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earm-full

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-full, adj.
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34

-estre

(suffix)
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Add: v. baec-estre, bepǽc-estre, bígeng-estre, byrd-estre, cenn-estre, cynn-estre, crenc-estre, forsǽw-estre, fylg-estre, glíwbyden-estre, hearp-estre, hopp-estre, hulf-estre, ic-estre, lǽttéw-estre, lopp-estre, luf-estre, lybb-estre, nídhǽm-estre, tæpp-estre

nabban

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Hý tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5. Nabbe (næbbe, v. l. ) gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 5. Add

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
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incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Him síhð on þyssa hwílwendra þinga lufu inter hos amor temporalium rerum grassatur R. Ben. 139, 26. Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118

grénnes

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Hé wile forlǽtan dǽre lufan grénnisse, and forseárian on ðǽre ungeðwǽrnesse qui separantur a uiriditate dilectionis arefiunt, Past. 359, 15, Ne næfð ǽnig bóh grénnysse (printed spen-; uiriditatem ) gódes weorces, sé þe ná wunað on wyrtruman sóðre lufe

hatung

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Heora gelícan nǽron on þæs cáseres lande, ne him swá leófe, gif hí noldon áwendan þá lufe tó hatunge, Hml. S. 11, 59. Bið rihtwísnys on dóme forhwyrfed for ege and for gýtsunge and for hatunga and for lufe, Hml. A. 148, 108: 113.

up-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
up-gemynd, es; n.

Mindfulness of what is abovethought directed heavenward

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Mindfulness of what is above, thought directed heavenward Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, éce upgemynd engla blisse, Andr. Kmbl. 2129; An. 1066

un-gerád

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerád, es; n.

stupidityfollyunreasondiscorddisagreementvariance

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Skt. i. 13, 92. discord, disagreement, variance Ðætte án sibb Godes lufe bútan ǽlcum ungeráde ús suíðe fæste gebinde tunc solo nos in aedificio concordia caritatis liget, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 22

blæse

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. ¶ figurative: Hé wearð mid þǽre blæsan sóþere lufe ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 30. Onǽled mid þæs níþes blæsum invidiae facibus succensus, Gr. D. 117, 27. Add

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
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mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth in death' ... All we are brethren that believe on God, and we all say 'our Father that art in heaven.' Let no man presume on kinship without true love.

wín-land

(n.)
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a grape-growing country Gif hwá on þám wínlandum for Godes lufon wín wylle forgán, Chrd. 15, 21

ælmes-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-gifu, e; f.

What is given as alms, alms

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What is given as alms, alms Ðæt ðæt heom góde men tó ælmesgife for Godes lufan sealdon, Wlfst. 159, 20

Linked entry: gifu

god-bearn

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Godfæder his godbearn lufie and lǽre, Wlfst. 74, 13. Beóð heó rihtlice ealswá hý genamode beóð, godfæderas, gif hý heora godbearn Gode gestrýnað, 121, 5. Add

ge-swǽs

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Lufa ðínne Drihten . . . Lufa ðínne néxtan, 314, 6-9) mid weorce, 316, 4. of things, kind, pleasant, alluring, agreeable, persuasive Wolde se heofenlica lǽce mid geswǽsum bigspelle þæt geswell heora heortan gelácnian, hml. Th. i. 338, 22.

un-ámeten

(adj.)
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un-ámeten, adj.

Unmeasurednot having determined limitsvery greatimmenseboundless

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Nis ús nán gemet on ðam ǽrran bebode, forðan ðe wé sceolon úrne Scyppend lufian mid unámetenre lufe, Honl. Th. ii. 314, 12: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 254

Linked entry: á-metan

el-þeódignes

exilebanishmentpilgrimage

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Þrié Scottas cómon of Hibernia, þonon hí hí bestǽlon, for þon þe hí woldon for Godes lufan on elþiódignesse beón, hí ne róhton hwǽr, Chr. 891; P. 82, 21.

cáf-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cáf-ness, e; f.
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Alacrity, promptness, energy God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
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un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Ðæt gecynd geféhþ ða friénd tógædre mid untódǽledlícre lufe, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 2

firen-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
firen-fremmende, part.

Committing sinsscĕlĕra commitens

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Committing sins; scĕlĕra commitens Ðæt he for ælda lufan firenfremmendra fela þrówade that he suffered much for love of men committing crimes, Exon. 24a; Th. 69, 9; Cri. 1118