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un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Hé geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac hí módegodon, gif hé ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan fisceras, 578, 14

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon hí embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml. S. 30, 320. 374

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

cú

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Æt ánes heówe[s] cý, Lch. iii. 24, 13. Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. Betwih cýe inter vaccas, Ps. Srt, 67, 31. Add

ed-wilm

(n.)
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a fiery whirlpool Þonne se fǽcna ( the devil) in þám fæstenne (hell ) gebróht hafað æt þám edwylme (cf. Milton's ' floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire') þá þe him on cleofiaþ, Wal. 73. Cf. preceding word

Linked entry: éd-wylm

ge-hlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
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Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29

ge-þweran

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Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt, geþwere þonne and þicge, and gemenge ǽr wið flétan, Lch. ii. 264, 25. Geþworen (printed -þroren) flýte lectidiclatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactudiclum, 52, 6.

sangere

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Bútan Iácóbe ðám songere, be þám wé ǽr sǽdon, wæs hé sanges mágister Norðhymbra cyricum, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 21

ofer-flítan

(v.)

to overcome in a contest, to confute

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to overcome in a contest, to confute Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát, hæfde máre mægen, Beo. Th. 1039; B. 517. Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne to confute Arius Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1

wígbed-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-steall, es; n.

The part of the church where the altar stands

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The part of the church where the altar stands Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weófodstealle búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9 note

dreór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-líc, dreórilíc; adj.

bloody ⬩ sanguinolentus ⬩ mournful, sad ⬩ mœstus, tristis

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bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.

Linked entry: dreórig-líce

dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
dyrnan, p. de ; pp. ed; v. a. [dyrne hidden, secret]

To hide, secrete, restrain ⬩ occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre

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To hide, secrete, restrain; occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre Ðeáh hí hit ǽr swíðe dyrndon though they had before quite hidden it, Ors. 5, l0; Bos. 108, 15. Ne mihte Iosep hyne leng dyrnan non se potĕrat ultra cohibēre Ioseph, Gen. 45, 1

Linked entries: be-dyrnan dirnan

fore-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-wyrcan, p. -worhte; pp. -worht

To work for ⬩ do anything for anyone ⬩ făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo

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To work for, do anything for anyone; făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo Se man ðane óðerne æt rihte gebrenge, oððe riht forewyrce let the man bring the other to justice, or do justice for him, L. H. E. 15; Th. i. 34, 2

freomung

(n.)
Grammar
freomung, e; f.

Profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ good ⬩ profectus

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Profit, advantage, good; profectus In ða tíd his bisceophádes swá mycel gástlíc freomung ongon beón in Angelcynnes cyricum, swá nǽfre ǽr ðon beón mihte tantum profectus spīrĭtālis tempŏre præsŭlātus illīus Anglōrum ecclēsiæ, quantum nunquam antea potuēre

Linked entry: fromung

lendan

(v.)
Grammar
lendan, p. de

To arrive

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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14

un-getýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getýd, adj.

Untaught ⬩ unskilled ⬩ rude

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Untaught, unskilled, rude Ðæt ungetýde folc (rudis ille populus) nolde geliéfan, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 33; Æt ðæm ungetýdum folce apud imperitum vulgus, 48; Swt. 365, 22.

Linked entry: ge-týd

un-þwagen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þwagen, -þwægen, -þwegen, -þwogen; adj.

Unwashed

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Ælf. E.; Th. ii. 392, 14. Unþwogenum (-þwagenum, MS. A.: -ðwægnum, Rush.: -ðuegenum, Lind.) handum manibus non lotis, Mk. Skt, 7, 2. Unþwogenum (-ðuénum, Lind.: -ðwegenum, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 20. Unðweánum, p. 17, 11

fore-sittan

(v.)
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For first passage substitute Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 371, 13. with acc. Þone sinoð foresæt sc̃e Leó, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25

midder-niht

(n.)
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Æd middernæht, Lk. p. 7, 3 : Lk. L. R. 11, 5. [Cf. Ger. mitter-nacht from O. H. Ger. zi mittern naht.] (?)

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

swígan

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swígan, <b>. I.</b>
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R. 18, 39. v. æt-swígan. to pass over in silence, v. swigian; III Ne ic eác swíge (forsuwie, v.l. ) ꝥ, ꝥ his gingra ge-wunode tó reccenne, Gr. D. 157, 18