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milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

neádunga

Grammar
neádunga, <b>, neádunge.</b>
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Genam se sciphláford mé neádinga æt him, Hml. S. 30, 358. Þá þe hé bepǽcan ne mæg, þá hé wile neádunga nýdan, Wlfst. 84, 21. Add

Linked entry: nídinga

neáh-gebýren

Grammar
neáh-gebýren, [Put this before neáh-gebýrild.]
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25.

oflǽt-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽt-hláf, es; m.
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A loaf of the bread used for the Eucharist Þá genam hé mid him twégen oflǽthláfas on beágwisan ábacene (cf. þis is hálig hláf . . . geoffra þysne hláf Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan, 23-28) duas secum oblationum coronas detulit, Gr. D. 343, 15

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, m.
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Gif wé ðone biteran wylle æt ðǽm ǽsprynge ádrýgað cum vitia ab ipso amaritudinis suae fonte siccamus, Past. 307, l. Þá gemétton hí be þám wege fægre mǽde and wynsumne wylle (eáspryng, v.l. ) invenerunt in itinere pratum et fontem, Gr. D. 129, 4.

heáh-ealdorman

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdorman, gen. -mannes; m.

A chief alderman, ruler, patrician

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A chief alderman, ruler, patrician Ætius mǽre man se wæs iú ǽr heáhealdorman Ætius vir inlustris qui et patricius fuit, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 40. Ðe hǽlend cwæþ tó ðæmhéhaldurmenn ihesus ait archesynagogo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 36.

brim-þisa

(n.)
Grammar
brim-þisa, an; m: -þise, an; f. [brim, -þisa, -þise,
a noise
]

a noiseA shipnavis

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A ship; navis He brimþisan æt sǽs faroþe sécan wolde he would seek a ship on the sea-shore, Andr. Kmbl. 3313; An. 1659. Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþisan they let the high ships go over the ocean, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238

smoca

(n.)
Grammar
smoca, an; m.

Smoke

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Út æt his nosu eode micel smocca Nar. 43, 16. Hé nele ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan nec vult lini tepidos undis exstinguere fumos Dóm. L. 51

Linked entry: smíc

eft

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Eft swá ǽr, An. 1276: 1343. Eft swá ǽr . . . niówan stefne, B. 1787. <b>I a.</b> of replacement, restoration, renewal :-- Geðwegenum fótum eft sceógian hí lotis pedibus recalcient se, Angl. xiii. 413, 687.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Æt ǽlcum were, ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreþ ǽfre se óðer fisc ðam landhláforde, iii. 450, 25. Andlang Úse tó Kekan were; of Kekan were andlang Úse tó Caluwan were, 170, 31. Mid were and mid mylene, 243, 10.

-gilde

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-gilde, adj.
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v. ǽ-gilde, ander-gilde, or-gilde, un-gilde, unander-gilde

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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deórhege and æt swilcan ðingan swilc his mǽð sý, L.

CNUCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNUCIAN, cnucigan; p. ode; pp. od

To KNOCKbeatpound; pulsaretunderepertundere

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He cnucode æt ðære dura he knocked at the door Homl. Th. ii. 382, 17, 22. Ic cnucige tundo, pertundo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 56, 65.

Linked entries: cnocian cnuwian

ge-þofta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þofta, an; m.

A companioncomradesŏdāliscontŭbernālis

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Ðe ǽr his geþofta wæs who was formerly his companion, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 18: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 45. Geþofta contŭbernālis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 65, 80; Wrt. Voc. 34, 12.

Linked entry: þyften

un-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífed, adj.

Not possessed of beliefunbelievinginfidel

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Paulus spræc swíðe egeslíce be ungelýfedum mannum: hé cwæð: 'Ða ðe Godes ǽ ne cunnon, and búton Godes ǽ syngiaþ, hí eác búton Godes ǽ losiaþ,' 52, 22: i. 460, 26: Blickl Homl. 63, 22. Ungelýfdum, 55, 32

Linked entry: ge-lífan

licgan

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Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636.

ge-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, lawpŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse before the foundation of the world, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 27: Mk. Bos. 7, 5. Be Godes gesetnysse by God's ordinance, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 22; Lchdm. iii. 258, 7: Ælfc. T. 17, 24.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Ða ðe unwemme ( immaculati ) on hiora Dryhtnes ǽ gangaþ, 118, 1. Weagas unwemra, Ps. Surt. 36, 18. Unwæmme, Ps. Th. 17, 31. Ðæt wé úrne líchaman and úre sáwle swá unwemme him ágeofan on dómes dæg, swá hé hine ǽr gesceóp, Blickl.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.

a FALLruindestructiondeathcāsusintĕrĭtusa FALLcaseinflection in grammarcāsusinflectio

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Æt fylle at the fall, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 14, note. a FALL, case, inflection in grammar; cāsus, inflectio Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss case, that is a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23

Linked entries: fell fiell fyl

Grécisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Grécisc, Gréccisc; adj.
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Ða gréciscan onginnaþ hyra geár æt ðam sunnstede the Greeks begin their year at the solstice, Lchdm. iii. 246, 18

Linked entries: Creácisc Crécisc