pronomina, 100, 6
weall-stellung
The putting a wall in order, repairing of a wall.
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Tó fíf furlangum gebyreþ ymbeganges eahta hunda hída on wealstyllinge . . .
Linked entry: stellung
fæted-hleór
Ornamented cheek ⬩ phălĕrāta gĕna
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Ornamented cheek; phălĕrāta gĕna He héht ðá eahta mearas fætedhleóre on flet teón then he commanded to lead into court eight steeds with ornamented cheek, Beo. Th. 2076; B. 1036
ge-gilde
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Membership in a guild Gif gegilda his gegildan ofstleá, bere sylf wiþ mágas ꝥ hé bræc, and his gegilde eft mid eahta pundum gebycge, oþþe hé þolie á geferes and freóndscipes, Cht. Th. 612, 7
Linked entry: -gilde
sadol
A saddle
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Hé héht eahta mearas on flet teón, ðara ánum stód sadol, ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges, Beo. Th. 2080; B. 1038
Briten
Britain ⬩ Britannia
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Britain; Britannia Britene ígland ys eahta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2
rím-cræftig
Skilful in computation
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On ðám eahta geárum ðe rímcræftige weras on Grécisc hátaþ ocdoade, 315, 23 : 327, 34-36. Rýmcræftige Menol. Fox 89; Men. 44
féging
a joining ⬩ composition
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Voc. ii. 112, 16. as a grammatical term, composition Ealle ðá eahta dǽlas underfóð féginge, búton interjectio ána, and gif se nama bið geféged of twám ansundum dǽlum. . . Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 3: 266, 11