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feorr

(adv.)
Grammar
feorr, adv.

Farat a distanceprŏcullonge

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iii. 234, 20

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml. S. 8, 18

for-rotodnys

(n.)
Grammar
for-rotodnys, -rotednys, -nyss, e; f.

Rottennesscorruptionputrēdopus

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Rottenness, corruption; putrēdo, pus Mín flǽsc is ymbscrýd mid forrotodnysse my flesh is covered with corruption, Job Thw. 167, 36: Prov. 12: Homl. Th. ii. 282, 11. Ðeós forrotednyss hoc pus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 35

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 180, 19-188, 9-12. Gewylces ungehádodes wífes tácen is..., Techm. ii. 129, 18

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, -ligr, -lír, es; m.

A fornicatoradultererfornĭcātorădulter

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He is forlír he is an adulterer, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 17. God fordémþ ða dyrnan forlíras God condemns secret adulterers, ii. 324, 7

ge-wit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit-leást, -witt-leást, e; f.

Follymadnessphrensystultitia

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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1

Scildingas

(n.)
Grammar
Scildingas, pl.
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The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas

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un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a townyarda yard, or enclosurea hedged field, a pasture

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Dipl. ii. 150, 5, 11. Ðis syndon ðæs hagan gemǽru those are the boundaries of the messuage [in the previous part of the charter the gift is spoken of as unam curtem ], iii. 240, 18.

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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P. ii. tit. x; Th. ii. 180, 16. Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

ge-hýdan

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Th. 55, 6 is: Inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneurn meum observabunt, which is translated: Oneardiað þá þe swá þenceað þæt heó gehýden hǽlun míne. Gehýden may refer to abscondent. For passage under III. see next word.]

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing Ðǽr is se ungeendoda heáf there is the never-ending lamentation, L. E. I; Th. ii. 394, 10: 400, 7. Wóp and heáf micel ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18.

Linked entry: heóf

heorcnung

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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to

dóere

(n.)
Grammar
dóere, es; m.
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A doer, worker; opĭfex Dóere, ðæt is Gást se hálga opĭfex, id est Spīrĭtus sanctus, Rtl. 198, 13

gewidagur

(n.)
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(the Latin form glossed is derare ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 7

land-gehwearf

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Add: The Latin note is: Abbas Athelwoldus commutationem terrę egit aput Brihtelmum. In cujus vicissitudine, &c

preóst-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-gesamnung, e; f.
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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<b>I a.

lencten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíd, e; f.

Spring-timespringLent

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Spring-time, spring, Lent Ver is lenctentíd, Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Hit wæs lenctentíd erat vernum tempus, Gen. 48, 7. On lengtentíde mónþes tíde mense verni temporis, Ex. 34, 18. Nǽfre on lenctentíde never in Lent, Wulfst. 305, 24.

ge-tweógan

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Suá h[w]á sé ðe cuoeðas ... and ne getuíga in his hearte ah geléfe quicumque dixerit ... et non haesitauerit in corde suo sed crediderit, Mk.