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gedwol-mann

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Th. ii. 558, 24. an unorthodox person, a heretic, schismatic Ðá gedwolmenn ( haeretici ) mid wóre láre ofsleáð ðæt mód geleáffullra monna, Past. 367, 15: 369, 17. Of ðám gedwylde þe gedwolmen setton be hyre ácennednysse, Hml. A. 24, 6 : Hml.

Linked entry: dwol-mann

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, adv.
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His mód ástáh heáh fram heortan, Dan. 528

of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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Ymbhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, ii. 92, 15. Ofþrihte compressit, Hpt. Gl. 465, 21. Míne sáwle feóndas míne ofþryhtum occupaverunt Ps. Th. 58, 3. Ofþrihton, Blickl. Gl. Hig hine ofþriton (-þrihton?) opprimebant eum, Jud. 4, 24.

bæc

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Ðæt mód him on bæc (turned its back on) lét þás gewítendlican þing, Gr. D. 4, 14. Hé him on bæc sette þá láre Benedictes, 135, 29. Add

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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MS.) unrótnes on becumen, and nánum óþrum móde swelc ne on becóme, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 35. Ic mé þyslícre þráge ne gewénde, Exon. Th. 269, 20; Jul. 453. Þyslícne þegn, 316, 7; Mód. 45: Elen. Kmbl. 1087; El. 546. Ða ðe ðyllícne gylt þurhteóð, Homl.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Forseó ðysse worulde wlenco, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde, Prov. Kmbl. 50. Ǽghwylce wlence and ídele rence forhogian to despise all pomp and vanity, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 9.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.

Linked entry: a-bleów

acsian

(v.)
Grammar
acsian, acsigan; p. ode; pp. od

To askask fordemandrogareexpostulateexigere

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To ask, ask for, demand; rogare, expostulate, exigere Mót ic acsian, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 26. Cómon corþrum miclum cuman acsian they came in great multitudes to demand the strangers, Cd. 112; Th. 148, 8; Gen. 2453: Lk. Bos. 20, 40.

cleweða

(n.)
Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.

A clawing, scratchingscalpturigo, scalpurigo

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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful

Linked entry: clæwetða

irfe-hand

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-hand, a ; f.

an administrator

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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds

gémen

(n.)
Grammar
gémen, gen. gémenne; f.
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Care; cūra Ǽlc mon mæg witan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna every one may know how heavy a trouble to a man is the care of his children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 17 : 12; Fox 36, 38.

Linked entry: gémæn

un-fǽglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽglíc, adj.

Not indicating impending death

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Not indicating impending death Ðæt is tácn ðínre hǽle; swá swá lǽca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfǽglíc (ungefǽglíc, Cott.

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, -gefulwad; adj.

Unbaptized

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Unbaptized Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce bið gebróht tó ðam mæssepreóste, ðæt hé hit mót fullian sóna, ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen, L. Ælfc. C. 26; Th. ii. 352, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 50, 20. Ðeáh ðe hé ungefullod gyt farende sý, 500, 35.

Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian

un-tweógende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweógende, -tweónde; adj.

Undoubtingunhesitatingunwaveringcertain

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Hí óþ heora lífes ende untweógende móde þurhwunodan, Blickl. Homl. 171, 13. Hé næfð gearone willan untweógendne tó ðæm weorce, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 26. Hyht untweóndne, Elen. Kmbl. 1592; El. 798.

un-onwendendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-onwendendlíce, adv.

Unchangeablyimmutablywithout variableness

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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán unonwendendlíce, 12; Fox 36, 24

Linked entry: on-wendendlíce

cild-geong

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cild-geong, infant.
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Mon cildgeong, Gn. Ex. 49: Lch. iii. 438, 5. Cildiung wíf puerpera (cf. puerpera, puella, Corp. Gl. H. 855), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 17. Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch. iii. 436, 8.

mislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mislíce, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede, Past. 306, 5. Men móston ǽr Móyses lage mistlíce libban men might live according to various systems of law before the law of Moses, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 13.

on-bærnan

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.) :-- Gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23. Add Hit byþ onbærned (accenditur) of wiðmetennesse gódra wera tó þǽre lufan þæs tóweardan lífes, Gr. D. 8, 19

ærn

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Healde hine mon on óðrum ærne (húse, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 64, 15: Bl. H. 221, 16. Seó reáde netele ðe þurh ærne in wyxð, Lch. iii. 52, 12. Genim grun-deswyligean ðá ðe on ærenu wexeð, 48, 29. Add: [older ræn. ]