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on-sendan

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add: the object a person Hé wæs onsended tó lǽranne, Past. 441, 30.

ge-wilnung

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For ðǽre gewilnunga woroldgielpes and giétsunga per ambitum quasi per gulae desiderium, Past. 157, 2.

pyngan

(v.)
Grammar
pyngan, p. de
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Hé wærlíce hine pynde mid sumum wordum animum pungant, Past. 40, 5 ; Swt. 297, 8

Linked entry: pungetung

ge-wlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wlencan, pp. ed

To make proud, richto exalt

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To make proud, rich, to exalt Ic Æþelrǽd eldorman gewelegod and gewlenced mid sume dǽle Mercna ríces I Ethelred alderman enriched and exalted with a part of the Mercians' realm, Th. Chart. 129, 26. Wírum gewlenced adorned with wires, Elen.

ge-lísian

(v.)

to slipslide

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to slip, slide Be ðæm is awriten se ðe nylle onscúnian his lytlan scylda ðæt he wille gelísian to máran it is written that he who will not shun his little sins will glide into greater, Past. 57, 2; Swt. 437, 20; Hat. MS

Linked entry: -lísian

þíht

(adj.)
Grammar
þíht, adj.
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This word seems to be the second part in each of the two compounds found in the following charm Gehwér férde ic me ðone mǽran magaþíhtan mid ðysse mǽran meteþíhtan ðonne ic mé wille habban and hám gán, Lchdm. iii. 68, 17

weorold-wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wilnung, e; f.
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Worldly desire Ðæt líf ðæra gesinhíwena, ðeáh hit ful wundorlíc ne sié on mægenum weoruldwilnungum tó wiðstondanne, hit mæg ðeáh bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta, Past. 51 ; Swt. 399, 21.

wóh-ceápung

(n.)
Grammar
wóh-ceápung, e ; f.

The fine

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The fine to be paid for trading contrary to the regulations of a market Gewóhceápung, ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, swá swá hit mon tó ceápstówe gesette, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22

Linked entry: ceápung

wyrmsan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrmsan, wyrsman; p. de
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To produce corrupt matter Ðonne se lǽce on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 3. Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4

Linked entry: ge-wyrsmed

arodness

(n.)
Grammar
arodness, e; f.
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Hié habbað ðá arodnesse (-ud-, v. l.) and ðá bieldo ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti sunt, Past. 41, 17

cyne-stól

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Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede tó kynestóle Babilon quam ego aedificavi in domum regni, Past. 39, 17

dál

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Ox. 2294. distribution of charity Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm dále (gedále, v. l.) ðæs fiós wilnigen ðysses lǽnan lofes ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem quaerant, Past. 322, 12

fætnes

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fætnes, l. fǽtnes,
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Hé onféhð innan ðæs inngeðonces fǽtnesse (pinguedinem), ðæt is wísdóm, Past. 381, 5. and add

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.
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Substitute: A yoke of oxen, a pair of horses Se ceorl sé þe hæfð óðres geoht (oxan, v. l. ) áhýrod, Ll. Th. i. 140, 8. Iuht subiugales, uiles æquos (indomitos bigarum subiugales, Ald. 30, 12), An. Ox. 7, 135: uiles æquas, Angl. xv. 205, 101

ge-span

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ge-span, ge-spann.
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Add: a yoke Hié nán gespann ðæs flǽslican gesinscipes ne gebiégð eos nequaquam jugum copulae carnalis inclinat, Past. 401, 3. a clasp, buckle Gespan, gespon murica, aureum in tunica, Txts. 76, 624 : mauria de auro facta in tonica, 113, 78 : Wrt.

ge-tǽsan

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Past. 297, 18

healseta

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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the neck of a tunic. The Latin of the original narrative is: Evenit ei, ut coluber per caput eius inter tunicam et ventrem irreperet et latus suis morsibus laniaret, Mart. H. 238. Add:

Linked entry: healsed

helle-wíte

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Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla in hellewítu, Verc. Först. 128, 10. Add

milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj. <b>I a.</b>
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Gif hwelc forworht monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn (apud potentem quempiam virum), Past. 63, 2. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Tuoege scyldgo woeron sume ríce menn (feneratori), Lk. L. 7, 41. Add