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snáw-hwít

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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

tealtian

(v.)
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Hé ongann tó þám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian ꝥ hé uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte coepit se ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare, Gr. D. 36, 20. Add

wel-libbende

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-libbende, adj. (ptcpl.)

living aright

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Of good life, living aright Ðæt mynster hé gelógode mid wellybbendum mannum Homl. Th. ii. 506, 16. Ongeán ða gódan and ða wellibbendan bene viventibus Past. 17; Swt. 107, 14

wíg-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-mann, es; m.

A man of wara fighting mansoldier

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A man of war, a fighting man, soldier Bella-tores syndon wígmen ðe eard sculon werian wíglíce mid wǽpnum, L. I. P. 4 ; Th. ii. 306, 36 : Wulfst. 267, 15

ofer-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-cyme, es; m.

A coming upon, arrival

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A coming upon, arrival Ær ðon ðe hé mid ofercyme semninga deáþes ealle tíd hreówe forlure priusquam subito mortis superventu tempus omne poenitendi perderet, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 12

ge-glengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glengan, -glencan, -glæncan, -glencgan, -glengcan; p. -glengde, -glencde; pp. -glenged, -glencged, -glengd, -glend

To adornembellishset in ordercomposeornārecōmĕrecompōnĕre

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Nerón hine mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglengde Nero adorned himself with gems of every kind, Bt. 28; Fox 100, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 15, 7; Met. 15, 4.

Linked entry: glengan

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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to put clothes on a person, to clothe a person with (mid) a garment, to dress Ic mé scrýde induo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 2 ; Zup. 167, 2. Ic [mé] scrýdde mid hǽran induebar cilicio. Ps. Spl. 34, 15.

Linked entry: -scrid

ele-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ele-lendisc, adj.

Strange, foreignadvĕna, aliēnus

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Strange, foreign; advĕna, aliēnus Elelendisc ic eom mid ðé advĕna ĕgo sum ăpud te. Ps. Lamb. 38, 13. Beam elelendisce ferealdodon fīlii aliēni invetĕrāti sunt. Ps. Lamb. 17, 46

Linked entries: -lendisc æle-lendisc

fóre-stihtung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtung, e; f.

A fore-appointmentprædestĭnātiodispensātio

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A fore-appointment; prædestĭnātio, dispensātio Mid fórestihtunge ðære godcundan árfæstnesse by the dispensation of the divine mercy, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, note 42: Homl. Th. ii. 364, 29

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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Ǽlc preóst finde him .xii. festermen ðæt hé preóstlage wille healdan mid rihte, L. N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

geóguþ-cnósl

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-cnósl, es; n. [geóguþ youth; cnósl progeny, a family]

A youthful family, young progenynovella famĭlia, libĕri

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A youthful family, young progeny; novella famĭlia, libĕri Ic bíde ðǽr mid geóguþcnósle I abide there with my young progeny, Exon. 104 b; Th. 396, 25; Rä. 16, 10

un-forod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forod, un-fored; adj.

Unbrokeninviolate

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Unbroken, inviolate Werige hine se Fræncisca mid unforedan áþe, L. W. ii. 3; Th. i. 489, 25. Wé sceolon healdan ðone bróðerlícan bend unforedne, Homl. Th. i. 260, 29

Linked entry: un-fored

weorold-geþyngþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geþyngþ, weorold-geþyngþu, f.
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3

ánfealdnes

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Ðæt hié geícen ðá gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe ut simplicitatis bono prudentiam adjungant, 237, 16.. —

brogdian

(v.)
Grammar
brogdian, broddian, bródian

to glitterbe splendid

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Mid dislicum glengum broddiende stolidis pompis indrutieans, 1218

Linked entries: broddian bródian

cycgel

(n.)
Grammar
cycgel, es; m.
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A strong stick, a cudgel Mid ðǽm kycglum (kyclum, v. l.) hiera worda worpian verborum jacula reddere, Past. 297, 1. Ic gaderode mé kigclas and stuþansceaftas, Shrn. 163, 5

Linked entry: crycc

fiþer-byrste

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-byrste, (?); adj.
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of a stick split into four at the end) Genim ǽnne sticcan and gewyrc hine feðorbyrste . . . styre mid ðý sticcan ðá buteran, Lch. iii. 24, 18

Linked entry: feþor-byrste

fore-wrítan

Grammar
fore-wrítan, fore-writen; pp.
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. ¶ the word also glosses praescriptus: Mid forewritenum collectum cum prescriptis collectis, 391, 372: 384, 276: 444, 1129. Substitute:

geornful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
geornful-lic, adj.
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Careful, zealous, assiduous Ðá ic ðǽre heortan heardnesse mid geornfullicre fandunge and áscunge and ðreáunge tóslát cum cordis duritia vel studiosis percunctationibus vel maturis correptionibus scinditur, Past. 155, 4

ge-swǽsnes

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Seó gálnys bepǽcð ðá mihta mid hyre geswǽsnyssum (blandimentis), Prud. 43 b. Mæncgende ógum geswǽsnyssa (blandimenta), R. Ben. 1. 14, 15. Geswǽsnusse blandimenta, i. oblectamenta, An. Ox. 607. Add