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bóc-cræft

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On þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, þá synd on Lýden figure gecíged, 331, 2. Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 21. Mid mé þú bóccræft leornodest thou wert my scholar, Ap. Th. 21, 17.

þolian

(v.)
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Eádige synt þá ðe éhtnysse þoliað, 5, 10. Án wíf þe þolode twelf geár, 9, 20. <b>I c.</b> </b> add: <b>III a.

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Wille ic ðæt . . . ic and míne þegnas wyldan úre preóstas tó ðan ðe úre sáula hyrdas ús tǽcaþ ðæt syndon úre bisceopas, L. Edg. S. l; Th. i. 272, 17.

anddetan

(v.)

To confessconfiteri

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To confess; confiteri Hyra synna anddetende confitentes peccata sua, Mk. Bos. 1, 5

emtig

(adj.)
Grammar
emtig, adj.

Empty, idle vacuus, ōtiōsus

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Empty, idle; vacuus, ōtiōsus Híg synt emtige they are idle, Ex. 5, 8

hwilc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwilc-ness, e; f.

Quality

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Quality Sume synd qualitalis ðe getácniaþ hwilcnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 31

Linked entry: ge-hwilcness

mund-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mund-beorh, -beorges; m.

A sheltering hill

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A sheltering hill Hí ( Jerusalem ) synd mundbeorgas micle ymbútan, Ps. Th. 124, 2

þrístleásness

(n.)
Grammar
þrístleásness, (?), e; f.

Want of boldness

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Want of boldness Ic eom andetta ... þrístleásnyssa mínra synna, Anglia xi. 101, 34

wépendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wépendlíce, adv.
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Lamentably, mournfully, grievously Wépendlíce tó bewépenne synd flebiliter deplorandi sunt, Scint. 77, 3

midl

Grammar
midl, l. mídl, míþl,
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and add Swá horsum mídlu (frena) synd on tó ásettenne, Scint. 55, 11

oferstígend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
oferstígend-líc, adj.

Superlative

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Superlative Sume synd superlativa, ðæt is oferstígendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 63

á-smúgan

(v.)

to investigate

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to investigate Hí synt tó ásmúganne mid scrútniendre scrutnunge, Angl. viii. 302, 35

Linked entry: smúgan

ge-muning

(n.)
Grammar
ge-muning, e; f.
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Remembrance, recollection Synna gemuni[n]cge peccaminum recordationem, Angl. xiii. 378, 191

Linked entry: -muning

teóðung-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-ealdor, es; m.
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Gif seó geférrǽden tó ðam micel sý, sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum ðá ðe gódes gewittes sýn, and sýn gesette tó teóðingealdrum (constituantur decani ), R. Ben. 46, 6-10: 137, 17-20. Cf. teóðung, II

of-þístrian

(v.)

to darken, obscure

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to darken, obscure ða ðe ofþýstrode synd qui obscurati sunt, Ps. Spl. 73, 21

be-byrgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-byrgung, be-byrigung, e; f.

Burial

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Burial Gearciað þá þing þe eów gewunelice synd tó bebyrigunge, Hml. S. 3, 584

for-wyrd

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Add Hú unásecgendlica synt þysses lífes ídelnessa and forwyrda. Verc. Först. 131, 9

tó-geíht

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-geíht, adj. (ptcpl.)

Added

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Added Interpolares vel additi, ðæt synd ða tógeíhte dagas, Anglia viii. 306, 44

scyldig

Grammar
scyldig, <b>I a.</b>
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Hí ealle andwyrdon þæt hé scyldig wǽre tó deáðe, 248, 23. v. deáþ-, efen-, healf-, syn-, wamb-scyldig

full-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
full-getreów, adj.

Full truealtogether truepĕnĭtus vērax

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Full true, altogether true; pĕnĭtus vērax We synd fullgetreówe sŭmus pĕnĭtus vērāces, Gen. 42, 31