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un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesomedisagreeable

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Ben. Interl. 15, 1

wan-hálness

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hálness, e; f.
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Ben. 75, II. Wanhálnysse (debilitate) ealles líchaman, Scint. 38, 7. Dysig æfter untrumnysse his ongyt, and æfter wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem) gecyndes his wát, 97, 15.

Linked entries: hál-ness wan-hǽþ

ǽ-þrot

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-þrot, es; n.
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Ben. 138, 2. Ǽþrotu fastidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 48. Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastidia (-gia, MS.), 141, 69

Linked entries: -þrot á-þrotsum

á-cumendlic

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Ben. I. 5, 14. Ealle þing synd ðám geleáffullan ácumendlice omnia possibilia credenti, Angl. vii. 30, 280

ancor-setla

(n.)
Grammar
ancor-setla, an; m.
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Ben. I. 9, 18.]

ancra

Grammar
ancra, ancera an anchorite.
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Ben. 9, 5. Add

clǽnsung

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Ben. 76, 5. Stýran mid lícumlicre clǽnsunge ( corporis castigatione ), 13, 21

dihtnere

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Ben. I. 107, 12. Getreówne dyhtnere his hálegra cyricena ( Dunstan ), Lch. iii. 434, 21. Se cyningc him tó gecígde his dihtnere, Ap. Th. 5, 13. Add

druncen-georn

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Ben. 17, 15. Nǽfre druncengeorne ( ebriosi ) nágon Godes ríce, Hml. A. 145, 39. Besceáwigen ðá druncengeornan ꝥ hí synt micele mǽttran ðonne nýtenu, 26. Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, 33. Add

ge-mǽnscipe

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Ben. 103, 20

Linked entry: -mǽn-scipe

uppan

Grammar
uppan, <b>. II</b> I.
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Ben. 101, 7 : 8. Sleá man of þá hand . . . and sette uppon þá mynetsmiððan, Ll. Th. i. 206, 21. II 4. add :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ (insuper) óþre ne forspylle. Chrd, 74, 29. Add

æ-fæstnes

Grammar
æ-fæstnes, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest-, -feast-).
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Ben. 139, 7. Add

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crookedbentcurvedcurvuspandusnot straightforwarddeceitfulcraftycunningshrewdastutefallaxcallĭdusastūtus

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crooked, bent, curved; curvus, pandus Geap curvus, Cot. 50. Geap stæf a crooked letter, Salm. Kmbl. 250; Sal. 124 : 269; Sal. 134.

Linked entries: gæp gep

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, comp. gearwor; sup. gearwost, gearwast; adv.

Entirelywellvery wellenoughpĕnĭtusprorsusbĕneoptĭmesătis

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Entirely, well, very well, enough; pĕnĭtus, prorsus, bĕne, optĭme, sătis, Cd. 52; Th. 67, 10; Gen. 1098 : 107; Th. 141, 10; Gen. 2342 : Beo. Th. 536; B. 265 : Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 28; Gú. 1018 : Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 30 : Ps. Th. 142, 9. Gearwor, Andr.

scrallettan

(v.)
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan snere wrǽstan lǽtan scralletan one shall sit with a harp at his lord's feet, bend the strings, mate them send forth loud sound, 332, 10; Vy. 83

fore-sceáwung

considerationcontemplationforeseeingforeknowledgeforethoughtforesightprovidencedivine providence

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Ben. I. 91, 13. Forasceáwung, 64, 13. Æfter forasceáwunga juxta considerationem, 37, 5. Foresceáwunge, R. Ben. 32, 11.

Linked entry: fore-gesceáwung

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Ben. 50, 10. Hú gedyrstlǽhtest þú ꝥ þú þus oft stalodest ?, Gr. D. 25, 7. Þú nǽfre ne gedyrstlǽc ꝥ þú . . . geneálǽce, 135, 8. Hwá dear nú gedyrstlǽcan ꝥ hé derige þám folce ?, Hml.

módigian

(v.)
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Ben. I. III, 2), ne hine ná ne anhebbe, þonne mynstres notu manegum bið betǽht ut dum utilitas monasterii pluribus committitur, unus non superbiat, R. Ben. 125, 10. Þe lǽs þe módegodan fýnd heora ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Cant.

cwehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwehte, pl. cwehton shook, moved, quoted, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235: Ælfc. T. 36, 9: Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29; p.
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of cweccan

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5