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máðum-cist

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-cist, e; f.

A treasure-chesttreasury

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A treasure-chest, treasury Nys hyt ná álýfed ðæt ásendon hyt on úre máðmcyste (in corbanan, cf. Goth. kaurban, þatei ist maiþms, Mk. 7, 11), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, e; f.

Middle age

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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6

Linked entry: -ferhtness

por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word

ge-wæccan

(v.)

to watch

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Ðætte we giuæcge ut vigilemus, Rtl. 124, 23

Linked entry: wæccan

ge-firenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-firenian, -firnian; p. ode; pp. od

To sinpeccāre

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To sin; peccāre We gefirenodon mid fæderum úrum peccāvĭmus cum patrĭbus nostris, Ps. Spl. C. 105, 6. Ic gefirnode I sinned, St. And. 10, 19 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 4

ge-sibsumnes

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Þ úre gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdon, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. Add

hæftníd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæftníd-ness, e; f.
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gehýrdon ꝥ sum man wæs geseted in hæftnédnesse ( in captivitate positum), Gr. 0. 346, 22

Linked entry: hæftnéd-nes

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

snáw-hwít

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habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

weorold-rícetere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-rícetere, es; n.
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Worldly power gesetton ꝥ þá þe ǽne beóð tó preóstháde gedón . . . ꝥ hig ná siððan tó nánon worold-rícetere (dignitatem aliquam mundanam) ne geþrístlácen tó becumenne, Chrd. 68. 34

Linked entry: rícetere

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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On unwemmum (ðæm unwemman, Surt.) wege in via immaculata, Ps. Th. 100, 1. Unwemne weg, Ps. Surt. 17, 33. Flǽsc unwemme, Exon. Th. 26, 18; Cri. 418. Hié scoteden ðone unwemman, Ps. Surt. 63, 5. Unwemme synt ðíne wegas impolluta via ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

gleáwnes

(n.)
Grammar
gleáwnes, glauwnes, se; f.

Prudenceskillwisdomabilitysagacityacuteness

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Wer well gelǽred and scearpre gleáwnysse vir doctissimus atque excellentis ingenii, 4, 23; S. 594, 35. Þeód is búton geþeahte and bútan glǽwnisse the nation is void of counsel and of understanding, Deut. 32, 28.

Linked entry: glauwnes

ge-findan

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S. 23, 291. to determine, provide, v. findan; 9 Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12. Nú hæbbe ic gefunden mid þǽm witum . . . ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe, 220, 4

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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We sculon ðé sum bíspell reccan we will relate a story to thee, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 23, 17; Met. 23, 9

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

grénnes

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Cf. gréne; ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr timbran willen, ðeáh hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius

swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.
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Ne sceole ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18. Geseoh gif ic on swiculne weg oððe on unrihte eode vide, si via iniquitatis in me est, Ps.

Linked entry: sweocol

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig ge hwylce woroldlícn þing beón gehealdene we have often seen in churches corn and hay, and any kind of secular things kept, 8; Th. ii. 406, 31.

eást-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-rihte, adv.

East right, towards or in the east contra ortum sólis

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East right, towards or in the east; contra ortum sólis We witan 8ðer eálond eást-rihte nōvĭ;mus insŭlam aliam contra ortum sōles. Bd. I. I; S. 474, 15

for-hogednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogednes, -hogodnes, -hogydnys, -ness, e; f: for-hogung, e; f.

Contemptdisdaincontemptus

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Gefylled we synd forhogodnesse replēti sŭmus despectiōne, Ps. Spl. M. C. 122, 4

Linked entries: for-hogung for-hogydnys

morgen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-steorra, an; m.

The morning star

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The morning star Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe hátaþ morgensteorra Lucifer, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 3: 39, 13; Fox 234. 3: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 26; Met. 4, 13