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ofer-wintran

(v.)

to winter, pass the winter

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to winter, pass the winter Nán eówer nele oferwintran (hiemare) búton mínum (the shoemaker) cræfte. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1

Linked entry: -wintran

un-þyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þyldig, adj.

Inspatient

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Inspatient Hí bióþ swá unþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþa geþyldelice áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2

under-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeów, adj.
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In subjection or servitude Him nán folc ne getrúwode þe him underþeów wæs, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 12

dwel-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dwel-lic, adj.
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Erroneous, heretical Be þám men þe dwellice þing begǽð de homine qui res haereticas committit, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 35. Dwællice palladios, Germ. 397, 511

drý-lác

(n.)
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sorcery, magic Gif þíne æceras nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið on drý ( = drýláce) oððe on lybláce, Lch. i. 398, 3. (?)

hyngrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyngrian, hyngran; p. ode, ede

To hunger

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To hunger. with nom. of person Eádige synd gé ðe hingriaþ nú beati qui nunc esuritis, Lk. Skt. 6, 21. Eádige ða ðe rihtwísnesse hingriaþ beati qui esuriunt justitiam, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6. Hingrian is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes esurire ex infirmitate naturæ

Linked entries: hungrian hingrian

ge-wemmedness

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Add: physical, impurity Ðá ðe Críste folgiað on hwítum gyrlum; and hí standað ætforan his ðrymme bútan ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. i. 90, 2. <b>I a.</b> corruption, decay, death :-- Gewemmednysse corruptionis, i. mortis, An. Ox. 3999.

ofer-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fyll, e; -fyllu(o); indecl. f.

Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinkingcrapula

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Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking Gýfernys vel oferfil gastrimargia, Wrt. Voc.i. 27, 21. Oferfyl aplestia, ii. 10, 12. Ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Nǽfre oferfyl ne filige, forðí nis cristenum monnum nán þing

un-gemeaht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemeaht, (?); adj.

Weak

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Weak Hú micle unmihtegran (ungemihtran, Bod. MS.) hí wǽron, gif hí his nán gecynde næfdon, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 4

Linked entry: ge-meaht

fracoþ-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-scipe, es; m.
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Shameful conduct Þæt him nán unhlísa ne fylge þnrh ǽnigne fracodscype boni sint testimonii ob detractionem vitandam, R. Ben. 141, 5

wiþer-rǽde

Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, <b>. II.</b>
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add

wín-lic

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Nán fefor nis mannon mára þonne se wínlica wǽta nulla febris hominum maior quam viteus humor, Chrd. 74, ii. Add

ge-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS. His cynelícan gefe gewonian to diminish his

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Add: to deceive Beswícþ, áwǽgþ eludit, i. decipit Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 16. Áwǽgde eluderet, 29, 19. Áwǽged fallitur (humanum judicium ), An. Ox. 1734. Hé wæs áwǽged from þǽm tungulkræftgum, (inlusus) Mt. R. 2, 16. to make of no effect, to fail to perform

for-týnan

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Substitute: To shut up, prevent passage along a road, into or out of a place Þá scearpan þing sint fortýnende þá innoþas, Lch. ii. 212, 1

ídeling

(n.)
Grammar
ídeling, ídelung, e; f.
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A worthless or trifling thing Ídalinga (idala- inga, MS.) friuola (cf. frivola leásunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 55 : fribula híwunga, An. Ox. 1929), Germ. 389, 89

eáðelíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eáðelíc, ǽðelíc; comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre: adj.

Easy, possible făcĭlis

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Easy, possible; făcĭlis Ealle þing synt mid Gode eáðelíce with God all things are possible, Mt. Bos. 19, 26. Hwæt is eáðelícre what is easier? 9, 5

Linked entry: ǽðe-líc

ge-fædlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fædlic, adj.
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Suitable, proper Wé habbað medomlíce þás þing gehrepod; hit þingð ús gefædlic ꝥ wé rúmlícor þás gerénu átrahtnion, Angl. viii. 324, 6: 337, 6: Wlfst. 245, 19

Linked entry: -fædlic

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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what is certain. certain information Ðá úþwitan þe sǽdon þæt nǽfre nánwiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga, Solil. H. 20, 22. Ne mæg ic nán gewis bringan tó mínum geférum, Hml. S. 23, 577. Hé áxode þæs martyres naman . . . ac heora nán nyste nán gewis

ge-réf-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-scipe, es; m.

Office of a geréfa

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Office of a geréfa Ne heora nán geréfscipe ne drífe let none of them practise any reeveship, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 33