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á-léfedness

(n.)
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á-léfedness, e; f.
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Ðám wearð geswutelod ꝥ hé sceolde gefeccan æt Swýðúnes byrgene his líchaman hǽle and þǽre áléfednysse ( the cure of his crippledness ), Hml. S. 21, 99

Linked entry: -léfedness

eáþ-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-cnǽwe, -cnáwe; adj.
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.), for ðan ðe ǽlc ðára worda þe geendað on eo, and se óðer hád on es, ys þǽre óðre geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 8

ed-níwian

(v.)
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Ongunnan hí þá heargas edníwian (-níwan, v. l.) þá þe ǽr forlǽtene wǽron coeperunt fana, quae derelicta erant, restaurare, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 15. Add

foran-niht

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De completorio (Forannihtsang) On foranniht wé sculon God herian ǽr wé tó bedde gán, Btwk. 218, 34: 194, 14. Add

Linked entry: foranniht-sang

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with winewanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

tó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-heald, adj.

Inclined

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Þeáh wuhta geliwílc wrigaþ tóheald, swíðe onhelded, wið ðæs gecyndes ðe him cyning engla æt trymðe getióde. Met. 13, 10

dwol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dwol-líc, def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Foolish, erring, heretical stultus, hærĕtĭcus

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Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 11

feorh-dolh

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-dolh, -dolg, es; n.

A life-wounddeadly woundlētāle vulnus

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A life-wound, deadly wound; lētāle vulnus Geseóþ nú ða feorhdolg ðe gefremedon ǽr on mínum folmum see now the deadly wounds which they ere inflicted on my palms, Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 10; Cri. 1455

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b> to take from (
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</b> add :-- ꝥ hé him ágeáfe ꝥ hé ǽr on him gereáfade. Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, <b>; II.</b>
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Hí ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
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Æt þǽre cígingce, Gr. D. 53, 7. Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

disc-þegn

Grammar
disc-þegn, -þegen, -þén.
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Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add

félan

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Nédmægn ǽc stences ðínes ł mægn hiá foele vimque odoris tui vel virtutem sentiant, Rtl. 117, 27. Add

glind

(n.)
Grammar
glind, a fence of boards(?),
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Æt Glindleá, C. D. iii. 426, 22. Glynde is a place-name in Sussex. [O. L. Ger. gi-lindi railings. v. Gall. 439.]

sliht

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Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
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Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

wamm-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm-full, adj.

Evil, guilty, criminal, flagitious

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Evil, guilty, criminal, flagitious Ǽr se unsýfra (Holofernes) womfull onwóce, Judth. Thw. 22, 24;Jud. 77. Synfulra here . . . womfulra scolu, Exon. Th. 94, 5 ;Cri. 1535. Womfulle, scyld*-*wyrcende (the fallen angels), Elen. Kmbl. 1519;El. 761

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay

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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Hé wæs úre munuc, wé willað hine habban for þan þe wé hine álǽndon ǽr, Hml. S. 31, 1447. Ðone ylcan ( St. Martin ) þe hí ǽr álǽndon tó ðám biscopdóme of heora burhscíre, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 21.

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock cantare instar galli

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Ǽr hana cráwe priusquam gallus vocem dederit, Mk. Bos. 14, 30. Ǽr se hana cráwe bifore the cok synge Wyc. 14, 72; Lk. Bos. 32, 61. Sóna se cocc creów statim gallus cantavit Jn. Bos. 18, 27. Hrædlíce ðá creów se cocc. Mt.