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un-hearmgeorn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hearmgeorn, adj.

Inoffensive

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Inoffensive Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20

Linked entry: hearm-georn

wuldorfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorfullíce, adv.

Gloriously

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Hí wurdon wuldorfullíce gemartyrode, Homl. Th. i. 80, 29. Heó tó dæg wuldorfullíce of ðam líchaman gewát, 440, 12

wuldorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorlíce, adv.

Gloriously

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Homl. 211, 31. Hié on manegum godcundum mægenum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, 161, 19

hege-hymele

(n.)
Grammar
hege-hymele, an; f.

Hedge

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Hedge (or wild) hop plant Cicena mete muronis, hegehymele humblonis, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 27-28. Þis is seó gréne sealf. . . brócminte and óþre mintan, cicena mete, hegehymele, Lch. iii. 6, 8-15

Linked entry: hymele

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.
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D. iii. 456, 16. v. horh, horu, horsc-lic, foul

riht-wuldriende

(adj.)

orthodox

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Hos sequentes nos pie atque orthodoxe, Bd. 4, 17 ; S. 585, 28-34

handlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
handlinga, adv.

With the hands

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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Homl. 37, 3

brosniend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
brosniend-líc, brosnigend-líc; adj.

Corruptible, perishable ⬩ corruptibilis

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Corruptible, perishable; corruptibilis Ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta water is a corruptible fluid, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5, 8, 13, 33. Geneálǽhþ ðam brosniendlícum wætere he approaches the corruptible water, ii. 270, 1

ofer-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-geweorc, es; n.

a superstructure ⬩ a tomb, mausoleum

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Gé sind gelíce geméttum ofergeweorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17

Linked entry: ofer-weorc

ge-teolod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teolod, part.

Gained; ⬩ lucrĭfactus

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Gained; lucrĭfactus Ðonne sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt he mid ðam punde geteolod hæfþ then shall every one show to him what he has gained with the pound, Homl. Th. ii. 558, 10

tó-writenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-writenness, e; f.

A detailed writing ⬩ a description

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Ðeós tówritennys (descriptio. v. tó-mearcodness) wearð árǽred fram ðam ealdormenn Cyrino, Homl. Th. i. 30, 2

Linked entry: -writenness

stǽger

(n.)
Grammar
stǽger, e; f.

A staircase

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Hé ástáh up tó ðære stǽgre ðe stód wið ðæs cáseres botl, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 438. Hé feóll of ánre stǽgere, 18, 232

Linked entry: wiþer-stǽger

a-mánsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-mánsod, part.

Excommunicated

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B. amánsumodne] oððe útlahne hæbbe and healde if any one have and hold an excommunicated person, or an outlaw, L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17

mæst-cist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-cist, e; f.

The hole in which the mast is fixed

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The hole in which the mast is fixed Mest malus: mastcyst modius. Wrt. Voc. 63, 48, 49. Mæstcyst modius, ii. 59, 27. ['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]

ge-monigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-monigfealdian, p. ode

To increase, multiply ⬩ amplificare

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Homl. 107, 25: Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40

un-fremful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fremful, adj.

Unprofitable ⬩ not advantageous

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Unprofitable, not advantageous Unfremful bið ðæt folc beó bútan steóre oððe bútan ǽ him eallum tó hearme, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 126. Unfremful imperfectum (incomplete, not of use), Hpt. Gl. 524, 66

Linked entry: fremfull

sárig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful, melancholy Nú sume hwíle wé sprácon ymb unróte and sáriglice bysne; gehwyrfen wé nú eft tó þám blíþum spræcum interim hoc triste seponentes ad ea laeta redeamus, Gr.D. 290, 6

offrung-sang

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-sang, es; m.

A hymn sung when an offering is made

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A hymn sung when an offering is made Nú sceole we healdan úrne palm, óþ ðæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian ðonne Gode ðone palm, Homl. Th. i. 218, 9. :-

híréd-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-cniht, es; m.

A man belonging to a 'híréd,' ⬩ a domestic:

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A man belonging to a 'híréd,' a domestic: Þurh Paules bodunge gelýfdon ðæs cáseres þegnas and hírédcnihtas through Paul's preaching the members of the emperor's household believed, Homl. Th. i. 374, 34