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sár-ness

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Add Áwende seó sárnyss ealra his lima tó ðǽre heortan (cf. gehwearf þára leoma sár tó his innoþum membrorum dolor ad vitalia rediit, Gr. D. 282, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 33

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, <b>. I.</b>
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Sume wilniað geðincðe þyssere worulde, sume gefyllað heora lustas, and hí ealle syððan sorhlíce wǽdliað Hml. Th. ii. 146, 26. Hé gesealde wǽdligendum mannum ( captivis et indigentibus ), Gr. D. 179, 17. Add

on-cýð

(n.)
Grammar
on-cýð, on-cýðð, e; f.

Grief, distress

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Hæfde Eást-Denum gilp gelǽsted, swylce oncýððe ealle gebétte, 1664; B. 830

hynden

(n.)
Grammar
hynden, e; f.
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It will appear from the following passage that the hynden was an association of ten tithings Ðæt wé tellan á x. menn tógædere and se yldesta bewiste ða nigene tó ǽlcum ðara geláste ðara ðe wé ealle gecwǽdon and syððan ða hyndena heora tógædere and ǽnne

Linked entry: hynden-mann

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and <b>ge-dreóg.</b>
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Ofer ealle his gód hé hine tó ealdre for his gedreóge (cf. hé on rihtne tíman hwǽte gedǽlde his efenðeówum, 4) gesette, R. Ben. 123, 6. tó gedreóge gán ad necesssaria naturae exire, R. Ben. 32, 22. v. next word

gleáwnes

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Mid ealre glǽwnesse omni sagacitate, R. Ben. I. 58, 9. skill, skill in speech, eloquence Gleáw[nesse] eloquentię, 2314. Gleáwnesse dissertitudinis, 5490. Glǽwnysse, 2, 493. diligence Gleáwnysse industria, i. curiositate, An.

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. waste, spoiled Ðonne ealle ðisse worulde wela wéste stondeþ, Exon. Th. 290, 33 ; Wand. 74. deprived, devoid (with gen.)

Centingas

(n.)
Grammar
Centingas, pl. m.

Men of Kent, Kentish menCantiani

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Men of Kent, Kentish men; Cantiani Hí forneáh ealle west Centingas fordydon they ruined nearly all the west Kentish men, Chr. 999; Th. 248, 12, col. 2: 1011; Th. 267, 7, col. 1

eorþ-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gesceaft, e; f. [gesceaft a creature]

An earthly creature terrestris creatura

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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194

un-scoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scoren, adj.

Unshornunshaven

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Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Ap. Th. 6, 12

Linked entry: sceran

fremfullíce

(adv.)
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Add: to profit or advantage Drihten ealle gód him fremfullíce ( to his profit ) tówearde dyde, Lch. iii. 436, 22. Fremfullíce ( only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5

hleahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleahtrian, p. ode

deride

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To laugh to scorn, deride Ealle geseónde mé hlehtredon ł tǽldun [mé] omnes uidentes me deriserunt me Ps. L. 21, 8. Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, Guth. Gr. 101, 23

hnescian

(v.)
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To become soft Wylle ealle ðas rinda on háligwætere oð ðæt hý wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. trans. To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25

sprott

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Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add

ǽfen-dreám

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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Læssan ymbgang hæfð se mann ðe gǽð ábútan án hús, ðonne se ðe ealle ða burh begǽð, Lchdm. iii. 248, ii. of position, on ymbgange about, around Ealle ðe on ymbegonge hys synd omnes qui in circuitu ejus sunt, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 8.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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'Eálá Placida, hwí éhtest þú mín?', Hml. S. 30, 28-45. <b>II a.

emn-sár

(n.)
Grammar
emn-sár, es; n.

Equal sorrow or contritionæquālis dŏlor

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Equal sorrow or contrition; æquālis dŏlor Hie ne mágon ealneg ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan they cannot always repent of all at one time with equal sorrow, Past. 53, 3; Hat. MS

Linked entry: sáre

be-strýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-strýpan, p. -strýpte; pp. -strýped

To strip, rob, spoil, bereaveexuere, spoliare

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Ealle ða bestrýpte he æt lande he bereaved all those of land, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 11

ge-cígnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cígnes, se; f.

A callingentreaty

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A calling, entreaty Ofer mínre gecígnesse ðú gesettest ealle ðíne apostolas to mínre byrgenne without my entreaty thou hast appointed all the apostles to be present at my burial, Blickl. Homl. 143, 29