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græf

(n.)
Grammar
græf, a writing-style.
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Ben. 92, 3: 56, 20. Ðonne þú græf habban wille, þonne sete þú þíne þrí fingras tósomne swilce þú græf hæbbe, and styra þíne fingras swilce þú wríte, Tech. ii. 128, 6. [From Latin graphium.] Add

land-ár

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Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82. Heó beceápode þá gymmas and eác hire landáre wið licgendum feó, 9, 54. Add

in-méde

(adj.)
Grammar
in-méde, adj.
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Ben. 132, 8

Linked entry: -méde

tó-licgan

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Ben. 47, 16

sceamleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceamleáslíce, adv.

Shamelessly, impudently

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Ben. 139, 28. Hié scamleáslícegielpaþ ðisses hwílendlícan onwaldes improbe de temporali potestate gloriantur Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 9. Swá hé scamleáslícor his yfel cýð ( impudenter innotescif ), 55, I; Swt. 427, 25

tó-syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-syndrian, p. ode

To separate ⬩ to distinguish

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Ben. Interl. 14, 8. Ðú settest on foldan swíðe feala cynna and tósyndrodest hig siððan. Hy. 9, 21; Btwk. 198, 6: Hy. 7, 65; Dom. L. 44, 65. Gescádene ł tósendrede discretas, segregatasHpt. Gl. 411, 21

Linked entry: tó-sundrian

un-slopen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-slopen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Unloosed

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Unloosed Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden ... and nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene (unslopene, MS. H.), Wulfst. 83, 9

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Add: to bow, bend the body Him búgað englas, Hml. S. 7, 50. <b>I a.</b> to sink, fall :-- Dauid ofwearp mid his liþeran þone ent ꝥ hé beáh tó eorðan, Hml. S. 18, 24. to yield, give ground, give way Beág cedebat, Wrt.

ár-weorþnes

(n.)
Grammar
ár-weorþnes, ár-wyrþnes, -ness, e; f. [ár honour, weorþnes worthiness]

Honour-worthiness ⬩ honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ reverentia

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Ben. 6, 61

Linked entry: ár-wyrþnes

efe-láste

(n.)
Grammar
efe-láste, efen-láste, an; f. [lǽstan to last, continue, endure]

The everlasting ⬩ gnaphălium

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: efen-láste

mot

(n.)
Grammar
mot, es; n.

A mote ⬩ an atom

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Ben. 12, 3. Ðæt lytle mot ... ðone mot, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 41, 42

stund-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stund-mǽlum, adv.
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Ben. Interl. 38, 10

stæððigness

(n.)
Grammar
stæððigness, e; f.
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Ben. Inter. 26, 6

þolemódness

(n.)
Grammar
þolemódness, e; f. Patience, long-suffering, endurance
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Ben. 27, 8, 13. Wurðigan ða gódan þeáwas ... geþyld and þolemódnysse, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16

un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable

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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

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